RSS questions Nitish Kumar’s ’secular PM’ comments
June 24th, 2012 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) In a veiled attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for insisting on a secular prime minister, the RSS has sought to know why there ... Read more...
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RSS justifies chief’s statement on PM candidate (Lead, superseding previous story)
June 20th, 2012 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Nagpur, June 20 (IANS) Justifying the RSS chief's statement that the country should have a prime minister who propounded Hindutva, the organisation's spokesman Wednesday said the views should ... Read more...
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RSS justifies chief’s statement on prime ministerial candidate (Lead)
June 20th, 2012 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Nagpur, June 20 (IANS) Justifying the RSS chief's statement that the country should have a prime minister who propounded Hindutva, the organisation's spokesman Wednesday said the views should ... Read more...
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Mulayam Singh Yadav: the Phoenix rises again (Lead)
March 6th, 2012 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 6 (IANS) He is diminutive but a never say die fighter, having learnt his skills as a young wrestler. On Tuesday, Mulayam Singh Yadav, aged 72, proved ... Read more...
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Mulayam Singh Yadav: the Phoenix rises again
March 6th, 2012 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 6 (IANS) He is diminutive but a never say die fighter, having learnt his skills as a young wrestler. On Tuesday, Mulayam Singh Yadav, aged 72, proved ... Read more...
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Congress faces BJP charge in Goa (Goa Curtainraiser)
March 2nd, 2012 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 2 (IANS) As Goa votes Saturday, vying for the attention of over a million voters in 40 constituencies will be 215 candidates. The real faceoff will be ... Read more...
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Modi can lose Shiv Sena support: Thackeray (Lead)
October 20th, 2011 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 20 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi would lose the Shiv Sena's support if he pressed for the relaxation of visa procedures for Pakistanis wanting to visit ... Read more...
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Thackeray warns Modi against pampering Muslims
October 20th, 2011 - 11:31 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 20 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will lose Shiv Sena's support if he pampered Muslims, the party's chief Bal Thackeray Thursday said."If he (Modi) errs, we ... Read more...
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Hope Mamata destroys Congress too, like other allies: Uma
July 11th, 2011 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 11 (IANS) Claiming that Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has a "knack of ruining her allies", Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharti Monday "wished and prayed" ... Read more...
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BJP will target crime in Uttar Pradesh polls, says Uma Bharti
June 22nd, 2011 - 4:10 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 22 (IANS) Tackling crime and corruption will be the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) main agenda for the 2012 Uttar Pradesh elections, but Hindutva will remain its "driving ... Read more...
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Gadkari defends Jaitely on WikiLeaks expose
March 27th, 2011 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, March 27 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Sunday defended senior party colleague Arun Jaitley on a leaked US embassy cable which referred to the latter's ... Read more...
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BJP opportunistic, says Sibal
March 27th, 2011 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Communications Minister Kapil Sibal Sunday called the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) "opportunistic", after a leaked US diplomatic cable quoted BJP's Arun Jaitley as saying ... Read more...
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Now, Raj Thackeray also snubs Gopinath Munde
February 16th, 2011 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
Nashik (Maharashtra), Feb 16 (IANS) After the Shiv Sena rejected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Gopinath Munde's suggestion to form a tripartite front with the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, MNS chief Raj ... Read more...
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Shiv Sena chief rejects proposal for alliance with MNS
February 15th, 2011 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 15 (IANS) Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Tuesday categorically rejected senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Gopinath Munde's suggestion to form a tripartite front which includes the Sena's bête noire, ... Read more...
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Congress leaders attack BJP, RSS on terror links
January 29th, 2011 - 12:30 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) Congress general secretaries Shakeel Ahmed and Digvijay Singh Friday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on ... Read more...
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Nepal’s former crown prince ill in police custody (Second Lead)
December 14th, 2010 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Dec 14 (IANS) Taken under control by police Tuesday and facing charges of attempted murder, Nepal's former crown prince Paras Bir Bikram Shah has fallen ill, in an unprecedented ... Read more...
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Mangalore’s ‘table top’ airport surrounded by gorges
May 22nd, 2010 - 12:14 pm ICT by IANS
Mangalore (Karnataka), May 22 (IANS) Flying into Mangalore has always been considered difficult because the airport is on the top of a hill and surrounded by deep gorges that are just 30 ... Read more...
