Politics

VHP will declare Gujarat a Hindu state by 2015: Togadia  

01 Apr 2013, 8.43 am  |  Source: PTI

VHP will declare Gujarat a "Hindu state" by 2015 besides having its presence in all 18,000 villages of the state in the next two years, the outfit's ...

BJP announces core team; Modi returns to Board  

31 Mar 2013, 11.30 am  |  Source: IBNLive.com

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday announced its new Parliamentary Board and as speculated, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was reinducte...

Manmohan Singh is above several Prime Ministers: Swraj Paul  

30 Mar 2013, 5.03 pm  |  Source: PTI

Throwing his weight behind Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UK-based NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul today termed him "above several Prime Ministers o...

Beni continues verbal attack on Mulayam  

30 Mar 2013, 4.44 pm  |  Source: IBNLive.com

The war of words between Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma and the Samajwadi Party does not seem to be ending. Even as the Congress distanced its...

BJP protests over letter seeking info on Panchayat members  

30 Mar 2013, 10.46 am  |  Source: PTI

BJP members today staged protests demanding withdrawal of the letter written by Rural development and Panchayati Raj department seeking information a...

Even Digvijaya gets it right on why UPA-2 isn't working  

28 Mar 2013, 3.56 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Digvijaya Singh, the Congress party's loquacious general secretary, occasionally stumbles on a truth that would have been obvious ages ago to everyone...

JD(U)'s wait & watch policy as Centre aims to woo Nitish  

26 Mar 2013, 5.01 pm  |  Source: IBNLive.com

The Janata Dal (United) is following a wait and watch policy after government sources indicated that they are looking at accepting Bihar Chief Ministe...

'Politics of nation run by individuals than ideologies'   

26 Mar 2013, 3.46 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Prabhu Chawla, Editorial Director of New Indian Express spoke about the current political uncertainty and where things a...

Govt won't fall on Mulayam's comments: N Ram   

26 Mar 2013, 12.13 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

When Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav stated that days of one-party rule were over and future belonged to coalition government, it sparked ...

CBI quizzes former Haryana minister Jain in murder case  

26 Mar 2013, 9.36 am  |  Source: PTI

Former Haryana minister Om Parkash Jain was today interrogated by the CBI officials in connection with the murder of a village head in Karnal district...

Post DMK leaving & SP's threat, UPA to woo Nitish, Mamata   

26 Mar 2013, 9.10 am  |  Source: IBNLive.com

The crisis within the UPA seems to be taking new turns each day. With Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav threatening to withdraw support, the g...

Alagiri skips meet, DMK against outside support to UPA  

25 Mar 2013, 8.24 pm  |  Source: IBNLive.com

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), in its executive meet on Monday held to discuss the next course of action nearly a week after leaving the UPA gov...

Mulayam may try to pull the UPA plug: Sources   

25 Mar 2013, 7.33 pm  |  Source: IBNLive.com

After the DMK pullout, the Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has signalled at pulling the plug soon on the United Progressive Alliance (U...

Decision on Cong PM candidate after elections: Shukla  

24 Mar 2013, 11.34 am  |  Source: PTI

The decision on the post of Prime Minister will be taken after the 2014 general elections, which the Congress will contest under the leadership of Son...

'SP can't risk early polls, BJP will want UPA to crumble'   

21 Mar 2013, 11.50 am  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Speaking to CNBC-TV18, Indian Express editor in-chief Shekhar Gupta believes chances of an early poll is minimal....

UPA may survive DMK pullout, unlikely to undertake reforms   

20 Mar 2013, 10.50 pm  |  Source: IBNLive.com

Even as Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath claimed that the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government was not lame duck after the DMK...

DMK MP faints in RS while raising Sri Lankan Tamil issue  

20 Mar 2013, 2.02 pm  |  Source: PTI

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) member Vasanthi Stanley today fainted in the Rajya Sabha while strongly raising the Sri Lankan Tamil issue, leading to...

Chidambaram, Kamal Nath to consult parties on SL resolution   

20 Mar 2013, 12.33 pm  |  Source: IBNLive.com

Finance minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said that the government intends to amend the resolution on Sri Lankan war crimes, but was still holding t...

Govt 'not a lame duck' after DMK pullout: Kamal Nath  

20 Mar 2013, 10.56 am  |  Source: Reuters

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath said on Wednesday the government was "not a lame duck", a day after the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) with...

Strong possibility of general elections in 2013: Sardesai   

20 Mar 2013, 10.38 am  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Rajdeep Sardesai, editor-in-chief, CNN-IBN says that the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party's exit from the UPA is a move to repair its image that ...

Govt now vulnerable to pressure from allies: Bhattacharya   

19 Mar 2013, 4.07 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

"The key takeaway from today is that the government's vulnerability to pressures from alliance partners goes up and its ability to negotiate a deal wi...

See no threat to govt; DMK is posturing: Prabhu Chawla   

19 Mar 2013, 3.08 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Prabhu Chawla of The Indian Express feels the DMK is only posturing.Therefore, he sees no threat to the ruling government although, its position has w...

DMK Pulls out of UPA: The door still open for negotiations says Cho Ramaswamy   

19 Mar 2013, 1.54 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) today announced pulling out of the Congress-led UPA coalition. It is in protest against the government's position ...

DMK ready to reconsider on certain condition: Karunanidhi  

19 Mar 2013, 1.47 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

The DMK today announced pulling out of the Congress-led UPA coalition. It is in protest against the government's position on a US backed United Nation...

DMK Pulls out of UPA: Samajwadi Party will not support pension, insurance reforms  

19 Mar 2013, 1.12 pm  |  Source: Reuters

The Samajwadi Party (SP) will continue to support the Congress Party-led government, a party leader said, after the DMK withdrew from the ruling coali...

BJP says unlikely to call confidence motion in Parliament  

19 Mar 2013, 1.02 pm  |  Source: Reuters

India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is unlikely to call a confidence motion in parliament after the ruling UPA coalition lost support...

Live Updates: DMK quits govt over Sri Lankan Tamils issue  

19 Mar 2013, 12.48 pm  |  Source: PTI

Hardening its stand on the Lankan Tamils issue, DMK today decided to pull out of the UPA government at the Centre for allowing "watering down" of the ...

Government stable despite DMK pulling out: P Chidambaram  

19 Mar 2013, 12.12 pm  |  Source: Reuters

Congress party-led government is "stable" despite DMK withdrawing its support in protest against the government's position on a United Nations resolut...

DMK Pulls out of UPA: How numbers stack up in Lok Sabha now  

19 Mar 2013, 12.09 pm  |  Source: IBNLive.com

The DMK which has 18 MPs in the Lok Sabha has withdrawn support to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government over the US-sponsored resol...

I have nothing to say now: Sonia Gandhi on DMK pullout   

19 Mar 2013, 12.02 pm  |  Source: PTI

On the backdrop of UPA's ally, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) pulling out of the Congress led UPA government, Congress party President, Sonia Gandhi ...