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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) BJP general secretary Varun Gandhi, who was exonerated of all charges of making hate speeches before the 2009 Lok Sabha polls, is now being accused of "brazenly subverting the entire judicial process to get his name cleared", a report by news magazine Tehelka said.
Lucknow, May 15 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh Government has decided to challenge a Pilibhit court's order that acquited Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi in two hate speech cases and one vandalism case.
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The union environment and forests ministry has asked the Goa government to send proposals to set up a tiger reserve at the Mhadei wildlife sanctuary, parliament was told Monday.
Lucknow, May 3 (IANS) A court Friday exonerated BJP general secretary Varun Gandhi of charges of inciting mob violence and firing at police four years ago.
Lucknow, March 5 (IANS) A court in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit Tuesday exonerated Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi from charges of delivering a hate speech in his constituency prior to the 2009 general elections.
Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh), Aug.13 (ANI): Despite efforts to conserve tigers across the country, forest officials in Plilbhit, Uttar Pradesh, have reported the death of a tiger and its recovery from near a stream.
Bareilly, May 15 (IANS) Police in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly range have rounded up hundreds in a sweeping operation against criminals and seized a large stock of illegal arms.
Moradabad/Pilibhit/Bijnor, Feb 29 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley on Wednesday hit out at the Congress-led UPA Government over economic disarray and the rampant corruption in the country.
Ambedkarnagar/Sitapur/ Pilibhit, Feb 4 (ANI): Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma has dubbed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a 'militant outfit'.
Ambedkarnagar/Sitapur/ Pilibhit, Feb 4 (ANI): Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma has dubbed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a 'militant outfit'.
Noagaon (Assam), Sep 30 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari has hit out at the Congress party for failing to carry out a Supreme Court order to distribute grains among the poor and than letting them rot in godowns.
New Delhi, July 28 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi on a petition filed by his maternal uncle and Congress candidate from Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit constituency V M Singh for allegedly making defamatory remarks against him during the last Lok Sabha elections.
New Delhi, June 22 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday denied reports which said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has threatened to snap ties with the party if it engages Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Pilibhit MP Varun Gandhi campaign in the state during run-up to the assembly polls.
Shikarpur (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 7 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi has blamed Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for the spiralling prices of essential commodities, naming them as Ravana and Shurpanakha.
New Delhi, Aug.30 (ANI): Senior BJP leader Bal Apte met RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat for the second time in the last 24 hours on Sunday.
Dhankura (UP), Aug 1 (ANI): Wildlife authorities on Friday caught a crocodile after the reptile entered a school in Dhankura village of Uttar Pradesh..
Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh), July 15 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Police filed a chargesheet against Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Pilibhit Varun Gandhi at a Chief Judicial Magistrate's court in Pilibhit on Wednesday for his alleged hate speeches in March during campaign for Lok Sabha polls.
New Delhi, July 3 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh Government on Friday has given permission to file chargesheet against BJP MP Varun Gandhi for his 'hate speech' in Pilibhit.
Allahabad July 01 (ANI): A petition was filed today in the Allahabad High Court questioning the election of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Varun Gandhi to the Lok Sabha form the Pilibhit constituency in Uttar Pradesh.
New Delhi, June 22 (ANI): Commenting on Varun Gandhi's 'hate speech' tapes, Bharatiya Janata Party President Rajnath Singh has said let the law take its own course.
New Delhi, June 21 (ANI): In the wake of Varun Gandhi's hate speech CD being declared "not doctored", his mother and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Maneka Gandhi has termed the forensic report to be a "one sided version."
New Delhi, June 21 (ANI): Forensic experts have said hate speech CD of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and MP from Pilibhit, Varun Gandhi, is not doctored.
Lucknow, May 21 (IANS) Controversy is not leaving the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) poster boy Varun Gandhi. Hogging the limelight for sometime for his alleged anti-Muslim speeches, the young Lok Sabha MP is now caught in a row with journalists.
Pilibhit, May 19 (ANI): After being in the limelight for his hate speech against a minority community, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi on Tuesday allegedly misbehaved with a journalist here.
Aonla (Uttar Pradesh), May 16 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and five-time MP Maneka Gandhi lost to Dharmenda Kashyap of the Samajwadi Party (SP) from the Aonla constituency Saturday by 22,000 votes.
Lucknow, May 14 (ANI): Mayawati-led Uttar Pradesh Government on Thursday revoked the National Security Act (NSA) invoked against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi for allegedly making hate speeches.
In a major setback to Chief Minister Mayawati, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to annul the National Security Act (NSA) against the BJP leader Varun Gandhi forthwith.