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Call for Hindu Nepal at Mumbai meet
May 10th, 2010 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 10 (IANS) A three-day religious meet that kicked off in India is seeking fresh action to restore Nepal as a Hindu state.
The international meet on Hinduism that began Sunday ... Read more...
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Brinda Karat demands fresh probe into Mecca Masjid blast
May 6th, 2010 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Brinda Karat Thursday demanded fresh probe into Mecca Masjid blast in the light of new evidence of links with the Ajmer ... Read more...
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‘New civic centre should make Delhi world class city’ (Lead)
April 22nd, 2010 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Delhi's tallest building, the new 28-storey state-of-the-art civic centre that will house the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) should pave way for the national capital to ... Read more...
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Terrorists have no religion: Nitin Gadkari
March 23rd, 2010 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 23 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari has said that a terrorist has no religion and can't be classified as a Hindu or a Muslim."It is ... Read more...
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RSS chief urges ’serious efforts’ to unite Hindus
January 9th, 2010 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 9 (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat Saturday called upon its workers "to make serious efforts for uniting different Hindu castes" to help establish a "discrimination-free society".
Addressing a ... Read more...
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Kalyan Singh launches Jan Kranti Party to headed by son Rajbir
January 5th, 2010 - 9:10 pm ICT by ANI
Lucknow, Jan.5 (ANI): Former Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh launched a new political party--Jan Kranti Party-here on Tuesday on his 78th birthday.This is the ... Read more...
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Kalyan to form own party after BJP’s cold shoulder
December 6th, 2009 - 12:52 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 5 (IANS) Shown the door by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and facing a cold reception by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership to his rejoining it after ... Read more...
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BJP unity will now be at expense of moderates (Comment)
November 25th, 2009 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS
By Amulya Ganguli
The premature exposure of the Liberhan Commission's report on the Babri Masjid demolition may have given the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a day to put its thoughts together. But ... Read more...
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Indicting Vajpayee ‘outrightly illegal’: Liberhan ex-counsel (Lead)
November 24th, 2009 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 24 (IANS) A former counsel to the Liberhan Commission Tuesday alleged that the indictment of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for the Babri mosque dmolition was "outrightly illegal".
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Babri razing done in military precision: Liberhan report
November 24th, 2009 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Severely indicting the Uttar Pradesh administration under then chief minister Kalyan Singh for being "a willing ally and co-conspirator" in the razing of the Babri Masjid, retired ... Read more...
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Indian Muslims are also Hindus,says RSS chief
November 23rd, 2009 - 12:39 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 22 (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat late Sunday created a flutter at a public meeting here by claiming that Indian Muslims were originally Hindus and follow Hindu ... Read more...
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RSS chief wary of China’s friendship stance with India
November 23rd, 2009 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 22 (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat Sunday cautioned the Indian government to beware of China's smooth talk of friendship while it makes claim to Indian territory.
"China ... Read more...
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BJP setting stage for Kalyan’s return?
November 16th, 2009 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 16 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rebel Kalyan Singh's bid to return to the party he walked out of twice before seems to have been viewed favourably by the ... Read more...
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Kalyan hits back at Mulayam, sends feelers to BJP on return (Lead)
November 15th, 2009 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 15 (IANS) A day after being openly snubbed by Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, rebel Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kalyan Singh said he never had any ... Read more...
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Uddhav accepts ‘moral responsibility’ for Sena defeat
October 26th, 2009 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 26 (IANS) Accepting moral responsibility for the drubbing in the recent elections, Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray said Monday that the party would function as "a responsible opposition" ... Read more...
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Ahead of assembly polls, VHP distances itself from BJP
September 9th, 2009 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 9 (IANS) Ahead of assembly elections in Maharashtra, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Wednesday said it is distancing itself from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for having "failed to ... Read more...
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Curfew relaxed in communal-hit Maharashtra towns
September 9th, 2009 - 5:31 pm ICT by ANI
Sangli (Maharashtra), Sep 9(ANI): Curfew in the riot-hit towns of Sangli, Miraj and Ichalkaranji in Maharashtra was relaxed on Wednesday, as the situation was gradually improving.Communal clashes had broken out at in ... Read more...
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Sangli unrest: BJP leader Munde challenges authorities to arrest him
September 8th, 2009 - 1:56 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai/Lonavla, Sep.8 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Gopinath Munde said on Tuesday that he is ready to court arrest and has challenged the local authorities to try and stop ... Read more...
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