BJP Govt To Explore Legal Options On Summons To Modi...
The ruling BJP in Gujarat said on Friday it will explore legal options with regard to summoning of Chief Minister Narendra Modi by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team in connection with the 2002 riots. "The BJP government and the ...
Guj Riots: Modi Summoned By Sit To Appear On March...
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has been summoned by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team(SIT) to appear before it on March 21 for questioning in post-Godhra riots in the state in 2002. The summon follows a petition by Zakia Jaffrey, ...
Sena To Oppose If Force Used To Pass Women's...
Shiv Sena, an ally of NDA which voted for the Women's Reservation Bill in Rajya Sabha, on Thursday said it will oppose it if marshals were called in and force was used to pass the measure in Lok Sabha. "We ...
Sonia, Lalu, Mamata Parley In LS During Adjournments...
Unable to make their point over Women's Reservation Bill during the business hours, proponents and opponents of the legislation on Thursday used the adjournment periods in Lok Sabha to convince each other about their views. As the Lok Sabha was ...
Govt Not In A Hurry For Women's Bill In LS...
UPA allies SP and RJD have piped down on their threat to withdraw support to the government and the ruling coalition appeared not to be in a hurry to press ahead with the Women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha. ...
CM's No Comment On Sajjan Bail; Says Justice Delayed In...
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday declined comment on granting of bail to Sajjan Kumar, chargesheeted for his alleged role in anti-Sikh riots cases, but said justice gets delayed in India. "I do not want to comment on anything ...
All Decisions Cannot Be Taken In Delhi, Says BJP MP...
Amid reports of differences in BJP over the women's bill, its MP from Gorakhpur Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said there should be "internal democracy" on such issues and cautioned the party not to fall into Congress' "trap" of diverting the ...
Mulayam, Lalu Not Considering No-Confidence Motion...
Mulayam Singh Yadav and Lalu Prasad, the two strong opponents of the women's bill, on Wednesday said they were "as of now" not considering the issue of bringing a no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha, saying they did not have the ...
Sharad, Nitish Differences Will Not Split JD(U), Says Party...
With differences emerging within the JD(U) over the Women's Reservation Bill, the party on Wednesday expressed hope that the divergent views of its chief Sharad Yadav and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar would not lead to a split. "There could ...
Nitish May Break Away From JD(U)...
Differences in the JD(U) over women's quota bill widened on Tuesday with five of the party members in the Rajya Sabha endorsing Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's line to support the legislation. It's a development that can potentially split the ...
Brinda Lambasts Mamata; Brands Her As Opportunistic...
Accusing Trianmool Congress of taking an "opportunistic" stand on the Women's Reservation Bill, CPM leader Brinda Karat on Tuesday said its chief Mamata Banerjee did not seem to have any commitment towards women. "Trinamool Congress has been very opportunistic over ...
Lalu To Give Letter Of Withdrawal Of Support To President...
RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday said he would hand over to the President tomorrow a letter withdrawing support to the UPA government over the issue of Women's Reservation Bill while SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav remained non-committal on the ...
Trinamool Not To Vote On Women's Bill...
Accusing the government of trying to to bulldoze the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha, UPA ally Trinamool Congress on Tuesday said its members will not participate in the voting as it was not intimated about it. Union Minister ...
Swami Ramdev Launches Bharat Swabhimaan Party...
Yoga Guru Swami Ramdev has launched his Bharat Swabhimaan Party. He told a crowd in Meerut on Monday that he would field candidates for all constituencies in the next Lok Sabha elections. Swami Ramdev said the nation faces the biggest ...
