Akali Dal-BJP sweep Punjab rural polls
byChandigarh: The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine swept the zila parishad and panchayat samiti elections in Punjab, the state election commission announced…
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BJP urges Andhra governor to sack tainted ministers
byHyderabad, May 22 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday urged Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan to sack six allegedly tainted state ministers. A…
Manmohan is leader neither of party nor country: BJP
byNew Delhi, May 22 (IANS) As the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) got down to celebrating its fourth anniversary, the BJP Wednesday trained its guns…
Andhra local body elections to be held next month
byHyderabad, May 22 (IANS) The local body elections in Andhra Pradesh will be held in June, Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy said Wednesday….
Mamata violated model code, Congress tells poll panel
byNew Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Leaders of the Congress in West Bengal Wednesday met Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath to lodge a complaint against…
China welcomes ‘sensible advice’ on Tibet
byLondon, May 22 (IANS) China welcomes “constructive and sensible advice” and suggestions on Tibet’s development, Chinese Tibetologists said here. “There are many scholars studying…
Four years of UPA-II: Battlelines are drawn
byNew Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Political leaders were hard at debate Wednesday as the UPA-II regime completed four years with the clamour of corruption…
Geetika suicide: Court notice on Chaddha’s plea
byNew Delhi: The Delhi High Court today issued notice to police on a plea of Haryana’s former minister Gopal Goyal Kanda’s employee Aruna Chaddha against…
Sri Lanka denies scuttling power devolution
byColombo, May 22 (IANS) Sri Lanka denied Wednesday plans to roll back power sharing mechanisms with the Tamil minority despite attempts to stop long…
Anti-incumbency may affect UPA in parliamentary polls: Congress MP
byPanaji, May 22 (IANS) The anti-incumbency factor could affect the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, a Congress MP and…