Latest News from indiatvnews.com http://www.indiatvnews.com/ Mon,20 May 2013 23:13:40 +0100 indiatvnews.com http://www.indiatvnews.com/images/indiatv-logo.png http://www.indiatvnews.com/ Feed provided by INDIA TV. http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/after-years-in-office-manmohan-singh-s-govt-faces-a-nationwide-anti-incumbency-mood-10209.html New Delhi, May 20: Manmohan Singh’s political life has been full of surprises. When he entered politics in 1991 as India’s finance minister, little did he realize that he will one day create a record of becoming the third largest serving PM of the country. When Soni..]]> 2013-05-20 20:22:12 http://www.indiatvnews.com/ http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/kerala-bjp-not-allying-with-hindu-groups-bjp-10208.html Thiruvananthapuram, May 20: The BJP Monday said Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the Sivagiri Mutt here last month should not be seen as a move to forge an alliance with Hindu groups in the state.BJP spokesperson Nirmala Seetharaman said here: "Modi vis..]]> 2013-05-20 19:02:57 http://www.indiatvnews.com/ http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/modi-did-not-recommend-amit-shah-for-up-says-rajnath-10207.html New Delhi, May 20: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Monday defended the decision to hand over charge of party affairs in Uttar Pradesh to Narendra Modi's close aide Amit Shah but stressed that Modi did not seek the appointment."He (Shah..]]> 2013-05-20 22:21:36 http://www.indiatvnews.com/ http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/congress-names-new-zonal-chiefs-in-uttar-pradesh-10206.html New Delhi, May 20: Miffed over the performance of its eight zonal chiefs, including two central ministers, in the politically crucial Uttar Pradesh, the Congress appointed a new team Monday, said party sources.According to party sources, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was..]]> 2013-05-20 22:20:47 http://www.indiatvnews.com/ http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/we-are-far-more-comfortable-with-nawaz-sharif-omar-10205.html New Delhi, May 20: The return of Nawaz Sharif to power was a "heartening" development for Jammu and Kashmir, says state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah who expressed the hope that India and Pakistan would soon come to the dialogue table.Talking about the just-concluded e..]]> 2013-05-20 18:26:13 http://www.indiatvnews.com/ http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/nitish-says-he-can-digest-lalu-s-barbs-10204.html Patna, May 20: Criticising Lalu Prasad for using unparliamentary language against him and his party leaders, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said he could digest such comments, but those who could not would go to court."I have capacity to digest such baseless comments, b..]]> 2013-05-20 18:19:34 http://www.indiatvnews.com/ http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/naveen-seeks-presidential-assent-for-anti-chit-fund-bill-10203.html Bhubaneswar, May 20: With Opposition Congress and BJP announcing plans to make chit fund fraud a poll issue, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today wrote to the Union Home Minister seeking his intervention for an early Presidential assent to a Bill protecting depositors' inte..]]> 2013-05-20 18:10:33 http://www.indiatvnews.com/ http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/at-a-glance-uma-bharti-s-journey-from-a-glamorous-sanyasin-to-mp-chief-minister--10202.html New Delhi: The controversial leader Uma Bharti illustrated herself in the Indian polity as one of the popular spiritual leaders of  her time. She earned the title of a `sanyasin’ through numerous displays of spirituality through `teerth yatras’ and `yagyas&rsqu..]]> 2013-05-20 18:31:17 http://www.indiatvnews.com/ http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/nda-alliance-in-bihar-intact-nitish-10201.html Patna, May 20: With a survey indicating that the NDA will increase its tally in the 2014 polls if the JD(U) and BJP remain together and both parties will lose seats in case of parting, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said that the alliance is ‘intact&rsquo..]]> 2013-05-20 16:29:17 http://www.indiatvnews.com/ http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/lalu-has-become-unemployed-that-s-why-he-is-making-vulgar-comments-nitish-10200.html Patna, May 20:  Criticising Lalu Prasad for using unparliamentary language against him and his party leaders, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said he could digest such comments, but those who could not would go to court."I have capacity to digest such baseless comme..]]