Everything you need to know about Jaswant Nagar: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Jaswant Nagar: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) The leadership crisis in the BJP entered the second day Tuesday with no sign of L.K. Advani withdrawing his resignation from party posts despite pleading from senior colleagues.
New Delhi, June 11 (ANI): With senior BJP leaders failing to bring an end to the crisis caused by Lal Krishna Advani's resignation, Congress Party on Tuesday launched a frontal attack on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, saying the latter indulges in politics of destruction and not of construction.
Panaji, June 11 (IANS) A battle has been won, but skirmishes and a war with all its rigours lies ahead for Narendra Modi.
New Delhi, June 9 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha who was absent from the Goa BJP conclave, on Sunday, criticised media for forcing the BJP into a "quicksand of an imagined clash of personalities".
Mumbai/ Panaji, June 9 (ANI): Nitish Kumar's JD(U) has refused to comment on the naming of Narendra Modi as Bharatiya Janata Party campaign chief, saying that it had nothing to do with the party.
Panaji, June 9 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who is being touted as the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) possible prime ministerial candidate, was on Sunday appointed as the chairman of party's campaigning committee for 2014 election.
Panaji, June 9 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to make a big announcement on making Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as its poll panel chief for the upcoming Assembly elections and the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
Panaji, June 8 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajnath Singh on Saturday once again clarified that party veteran Lal Krishna Advani is not attending the national executive meet in Goa due to ill-health.
Panaji, June 8 (IANS) BJP stalwart L.K. Advani will miss the party's entire national executive meeting due to "ill-health", the first time in his political life that he has skipped an important conclave, a party spokesperson said here Saturday.
Panaji, June 8 (IANS) BJP stalwart L.K. Advani will miss the party's entire national executive meeting due to "ill-health", party spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said here Saturday.
Panaji, June 8 (ANI): Amid sharp criticism from various political outfits over the infighting within its fold, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday downplayed party veteran Lal Krishna Advani's absence at the two-day national executive meet in Goa, saying one should not draw any conclusions out of it.
New Delhi, June 8 (ANI): Asserting that differences of opinion within the BJP's top leadership are a matter of concern, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajeev Shukla on Saturday said the people of India must ponder over it, as the main opposition party may not be able to provide a stable government to the country due to this alleged infighting.
New Delhi, June 8 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha on Saturday rubbished media reports that he was not attending the Goa conclave because he is sick, and said that he is not suffering from 'NaMonia', as has been headlined in many dailies.
Amid the absence of BJP veteran LK Advani, the BJP national executive meeting entered its second day. The meet begins at 11 a.m. amid the absence of many leaders, which has been speculated, that are not well.
New Delhi, June 8 (ANI): With signs of a rift within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) quite evident following L.K. Advani's decision not to attend the ongoing national executive meet in Goa, the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Saturday criticised Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, saying he is on the same route as former German dictator Adolf Hitler and would not allow any other person to flourish or develop ahead of him.
BJP is all set to begin is much-awaited key three-day conclaves here which is going to play a crucial role for the party expectation of its performance in the coming general elections. However things are not on the right place before the beginning of conclave as Party senior leader
Panaji, June 8 (ANI): The suspense over Lal Krishna Advani attending the second day of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Executive Meet continues even today as there has been no official word on whether the party veteran would be present in Goa where a decision is likely to be taken on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's elevation as the election committee chief.
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) The Congress Friday took a dig at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, whose presence at the BJP national executive in Goa possibly contributed to the absence of senior party leaders, saying he was like a "virus".
Panaji, June 7 (IANS) 'Poor health' of leaders appears to be taking a toll on the three-day BJP conclave in Goa, with three senior leaders either choosing to skip the opening day of the meet or dropping out of the event altogether.
Panaji, June 7 (IANS) BJP veteran L.K. Advani and many senior leaders will be missing from the meeting of the office bearers of the party here Friday ahead of the two-day national executive meeting over the weekend.
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) The BJP Tuesday said it had expelled senior lawyer and MP Ram Jethmalani from its primary membership for criticising then party president Nitin Gadkari and other issues.
New Delhi, May 8 (ANI): In what could be termed a probable first for a member of the Union Cabinet, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram turned television channel reporter briefly outside Parliament on Wednesday, which seemed to be his way of expressing his delight over the Congress Party's poll victory in Karnataka.
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The Lok Sabha Monday extended till the monsoon session the time for submission of the report of the joint parliamentary committee (JPC) looking into 2G spectrum allocation.
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Thursday rejected the opposition demand for removal of P.C. Chacko as the head of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) looking into 2G spectrum allocation, a parliament source said.
