Digvijay Singh is ill: BJP
October 12th, 2011 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Digvijay Singh is ill, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) declared Wednesday as it hit out at the Congress leader for his comments on the ... Read more...
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Digvijay shoots off another letter to Hazare
October 12th, 2011 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Seeking to question Anna Hazare over the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's (RSS) support to his anti-corruption agitation, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh Wednesday shot off ... Read more...
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Your supporters misleading you, Digvijay tells Anna (Roundup)
October 11th, 2011 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Hisar, Oct 11 (IANS) Taking on Anna Hazare ahead of the Hisar parliamentary by-poll, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh Tuesday asked the activist to ponder over his association ... Read more...
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RSS a school of patriotism, says BJP
October 11th, 2011 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday slammed Congress leader Digvijay Singh for raising questions on the credibility of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and said ... Read more...
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Your supporters misleading you, Digvijay tells Anna
October 11th, 2011 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Taking Anna Hazare head on ahead of the Hisar parliamentary by-poll, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh Tuesday said the activist was being "misled" by ... Read more...
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Party will decide PM candidate: Advani
October 10th, 2011 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) While not ruling himself out as a prime ministerial candidate, veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Monday said a decision would be ... Read more...
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Don’t have expectation for any post: Gadkari
October 9th, 2011 - 12:55 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Amid speculation about his emerging as one of the prime ministerial candidates of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), party president Nitin Gadkari Saturday said that ... Read more...
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Leave politics to politicians, Khurshid advises Anna
October 8th, 2011 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Oct 8 (IANS) Union Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid Saturday took a pot shot at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) stating that it has no right to ... Read more...
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Politics of death sentences in India (Comment)
October 1st, 2011 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
Prima facie, it is not easy to refute Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's argument that if the Tamil Nadu and Punjab legislatures can ask for the pardon of ... Read more...
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Political war of words hots up over Chidambaram
September 25th, 2011 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) The political war of words over Home Minister P. Chidamabaram's alleged involvement in the 2G spectrum scam flared up Saturday with the Bharatiya Janata ... Read more...
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Digvijay Singh backs Chidambaram on 2G scam charge
September 24th, 2011 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh Saturday strongly backed P. Chidambaram in the face of Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) demand for his resignation over the ... Read more...
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No surefire winners in race to be PM (Comment)
September 24th, 2011 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
A curious feature of the political scene is that none of the parties has an inspirational leader. To make matters even more odd, there is a figure outside the political ... Read more...
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Advani hints he may not be PM candidate in 2014
September 21st, 2011 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Sep 21 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Wednesday indicated for the first time he may not be the candidate for prime minister's job in ... Read more...
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RSS, BJP deny differences on Advani yatra
September 21st, 2011 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) Both the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday denied any differences over the candidature of senior party leader L.K. ... Read more...
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Anna helps ABVP defeat NSUI in Delhi varsity polls
September 10th, 2011 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) The National Students Union of India (NSUI) Saturday snatched the president's post of Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) but the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad ... Read more...
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Delhi University election results announced
September 10th, 2011 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) The National Students' Union of India (NSUI) has won the presidentship of the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) while its main rival the Akhil Bharatiya ... Read more...
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Probe Sushma’s links to Reddy brothers: Digvijay
September 5th, 2011 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Sep 5 (IANS) Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh said here Monday that the CBI should probe the "commercial ties" between senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj and Karnataka's mining ... Read more...
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RSS supports Anna’s stir, to mobilise people against graft
August 27th, 2011 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Aug 27 (IANS) Backing the stir by Anna Hazare against corruption, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Saturday slammed the "uncalled for arrogance" by the government to the activist's ... Read more...
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Bukhari’s anti-Anna stand draws flak from Muslims
August 23rd, 2011 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Strongly criticising Jama Masjid chief cleric Syed Ahmed Bukhari's anti-Anna Hazare comment, many members of the Muslim community here Tuesday said they support the ... Read more...
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No ‘Bharat Mata’ backdrop for Hazare
August 21st, 2011 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) After coming under criticism in April, Team Anna has done away with the "Bharat Mata" backdrop at the Ramlila ground here - a picture ... Read more...
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Anna mocks Congress charge of RSS, BJP support
August 20th, 2011 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Social activist Anna Hazare, on a hunger strike to press for a more inclusive Lokpal Bill, has taken strong objection to suggestions that his ... Read more...
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We also won’t allow undermining of parliament: BJP
August 17th, 2011 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will not allow anyone to undermine parliamentary democracy but would not side with the government either in "curbing" a ... Read more...
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I support Anna Hazare: Achuthanandan
August 16th, 2011 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Aug 16 (IANS) Veteran Marxist leader from Kerala V.S. Achuthanandan Tuesday expressed his full support to the struggle launched by Gandhian Anna Hazare for a strong Lokpal bill."I am ... Read more...
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Yeddurappa exit signals end of troubled rule
July 31st, 2011 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 31 (IANS) The exit of B.S. Yeddyurappa, Bharatiya Janata Party's first chief minister in Karnataka and south India, signals the end of a troubled three-year rule ... Read more...
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Bihar stocks RSS books in government schools, says JD-U rebel
July 31st, 2011 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 31 (IANS) The Bihar government led by Nitish Kumar, utilising government funds for school libraries, purchased books propagating the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideology a rebel Janata ... Read more...
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Delhi University students march against corruption
July 27th, 2011 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Around 500 students from the Delhi University Wednesday took out a protest march on the north campus against corruption and demanded a strong Lokpal ... Read more...
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Phone-tapping charges baseless, will write to PM: Yeddyurappa
July 25th, 2011 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 25 (IANS) Phone-tapping allegations against his government are "baseless", a defiant Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa said here Monday after returning from a holiday in Mauritius even ... Read more...
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Sonia ticked me off for criticising Chidambaram: Digvijay (Lead)
July 24th, 2011 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Congress leader Digvijay Singh, who often courts controversy over his remarks, has said he was ticked off by Congress president Sonia Gandhi for criticising ... Read more...
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Digvijay rejects charge of communalising terror
July 24th, 2011 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Denying the charge of "communalising terror", Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh also clarified that he has not "slapped anyone" and all these stories against ... Read more...
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ABVP to protest against corruption July 27
July 22nd, 2011 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) A nation-wide protest will be organised by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's (RSS) students wing Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) July 27 against the recent corruption ... Read more...
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Congress distances from Digvijay’s remarks on RSS
July 18th, 2011 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The Congress Monday distanced itself from the remarks of party leader Digvijay Singh about Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) making "bomb factories" and advised against ... Read more...
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Congress refuses comment on Digvijay’s Mumbai blast remark
July 17th, 2011 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The Congress Sunday declined to comment on party leader Digvijay Singh's remarks about the need to probe all groups, including Hindu outfits, in Wednesday's Mumbai ... Read more...
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BJP slams Digvijay for remark on RSS terror involvement
July 16th, 2011 - 4:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday said Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh's comment on possibility of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's (RSS) involvement in terror ... Read more...
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Ahead of fast, Hazare to meet leaders of all parties
June 28th, 2011 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, June 28 (IANS) Social activist Anna Hazare Tuesday said he will start meeting top political leaders of all parties from Wednesday prior to his planned agitation, from Aug ... Read more...
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Sonia writes to Hazare, Lokpal panel to meet Monday (Roundup)
June 19th, 2011 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) A day before the next meeting of the Lokpal bill joint drafting panel, Congress president Sonia Gandhi Sunday replied to reformer Anna Hazare's letter ... Read more...
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