Everything you need to know about Behari Bankatwa: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Behari Bankatwa: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Poonch, May 14 (ANI): Pakistani nationals, who are on a visit to relatives in Jammu and Kashmir, are hopeful that relations between New Delhi and Islamabad will strengthen after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh invite to Nawaz Sharif, who is poised to become the next prime minister of Pakistan, to visit India.
Islamabad, May 13 (ANI): The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), which is all set to form the next government in the centre, will revisit the foreign policy, including all 'covert and overt' agreements with the United States, according to a source.
Jabalpur/Nandiad/Srinagar/Mumbai, May 12 (ANI): Leaders of various political parties in India on Sunday welcomed the victory of Pakistan Muslim League0Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif in the May 11 general elections in Pakistan.
New Delhi, April 26 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed an affidavit in the Supreme court on its probe into the coal block allocations.
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Signalling its intention to target Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the 2G spectrum allocation issue in the second half of budget session starting Monday, the NDA Saturday questioned the "leak" of the JPC's draft report and called on panel members to reject its report.
Onboard special aircraft, April 14 (ANI): Stating that India enjoyed excellent bilateral and cultural relations with Tajikistan, Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Sunday said the issue of terrorism is a matter of deep concern to both countries.
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) Claiming that Gujarat has flourished under his regime, Chief Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said that the BJP-ruled state has given politics a new issue: development.
Lucknow, April 3 (IANS) Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Wednesday once again targetted the Congress, saying it intimidated alliance partners and forced them to support it.
Islamabad, Feb.6 (ANI): The 1999 Kargil War requires closure not just because it was a hare-brained plan that claimed the lives of many soldiers on both sides of the subcontinental divide, but also because Pakistan needs to identify the structural flaws in decision-making that now threaten to unravel the nation as a failed state, a well known journalist has said in an analytical article on the issue.
For all of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley's claim that his party has a "galaxy" of leaders, it has had to fall back on an old and controversial warhorse, Rajnath Singh, for the second time to be the party chief.
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Thousands of BJP activists and supporters danced to drum beats, burst firecrackers and shouted slogans as Rajnath Singh was elected the new party chief here Wednesday.
Dharamsala, Jan 9 (IANS) Five-time Congress legislator and leading tea grower Brij Behari Lal Butail was Wednesday unanimously elected as the Himachal Pradesh assembly speaker.
Dharamsala, Jan 8 (IANS) Congress leader Brij Behari Lal Butail, a leading tea grower in the Kangra Valley, is all set to become the Himachal Pradesh assembly speaker, party leaders said here Tuesday.
Shimla, Oct.27 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Congress Party, accusing it of gifting the people of the country poverty, unemployment, corruption and poor infrastructure.
Surajkund (Haryana), Sep 28 (IANS) The BJP said Friday the Congress-led UPA government had forfeited the mandate to govern, adding that the BJP could give a new direction to the country.
Kolkata, Sep 27 (IANS) Accusing the Congress-led UPA of crossing all "Laxman Rekhas" by taking "anti-people decisions", Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Thursday warned the central government that her party would not be cowed by any browbeating tactics.
Expressing his admiration towards Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushma Swaraj, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Sunday said she was best suited to becoming the next prime minister................
Mumbai, Sep 9 (IANS) Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Sunday expressed his admiration for Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushma Swaraj and said she was best suited to becoming the next prime minister.
Veteran BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani has said that small-scale business is like serving the nation and the interests of these traders must be protected at any cost.
Ghaziabad, Aug 21 (IANS) A professor was critically wounded here Tuesday after three robbers shot him when he resisted their attempt to steal his car, police said.
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) India is set to push for a UN-led solution to the thickening Syrian crisis amid partisan posturing when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh goes to Tehran August-end for the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit.
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Three hundred years ago, India went to Europe with realistic paintings of villages, the green countryside, temples, forts, people and festivals in water colours and prints. Over the centuries, landscapes have lived at the heart of the Indian art movements, morphing from the early visual documentary essays to contemporary abstraction.
