New Delhi: Reacting to External Affairs Minister SM Krishna's warning, Team Anna on Sunday said they would welcome a defamation suit by the government against them for levelling charges of corruption against top UPA ministers. "If SM Krishna has not done anything wrong, why he is scared. We welcome a defamation suit," Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan said. Team Anna on Saturday clubbed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister...
07:53:02 AM May 27, 2012
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Saturday rejected allegations of corruption levelled against him by Team Anna and cautioned its members that their actions would amount to over-reaching a judicial process. In a letter to Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal hours after the allegations were levelled, Krishna reminded that the matter referred to was sub-judice and the Supreme Court had put a stay on it. "All allegations are...
11:16:57 PM May 26, 2012
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said on Saturday that a debate should be held on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Addressing a conclave organised by the Hindustan Times in Lucknow, he said if the FDI was against the interest of farmers, his government would never support it. Akhilesh reiterated development through PPP model to march ahead in the field of IT, power, health, transport, industry and other sectors. He...
10:36:39 PM May 26, 2012
New Delhi: Hitting back at Narendra Modi for his criticism of the UPA, Congress on Saturday said the soul of Hitler's propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels seemed to have entered the "frustrated" Gujarat Chief Minister and accused him of crossing the "Laxmanrekha". "Gujarat Chief Minister is a frustrated man. It seems the soul of Joseph Goebbels, the propaganda minister during the Nazi regime of Hitler in Germany, has gone inside him....
10:11:57 PM May 26, 2012
Hyderabad: Despite ominous signs that there could be further exodus of its MLAs to YSR Congress of Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy, the ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh is not ready to accept that its government faced a possible threat in the near future. "There is no threat to the Congress government and it will last its full term, no matter who stays in the party or leaves it and...
09:46:31 PM May 26, 2012
Shimla: Himachal Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal on Saturday made it clear that there is no move in his state to slash the VAT on petrol to offset the impact of steep rise of Rs 7.50 per litre in the price of petrol. Interacting with media persons on the conclusion of election campaign for Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) polls, Dhumal said, any decision in this regard would be taken after...
08:59:27 PM May 26, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday met President Pratibha Patil and discussed the just-concluded parliament session and his visit to Myanmar, beginning on Sunday. The meeting between the two lasted 40 minutes, a communique issued by Rashtrapati Bhavan said in New Delhi. "The two leaders discussed the just concluded budget session of the parliament, the state of the economy and the political situation," the statement said. The Prime...
08:42:28 PM May 26, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday launched her protest rally in Kolkata demanding a rollback on the petrol price hike. The rally began in Jadavpore and stopped at Hazra, covering a distance of 5 km. Mamata had earlier expressed her displeasure at the petrol price hike but had clarified that her party would not pull out of the UPA. The Trinamool Congress is the second largest ally...
07:42:48 PM May 26, 2012
New Delhi: Even as the BJP tried to present a united face at its national executive meeting in Mumbai, one of its senior leaders has written to party president Nitin Gadkari, criticising the party. Rajya Sabha MP Ram Jethmalani in his letter to Gadkari saying, "The party (BJP) is sick. I presume you are concerned about the sickness of the party (BJP) which registers no response the the greater sickness...
07:26:39 PM May 26, 2012
Hyderabad: YSR Congress Chief Jagan Mohan Reddy was questioned by the CBI in the disproportionate assets case for the second consecutive day on Saturday. The leader said that he had been asked to come back on Sunday for another round of questioning. "Things went off peacefully. They sought for clarifications and I gave them. The CBI has sought more clarifications. Will give them some more time tomorrow," he said. Jagan...
07:12:01 PM May 26, 2012
Kolkata: The CPI(M) on Saturday carried out a road blockade across Kolkata, bringing the traffic to a grinding halt, in protest against the fuel price hike. The youth wing of the party, Democratic Youth Federation of India, organised 'chakka jams' at major intersections across the city. The Left parties are allegedly holding a six-day protest, which will culminate in rallies on May 31. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is also...
05:33:55 PM May 26, 2012
Mumbai: Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa is a "human bomb" within the BJP whose president Nitin Gadkari's path is "paved with landmines", Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray said in Mumbai on Saturday. In a candid reflection on the divisions in BJP, marked by the resignation of Sanjay Joshi as a special invitee to its national executive to secure the attendance of Narendra Modi, Thackeray, the oldest ally of the...
04:49:26 PM May 26, 2012
Mumbai: BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Saturday met Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray at the latter's residence 'Matoshree' in suburban Bandra. The meeting comes a day after the national executive meeting of BJP concluded in Mumbai. BJP sources described the meeting as a courtesy call by Gadkari. The BJP chief had also met Thackeray last month, in an apparent effort to remove the "misunderstanding" that had crept into their relations...
03:27:43 PM May 26, 2012
New Delhi: Team Anna has accused top UPA government ministers including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Home Minister P Chidambaram of corruption. Targeting 15 UPA ministers in their report, Team Anna has asked for a Special Investigation Team to be formed to probe the charges and has named six judges to look into the allegations. "I have written to PM for a special investigative team to...
03:11:49 PM May 26, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: There seems to be more trouble in Kerala's CPM at a time when the party is being torn apart by infighting. The Idukki district head of the CPM, MM Mani, has controversially claimed that the CPM has a history of 'murdering' rivals within the party. The comment comes on the back of the alleged murder of TP Chandrasekharan, a CPM rebel in May this year. Earlier this week, former...
02:09:09 PM May 26, 2012
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