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Goods and services tax to reduce manufacturing cost: Expert

October 12th, 2009 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS -
Bangalore, Oct 12 (IANS) The proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) would reduce manufacturing cost and benefit end-customers, 13th Finance Commission Chairman Vijay Kelkar said here Monday. "The new tax regime will reduce ...

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No compulsion to support BJP: RSS

No compulsion to support BJP: RSS

October 11th, 2009 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS -
Patna, Oct 11 (IANS) Two days before state assembly elections are held in three states, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) declared Sunday that its cadres were under no compulsion to support ...

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Commonwealth Games delegation satisfied with sports area presentation

October 11th, 2009 - 12:39 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Oct 11 (ANI): Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Secretary General Lalit Bhanot has said that the visiting CGF delegations was satisfied with the sports area presentation. Addressing reporters after the executive meeting ...

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Fennell satisfied with Commonwealth Games preparations: Bhanot

October 10th, 2009 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chief Michael Fennell, who last month raised doubts about the preparations for the 2010 Games here, is satisfied with the progress after taking ...

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RSS begins three-day meet in Bihar

RSS begins three-day meet in Bihar

October 9th, 2009 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS -
Patna, Oct 9 (IANS) With terrorism, drought and the future course of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the agenda, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Friday began a three-day national executive ...

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Advani’s ‘yatra’ put off because of party crisis

Advani’s ‘yatra’ put off because of party crisis

August 27th, 2009 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS -
By Khalid Akhter New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The crisis in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has led to another casualty: star leader L.K. Advani's much-hyped 'yatra' of next month that has ...

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BJP admits need to clearly articulate ideology (Roundup)

BJP admits need to clearly articulate ideology (Roundup)

August 21st, 2009 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS -
Shimla, Aug 21 (IANS) A three-day Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) meet that began on a stormy note with the expulsion of veteran leader Jaswant Singh concluded Friday, with the party admitting ...

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Jaswant’s expulsion “painful” : Advani

Jaswant’s expulsion “painful” : Advani

August 21st, 2009 - 6:55 pm ICT by ANI -
Shimla, Aug 21 (ANI) : Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha L. K. Advani has described the decision to expel former external affairs minister Jaswant Singh as "painful." " It was ...

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BJP admits need to articulate ideology before masses

BJP admits need to articulate ideology before masses

August 21st, 2009 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS -
Shimla, Aug 21 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday said it would soon have an action plan for its revival and admitted that its ideology of "cultural nationalism" needed to ...

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SGPC won’t tolerate separate body in Haryana: Makkar

August 10th, 2009 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS -
Chandigarh, Aug 10 (IANS) The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the mini-parliament of Sikhs, Monday announced it would not tolerate any attempt by Haryana to set up a separate organisation to administer ...

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Kerala leader Muraleedharan refused re-entry into Congress

August 7th, 2009 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS -
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 7 (IANS) The Congress Friday announced it will not take back former state unit president K. Muraleedharan, who was expelled from the party in 2005 for six years. After a party ...

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Advani’s rejuvenating yatra to start from poll-bound states

Advani’s rejuvenating yatra to start from poll-bound states

July 20th, 2009 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Twenty years after he took out a 10,000-km yatra to catapult his party into political reckoning, veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani will next ...

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Confidential Twitter Documents To Be Leaked At TechCrunch

Confidential Twitter Documents To Be Leaked At TechCrunch

July 15th, 2009 - 6:15 pm ICT by GD -
It seems that the Twitter employees have to go through a tough phase as reports suggest that a hacker, who is believed of having plagued the Twitter celebrity accounts previously, has supposedly ...

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Rajnath tries to perk up youth wing after poll debacle

Rajnath tries to perk up youth wing after poll debacle

July 12th, 2009 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Sunday asked the party's youth wing to remain committed to the ideology of "cultural nationalism" and not be disappointed ...

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JD-S faces split in Kerala (Lead)

JD-S faces split in Kerala (Lead)

July 4th, 2009 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) led by former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda appeared to be on the verge of a split as its national executive Saturday ...

