BJP appoints Amit Shah in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, Varun Gandhi gets West Bengal
Edited by Mala Das (with inputs from PTI) | Monday May 20, 2013
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's close confidant and BJP General Secretary Amit Shah has been appointed as the person in charge of the politically-crucial state of Uttar Pradesh. BJP president Rajnath Singh, in a reorganisation of the party's p...
Sarabjit Singh's death: After Rahul Gandhi breaks down, BJP alleges 'crocodile tears'
Press Trust of India | Thursday May 2, 2013
Rahul Gandhi and Congress leaders should stop shedding "crocodile tears" over Sarabjit Singh's death, BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy said today and demanded that the government make a statement about steps taken to save the death row prisoner in Pakist...
Coal-gate: Supreme Court hits out at CBI over sharing of report - Who said what
Edited by Janaki Fernandes | Tuesday April 30, 2013
Coal Scam: The Supreme Court has castigated the CBI sharply today for showing a report on its coal investigation to the government before submitting it to judges last month. The court says their first exercise is to free the CBI from political interf...
Coal scam: Opposition wants PM, Law Minister to resign - Who said what
Edited by Janaki Fernandes | Friday April 26, 2013
After the CBI has admitted to the Supreme Court that the report on its coal investigation, submitted to judges last month, was seen in advance by Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, and bureaucrats in the Coal Ministry and the Prime Minister's Office. The La...
Nitish Kumar's deputy turns on him as tension with BJP peaks
Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Tuesday April 16, 2013
In Bihar, it has often fallen upon BJP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi to iron out the kinks between his party and Nitish Kumar, who heads the government.
Modi inducted into BJP's highest decision-making body
Edited by Mala Das | Sunday March 31, 2013
Narendra Modi has been inducted into the BJP's parliamentary board, the 11-member group of top leaders that is the party's highest decision-making body, in a first sign that the Gujarat Chief Minister could be the party's showstopper in the Lok Sabha...
Government tracking cellphones to spy on opposition, says BJP
Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Friday March 1, 2013
The BJP has denied allegations that the phones of one its most senior leaders, Arun Jaitley, were being tracked by a rival section within the party. Four people have been arrested this month for trying to access the records of Mr Jaitley's four cellp...
VVIP chopper scam: BJP asks Congress to come clean on beneficiaries of kickbacks
Press Trust of India | Monday February 18, 2013
BJP on Monday asked Congress to come clean on reports alleging that close associates of a former Union minister and a Congress vice president were beneficiaries of the bribes paid in the VVIP chopper deal.
Congress slams BJP over attack on Justice Katju: 10 developments
Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Monday February 18, 2013
A war of words has broken out between the BJP and the Congress after over Justice Markandey Katju's article on Gujarat and senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley's comments on that article . Mr Jaitley dubbing the Press Council of India Chairman as "more Co...
Afzal Guru hanging: whole country was waiting for this, says BJP
Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday February 9, 2013
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) welcomed the hanging of 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, saying "it was a right move".
The SRK controversy: we can protect our own, says India to Pakistan
Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Tuesday January 29, 2013
India is capable of securing its citizens, Home Secretary RK Singh said on Tuesday in response to Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik's statement that the Indian government should provide security to actor Shah Rukh Khan.
FDI in retail: Winter session's Day 1 washed out; PM calls all-party meet on Monday
Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Thursday November 22, 2012
The BJP-led NDA and the Left want a discussion on FDI in retail under a rule that allows voting. The government says it is ready to debate its policy decision but does not want a vote. Neither side is budging from its position...
FDI row: Parliament paralysed on Day1 of winter session; govt calls for all-party meet on Monday
Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Thursday November 22, 2012
With battlelines drawn on the Foreign Direct Investment in multi-brand retail issue, a belligerent opposition has forced repeated adjournment of both Houses. Rajya Sabha has now been adjourned for the day and Lok Sabha is scheduled to reconvene at 2 ...
BJP files privilege motion against Anand Sharma on FDI
Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Wednesday November 21, 2012
In a clear sign that the opposition will make the winter session of Parliament starting tomorrow another tough one for the government, the BJP has submitted a breach of privilege notice against union minister Anand Sharma on the issue of foreign dire...
Cabinet reshuffle an 'exercise in vain': BJP
Press Trust of India | Saturday October 27, 2012
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today termed the reshuffle of union council of ministers tomorrow as an "exercise in vain", saying the government should have taken a fresh mandate before going for it.