New Delhi, May 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday revoked the National Security Act (NSA) invoked against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi for making an alleged 'hate-speech' in Pilibhit.
New Delhi, May 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday will hear Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi's petition seeking quashing of the National Security Act (NSA) invoked against him.
Lucknow, May 13 (IANS) About 53 percent voting was registered in the fifth and final phase of Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh with Pilibhit, where the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) controversial leader Varun Gandhi is contesting, breaking all past records with a 64.5 percent turnout.
Lucknow, May 13 (IANS) The final phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday registered a 53 percent voting - higher than that in the previous rounds in the state, according to officials.
Lucknow, May 13 (IANS) Varun Gandhi, the controversial Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Pilibhit constituency in Uttar Pradesh, had heated arguments with some poll officials Wednesday, accusing them of being biased in favour of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate.
Lucknow, May 13 (IANS) The 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh that are going to the polls in the last phase Wednesday saw 32.29 percent voting until 1 p.m. after a slow start.
New Delhi, May 13 (ANI): The BJP candidate from the Pilibhit seat, Varun Gandhi, on Wednesday, moved the Supreme Court seeking quashing of the National Security Act (NSA) invoked against him.
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Election 2009 entered its final lap Wednesday with the last of India's 714 million electorate in seven states and two union territories voting in a rapidly changing political scenario that saw the lines between foes and friends getting increasingly blurred.
Lucknow, May 13 (IANS) The last of 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh saw 20.46 percent voting until 11 a.m. after a slow start early in the day.
Lucknow, May 13 (IANS) Polling got off to a slow start in 14 of Uttar Pradesh's 80 Lok Sabha seats, going to the polls in the fifth and final round of the elections Wednesday, with only 8.55 percent of the voters casting their ballot in the first two hours.
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government Tuesday moved the Supreme Court challenging a court panel order nixing the invocation of the stringent National Security Act (NSA) against Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Varun Gandhi for his hate speeches against Muslims.
New Delhi, May 12 (ANI): BJP candidate from the Pilibhit seat Varun Gandhi has complained to the Election Commission against the supporters of his rival BSP candidate Ganga Charan Rajput for allegedly distributing liqour and money ahead of polling.
New Delhi, May 12 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh Government on Tuesday filed a petition in the Supreme Court, challenging the recent quashing of the National Security Act (NSA) on BJP leader Varun Gandhi.
Lucknow, May 12 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government had no 'sufficient cause' to detain BJP's Varun Gandhi under the National Security Act (NSA), a high court panel has stated, citing a flawed detention order and 'breach of rules of natural justice'.
The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the advisory board's decision of revoking NSA (National Security Act) on BJP political novice Varun Gandhi, who is making his debut from Pilibhit constituency.
Lucknow, May 12 (IANS) Most of the 14 Lok Sabha seats up for grabs in the fifth and last phase of the polls in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday have large Muslim populations, a factor is likely to determine the fate of the 203 candidates in the fray.
Lucknow, May 11 (IANS) Varun Gandhi, the controversial Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Pilibhit, Monday once again asserted that he was not in favour of forced sterilisation as had been reported in the media.
New Delhi, May 11 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh on Monday backed the party's Pilibhit candidate Varun Gandhi's verbal criticism of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati as also his alleged comments on sterlisation.
Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh), May 11 (IANS) Controversial Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Varun Gandhi appears to have polarised Pilibhit on communal and even caste lines like never before, making the outcome of the May 13 Lok Sabha poll here quite unpredictable.
Lucknow, May 10 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi Sunday said the recommendation of a court panel to revoke the stringent National Security Act (NSA) against him was a slap on the face of the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh.
Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh), May 9 (IANS) A day after a court panel recommended revocation of the National Security Act (NSA) provisions against him, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi asked voters in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit parliamentary constituency to rise against the 'anti-poor' Mayawati government.
Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh), May 9 (IANS) A day after a court panel recommended revocation of the National Security Act (NSA) provisions against him, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Varun Gandhi asked the electorate of Pilibhit to rise against the 'anti-poor' Mayawati government of Uttar Pradesh.
Hours after the UP Advisory Board ruled invocation of NSA (National Security Act) on BJP's Pilibhit candidate Varun Gandhi as "invalid and incorrect"
Lucknow, May 8 (IANS) The special advisory board of the Allahabad High Court Friday recommended withdrawal of the stringent National Security Act (NSA) invoked against BJP's Varun Gandhi for his inflammatory communal utterances in Pilibhit in March. The Uttar Pradesh government is to move the Supreme Court against the advice.
