India

New Delhi, September 20: The bandh called by NDA, Left parties and SP to protest against diesel price hike, FDI in multi-brand retail and cap on subsidized LPG on Thursday evoked mixed response as protestors disrupted road and rail traffic in parts of UP, Bihar, West Bengal and Odisha but it had little impact in Mumbai. In Delhi, most of the markets remained closed and vehicular movement was

Patna, September 20: Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad has said there are 14 to 15 aspirants for the post of prime minister and he himself is one of them. "I am also one of the aspirants for the PM's post along with Nitish Kumar," Lalu Prasad told the media here. Lalu Prasad said that Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar was expressing his desire to be the prime minister to be in the news.

New Delhi, September 20: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh and Left leaders Prakash Karat and A B Bardhan on Thursday courted arrest in New Delhi during the nation-wide bandh against FDI in retail and diesel price hike. After holding a joint demonstration at Jantar Mantar, the leaders of SP, four Left parties, JD(S), TDP and BJD marched to Parliament Street Police Station along with supporters

New Delhi, September 20: Arvind Kejriwal today described Anna Hazare's decision to snap ties with the pro-politics group in the anti-corruption movement as "shocking and unbelievable" and said the veteran activist's principles will be the foundation of their party. "We respect Anna Hazare, he is our guru and father. Yesterday's developments came as a complete surprise. It was shocking

New Delhi, September 20: Samajwadi Party on Wednesday indicated its support to the UPA government, saying that doing so was necessary to ward off the prospect of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi taking over as prime minister. Spelling out his party's stance, senior SP leader Ramgopal Yadav criticized Congress on a number of counts, but said the SP will have to come to UPA's assistance because

Ahmedabad, September 20: Decrying Narendra Modi for using Swami Vivekananda as his political mascot and challenging his knowledge on Hindu philosophy, suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt has written yet another letter to the chief minister. Bhatt, a known Modi baiter had accused him of instructing state machinery to allow Hindus to vent out their anger against the minority community and earlier

New Delhi, September 20: Facing fire, not just from allies and Opposition, but also the aam admi over its big ticket reforms, UPA-II is desperately looking for a makeover. The government has now sanctioned Rs 100 crore to advertisements on television, radio and in print. Even as the government's fate hangs in the balance, it is trying all possible ways to reach out to the aad aadmi with

Chennai, September 20: After Mamata Banerjee's dramatic exit, the Congress is left without its biggest ally in the coalition it leads at the centre, but another big partner, the DMK, has made a welcome reassurance. (After Mamata pullout, Congress gauges room for compromise: Top 10 facts) Sources in the Southern party, which has 18 Lok Sabha MPs, say that the DMK has decided "not to embarrass the

New Delhi, September 20: A bandh called by NDA, Left parties and SP to protest against diesel price hike, FDI in multi-brand retail and cap on subsidised LPG today evoked mixed response as protestors disrupted road and rail traffic in parts of UP, Bihar, West Bengal and Odisha but it had little impact in Mumbai. In Delhi, most of the markets remained closed and vehicular movement was normal though

New Delhi, September 19: Team Anna on Wednesday suffered a vertical split with Anna Hazare and some top activists choosing to part ways with the Arvind Kejriwal-led group, opposing their plans to form a political party. After a roller-coaster ride of 18 months in which they came together to run a high-steam anti-graft movement, the group led by Mr. Hazare had acrimonious discussions with Mr