New Delhi, July 9 (ANI): Close on the heels of a letter written by former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Sanjay Joshi to the Home Ministry asking for protection as he feels his life is under threat, a barrage of e-mails has reportedly hit the common man's e-mail ID.
BJP leaders paid emotional tribute to Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, the founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh on his martyrdom day.
Rajkot, June 10 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lashed out at the Centre on issues of development and economy, adding that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is "optimistic" about winning this year's state assembly elections.
Rajkot, June 10 (IANS) Stepping up his attack on the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the centre, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday that the country is disappointed with it and also exuded confidence that the Congress will be wiped out in the state assembly elections later this year.
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) Asking Trinamool Congress to withdraw support from the "incompetent' UPA government, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajnath Singh Monday said his party will support Mamata Banerjee's demand for a special package for West Bengal on the floor of parliament.
New Delhi, May 8 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today paid floral tributes to the Martyrs of famous Harding Bomb case Master Amir Chand, Bhai Bal Mukund and Master Awadh Behari at a simple function organized at MAMC Campus where once used to be the old jail.
New Delhi, Dec 27 (ANI): Charging the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government at the Centre of not acting against corruption, Janata Dal-United (JD-U) chief Sharad Yadav on Tuesday said it is an illusion that the Lokpal Bill will end all corruption.
New Delhi, Dec 16 (ANI): Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz reportedly lobbied with former Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, urging him to split Kashmir into three parts as a possible solution to the intractable dispute with Pakistan.
New Delhi, Dec 16 (ANI): Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz reportedly lobbied with former Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, urging him to split Kashmir into three parts as a possible solution to the intractable dispute with Pakistan.
New Delhi, Dec 12 (ANI): The Government of India has rubbished US-based Kashmiri separatist Ghulam Nabi Fai's claims that he had met several Indian Cabinet Ministers in Washington during the last two decades.
New Delhi, Nov 28 (ANI): Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had knowledge about infiltration from the neighbouring country in 1998, but his government did not pay attention to intelligence reports on the Pakistan Army's intrusions in Kargil in 1999, according to an army think tank.
New Delhi, Sep.28 (ANI): In 2003, at the UN General Assembly session, soon after Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had delivered his speech, the then foreign secretary Kanwal Sibal held a briefing at a hotel for the Indian media. It is an unwritten rule that Pakistani media is not allowed at Indian media briefings and the Indian media is not allowed at Pakistani media briefings which are held on the sidelines of the UNGA. Many of us have attempted to gate crash, only to be politely led away.
New Delhi/Ahmedabad/Muzaffarnagar/Pune, Aug.15 (ANI): Social activist Anna Hazare on Monday described Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's speech on the occasion of India's 65th Independence Day as disappointing.
The scam-tainted BS Yeddyurappa on Sunday finally resigned from his post of Karnataka Chief Minister after showing his power on the road....
New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): The crisp Mysore silk saree, a small bindi in place, coiffed hair, minimal make up, a Fendi handbag and smart shoes...she has been running up the South Block staircase to her office for 14-hour work days for the last two years now.
New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): The crisp Mysore silk saree, a small bindi in place, coiffed hair, minimal make up, a Fendi handbag and smart shoes...she has been running up the South Block staircase to her office for 14-hour work days for the last two years now.
New Delhi, Apr. 20 (ANI): The parents of Siddhartha Mukherjee, the 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winner for non-fiction, said on Wednesday that they were certain their son would do something for the country.
Kolkata, Apr 10(ANI): Members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday organized a rally in Kolkata, as part of campaigning for the upcoming state elections.
Bhopal, Aug 27 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari has said that whenever his party returns to power, it would protect every Muslim who loves being ideal patriot.
Lahore, Apr.28 (ANI): Former Pakistan Foreign Minister Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri has revealed that India and Pakistan, through back-channel diplomacy, had evolved an 'interim' agreement on the Kashmir issue, and that it was subject to review after 15 years.