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Varun Gandhi Friday termed as a 'historic moment' the revocation of the National Security Act against him and said the 'authorities' would have to 'answer' for the 20 days he spent in detention.
Lucknow, May 8 (ANI): The imposition of National Security Act on BJP leader Varun Gandhi by Mayawati Government has been termed invalid by the UP advisory board appointed by Allahabad High Court to go into the merits of the case.
Lucknow, May 2 (IANS) The Congress party's Pilibhit candidate V.M. Singh, who is contesting against his nephew and Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Varun Gandhi, has been charged for violating the model code of conduct, an official said Saturday.
BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Pilibhit, Varun Gandhi got further relief on Friday after the Supreme Court, hearing his lawsuit against National Security Act (NSA) slapped on him by the UP government, extended the parole till May 14.
Lucknow, May 1 (IANS) A dais that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi was standing on collapsed Friday in his Pilibhit constituency in Uttar Pradesh, but he did not suffer any injuries, police said.
Aligarh/ Pilibhit, May 1 (ANI): Rival scions of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty are campaigning across the country to woo voters for general elections.
New Delhi, May 1 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday extended the parole of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Varun Gandhi till May 14.
New Delhi, May 1 (ANI): The two-week parole of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Varun Gandhi ends today.
Lucknow, April 28 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) controversial candidate Varun Gandhi Tuesday appeared before the state advisory board for a final call on the National Security Act (NSA) that was slapped on him by the Uttar Pradesh government earlier this month.
Lucknow, April 28 (ANI): BJP's firebrand leader Varun Gandhi on Tuesday deposed before the National Security Act board here following recent directions of the Supreme Court justifying imposition of the NSA against him in connection with his hate-speech.
BJP's Pilibhit candidate varun Gandhi, who is out on parole, has the D-Day today as a special panel of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court will decide on the case against him under the National Security Act (NSA).
Lucknow, April 28 (IANS) The judicial fate of Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Varun Gandhi will be determined by the Allahabad High Court Tuesday afternoon when the state advisory board takes a final call on the National Security Act (NSA) that was slapped on him by the Uttar Pradesh government earlier this month.
Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh), April 24 (IANS) He is pitted against his own 'bhanja' (nephew) Varun Gandhi for the Pilibhit seat, but Congress candidate V.M. Singh, who has emerged as India's richest candidate so far, is confident he will defeat Varun's 'rabid communal gameplan'.
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Was it settling down to the business of electioneering a day before round two of Election 2009? On Wednesday, that seemed to be so as quietude returned to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) with the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) ironing out their differences and the political discourse shorn of major acrimony.
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Was it settling down to the business of electioneering a day before round two of Election 2009? On Wednesday, that seemed to be so as quietude returned to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) with the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) ironing out their differences and the political discourse shorn of major acrimony.
The political novice Varun Gandhi, who is on two-week parole granted by Supreme Court, filed his nomination papers from Pilibhit on Wednesday amid tight security to avoid any untoward incident. Pilibhit will go to polls on May 13.
Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh), April 22 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Varun Gandhi, who is out of jail on parole and filed his nomination from here Wednesday, has alleged he was mentally tortured during his stay in prison.
Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh), Apr 22 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi on Wednesday filed his nomination as a candidate from the Pilibhit constituency in Uttar Pradesh amid tight security.
Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh), April 22 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Varun Gandhi, who spent about 20 days in prison for his reported hate speeches, Wednesday said he wanted to end the divide between communities. He also alleged that police tortured him mentally during his stay in jail.
Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh), April 22 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Varun Gandhi, who spent about 20 days in prison for his reported hate speeches, Wednesday said he was not afraid of going to jail again.
Pilibhit, Apr 22 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi will file his nomination papers from Pilibhit today.
Lucknow, April 21 (IANS) Hindus will avenge slapping of the stringent National Security Act (NSA) against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi while exercising their franchise, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) president Ashok Singhal said Tuesday.
New Delhi, Apr 21 (ANI): The Election Commission on Tuesday turned down the request made by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi for transfer of Pilibhit District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police.
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The Election Commission Tuesday rejected Bharatiya Janata Party Pilibhit candidate Varun Gandhi's request to transfer two top officials of the Uttar Pradesh district.
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Bureaucrats don't need to resign when their recommendations get rejected, former chief election commissioner N. Gopalaswami said Tuesday, a day after demitting office following a controversial three-year tenure as head of the poll panel.