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The CBI's revelation that it had shared the coal scam report with the law minister and an official of the PMO proved the government's interference with the agency's work, the BJP asserted Friday and called on the prime minister to explain.
In the ongoing investigation of bribery and corruption in the VVIP helicopter deal, the Central Bureau of Investigation, or CBI, appears to have made up its mind that the then Indian Air Force (IAF) chief, Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi, was instrumental in swinging the deal in favour of AgustaWestland.
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Counter-attacking after 15 opposition members of the 2G JPC told Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar they had no confidence in its chairman P.C. Chacko, the Congress members Thursday met her tp demand three BJP MPs be removed from the panel or debarred from voting due to conflict of interest.
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.
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) At least two children died and five people were injured when a major fire broke out in a sprawling slum cluster in west Delhi's Narela area Friday afternoon.
Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) He was part of the hockey team which won independent India's first Olympic gold medal, but Jaswant Singh Rajput, who played both as a left-half and centre-half, dislikes watching the national team of which he once was a proud member.
Chandigarh, March 15 (IANS) A senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer in Punjab, on the run for a few months, was arrested by the vigilance bureau for his alleged involvement in a Rs.250 crore land scam in the state's Patiala district, police said Friday.
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned Italy Wednesday of "consequences" if its two marines charged with killing two Indian fishermen don't return to face the Indian law.
Pokharan (Rajasthan), Feb 22 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) Friday displayed its firepower at the "Iron Fist" exercise at Rajasthan's Pokhran ranges with a potent show of the strength of its frontline aircraft witnessed by President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and a host of dignitaries.
Jaisalmer, Feb 22 (IANS) Indian Air Force Friday displayed its firepower at the "Iron Fist" exercise at Rajasthan's Pokhran ranges with a potent show of the strength of its frontline aircraft.
Jaisalmer, Feb 22 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Mamohan Singh would be among the top dignitaries who will witness the Indian Air Force's (IAF) largest "day-dusk-night" firepower demonstration in the Rajasthan desert Friday.
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) India Thursday warned Italian firm Finmeccanica of legal action, including blacklisting, over corruption allegations in the VVIP chopper deal and asked them whether any slush money had been paid to fix the deal that has led to a political uproar.
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) The blame game over the $750-million VVIP chopper deal continued Thursday with the Congress-led government slamming opposition BJP for comparing the deal with Bofors scam and former defence minister Jaswant Singh supporting former Indian Air Force chief S.P. Tyagi alleged to be involved in the case.
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) BJP leader Jaswant Singh Thursday came out in support of former Indian Air Force (IAF) chief S.P. Tyagi, against whom charges have been made in the $750 million AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal, and demanded a quick and thorough probe to ascertain the truth.
New Delhi, Feb. 14 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh on Thursday said blaming former Air Chief S.P. Tyagi for the AgustaWestland copter scam is not correct, and demanded a probe in the matter.
Gurgaon, Jan 31 (IANS) Five people were Thursday killed in two separate road accidents here due to heavy fog, police said.
New Delhi, Dec 4 (ANI): Communications and Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday strongly punched holes in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s argument of not allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail.
New Delhi, Nov. 27 (ANI): Union External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Tuesday expressed his distress on grievance against Pakistan over the issue of the Kargil martyr Captain Saurabh Kalia, who was made captive and subjected to brutal torture by the Pakistan Army in 1999.
New Delhi, Nov.22 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday commuted to life term the death sentence awarded to a Jammu Kashmir Islamic Front (JKIF) militant in connection with the 1996 Lajpat Nagar blast case.
New Delhi, Nov. 12 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari has termed as unfounded M.G. Vaidya's remark that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was behind the campaign to make him quit as the party chief, and said all leaders have been working cohesively and unitedly for the cause of the party.
Nagpur, Nov 12 (IANS) In a potentially damaging pre-election bolt, RSS ideologue M.G. Vaidya has contended that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was instigating the ongoing campaign against BJP chief Nitin Gadkari.
New Delhi, Nov. 12 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday played down senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader MG Vaidya's alleged remark that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was behind the dissent against Nitin Gadkari, saying the party is united under the party chief's leadership and fighting against all the conspiracies of the ruling Congress Party together.
New Delhi, Nov 12 (ANI): Senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader MG Vaidya has alleged that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was behind the campaign against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari.
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Congress leader Digvijay Singh Wednesday taunted the BJP after the party's clean chit to its president Nitin Gadkari, facing opposition from within over alleged corruption.
