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Yeddyurappa to remain chief minister, rules Rajnath Singh (Lead)

Yeddyurappa to remain chief minister, rules Rajnath Singh (Lead)

November 2nd, 2009 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa will remain in the post, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Monday stated, putting an end to the intense leadership ...

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BJP leadership to meet again on Karnataka crisis

BJP leadership to meet again on Karnataka crisis

November 2nd, 2009 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday continued its efforts to solve the leadership tussle in Karnataka where a faction led by the Reddy brothers is gunning ...

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Yeddyurappa supporters claim RSS, BJP backing

Yeddyurappa supporters claim RSS, BJP backing

November 1st, 2009 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national leadership have thrown their weight behind Karnataka's beleaguered Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, his supporters ...

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Gangadharan returns to Congress in Kerala

October 29th, 2009 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS -
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 29 (IANS) Six-time Kerala legislator M.P.Gangadharan Thursday announced his return to the Congress party. Addressing reporters here, Gangadharan, who served as minister (1982 to 1986) in the then Congress government, said ...

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Himachal by-elections: Wives hope to succeed husbands

Himachal by-elections: Wives hope to succeed husbands

October 8th, 2009 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS -
Shimla, Oct 8 (IANS) Two women are hoping to make it a family affair by contesting for two Himachal Pradesh assembly seats that were vacated by their husbands who are now ...

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Who will succeed YSR: Sonia meets Moily

Who will succeed YSR: Sonia meets Moily

September 6th, 2009 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Sunday met union Law Minister and senior leader M. Veerappa Moily amid a strong campaign by party workers in Andhra Pradesh for ...

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‘Pak politicians are like “errant schoolboys” seeking elders wise counsel’

‘Pak politicians are like “errant schoolboys” seeking elders wise counsel’

September 4th, 2009 - 6:14 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Sep.4 (ANI): An editorial in a leading Pakistan daily has compared the country's politicians with errant school going kids who seek the counsel of elders to sort things out among ...

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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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Sonia must apologise for Joshi’s remarks: BJP

Sonia must apologise for Joshi’s remarks: BJP

July 16th, 2009 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday said Congress president Sonia Gandhi should apologise for Uttar Pradesh party chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi's derogatory remarks against Chief Minister ...

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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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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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CPI-M is damned if it does, damned if it doesn’t (Comment)

July 1st, 2009 - 11:43 am ICT by IANS -
By B.R.P. Bhaskar The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo meets July 5-6 to grapple with the worrying problem of sectarianism in its Kerala unit. Few political observers believe it is in a ...

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Karunakaran to meet Congress leadership in Delhi

June 6th, 2009 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS -
Thiruvananthapuram, June 6 (IANS) Veteran Congress leader K. Karunakaran will be in New Delhi Sunday to meet the party's national leadership to discuss his grievances, party leaders here said. A top Congress leader ...

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Poll debacle brings CPI-M infighting to the fore (Letter from Kerala)

June 2nd, 2009 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS -
By B.R.P.Bhaskar The national leadership of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) will soon be called upon to adjudicate on the sectarianism in the party's Kerala unit, which has been laid bare by ...

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Kerala jubilant with six MPs in council of ministers

Kerala jubilant with six MPs in council of ministers

May 27th, 2009 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS -
Thiruvananthapuram, May 27 (IANS) With as many as six Kerala MPs set to be part of the council of ministers in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government, the state had reason to ...

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Samajwadi Party expels Azam Khan for six years

May 24th, 2009 - 6:52 pm ICT by ANI -
Lucknow, May 24 (ANI): The Samajwadi Party on Sunday expelled senior leader Mohammad Azam Khan for six years for anti-party activities, capping weeks of bitter feud with the party leadership over its ...

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Yeddyurappa hails BJP show in Karnataka, grieves NDA defeat (Lead)

Yeddyurappa hails BJP show in Karnataka, grieves NDA defeat (Lead)

May 16th, 2009 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS -
Bangalore, May 16 (IANS) For Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, D-day turned into an anti-climax as the joy of his party winning 19 of the 28 Lok Sabha seats in the ...