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Former chief election commissioner N. Gopalaswami said Tuesday, a day after demitting office, that bureaucrats don't need to resign when their recommendations get rejected because they send 'thousands of files' of which some get accepted and some don't.
New Delhi, Apr 18 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi on Saturday requested the Election Commission (EC) to appoint neutral observers in order to prevent any sort of mischief by the Uttar Pradesh Government at the time of his filing the nomination on April 22.
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Two days after he was released from jail on parole, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Varun Gandhi Saturday accused the Uttar Pradesh government of political vendetta and requested the Election Commission to transfer two top officials in his Pilibhit constituency.
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha candidate from Pilibhit Varun Gandhi Saturday met the party's prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani, who advised him to exercise restraint during the poll campaign, a party leader said.
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) One day after being released from jail on parole, Bharatiya Janata Party's Lok Sabha candidate from Pilibhit Varun Gandhi said Friday that he had never advocated violence in politics but would continue to raise voice against 'anti-national forces'.
Etah (Uttar Pradesh)/New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Varun Gandhi Thursday walked out of Etah jail in Uttar Pradesh after the Supreme Court granted him two-week parole after 20-day detention to allow him to contest the Lok Sabha polls with the rider - no more hate speeches.
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday ordered Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Pilibhit candidate Varun Gandhi's release for two weeks from preventive detention in Uttar Pradish's Etah jail to enable him contest the Lok Sabha elections.
Etah (Uttar Pradesh), April 16 (IANS) Varun Gandhi, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader jailed here for his hate speeches, was Thursday set to walk free though jail officials were awaiting the Supreme Court's order in this regard.
The Supreme Court on Thursday released the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Varun Gandhi, contesting from Pilibhit Lok Sabha constituency, on parole
New Delhi, Apr 16 (ANI): The Supreme Court will today hear Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi's petition challenging the Uttar Pradesh Government's decision to slap the National Security Act (NSA) against him for his alleged hate speeches. On April 13, the apex court has postponed the hearing till today.
Etah (Uttar Pradesh), Apr.15 (ANI): A lawyer representing Pilibhit and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha candidate Varun Gandhi on Tuesday revealed that his client has given an undertaking to the Supreme Court that he will not make any more hate speeches, raising prospects of his early release on bail from the Etah District Jail where he has been lodged under the National Security (NSA) Act.
New Delhi, Apr 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday postponed the hearing on the petition filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi challenging the Uttar Pradesh Government's decision to slap the National Security Act (NSA) against him for his alleged hate speeches.
The Supreme Court on Monday will hear BJP candidate from Pilibhit-Varun Gandhi's plea in connection with the National Security Act (NSA) imposed upon him by the Mayawati government.
New Delhi, Apr 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court will today hear Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi's petition challenging the Uttar Pradesh Government's decision to slap the National Security Act (NSA) against him for his alleged hate speeches.
New Delhi, Apr 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday will take up Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi's petition challenging the Uttar Pradesh Government's decision to slap the National Security Act (NSA) against him for his alleged hate speeches.
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government Saturday sought to justify before the Supreme Court the detention of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi under the stringent National Security Act (NSA), saying his speeches had communal overtones and threatened the law and order situation.
New Delhi, Apr 11 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh government and the Pilibhit District Magistrate on Saturday responded to the Supreme Court's notice seeking to know the basis for invoking the National Security Act (NSA) against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi.
Had Varun Gandhi not made anti-Muslim speech at Pilibhit and came into limelight due to events thereafter that include slapping of NSA on him, the world would not have known that he claimed fake degrees.
Etah (Uttar Pradesh), April 6 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will make the 'harassment and torture' of its jailed young leader Varun Gandhi a poll issue, party president Rajnath Singh declared Monday after meeting him in a prison.
Etah (Uttar Pradesh), April 6 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would take the issue of the 'harassment and torture' of its jailed Pilibhit candidate Varun Gandhi to the people, party president Rajnath Singh said Monday after meeting him.
Etah (UP), Apr 6 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh will meet Varun Gandhi at the Etah District Jail later in the day.
Lucknow, April 6 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh will Monday visit Uttar Pradesh's Etah jail where his party's Pilibhit candidate Varun Gandhi is behind bars for his alleged inflammatory campaign speeches.
Lucknow, April 6 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh will Monday visit Uttar Pradesh's Etah jail where the party's Pilibhit candidate Varun Gandhi is behind bars for his alleged inflammatory campaign speeches.
Lucknow, April 5 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi, currently in prison for his reported hate speeches, Sunday refused to meet the investigating officer who visited Etah jail to record his statement in connection with the cases lodged against him.
