Nagpur: Income tax officials should not forget that the Congress was on its way out, former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari said Thursday as he arrived home to a massive welcome. “The Income Tax department hatched a conspiracy on the direction of the Congress government. I have also got the names of the [...]
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today welcomed the elevation of Rajnath Singh as BJP president, saying he has always been associated with farmers which would benefit the party. ALSO READ: Blow to BJP, boost for Modi “I called up Shri Rajnath Singh ji and congratulated him. He brings with him vast experience of both [...]
Every effort of embattled BJP chief Nitin Gadkari to wiggle out of the Spurti quagmire has backfired and the proverbial final nail on the coffin was stuck by the I-T raids on the company stakeholders’ offices.
New Delhi: Outgoing BJP President Nitin Gadkari today alleged that there was a “political conspiracy” to tarnish his image and, therefore, in the interest of the party, he proposed the name of Rajnath Singh for party’s top post. “As far as the election for the second term is concerned, there had been a political conspiracy [...]
New Delhi: Rajnath Singh was Wednesday elected the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president. He succeeds Nitin Gadkari, who decided against contesting for a second term following charges of alleged corruption.
New Delhi: Former Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh is all set for another stint in office after he filed his nomination here Wednesday morning. Rajnath Singh and incumbent Nitin Gadkari arrived at the party office in the same car for a meeting of the party’s parliamentary board, after which he filed his nomination. Earlier, [...]
Nagpur: BJP President Nitin Gadkari, who was asked by the Income Tax department to appear before it today in connection with the probe into alleged dubious investments in Purti group of companies, has sought more time to present his case. Citing his preoccupation with party work as the reason for his inability to appear before [...]
Mumbai: Notwithstanding RSS’ backing, Nitin Gadkari may not get elected as BJP president for a second straight term unopposed, with dissident leader Mahesh Jethmalani today hinting at entering the fray for a “token” fight. “I just said there should be a contest if Mr Gadkari is contesting. If I have to engage in a token [...]
New Delhi: A Delhi court Friday granted bail to Congress leader Digvijaya Singh in a defamation case filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Nitin Gadkari. Metropolitan Magistrate (MM) Sudesh Kumar asked Digvijaya Singh to furnish a surety of Rs.50,000. The Congress leader, who was present in the court, sought a copy of the CD produced [...]
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal will make another expose on corruption Tuesday, a member of his party said. “The expose would be on corruption at 5 p.m.,” the member said. Kejriwal had earlier targeted United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Nitin Gadkari and [...]
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Andhra Pradesh tops in revenge murders over illicit affairs according to the National Crime Records Bureau statistics. The motive for 445 murders, reported in the State last year, was revenge on cheating partners or their paramours. This amounts to 16 per cent of the murder cases registered here. While the motive for 317 murder cases [...]
Don’t blame the weather for your gloominess. Good rainfall last week and the forecast of further rains due to an active South-West monsoon prompts farmers to sow crops in 50,000 hectares more than last year in Andhra Pradesh. The acreage is expected to increase 25-30 per cent over the normal area of 81.12 lakh hectares, [...]
The man who took a ‘stand’ at Taksim Square
A man stood still in Istanbul’s Taksim Square: silent, staring straight ahead, he had not moved for hours. His peaceful action, on the square that police cleared of protesters on Saturday and where the Turkish authorities have banned gatherings, was a new form of protest. He arrived Monday evening as night was falling and took [...]
As a conscious citizen watching the unfolding of the soap from Bihar, I am constrained to do some hard talk because all these worthies are playing with my life and my children’s. You may well ask how. Because what is happening is not an internal matter of a party or a Front but dividing the nation on communal lines more acutely than they did in the past. And communal venom has no anti-venom. It is deadly.
Corporal punishment in AP schools
The Public Interest Litigation filed in the Andhra Pradesh (AP) High Court on Saturday challenging the inaction of the State government in preventing ‘corporal punishment’ to children in schools calls for attention. Mohammed Shahbaz Ahmed Khan, a City resident, moved the PIL contending that as per the United Nations’ convention, the State was required to [...]
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