LS polls: Moon Moon Sen campaigns in Bankura
Apr 16, 2014, at 06:54 pm
Bankura, Apr 16 (IBNS) Yesteryear actress Moon Moon Sen on Wednesday was seen campaigning for the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in her Bankura Lok Sabha constituency of West Bengal.
Won't be vindictive towards anyone: Modi
Apr 16, 2014, at 06:40 pm
New Delhi, Apr 16 (IBNS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has said the party won't take any vindictive action against Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra in connection with the DLF scam.
LS polls: CNBC-TV18 partners with TCS, Twitter
Apr 16, 2014, at 06:33 pm
Mumbai, Apr 16 (IBNS): CNBC-TV18, India’s leading business news channel, has tied up with the country's largest software services firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for its newly launched app, iElect, which helps users gain social insights into the ongoing Lok Sabha polls.
US Hindus criticize Texas Christian University
Apr 16, 2014, at 06:31 pm
Nevada, Apr 16 (IBNS) Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth has been criticized for ignoring some of the world’s major religions in its student listing.
California council opens with Hindu prayer
Apr 16, 2014, at 05:28 pm
Nevada, Apr 16 (IBNS) Reedley City Council in California (USA), which celebrated 100th anniversary of its incorporation in 2013, will have its first historic Hindu opening prayer on April 22, containing verses from world's oldest existing scripture.
Priyanka Gandhi to campaign for mother Sonia today
Apr 16, 2014, at 04:47 pm
New Delhi, Apr 16 (IBNS) Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi will on Wednesday campaign for her mother and Congress president Sonia Gandhi in Raebareli Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh.
Anti-Ananth Kumar wave in Bangalore: Nilekani
Apr 16, 2014, at 04:37 pm
Bangalore, Apr 16 (IBNS) Infosys co-founder and Congress candidate Nandan Nilekani, who is contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Bangalore South constituency in Karnataka, said people have made up their minds to vote against five-time Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ananth Kumar.
LS polls: Smriti Irani to file nomination today
Apr 16, 2014, at 04:30 pm
Amethi, Apr 16 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Smriti Irani will file her nomination from Amethi Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday.
Bangalore: Bus catches fire; 6 dead
Apr 16, 2014, at 03:42 pm
Bangalore, Apr 16 (IBNS) At least six people were charred to death on Wednesday morning when a luxury bus caught fire while travelling from Davangere in Karnataka to Bangalore.
Muslim clerics: Congress slams BJP
Apr 16, 2014, at 03:18 pm
New Delhi, Apr 16 (IBNS) The Congress has hit out at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over its president Rajnath Singh meeting Muslim clerics in Lucknow.
Vishvas files nomination papers
Apr 16, 2014, at 06:23 am
Amethi, Apr 15 (IBNS): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Kumar Vishvas on Tuesday filed his nomination papers from Amethi Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh.
Indo-Pak mutual cooperation needed: Farooq
Apr 16, 2014, at 04:01 am
Srinagar, Apr 15 (IBNS): National Conference Party President and senior Cabinet Minister in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday said friendly relations and mutual bilateral cooperation between India and Pakistan was a must for lasting peace and sustained development in the sub-continent and especially in Jammu and Kashmir.
AAP rolls out outdoor campaign in Mumbai
Apr 16, 2014, at 03:19 am
Mumbai, Apr 15 (IBNS): In an attempt to woo voters, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has now opted for outdoor hoarding campaign here.
Srinivasan files affidavit questioning his removal
Apr 16, 2014, at 02:56 am
New Delhi, Apr 15 (IBNS): N Srinivasan, the suspended Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president, on Tuesday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court (SC) questioning his removal from the top post of the Indian cricket board.
Rajnath meets top Shia cleric, other Muslim leaders
Apr 16, 2014, at 01:34 am
Lucknow, Apr 15 (IBNS): Days after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) slammed Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi for meeting the Shahi Imam, the party's president Rajnath Singh has now met an important Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe in Lucknow.
This is not a family tea party: Priyanka on Varun
Apr 16, 2014, at 12:07 am
New Delhi, Apr 15 (IBNS): It appears to be a war of words between two estranged Gandhi cousins -Varun Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi - after the latter accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader of being on the "wrong path."
