Maddur: Former chief minister Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna, on Monday, clarified that he has not taken decision over joining any other political party. S M Krishna had resigned from the primary membership of the party on Saturday, stating that the party had sidelined him. His resignation has given rise to many speculations. Addressing media persons at […]

Mangaluru : The Bharatiya Janata Party will take up an information campaign to counter the alleged “disinformation campaign” by the Congress about the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill, 2015. Addressing presspersons here recently, Kota Srinivasa Poojary, MLC, said that the Union government had brought in only […]

New Delhi: Denied a ticket, suspended DMK MP and former union minister MK Alagiri on Thursday caused an embarrassment to his party when he called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who regretted that the party left the UPA. Sources close to Alagiri described the meeting as a “courtesy” call and said he thanked the Prime […]

Mysore: “It is certain that the UPA-3 will form the government at the Centre after the Lok Sabha elections,” said MP H. Vishwanath. He was speaking to reporters during a padayatra organised by Krishnaraja Block Congress Committee in city this morning. “The Congress party will seek votes by enlightening the public on the pro-people programmes […]

New Delhi: Citing the refusal of an eminent jurist and a former Supreme Court judge to serve on the Search Committee for Lokpal, BJP on Wednesday accused UPA government of damaging the institution of Lokpal even before its creation. Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley also referred to the refusal of several […]

New Delhi: Responding to Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal questioning the UPA’s fuel pricing policy, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister M. Veerappa Moily has said in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that ONGC’s average cost of natural gas production was $3.6 per mmBtu during 2012-13, and its newer finds in deep sea […]

New Delhi: The UPA government that was congratulating itself on the smooth passage of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday found itself exactly 24 hours later at the negotiating table once again with the BJP to ensure that the Bill is passed in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, having failed […]

New Delhi : A day after Bihar chief minister said Modi is a fascist like Hitler, the BJP launched counter attack by saying that it was language of a loser but wondered why is Nitish Kumar turning a blind eye to corruption in Congress-led UPA government. Replaying the charges Narendra Modi had made against the […]

Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday issued a veiled threat to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and gave a six-week ultimatum to the Centre, asking it to decide on whether Bihar would be accorded special status or not. Setting the deadline, he said if the Centre failed to concede his demand, […]

Mandya : The Congress’ “thanksgiving” rally here on Monday, addressed by party President and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, seemed like an election rally. On her first ever visit to the city and the first one to the state since the Assembly elections, Sonia launched a scathing attack on the main opposition party, […]