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Yeddyurappa hails BJP show in Karnataka, grieves NDA defeat

Yeddyurappa hails BJP show in Karnataka, grieves NDA defeat

May 16th, 2009 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS -
Bangalore, May 16 (IANS) For Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, D-day turned into an anti-climax as the joy of his party winning 19 of the 28 Lok Sabha seats in the ...

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Pakistani troops to remain on border with India: Kayani

Pakistani troops to remain on border with India: Kayani

May 16th, 2009 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, May 16 (IANS) There would be no thinning of troops on the border with India, the Pakistani Army chief says, cautioning President Asif Ali Zardari - and the US - ...

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Goa Congress chief bats for two-party system

Goa Congress chief bats for two-party system

May 6th, 2009 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS -
Panaji, May 6 (IANS) Goa's small parties should come together under the Congress as too many outfits end up dividing society further, says state party chief Subhash Shirodkar, batting for a ...

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JD-S in Kerala heading for a split

April 23rd, 2009 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS -
Thiruvananthapuram, April 23 (IANS) With sharp divisions in the five-member legislature party of the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) in Kerala over links with the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF), it appears that it ...

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Shahnawaz Hussain vows to focus on development

Shahnawaz Hussain vows to focus on development

April 5th, 2009 - 5:59 pm ICT by ANI -
Bhagalpur, Apr 5 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shahnawaz Hussain has said that he would focus more on development rather than playing caste politics. Hussain had suffered defeat in the 2004 ...

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NCP’s Orissa state chief resigns

NCP’s Orissa state chief resigns

March 19th, 2009 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS -
Bhubaneswar, March 19 (IANS) Orissa state unit chief ofthe Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Bijoy Mohapatra Thursday announced his resignation, protesting his party's decision to support Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. "Patnaik is ...

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Kerala’s ruling Left feud over seat sharing (Second Lead)

March 13th, 2009 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS -
Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Kerala's two dominant and ruling communist parties were Friday locked in a feud over seat-sharing, a day after they joined hands with other parties to launch a ...

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Congress treading cautiously in BJP’s Himachal stronghold

March 8th, 2009 - 10:33 am ICT by IANS -
By Vishal Gulati Shimla, March 8 (IANS) The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) look set for a keen contest in Hamirpur, one of the four parliamentary seats in Himachal Pradesh. However, ...

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Gujarat NCP demands seven Lok Sabha seats from Congress

Gujarat NCP demands seven Lok Sabha seats from Congress

March 5th, 2009 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS -
Ahmedabad, March 5 (IANS) The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) wants to field candidates from seven significant Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat even as negotiations are on with the Congress, which wants to ...

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Chhattisgarh Congress leader wants four general poll tickets for women

Chhattisgarh Congress leader wants four general poll tickets for women

February 23rd, 2009 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS -
Raipur, Feb 23 (IANS) Vani Rao, head of the Congress' women cell in Chhattisgarh, Monday said she has asked the party's national leadership to give at least four of the 11 Lok ...

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Yeddyurappa answerable for Mangalore attack, says Renuka Chowdhary (Lead)

Yeddyurappa answerable for Mangalore attack, says Renuka Chowdhary (Lead)

January 26th, 2009 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) Union Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhary Monday said that Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa is answerable for the attack on women at a pub in ...

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Road named after slain Maharashtra policeman in Bihar capital

Road named after slain Maharashtra policeman in Bihar capital

January 19th, 2009 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS -
Patna, Jan 19 (IANS) A newly-built road in the Bihar capital, named after slain Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare, was inaugurated Monday by ruling Janata Dal (United) MP M. ...

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Congressman removed for questioning leader’s SIMI connections

October 11th, 2008 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) A Youth Congress leader from Kerala, who demanded a probe into the alleged connections of state party president T. Siddique with the Students Islamic Movement of India ...

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