> 2013-05-20 16:20:04 http://www.indiatvnews.com/ http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/mamata-steps-into-third-year-in-office-10199.html Kolkata, May 20: In the shadow of the Saradha Group chit-fund scam, West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee government stepped into its third year in office Monday, with the chief minister claiming the state has outperformed the national average in key sectors.Having moved from one ..]]> 2013-05-20 14:11:18 http://www.indiatvnews.com/ http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/bjp-protests-outside-cbi-office-in-chandigarh-10198.html Chandigarh, May 20: Police had to use water cannons to disperse scores of BJP workers who clashed with police during a protest near the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) office here Monday.The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers were seeking the ouster of t..]]> 2013-05-20 17:00:47 http://www.indiatvnews.com/ http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/mirwaiz-placed-under-house-arrest-in-srinagar-10197.html Srinagar, May 20: Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, chairperson of the moderate faction of Jammu and Kashmir's separatist Hurriyat Conference, was placed under house arrest Monday, a day before the group has called for a march to the Eidgah here.The Mirwaiz's movements have been r..]]> 2013-05-20 13:04:28 http://www.indiatvnews.com/ http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/aap-workers-protest-at-residences-of-delhi-cm-mlas-10196.html New Delhi, May 20: Aam Aadmi Party workers yesterday protested outside residences of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and local MLAs on the issues of rising prices of power and water, and women's safety in the national capital.    While demonstrating outs..]]> 2013-05-20 12:41:24 http://www.indiatvnews.com/ http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/nc-led-govt-failed-to-live-up-to-people-s-expectations-bjp-10195.html Jammu, May 20: The Jammu and Kashmir unit of BJP yesterday accused the National Conference-led state government of failing to live up to the expectations of people."J-K government has failed on all fronts from security to development to providing basic facilities to the pe..]]> 2013-05-20 12:14:08 http://www.indiatvnews.com/ http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/protestors-greet-sharad-pawar-with-black-flags-10194.html Thane, May 20: Union Agriculture Minister and NCP Chief Sharad Pawar was greeted with black flags by Congress, Shiv Sena, SP and BSP workers to protest wastage of water by the civic corporation here yesterday in Bhiwandi.Pawar inaugurated the Bhiwandi-Nizampur City Municipal Co..]]> 2013-05-20 12:00:12 http://www.indiatvnews.com/ http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/chicago-nris-meet-extends-support-to-kejriwal-s-party-10193.html Washington, May 20: A group of Indian-Americans from as many as 20 cities held a meeting in Chicago over the weekend and extended full support to the political movement of change being spearheaded by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led by social activist Arvind Kejriwal.In a reso..]]> 2013-05-20 11:51:03 http://www.indiatvnews.com/ http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/jd-u-leader-files-defamation-case-against-lalu-10192.html Patna, May 20: Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) legislator Sanjay Singh Monday filed a defamation case against Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad for allegedly using unparliamentary language against him.Sanjay Singh, who is also JD-U spokesperson, filed ..]]> 2013-05-20 11:37:34 http://www.indiatvnews.com/ http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/two-andhra-ministers-charged-in-jagan-case-quit-10191.html Hyderabad, May 20: Two cabinet ministers in Andhra Pradesh charged in the Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's disproportionate assets case have submitted their resignations to Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, sources said Monday.They put in their papers late Sunday night following..]]> 2013-05-20 11:15:47 http://www.indiatvnews.com/ http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/bengal-has-outperformed-outgrown-india-in-mamata-10190.html Kolkata, May 20: On the eve of completing two years in office, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday claimed that West Bengal outperformed and outgrew the nation during 2012-13."In 2012-13, Bengal outperformed the national average in key performance indicators. In GDP, agr..]]> 2013-05-20 11:07:25 http://www.indiatvnews.com/