New Delhi, Nov. 7 (ANI): Veteran lawyer and Rajya Sabha MP Ram Jethmalani on Wednesday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for rejecting his advice of asking Nitin Gadkari to quit from his post, and said that he would carry on his fight all alone if necessary.
New Delhi, Nov. 7 (ANI): Taking a jibe at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran Lal Krishna Advani over the ongoing drama within the main opposition party with regard to Nitin Gadkari's continuance in office, Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Wednesday said the former should now think about his next course of action.
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Pressure intensified on Nitin Gadkari to step down Tuesday as party MP Ram Jethmalani said BJP leaders Yashwant Sinha, Jaswant Singh and Shatrughan Sinha were with him in seeking the party chief's ouster over controversies linked to him.
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj Tuesday described as "absolutely false" reports that she was no longer supporting party president Nitin Gadkari.
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Top leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party are to meet in the national capital Tuesday evening, amidst controversies surrounding party president Nitin Gadkari. Some party leaders have openly demanded Gadkari's resignation.
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Pressure intensified on BJP president Nitin Gadkari Tuesday, as lawyer MP Ram Jethmalani said senior leaders Yashwant Sinha, Jaswant Singh and Shatrughan Sinha were with him in seeking Gadkari's ouster.
New Delhi, Nov. 6 (ANI): Veteran lawyer Ram Jethmalani on Tuesday openly challenged Nitin Gadkari's continuance as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President, saying top leaders within the party are of this opinion in the wake of corruption charges levelled against the latter.
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Senior BJP leaders Yashwant Sinha, Jaswant Singh and Shatrughan Sinha were with him in wanting party president Nitin Gadkari to step down over his alleged involvement in questionable business deals and other issues, lawyer MP Ram Jethmalani said here Tuesday.
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to clarify why S. Jaipal Reddy was shifted out of the petroleum ministry.
Shimla, Oct 19 (IANS) Congress leader and five-time Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh Friday denied the allegation that he violated land laws to enable his brother-in-law to sell land parcels to realty major DLF for an ultra-luxury housing project in the state.
Itanagar, Oct. 19 (ANI): His light machine gun boomed relentlessly, like a roaring tiger. One after another unsuspecting Chinese soldiers were killed and fell into the Ngo River without anyone to count. The day was October 18 half-a-century ago.
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) Chinese assistance to Pakistan in developing a nuclear bomb emboldened it to fuel the Kashmir insurgency in 1989, says a noted security expert who has done considerable research on the issue.
New Delhi, Oct.11 (ANI): Congress Party spokesperson Renuka Chaudhry on Thursday said Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was not afraid of appearing before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) looking into various aspects of the 2G telecom scam.
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) On a day BJP boycotted the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probing the 2G spectrum allocation over its demand for calling the prime minister as a witness, the panel chief and Congress MP P.C. Chacko Thursday rejected the plea, saying he has no intention of setting a precedent in this regard.
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) The BJP Thursday kept away from the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probing the 2G spectrum allocation over panel chief P.C. Chacko's "indecision" on calling as wintesses the prime minister, the finance minister and two former ministers.
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Twenty-first century India is no longer Nehru's India; it is confident, optimistic and on the move, says BJP heavyweight and former union minister Jaswant Singh, but questions whether "it is a civic nation".
South Dinajpur (West Bengal), Sep 9 (ANI): In a bid to strengthen relations between neighbouring countries, paramilitary personnel of both India and Bangladesh met today for coordinated patrolling at vulnerable locations to thwart border crimes in West Bengal's South Dinajpur district.
New Delhi, Aug 27 (ANI): Union Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid on Monday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is now looking intellectually dishonest and confused in its mind.
New Delhi, Aug 23 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yaswant Sinha on Thursday demanded that Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram should depose before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on 2G spectrum allocation.
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the 2G spectrum allocation scam Wednesday walked out from a meeting of the panel, accusing some Congress members of using "foul language" even as the Congress condemned their action.
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the 2G spectrum allocation scam Wednesday walked out from a meeting of the committee, calling it a "kangaroo court".
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members in the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the 2G spectrum allocation scam Wednesday walked out from a meeting of the committee, calling it a "kangaroo court".
Mohammed Hamid Ansari became the 14th Vice President of India on Saturday. Hamid has been elected as the Vice President for the consecutive second time and is only one after Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
New Delhi, Aug 11 (ANI): Mohammed Hamid Ansari on Saturday became the 14th Vice President of India.
New Delhi, Aug 11 (ANI): Mohammed Hamid Ansari will be sworn in as the 14th Vice-President today after he was re-elected on Tuesday.