Cong protests over Swamy's 'drunk' remark on Priyanka
Apr 16, 2014, at 12:03 am
New Delhi, Apr 15 (IBNS): Several Congress party workers on Tuesday protested outside the residence of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy for calling Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Gandhi a drunk.
Priyanka Gandhi defends mother over speech
Apr 15, 2014, at 06:53 pm
New Delhi, Apr 15 (IBNS) After the BJP blasted a televised speech of Sonia Gandhi in which she called the saffron party a divisive force, daughter Priyanka Gandhi defended her mother and called Manmohan Singh a super Prime Minister.
Varun Gandhi hits back at Priyanka remark
Apr 15, 2014, at 06:42 pm
New Delhi, Apr 15 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Varun Gandhi, who on Tuesday filed his nomination for the Lok Sabha polls from Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh, said his decency should not be seen as weakness and he never crossed any lakshman rekha.
We are at crossroads: Sonia Gandhi to nation
Apr 15, 2014, at 06:22 pm
New Delhi, Apr 15 (IBNS) Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in an emotional televised appeal to voters urged to make the right decision at the crossroads of history and not all prey to the falsehood of the Opposition led by the BJP calling it divisive.
Arun Jaitley mocks at Sonia Gandhi speech
Apr 15, 2014, at 06:11 pm
New Delhi, Apr 15 (IBNS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader Arun Jaitley has mocked the Congress and called its new slogan as "Mein Nahin Mom", referring to the Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's attack on the BJP a day ago in a televised speech.
Varun Gandhi files nomination from Sultanpur
Apr 15, 2014, at 06:01 pm
New Delhi, Apr 15 (IBNS): After an elaborate roadshow complete with a march and showering of flower petals, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Varun Gandhi on Tuesday filed his nomination for the Lok Sabha polls from Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
Supreme Court rules in favour of transgenders
Apr 15, 2014, at 05:52 pm
New Delhi, Apr 15 (IBNS) In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the transgender community (the Third Gender as they are referred to) should be granted all facilities like any other citizen and should be treated as socially and economically backward class.
Kejriwal reaches Varanasi for campaign
Apr 15, 2014, at 03:58 pm
Varanasi, Apr 15 (IBNS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) architect Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday morning reached Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh to begin his election campaign targetting his BJP rival in the seat, Narendra Modi.
BJP, allies to get 275 seats: NDTV
Apr 15, 2014, at 03:42 pm
New Delhi, Apr 15 (IBNS) The Hindu Nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) along with its allies might bag 275 seats in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls in India to form a government in New Delhi, according to an opinion poll by the news channel NDTV on Tuesday.
Vajpayee was the weakest PM: Congress
Apr 15, 2014, at 04:43 am
New Delhi, Apr 14 (IBNS): Days after praising former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on its website, the Congress party has now called him the "weakest PM" of India.
BSF recovers gold worth Rs 35 lakh from arrested smuggler
Apr 15, 2014, at 04:32 am
Kolkata, Apr 14 (IBNS): The Border Security Force on Monday succeeded in its second gold seizure in a couple of days in West Bengal by nabbing a smuggler with 1.18 kg gold, the border guards said.
Nigeria bus station attack kills 71
Apr 15, 2014, at 04:30 am
Abuja, Nigeria, Apr 14 (IBNS): At least 71 people were killed and about 124 got injured as a bomb exploded at a crowded bus station on the outskirts of Nigeria's capital Abuja on Monday, reports said.
Maya slams Modi over 'Ambedkar' claims
Apr 15, 2014, at 03:32 am
Lucknow, Apr 14 (IBNS): Reacting to Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's claim that under BJP rule BR Ambedkar was bestowed with the Bharat Ratna, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Monday said the party was not happy when the architect of the Constitution received the honour.
Who took away PM's freedom of speech, asks Modi
Apr 15, 2014, at 02:55 am
Lakhimpur Kheri, UP, Apr 14 (IBNS): Slamming the Congress party on BR Ambedkar's birth anniversary, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Monday asked who snatched away PM Manmohan Singh's Freedom of Speech and Expression.