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Janata Dal (S) decides to stay with the Left front in Kerala

July 4th, 2009 - 8:22 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi July 4 (ANI): The National Executive meeting of the Janata Dal (Secular) has decided to remain with the Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala. Speaking to the media here to day ...

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JD-S on verge of split

JD-S on verge of split

July 4th, 2009 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) led by former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda appeared to be on the verge of a split as its national executive Saturday ...

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BJP’s Muslim members set off internal debate on Hindutva (Comment)

BJP’s Muslim members set off internal debate on Hindutva (Comment)

June 27th, 2009 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS -
By Amulya Ganguli An idea of the seriousness of the crisis faced by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) following its electoral setback can be gauged from the stirrings among its Muslim members. Normally, ...

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Let’s bury hatchet and aim for assembly polls: BJP (Roundup)

Let’s bury hatchet and aim for assembly polls: BJP (Roundup)

June 21st, 2009 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) crucial soul searching session concluded Sunday with a firm message to party workers to bury the hatchet and brace up for ...

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Advani to hit the road once again

Advani to hit the road once again

June 21st, 2009 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran L.K. Advani, who has undertaken several cross-country rallies in the past, will be doing the same once again - to ...

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Translate zero-tolerance against terrorism into action: BJP

Translate zero-tolerance against terrorism into action: BJP

June 21st, 2009 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday expressed concern at Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's remarks terming Kashmir as a root cause of continuing terrorism, and ...

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Our Hindutva is ‘inclusive not narrow’, says BJP

Our Hindutva is ‘inclusive not narrow’, says BJP

June 21st, 2009 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday reaffirmed its commitment to Hindutva - but an inclusive one, "not narrowly confined only to religious practices or expressed in ...

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Change mindset, promote young leaders: Advani

Change mindset, promote young leaders: Advani

June 21st, 2009 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Sunday asserted that the party's leadership should shed its "train compartment mentality" and evolve a system to encourage ...

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Poll results unexpected but BJP will emerge stronger: Naidu

Poll results unexpected but BJP will emerge stronger: Naidu

June 21st, 2009 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday said the election results were a disappointment but it would emerge stronger from the crisis while reiterating that no single ...

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Don’t alienate Muslims and lose votes: Naqvi appeals to BJP

Don’t alienate Muslims and lose votes: Naqvi appeals to BJP

June 21st, 2009 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Sunday appealed to party leaders to ensure that Muslims don't get alienated and become the cause of the ...

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Rajnath takes onus for BJP poll debacle, swears by Hindutva (Roundup)

Rajnath takes onus for BJP poll debacle, swears by Hindutva (Roundup)

June 20th, 2009 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Amid dissent and blame game, a soul-searching meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) began here Saturday with its president Rajnath Singh owning up the humiliating ...

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Maneka says Varun Gandhi being targeted

Maneka says Varun Gandhi being targeted

June 20th, 2009 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Maneka Gandhi has said some party seniors were targeting her son and Pilibhit MP Varun Gandhi and blaming him for the ...

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Modi attacks centre for returning Gujarat anti-terror law

Modi attacks centre for returning Gujarat anti-terror law

June 20th, 2009 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) A day after the central government decided to return Gujarat's controversial anti-terror act - the Gujarat Control of Organised Crime Act (GUJCOCA) - for certain amendments, ...

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Gujarat reluctant to amend bill on security

Gujarat reluctant to amend bill on security

June 20th, 2009 - 8:40 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, June 20 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi rejected the suggestions given by the Union Cabinet to amend the Gujarat Control of organised Crime Act (GUJCOCA). Speaking to media on ...

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Rajnath owns up BJP poll debacle, stands by Hindutva (Third Lead)

Rajnath owns up BJP poll debacle, stands by Hindutva (Third Lead)

June 20th, 2009 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Amid dissent and blame game in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), its president Rajnath Singh Saturday took responsibility for the party's poll debacle and reiterated the ...

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