As it was declared initially and never any doubt about his victory, UPA candidate Hamid Ansari re elected as the Vice President of India.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) UPA candidate Hamid Ansari Tuesday defeated NDA nominee Jaswant Singh by a comfortable margin of 252 votes in the vice presidential election to secure another term in office. Ansari is only the second vice president after Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan to get two successive terms.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Re-elected vice president for the second term, Hamid Ansari Tuesday evening said he was delighted with the result and that he will work for the welfare of all sections of people.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) BJP leader Jaswant Singh, who lost the vice presidential race to incumbent Hamid Ansari Tuesday, said he was satisfied with the result which showed that the NDA was intact.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) UPA candidate Hamid Ansari scored comfortable victory in the vice-presidential election Tuesday, defeating NDA nominee Jaswant Singh by 238 votes to secure another term in office.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (ANI): India's incumbent Vice-President, Hamid Ansari, will continue in the same office for the next five years after winning the 2012 vice presidential elections convincingly on Tuesday.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) UPA candidate Hamid Ansari was Tuesday re-elected India's vice president, defeating NDA nominee Jaswant Singh.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) UPA candidate Hamid Ansari was Tuesday re-elected India's vice president, Lok Sabha Secretary General T.K. Vishwanathan, the returning officer for the poll, announced.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (ANI): With voting underway to elect the nation's 14th vice president, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla on Tuesday confidently said that UPA nominee Mohammad Hamid Ansari would win with thumping majority.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and BJP leader L.K. Advani were among the members from both houses of parliament who voted Tuesday to elect India's 14th vice president.
The polling begins here today for choosing country's 13th Vice President of India. Members of Parliament of both houses will exercise their franchise to choose between UPA supported candidate Mohammad Hamid Ansari and NDA supported candidate Jaswant Singh.....................
New Delhi, Aug 7 (ANI): With UPA nominee Hamid Ansari appearing all set to get a second term, National Democratic Alliance (NDA) backed candidate Jaswant Singh on Tuesday expressed confidence of winning the vice presidential election, and took the help of ancient Indian Hindu Epic 'Mahabharata' to justify his stand.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Voting to elect the country's 14th vice president began here Tuesday with MPs from both houses of parliament exercising their franchise to choose between UPA's Hamid Ansari and NDA's Jaswant Singh.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Voting to elect the country's 14th vice-president began here Tuesday with MPs from the two houses of parliament exercising their franchise to choose between United Progressive Alliance's Hamid Ansari and National Democratic Alliance's Jaswant Singh.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (ANI): Voting to elect India's 14th Vice President will take place on Tuesday with UPA nominee Mohammad Hamid Ansari having a definite edge over NDA's candidate Jaswant Singh.
New Delhi, Aug 6 (ANI): The election to the country's thirteenth Vice President scheduled for Tuesday is expected to throw no surprises, with UPA backed candidate Dr. Hamid Ansari starting as clear favourite against his rival, the NDA backed Jaswant Singh.
Chennai, Aug 6 (IANS) AIADMK general secretary and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Monday announced her party's support to the candidature of BJP leader Jaswant Singh in the vice presidential election, due to be held Tuesday.
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) As many as 787 members of parliament will vote Tuesday to elect India's 14th vice president. In the poll, UPA nominee and incumbent Hamid Ansari appears to have a clear edge over his rival Jaswant Singh, backed by the opposition NDA, according to sources.
Chennai, Aug 6 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and All Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) chief J. Jayalalithaa on Monday extended her support to NDA nominee Jaswant Singh's candidature for Tuesday's vice presidential election.
Chennai, Aug 6 (ANI): NDA's vice presidential candidate Jaswant Singh arrived here on Monday to garner the support of Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) chief J. Jayalalithaa for the election scheduled to be held tomorrow.
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coordination committee, formed following a stand-off with coalition partner Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) late last month, is expected to meet in the next few days.
Bhubaneshwar, Aug 6 (ANI): The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has decided to abstain from voting in the ensuing vice-presidential election.
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will host a lunch for MPs of the ruling alliance and supporting parties Monday, a day ahead of the vice presidential election Aug 7, official sources said.
New Delhi, Aug 4 (ANI): UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will be hosting a lunch tomorrow for its members as well as those from the supporting parties ahead of the vice presidential election.
New Delhi, July 30 (ANI): Jaswant Singh, who is all set to lock horns with UPA nominee Mohammad Hamid Ansari for the post of Vice President of India, on Monday said his political career is not yet over, and emphasized that several steps of his long political journey is yet to come.
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Janata Dal-United leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Thursday met NDA's vice-presidential candidate Jaswant Singh and expressed full support to him.
New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said Jaswant Singh is a very suitable candidate for the post of Vice President of India.
