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Decision on Delhi CM candidate prerogative of Parliamentary Board : BJP

India January 19, 2015 at 5:12 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, In a clear message to its Delhi leaders, many of whom are reportedly unhappy with sudden entry of Kiran Bedi and her projection as possible chief ministerial candidate, BJP today said such a decision was the prerogative of its Parliamentary Board. Union minister Prakash Javadekar also blamed ArvindRead More

Pahlaj Nihalani appointed new Censor Board chairperson.

Breaking news, India, Latest headlines January 19, 2015 at 5:11 pm 0 comments

New Delhi: Filmmaker Pahlaj Nihalani was on Monday appointed chairperson of the Censor Board, days after leela samson resigned as its chief, alleging interference by the government in its matters. The government also reconstituted the board appointing nine others as members including BJP leader Vani Tripathi Tikoo and filmmakers AshokeRead More

Ordinances should not be the norm, parties should find solution: President

Breaking news, India, Latest headlines January 19, 2015 at 5:11 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday asked ruling and opposition parties to put their heads together and find out a workable solution, apparently to avoid resort to frequent issuing of ordinances. In comments that have come against the backdrop of a raging debate on a spate of ordinances promulgatedRead More

14 arrested for violence in Muzaffarpur

India January 19, 2015 at 5:10 pm 0 comments

Muzaffapur/Patna, At least 14 persons have been arrested in connection with Sunday’s violence in a village here in which three persons were charred to death when a mob torched nine houses following the recovery of the body of a kidnapped youth. Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, who was inRead More

Need to gradually rationalise all subsidies : Jaitley

Breaking news, India, Latest headlines January 19, 2015 at 5:09 pm 0 comments

New Delhi/Chennai, Ahead of the 2015-16 Budget, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said there was a need to rationalise all subsidies and ensure stability in policies to attract investment and drive growth. “From January 1 LPG subsidy is going though banks…We have to gradually rationalise all possible subsidies,” theRead More

Former AAP leader Vinod Kumar Binny joins BJP

Former AAP leader Vinod Kumar Binny joins BJP

Breaking news, India, Latest headlines January 18, 2015 at 2:07 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, Former Aam Admi Party Vinod Kumar Binny joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday ahead of the Delhi assembly elections scheduled to be taken place on Feb 7. Binnny who was expelled from the AAP after he publicly threw salvo at party chief Arvind Kejriwal, had met BJPRead More

Govt plans to appoint 6-7 Governors in coming weeks : Rajnath Singh

India January 18, 2015 at 2:07 pm 0 comments

New Delhi: The government is planning to appoint new Governors in at least six states in the next 15-20 days, with Bihar, Punjab and Assam likely among these. “We are planning to appoint 6-7 new Governors in the next 15-20 days,” Home Minister Rajnath Singh told PTI. There are vacanciesRead More

BJP likely to decide CM candidate in parliamentary board meeting

Breaking news, India, Latest headlines January 18, 2015 at 2:06 pm 0 comments

New Delhi,The BJP is scheduled to hold a parliamentary board meeting on Sunday wherein the party’s senior leaders are expected to decide on the name of party’s chief ministerial candidate for the national capital. Since her induction in the BJP, speculations are rife that former IPS officer Kiran Bedi mayRead More

Sikh organisations seek ban on screening of MSG in J-K

Breaking news, India, Latest headlines January 18, 2015 at 2:06 pm 0 comments

Jammu, Various Sikh youth organisations in Jammu and Kashmir today called for a ban on screening of the controversial film ‘Messenger of God’ in the state, a day after the movie was banned by the Punjab government. “We welcome the decision of the Punjab government of banning the screening ofRead More

Anti-terror ops: Govt likely to frame norms for media coverage

India January 18, 2015 at 2:05 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, Indicating that there could be soon norms for media coverage of terror-related operations, Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said that the issue is under “serious and very advanced consideration” of the government. Delivering the first Justice J S Verma memorial lecture here, he also saidRead More