New Delhi, Dec 8(ANI): Deputy Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday slammed the findings of the Liberhan Commission tabled in the Lok Sabha.
Chandigarh, Dec. 5 (ANI): RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday said that the Sangh has no reason to regret the Babri mosque demolition that happened 17 years ago and it would continue with the Ram temple movement.
New Delhi, Nov 27 (ANI): Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) International president Ashok Singhal revealed here on Friday that he had face to face meetings with former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao thrice to solve the Ramjanmabhoomi issue.
Islamabad, Nov.26 (ANI): Former Pakistan Foreign Minister Sartaj Aziz has said that India and Pakistan had agreed to settle the long pending Kashmir dispute through a well devised mechanism, according to which India would annex the Jammu and Ladakh regions, leaving the Kashmir valley and some adjoining areas for further discussion.
Washington, Nov 25 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Wednesday, regretted the leakage of the enquiry report of the Liberhan Commission, which probed the circumstances leading to the demolition of the Babri Masjid in December 1992.
Lucknow, Nov 25 (ANI): The Babri Masjid Action Committee (BMAC), a Muslim forum that opposes the construction of the Ram temple at the spot of the demolished Babri mosque in Ayodhya, has welcomed the tabling of the Liberhan Commission Report.
New Delhi, Nov 24 (ANI): Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) General Secretary Pravin Togadia said here on Tuesday that a meeting of Hindu saints during Poorna Kumbha in Haridwar will decide on the future course of Ramjanmbhoomi movement.
Chandigarh, Nov 24 (ANI): Commission head Justice Manmohan Singh Liberhan (retired) asked the media to read the mosque probe report, which was tabled in the parliament on Tuesday, and then put up questions in a bid to resolve the controversy, which spiralled up after the report was leaked to the media.
Bhopal, Nov 23(ANI): Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and chief of Bhartiya Janshakti Party, Uma Bharti, on Monday defended leaders of the BJP whose names have featured in a leaked report of the judicial commission that probed demolition of the Babri Masjid in December 1992.
New Delhi, Sep.4 (ANI): The chief of the Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh (RSS), Mohan Rao Bhagwat, met former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee in the national capital on Friday.
New Delhi, Aug 27 (ANI): It has always been Team Advani vs Team Vajpayee. And now as former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee is too ill to intervene in the bloodletting in his party, watches, his former team has got together once again to wage that final assault on their perpetual enemy, Lal Krishna Advani.
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Five hundred years after Spanish writer Cervantes brought to life the tales of knight errant Don Quixote in 'El Ingenioso Hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha', a professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) here gave the knight a new lease of life with an Indian reprint as part of the St George's (San Jorge) Day celebrations.
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Five hundred years after Cervantes brought to life the tales of knight errant Don Quixote in his Spanish original, 'El Ingenioso Hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha', a professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru University here gave the knight a new lease of life with an Indian reprint as part of the St George's (San Jorge) Day celebrations.
Sangli (Maharashtra), Apr 20 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi alleged that former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee did not trust his deputy L.K Advani during the 1999 Kandhar hijack episode.
Srinagar, Apr 18 (ANI): Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Saturday termed pre-conditions for talks with Pakistan 'dangerous'.
Bhopal, April 16 (IANS) Condemning what he terms as pseudo-secularism, the Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani here Thursday said that its pledge to build a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya was real secularism.
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has said the fast emergence of PDP as a strong political force across the State, is the people's endorsement of the party's agenda and vision on Jammu & Kashmir.
Kolkata, April 14 (IANS) India's problem of cross-border terrorism has to be solved not by attacking Pakistan but by building international opinion so that Islamabad acts against terrorists in its territory, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Prakash Karat said Tuesday.
Lucknow, April 7 (IANS) After prolonged dithering, the Congress Tuesday evening decided to field its Uttar Pradesh state chief Rita Bahuguna from the Lucknow parliamentary seat.
