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The Bahujan Samaj Party has set the Schedule Castes/Scheduled Tribes promotion quota issue to pass it in Rajya Sabha on Monday .Senior BSP leader Dr Satish Mishra on Sunday contacted leaders of the Anna Dravida Munetra Kazhagam, the Dravida Munettra Kazhagam, the Telugu Desam Party, and...
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Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has met Malala Yousufzai in a UK hospital, describing the 15-year-old rights activist shot by the Taliban as a 'remarkable girl'.Zardari, accompanied by his daughter Asifa Bhutto, met Malala yesterday at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham where she was...
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AFP reports: North Korea has stopped all preparations for a rocket launch at a site in the country's northwest, a South Korean official told Yonhap News Agency today.The report came after North Korea said earlier today it may delay the much-criticised launch, that was originally scheduled for as...
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CPI-M veteran and leaderof Opposition in the Kerala Assembly V S Achuthanandan todayclarified that he had not said anything against the partywhile reacting to a high court order quashing the FIR against him in a land allotment case.Why such a doubt for you (media).I have not made anycomments...
18:54
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said he would visit Gujarat on December 10 to apprise its people about the tremendous development made by the former in every field.Hooda, who would address several public meetings at Surat during the visit, said, Haryana is ahead of Gujarat in...
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Asserting itself as a historic necessity, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today said the Jammu and Kashmir was poised for a genuine democratic contest, which would enable its people to choose their representatives on the basis of their performance.The state was poised for a genuine...
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Maharashtra Congress today dismissed as 'an attempt to distort the history' the Shiv Sena's demand of renaming Shivaji Park, where Bal Thackeray was cremated, as 'Shiv Tirth'.The Shiv Sena is trying to bring in a proposal in this regard in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Congress...
17:35
Raj Thackeray-led MNS today described as ill-timed the Shiv Sena move to bring a no-confidence motion against ruling Congress-NCP dispensation of Maharashtra.This is not the proper time to bring a no-trust motion against government, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Leader Bala Nandgaonkar told...
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In a veiled attack on the SP government in Uttar Pradesh over communal clashes in the recent past, BSP chief Mayawati today said the state was free of such incidents during her rule.The BSP had maintained communal harmony during its rule in Uttar Pradesh and not a single communal riot occurred...
17:02
Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh has alleged that Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh won the last two assembly elections by using money received from Naxalites.Singh told reporters here last evening that he was saying this as the BJP wins by large margins in areas where...
16:56
The BJP government faced the threat of instability after 13 MLAs, defying the party, threw their lot behind former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, who formally launched his Karnataka Janata Party at a mega rally at Haveri today.Thirteen loyalist MLAs of Yeddyurappa, who quit the BJP ten days ago,...
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Vicky Nanjappa reports: I will tour the entire state after four days. I need young leaders with me. The youth should come forward and join me. I can give you in writing in my blood that I will not let you down, said Yeddyurappa.He also had a warning for Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar. If...
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Vicky Nanjappa reports: While speaking at the rally, Yeddyurappa lashed out at his former party. The BJP lied to me. They said if you resign as the chief minister, we will make you president of party. I was cleared by the high court and despite that they did not keep their promise,: he said.They...
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Yeddyruppa finally commenced speech amid loud applause.I put my sweat and blood to build the BJP, but I was betrayed, he said.
14:48
Yeddyurappa may have walked out of the BJP and continues to speak ill about his former party, the BJP. However, all the advertisements of the KJP have one photograph of former Prime Minister and senior BJP leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He finds a place along with B R Ambedkar, Mother Teresa,...
14:35
The rumour currently doing the rounds is that Yeddyurappa has spent over Rs 8 crore in organising the launch of the KJP. There is a lot of criticism over the money spent, whih even prompted Congress leader Siddaramaiah to say, He has the money, he will spend it.
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Pooja Gandhi began her speech in highly-accented and broken Kannada. She was however quick to realise the same and told the crowd that she has learnt the language with great difficulty.Yeddyurappa built the BJP. I have seen all his good qualities. He is a fighter and today he is before you...
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Michael Ferandes, brother of former Defence Minister George Fernandes has also joined the KJP. When he took the stage, he urged Yeddyurappa to distribute tickets to all communities and castes.KJP will be the most secular party, he said.
14:09
After actor-turned-politician Pooja Gandhi joined Yeddyurappa's KJP, two other superstars from the Kannada movie industry have joined the new party.They are Malashree and Shruthy, who were inducted into the party, and this wasannounced by Dhananjay Kumar, president of the KJP.
14:04
Vicky Nanjappa reports: On seeing supporters approaching him with garlands, Yeddyurappa got off his chair and interrupted the speaker.Please don't come and garland me on stage. If you do that, I will leave. I will accept your garlands after I win the elections. Don't come to the stage now. I will...
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Vicky Nanjappa reports: Various attempts are being made to project Yeddyurappa as a secular leader. All the leaders on stage are speaking about his secular stance.Yeddyurappa too, is taking a special interest in felicitating Muslim leaders on stage He also accepted a memento from a few...
13:19
Despite stern warnings from the BJP, many of its leaders are attending the rally at Haveri today.Many leaders who were with Yeddyurappa for the breakfast meeting have left Haveri, but a good number stayed on to attend the rally.Chandrappa, Bharathi Shetty, C C Patil, B Harish, Dinesh Gowdan,...
13:18
Vicky Nanjappa reports: Friend-turned-foe, D Sadananda Gowda has sent his best wishes to B S Yeddyurappa. When contacted, Gowda who was made the CM by Yeddyurappa before he was pulled down wished Yeddyurappa well.All my best wishes to him and his new party, he said.
13:09
Vicky Nanjappa reports: A sea of humanity has descended upon Haveri today. Roads are blocked, and the police appear to be having a tough time controlling the crowd.There are over 5,000 vehicles apart from 1,100 buses which have come into Haveri ferrying crowds.
13:05
Vicky Nanjappa says: Yeddyurappa has taken the stage, and has started his speech to a roaring applause. He says that about 1 lakh people are at the event, and is making repeated pleas for the crowd to sit down.Yeddyurappa is walking around like a school head master and says that he will not...
13:03
Vicky nanjappa reports: The much-awaited rally leading up to the launch of the former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa's Karnataka Janatha Party has commenced at Haveri.Crowds have turned up in large numbers. At present, Dhananjay Kumar, president of the KJP has started his speech.
12:41
New Indian Express reports: One morning a few weeks ago, the nation suddenly learnt that Ajmal Amir Kasab of 26/11 infame had been hanged. It was known earlier that his mercy petition against the final Supreme Court verdict was pending consideration of the President.Apparently, President Pranab...
12:38
New York Post reports: The DJs who tricked a London nurse into patching through a prank phone call to her colleague caring for Kate Middleton won't be fired, and their boss even painted them as victims.This is a tragic event that could not have been reasonably foreseen and we're deeply saddened...
11:45
A mother cannot independently give her child up in adoption without the father's consent as such an adoption is 'nullity' in the eyes of law, a Delhi court has said. Additional Sessions Judge Anuradha Shukla Bhardwaj made the observations while dealing with a man's petition challenging his...
11:32
harging most Indian carriers with 'unreasonably' hiking air fares, a parliamentary panel has sought a probe against them and recommended that any increase in ticket prices should be approved by aviation regulator DGCA in the future.Noting that 'most of the airlines operating in the country had...
11:28
HT reports: On the day GMR surrendered the Male International Airport project to the Maldives government, India posted Captain RS Sunil of the Indian Navy as the first defence attach to the island nation.Top government sources, however, maintained that New Delhi has no intention of...
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