Politics News

About foes and friends

The Samajwadi Party has also rediscovered the true worth of the former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Harkishen Singh Surjeet and his words of political wisdom. Amar Singh, who scoffed at Surjeet in the past for bailing the Congress out, now says that the ailing Marxist leader always longed for the Samajwadi Party and the Congress to be friends.10:22 PM on July 02

Paparazzi chase

The meeting between National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan and Amar Singh Wednesday was billed 'top secret' with neither side revealing the venue. Narayanan was to unravel the nuclear deal to Amar Singh layer by layer so that his party can end its dilemma and take a stand. The Samajwadi Party still does not know whether to support or oppose the deal.10:22 PM on July 02

BJP, VHP gear up for nationwide strike

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Wednesday geared up for the success of the nationwide strike they have called Thursday to protest the cancellation of land allotment to the Amarnath shrine management.10:21 PM on July 02

Mayawati's distance from BJP a pretence: Samajwadi Party

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati was pretending to distance herself from the Bharatiya Janata Party to solicit support from the Muslim voters, the Samajwadi Party's state unit acting president Shivpal Singh Yadav alleged here Wednesday.10:04 PM on July 02

Amar Singh wants PM to clear doubts on n-deal

The Samajwadi Party Wednesday took another step to firm up its ties with the Congress by praising Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as a man with an 'exceedingly clean image' and urged him to clarify 'doubts' about the India-US nuclear deal.10:00 PM on July 02

Anomalous archaic law on police officers' promotion challenged

The Supreme Court Wednesday decided to examine the legality of an anomalous archaic law that divests senior officials of states' police services of their right to be promoted to the Indian Police Service (IPS) cadre after the age of 54.9:32 PM on July 02

Muslim clerics commend Mayawati's anti-nuclear deal stand

A day after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati termed the India-US nuclear deal as 'anti-Muslim', Muslim clerics appreciated her stand and commended her for withdrawing support from the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.9:30 PM on July 02

No visa for Modi, activists urge US

While Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's supporters in the US have invited him for a world Gujarati conference in August, activists have urged Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice not to grant him a visa given the allegations of rights violations against him.7:32 PM on July 02

Parties debate oncoming crisis, BJP to press for trust vote

As the government hurtled towards a crisis where it could be reduced to a minority over its stance on the nuclear deal with the US and desperately tried to win over friends, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday said clearly it would press for a trust vote in parliament.7:31 PM on July 02

Property controversy dogs Punjab lawmaker

Congress lawmaker Randeep Singh Wednesday claimed that his mother had sold off his as well as his brother's share of their ancestral property even as he refuted the allegation that he hit her.7:30 PM on July 02

PM unveils 2020 vision for a 'shining northeast'

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday unveiled a roadmap to spur all-round development of the northeast region by 2020 and announced the linking of all state capitals there by rail and road to ensure better connectivity.7:30 PM on July 02

New website on Jayalalitha

AIADMK chief and Tamil Nadu's Leader of Opposition J. Jayalalitha has a new website dedicated to her.6:32 PM on July 02

Police baton charge, detain protesting BJP activists

Uttar Pradesh Police Wednesday baton charged Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists protesting the withdrawal of the forest land transfer to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) by the Jammu and Kasmir government, officials said.6:31 PM on July 02

Former Kerala legislator arrested

A former two-time Communist Party of India (CPI) lawmaker P.S. Supal was arrested early Wednesday near here for forcibly freeing his party supporters from police custody after their arrests for a scuffle with Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activists.5:31 PM on July 02

Geelani asks Jammu Muslims to maintain communal harmony

Syed Ali Geelani, hardline separatist leader and chairman of a breakaway faction of the Hurriyat Conference, Wednesday appealed to Muslims in Jammu to maintain communal harmony in the wake of violent protests over allotment of land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB).5:31 PM on July 02