The four-time winner from the Gandhinagar constituency, BJP leader and NDA's prime ministerial candidate L K Advani will file his nomination papers on Wednesday
Bhubaneswar, March 28 (IANS) Former chief minister Biju Patnaik continues to dominate the election campaign in Orissa even 12 years after his death with two groups of politicians claiming to be true inheritors of his legacy.
New Delhi, Mar 21 (ANI): Former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Saturday underwent a regular medical check-up at the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) here.
Lucknow, Mar 15 (ANI): Bollywood actor and Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate from Lucknow Sanjay Dutt on Sunday delivered his first political speech and promised to work for the betterment of the city.
Lucknow, March 14 (IANS) Wearing a red cap and playing the politician to the hilt, film actor Sanjay Dutt Saturday kick-started his election campaign as the Samajwadi Party nominee for the Lucknow Lok Sabha seat, describing himself as a 'grassroots party worker'.
Lucknow, Mar. 2 (ANI): With the announcement of election dates, all the political parties are now in the election mode.
New Delhi, Mar 1 (ANI): Former Prime Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Atal Behari Vajpayee was on Sunday discharged from All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after his 26 days of stay at the Intensive Care Unit here.
New Delhi, Feb 28 (ANI): Former Prime Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Atal Behari Vajpayee is likely to be discharged on Sunday from the All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
New Delhi, Feb 27 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Friday said the Speaker should disassociate himself from his party after being elected to the post.
Lucknow, Feb 19 (ANI): The Samajwadi Party (SP) has said it had received an offer of an electoral alliance from the opposition BJP-led NDA alliance.
Mysore (Karnataka), Feb.9 (ANI): Angry Bharatiya Janata Party supporters protested here on Saturday against the Deputy Commissioner Manivannan for allegedly making a false announcement about the death of former prime minister and BJP leader Atal Behari Vajpayee this past week.
New Delhi, Feb 9 (ANI): The condition of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, who was admitted to AIIMS after complaining of severe chest pain last Tuesday, is stable today, doctors said.
New Delhi, Feb 5 (ANI): Doctors attending to former prime minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Atal Behari Vajpayee said he is showing signs of improvement.
New Delhi, Feb.4 (ANI): Doctors attending to former prime minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Atal Behari Vajpayee on Wednesday said he had developed pneumonia. His condition is stable but needs to be kept under observation for some days.
Lucknow, Jan.20 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party lost another stalwart on Tuesday in the form of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh.
Bhopal, Dec 23 (IANS) Even as the Congress is yet to select the Leader of Opposition in Madhya Pradesh, the Association for Democratic Reforms - a network of over 1,200 civil society groups - has urged it not to consider any legislator with a criminal background for the post.
Bhopal, Dec 16 (IANS) A network of over 1,200 civil society groups has urged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh to deny ministerial berths to those legislators who have a criminal background.
Kolkata, Nov 26 (IANS) Attacking the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for throwing the country into 'disarray', senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh Wednesday said that 'nobody obeys Prime Minister Manmohan Singh'.
Kolkata, Nov 14 (IANS) Veteran Trinamool Congress leader and former union minister Ajit Panja died at a private city hospital Friday after a long battle with oral cancer. He was 72.
New Delhi, Nov 8 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani on Saturday celebrated his 81st birthday.
New Delhi, Aug.18 (ANI): Responding to resignation of Pakistani President Parvez Musharraf,ormer External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha said on Monday: "Musharraf has met the fate of all dictators. I can say he was not particularly friendly to India, many of the problems in our bilateral relationship with Pakistan are entirely because of him.
New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): Nine attempts have been made by the government of the day to secure a vote of confidence since 1979.
New Delhi, June 26 (ANI): On the eve of Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi's maiden visit to India, New Delhi has raised concerns over rising infiltration and increase in terrorist violence in Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of the country.
The stage set for the BJP's prime ministerial candidate L K Advani at the release of his book, soon turned into a political drama
The first ever joint army exercise between India and China and with it a new chapter in the joint relations will be initiated between the countries, which were engaged in one of the deadliest wars in 1962. A total of 100 Indian troops will
