Sex, lies and videotape hit BJP (Comment)
February 11th, 2012 - 12:10 pm ICT by IANS
Karnataka was supposed to be a stepping stone for the Bharatiya Janata Party's successful political foray in the south. But it is turning out to be a millstone around the ... Read more...
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Advani, Rahul, Rajnath, Hema descend upon Punjab
January 25th, 2012 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 25 (IANS) With just five days to go for the Jan 30 Punjab assembly polls, a number of senior national leaders descended across the state Wednesday to ... Read more...
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Reconvene parliament for Lokpal bill, BJP tells Patil (Fourth Lead)
January 5th, 2012 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday asked President Pratibha Patil to reconvene the winter session of parliament for a vote on the anti-graft Lokpal ... Read more...
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BJP tells Patil to reconvene parliament for Lokpal bill (Third Lead)
January 5th, 2012 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday asked President Pratibha Patil to reconvene the winter session of parliament for a vote on the Lokpal bill ... Read more...
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BJP leaders meet president on ‘parliament subversion’ (Second Lead)
January 5th, 2012 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including president Nitin Gadkari and veteran L.K. Advani, met President Pratibha Patil to complain about what ... Read more...
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BJP delegation meets president to discuss Lokpal bill (Lead)
January 5th, 2012 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation led by party leader L.K. Advani met President Pratibha Patil Thursday to discuss the Lokpal bill.Party president Nitin ... Read more...
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JD-U to go solo in Uttar Pradesh
January 5th, 2012 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The Janata Dal-United (JD-U), a key BJP ally, Wednesday announced it was going solo in the Feb 4-28 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls after seat-sharing ... Read more...
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Infighting in Karnataka BJP escalates
December 29th, 2011 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 29 (IANS) Factional feuding in Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party escalated Thursday with indications that it will only worsen in the coming days unless the party ... Read more...
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Leadership battle intensifies in Karnataka BJP
December 28th, 2011 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore/New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) The leadership battle in Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) intensified Wednesday with rival groups mounting pressure on central leaders to settle the issue ... Read more...
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PM, BJP leaders greet Vajpayee on his 87th birthday
December 25th, 2011 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and other well-wishers gave their best wishes to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, ... Read more...
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Congress trying reservation card in UP polls: BJP
December 24th, 2011 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday alleged that the Congress was trying to make a place for itself in the Uttar Pradesh polls through ... Read more...
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PM, opposition leaders greet Sonia on 65th birthday
December 9th, 2011 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, prominent opposition leaders and scores of Congress workers were among those who greeted Congress president Sonia Gandhi on her ... Read more...
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Opposition insists on FDI rollback ahead of all-party meet (Roundup)
December 6th, 2011 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) The government has called an all-party meeting Wednesday morning to end the logjam in parliament over allowing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail trade ... Read more...
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All-party meeting called to end parliament stalemate
December 6th, 2011 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) The government has called an all-party meeting Wednesday to end the logjam in parliament over allowing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail following efforts ... Read more...
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Congress, BSP playing games over Bundelkhand: BJP
November 9th, 2011 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 9 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday accused the central and Uttar Pradesh governments of playing politics in the name of Bundelkhand and said the situation ... Read more...
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Advani is emotive as Rajnath calls him PM material (Lead)
November 8th, 2011 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Taking a break from his cross-country Jan Chetna Yatra, veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani became emotional as party colleagues lavishly praised him on his ... Read more...
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Surveys show BJP will win in Uttar Pradesh: Gadkari
October 30th, 2011 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 30 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari claimed Sunday that internal surveys conducted by certain agencies indicate his party would attain power in Uttar Pradesh ... Read more...
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People will reply to Mayawati in polls, says BJP
October 14th, 2011 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Accusing Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati of wasting public money over the park in Delhi's suburban Noida she inaugurated Friday, the Bharatiya Janata Party ... Read more...
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BJP to launch campaign against Mayawati
October 8th, 2011 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 8 (IANS) In its attempt to reach out to the masses in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the state 2012 assembly elections and exposing the alleged corruption in ... Read more...
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Death of Ramdev supporter proves brutality: BJP
September 26th, 2011 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday said the death of a 51-year-old woman, injured in police action to break up a meeting of Baba ... Read more...
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Farmer’s leader Teotia fasts for sixth day in jail
September 11th, 2011 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
Greater Noida, Sep 11 (IANS) The fast of farmer's leader Manvir Singh Teotia, who led the agitation against land acquisition at Bhatta-Parsaul in Greater Noida in May, continued on ... Read more...
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Khanduri to be Uttarakhand chief minister again (Lead)
September 10th, 2011 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Former Uttarakhand chief minister B.C. Khanduri will take over charge of the hill state again, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari announced Saturday.Khanduri ... Read more...
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BJP tells Pokhriyal to step down Sunday
September 10th, 2011 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has asked Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank to step down Sunday over allegations of corruption, party sources said.Sources ... Read more...
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Farmer leader Teotia fasts in jail
September 10th, 2011 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Greater Noida, Sep 10 (IANS) Farmer leader Manvir Singh Teotia, who led a farmers' agitation against land takeover in Bhatta-Parsaul village in Greater Noida in May, is on a ... Read more...
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Congress against, BJP for right to recall
August 29th, 2011 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The Congress Monday said right to recall MPs and reject poll candidates as demanded by activist Anna Hazare is "not practical" given the turnout ... Read more...
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Hazare supporters stage sit-in at Rajnath’s house
August 21st, 2011 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Aug 21 (IANS) Responding to anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare's call, Ghaziabad residents Sunday staged a sit-in at the house of area MP Rajnath Singh of the Bharatiya ... Read more...
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Lok Sabha adjourned over Haryana land to Rajiv trust
August 18th, 2011 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday raised the issue of land in Haryana being granted to the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust, forcing adjournment of ... Read more...
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Gowda woos Shettar faction before swearing-in
August 4th, 2011 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 4 (IANS) Hours before taking oath as the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) second chief minister in Karnataka, D.V. Sadananda Gowda Thursday met the party's faction leader Jagadish ... Read more...
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Gowda stakes claim to form government in Karnataka
August 3rd, 2011 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 3 (IANS) D.V. Sadananda Gowda Wednesday staked claim to form the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) second government in Karnataka following his election as the legislative party leader ... Read more...
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Sadananda Gowda to be BJP’s new Karnataka chief minister (Second Lead)
August 3rd, 2011 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 3 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP D.V. Sadananda Gowda will be the new chief minister of Karnataka after he was elected the BJP legislature party leader, ... Read more...
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BJP denies irate Yeddyurappa smashed laptop
August 2nd, 2011 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday dismissed as "totally baseless" a media report that former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa angrily smashed the laptop ... Read more...
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Karnataka chief minister will be chosen democratically: Jaitley
August 1st, 2011 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley Monday said a new chief minister for Karnataka would be chosen through a "democratic process" and added ... Read more...
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Hectic parleys in Karnataka BJP for new leader
August 1st, 2011 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 1 (IANS) Hectic parleys resumed Monday in the faction-ridden Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka to pick a new leader a day after scam-hit B.S. Yeddyurappa resigned ... Read more...
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Election of new BJP leader in Karnataka Aug 3
August 1st, 2011 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 31 (IANS) Lawmakers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will meet here Aug 3 to elect a new leader to form the second government in the state ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa resigns, wants Sadananda Gowda as successor (Third Lead)
July 31st, 2011 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 31 (IANS) Scam-hit B.S. Yeddyurappa, who resigned Sunday as the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) first chief minister in Karnataka, insisted on Lok Sabha member D.V. Sadananda Gowda ... Read more...
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