Washington : Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s keynote address at the prestigious Wharton India Economic Forum later this month was cancelled on Sunday under pressure from multiple stakeholders. “We do not endorse any political views and do not support any specific ideology. Our goal as a team is only to stimulate valuable dialogue on India’s […]

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) two-day national council meet will begin on Saturday to discuss the preparations for Assembly Elections to be held later this year. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is expected to overshadow talks at the meet, in an indication of his growing stature within the Bharatiya Janata Party. On Friday, […]

New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) national executive committee will meet in New Delhi on Friday and the national council on the next two days to discuss the preparations for assembly polls later this year and galvanise workers for the Lok Sabha polls scheduled in 2014. Party sources said Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra […]

New Delhi : The BJP’s top leadership will meet today to follow up on Thursday’s strategy meeting between key affiliates of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS, collectively known as the Sangh Parivar. It is also the first core group meeting after Rajnath Singh took over as party president last week. Yesterday’s meeting was described […]

New Delhi : Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh met Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar Monday morning and said that there is no threat to the present state government. Rajnath Singh’s assurance comes after an hour long meeting with Shettar early morning today. The meet comes in the wake of 13 MLAs loyal to BS […]

Bangalore: Jagadish Shettar will meet Bharatiya Janata Party President Rajnath Singh on Sunday night even as the Karnataka Chief Minister struggles to keep his government afloat with 14 MLAs threatening to resign. The Karnataka government is in danger of falling if the Assembly Speaker accepts their resignation. However, reports say the crisis may prolong till […]

Nagpur : Nitin Gadkari arrived in his home town of Nagpur today to a massive welcome by his supporters, a day after he was replaced as the president of the BJP, largely because of allegations of financial malpractice by a company he founded in 2000. Mr Gadkari has blamed the government for orchestrating an income […]

New Delhi : The BJP will hold nationwide protests from today against Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde’s “Hindu terror” remarks, Rajnath Singh said after being elected party president on Wednesday. “The recent statement of Shinde shows the government is not serious in its fight against terrorism,” he said, addressing party workers here. “Just for vote […]

Lucknow: The infighting within Bhartiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Uttar Pradesh again came to the fore here Sunday, when three functionaries resigned from their positions to protest against appointment of former party chief Rajnath Singh’s son Pankaj as a general secretary. “We are at least ten years senior to Pankaj in the party and we have […]

Hubli: BJP past president and senior leader Rajnath Singh of UP talking to newsmen in Hubli stated that if allegations made against CM Yeddyurappa were proved correct, he would resign. The Reddy brothers were given ministerships on the decision taken by BJP senior leaders. His leadership is doing a fine job, Singh spoke of CM […]