Former central minister Vallabhbhai Kathiriya, who was suspended from Gujarat's ruling Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) after he sided with rebels, Monday formally apologised and resolved to fight the next Lok Sabha elections.
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Monday, July 7
BJP misleading people over Amarnath land row: minister
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Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 04:39 PM IST
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Sri Prakash Jaiswal Monday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of misleading the people and triggering communal clashes in the country over the Jammu and Kashmir government's decision.
Left to withdraw support by Thursday: Forward Bloc(With 'Left says PM forcing them to end support to
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Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 04:37 PM IST
The Left parties would withdraw support to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government by Thursday, after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returns from Japan, Forward Bloc said Monday.
Congress creates uproar in Chhattisgarh assembly
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Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 04:32 PM IST
Opposition Congress legislators created an uproar in the Chhattisgarh state assembly Monday, seeking immediate release of Satnami community's spiritual leader Baldas arrested in April on charges of inciting a mob to grab a piece.
Congress is thankful to Samajwadi Party: minister
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Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 04:31 PM IST
Closeness between the Congress party and the Samajwadi Party came to the fore as Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Sri Prakash Jaiswal said his party was thankful to the latter for its stand on the India-US nuclear deal.
Government to prove majority, parliament session likely by July 21
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Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 04:12 PM IST
With the Left parties all set to withdraw their support to the Congress-led ruling coalition, the government is likely to seek convening of parliament's special session by July 21 to prove its majority.
'Uttar Pradesh not providing relief to anti-Sikh riot victims'
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Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 04:09 PM IST
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Sri Prakash Jaiswal accused Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati of not delivering justice to the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Rajnath condemns attack on Indian embassy in Kabul
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Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 04:07 PM IST
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Monday condemned the suicide attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul and described it as an act of cowardice and crime against humanity.
The day's political events in quotes:
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 03:56 PM IST
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said India was ready to go to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for finalizing the India-specific safeguards agreement, a crucial step in taking the India-US nuclear deal ahead.
Left says PM forcing them to end support to government
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Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 03:38 PM IST
Indian Communist leaders Monday said they had no option but to withdraw their support to the government after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh vowed to go ahead with the India-US nuclear deal.
Congress too in poll mode, Sonia sets up committees
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Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 03:37 PM IST
Almost a week after the main opposition released its first list of candidates for the 2009 general elections, Congress president Sonia Gandhi Monday constituted two high-level committees for the party campaign and manifest.
K.V. Thangabalu replaces Krishnaswamy as TNCC chief
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 03:33 PM IST
The Congress party removed M. Krishnaswamy from the post of party chief in Tamil Nadu and appointed former union minister K.V. Thangabalu to head the state Congress committee Monday.
Kaul Singh is Himachal Pradesh Congress chief
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 03:28 PM IST
Kaul Singh Thakur, a former speaker of the Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly, was Monday appointed the president of the Himachal Pradesh unit of the Congress, replacing Viplove Thakur.
Azad or no Azad, Amarnath land protests to continue
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 03:10 PM IST
The agitation against the cancellation of land transfer to the Amarnath shrine authorities would continue, protesters said after the Ghulam Nabi Azad government in Jammu and Kashmir fell Monday.
Kashmir government fall ends a week of uncertainty
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 03:05 PM IST
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Monday resigned from the office, ending a week of uncertainty about his government but leaving the poll-bound state in a severe political crisis.
Dalit, progressive groups plan protest against n-deal
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Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 03:01 PM IST
Dalit and backward class intellectuals and political activists in Maharashtra have come together to oppose the India-US nuclear deal and are planning to organise nationwide protest demonstrations against it.
Amar Singh gets poetic about meeting with Sonia (Political Prattle)
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Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 02:55 PM IST
Political crises can also inspire poetry. Ask Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh, who used the words of an old Hindi film song to describe his meeting with Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
Man on the street takes Azad's resignation in his stride
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Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 02:52 PM IST
Political and constitutional debates apart, the common man in the Kashmir valley is not surprised by the fall of the Ghulam Nabi Azad-led Congress government here.
Fall of Jammu and Kashmir government a gimmick: BJP
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 02:49 PM IST
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday said the fall of the Jammu and Kashmir government was a gimmick plotted together by the Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
President calls for social action to eliminate evils
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Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 02:48 PM IST
President Pratibha Patil Monday called for strong social and community action to eliminate social evils like dowry, child marriage and female feoticide.
Pandemonium in Madhya Pradesh assembly over Indore riots
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 02:47 PM IST
The Madhya Pradesh assembly here witnessed unruly scenes Monday, with the opposition accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of allowing communal riots in Indore and promoting lawlessness in the state.
Senior Congress leaders allowed to meet Indore riot victims
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 02:46 PM IST
The senior Congress leaders, who were arrested Sunday while on their way to visit riot-hit areas of the curfew-bound city, have been released and allowed to meet the victims, official sources said Monday.
Siddharth Patel is Gujarat Congress chief
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 02:44 PM IST
Senior leader and legislator Siddharth Patel was Monday appointed the chief of the Gujarat unit of the Congress, replacing Bharatsinh Solanki ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
BJP won't have any truck with the BSP or SP: Naqvi
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 02:44 PM IST
BJP vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Monday reiterated his party's stance that the party won't have any truck with the Bahujan Samaj Party or even the Samajwadi Party in the Lok Sabha elections.
Azad's resignation leaves Kashmir governor in quandary
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 02:40 PM IST
In the wake of Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's decision Monday to quit his office, political focus in Jammu and Kashmir shifted to the state's Raj Bhavan where Governor N.N. Vohra was exploring alternative possibilities.
Congress MP threatens to quit over scheduled caste categorisation
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 02:38 PM IST
An MP of the ruling Congress Monday threatened to resign over the issue of categorisation of scheduled castes (SC) for sharing reservation benefits.
Thus spoke Amar Singh - this month, four years ago
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 02:29 PM IST
Exactly four years ago, this month, Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh vowed revenge against Congress president Sonia Gandhi when she kept his party out of her list of invitees to a dinner she hosted to cobble together a coali.
Jammu and Kashmir government falls as Azad quits
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 01:55 PM IST
Jammu and Kashmir Chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Monday decided to quit his office rather than put his motion of confidence to vote in the state legislative assembly, which met here for a special session called by Governor.
Jammu and Kashmir government falls
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 01:44 PM IST
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Monday refused to face the vote of no confidence in the state legislative assembly and instead decided to resign.
Amarinder Singh asked to answer 250 questions in eight weeks
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 01:26 PM IST
The Punjab police have given former chief minister Amarinder Singh 250 questions to answer in a disproportionate assets case, and they want the responses within eight weeks, sources said Monday.
Samajwadi Party's Shahid Siddiqui in PM's media delegation to Japan
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 01:23 PM IST
Guess who is the VIP in the media delegation accompanying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Japan? Samajwadi Party general secretary Shahid Siddiqui, who is in the delegation not as an MP but as the editor of the Urdu paper.
Manmohan Singh leaves for Japan
by
Bhavesh
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 01:21 PM IST
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday left for Japan's northern town of Toyako in Hokkaido island to attend the annual conclave of leaders of the world's most powerful, industrialized and emerging economies. |
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