Hegde: What prompted use of force?
Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde has termed the police action at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi a violation of fundamental rights and said it brought back memories of the Emergency days.
Naked fascism, says Advani
Terming the government crackdown on yoga guru Baba Ramdev “naked fascism,” BJP senior L.K.
‘Not time yet to revive Jaya ties’
Mor e than a contest between two regional parties, the Congress’ ally DMK’s rout in the Assembly election and AIADMK’s victory assumes national significance with regard to the corruption plank, BJP se
LK is ‘not happy with K’taka CM’
BJP stalwart L.K. Advani indirectly criticised Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa while commending the performance of other BJP or National Democratic Alliance-ruled states.
Karunanidhi blames Centre for Kanimozhi’s arrest
DMK chief and former Tamil Nadu chief minster M. Karunanidhi has blamed the central government for his daughter Kanimozhi’s arrest in the 2G spectrum scam case.
Jayalalithaa asks Prime Minister for power from Central pool
Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa on Monday requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to allocate additional 1,000 MW power from the central pool for nearly a year.
Tamil Nadu Assembly construction to be probed
The Jayalalithaa government on Friday announced a probe into alleged irregularities in the construction of the mega Assembly-Secretariat complex by the predecessor DMK regime, while scrapping most of its pet projects such as the housing and insurance schemes named after Mr M. Karunanidhi. Also, in a move aimed at clipping the
Karuna to be with Kani on his b’day today
Pleading that he was in no mood to celebrate his 88th birthday, on Friday, DMK president M. Karunanidhi asked his followers not to visit him either at home or party office. His misery got compounded with news from Delhi that the bail petition of his daughter and party MP, Kanimozhi, has not been listed for court order on Friday, which could
Yeddy wins trust vote amid walkout, boycott
The BJP government in Karnataka headed by B.S. Yeddyurappa on Thursday won confidence vote in the Assembly 119-0 amid a walkout by the Congress and Independents and a boycott by the JDS.
Anna warns Ramdev of govt’s motives
Anna Hazare on Thursday decided to associate himself with Baba Ramdev’s hungerstrike with a warning that he should not be swayed by government’s overtures because it plays “fraud” by first agreeing to demands and then backing out.