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Narendra Modi attends his first BJP parliamentary board meeting in Delhi

Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Tuesday May 21, 2013

Narendra Modi is attending a meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party's parliamentary board, a team of 12 top leaders who make the big decisions in the party. He is its newest member.

Narendra Modi to attend BJP's first parliamentary board meeting today

Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Tuesday May 21, 2013

The Bharatiya Janata Party's parliamentary board, the party's top decision-making body, will meet in Delhi today. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who was inducted into the board in March this year, will attend the meeting.

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...

Highlights: Congress conspiracy behind Kataria chargesheet in Sohrabuddin case, says BJP

NDTV.com | Wednesday May 15, 2013

BJP president Rajnath Singh, and party leaders Arun Jaitley and Vasunshara Raje addressed the media at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi even as Congress workers protested outside.

'Gun-toting' former MP Vitthal Radadiya is BJP's candidate from Porbandar for Lok Sabha by-polls

Edited by Mala Das (with inputs from PTI) | Tuesday May 14, 2013

Former Gujarat MP Vitthal Radadiya, infamous for pulling a gun at a toll booth attendant, has been chosen as the BJP's nominee from Porbandar for the Lok Sabha bypolls slated for June 2.

After ministers' exit, Prime Minister's Punjab club in disarray

Reported by Tanima Biswas; edited by Mala Das | Saturday May 11, 2013

As two of the government's senior ministers - smeared with scams - bowed out on Friday, their unprecedented exit has also dealt a blow to what is being called the Prime Minister's Punjab club.

Resignation is the 'only option' for PM Manmohan Singh, says BJP President Rajnath Singh

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 11, 2013

Sharpening its attack after the resignations of two Union ministers on charges of impropriety, the BJP today asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to do an honest introspection and step down as it is the "only option" for him.

Government has failed on all counts, says Rajnath Singh: Highlights

Edited by Janaki Fernandes | Saturday May 11, 2013

BJP President Rajnath Singh has hit out at the government saying the whole country has been put in a terrible situation due to the corruption of the UPA government. Mr Singh was addressing the media soon after former Law Minister held a press confer...

Coal-Gate: the three meetings that changed CBI's report

Reported by Sunetra Choudhury; edited by Mala Das | Wednesday May 8, 2013

The Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI today told the Supreme Court that on March 6 this year, Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and officials in the Coal Ministry and the Prime Minister's Office, made three significant changes to a draft of a report on...

Varun Gandhi appears to pitch for party president Rajnath Singh as Prime Minister

Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Wednesday May 1, 2013

At a massive rally in Uttar Pradesh today, BJP leader Varun Gandhi strongly hinted that the party should pick its president, Rajnath Singh, as its prime ministerial nominee. Mr Singh, 61, was present when Mr Gandhi paid him the richest tribute possib...

Varun Gandhi's rally in Uttar Pradesh today marks growing stature in BJP

Anant Zanane | Wednesday May 1, 2013

With every national party trying to lure young voters by highlighting young leaders, Varun Gandhi takes centrestage for the BJP today in the politically strategic state of Uttar Pradesh.

BJP leader LK Advani's plane develops technical snag, lands in Hyderabad

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday April 30, 2013

An aircraft carrying senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani made an unscheduled landing at the old airport at Begumpet in Hyderabad on Monday, after developing a technical snag.

BJP's LK Advani accused of taking money from Karnataka's former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday April 23, 2013

BJP leader LK Advani had taken money from erstwhile Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa to allow him to remain in office after corruption scandals involving him surfaced, Mr Yeddyurappa's Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) alleged Monday. The BJP rubbi...

Karnataka elections: BJP top brass to launch poll campaign today

Edited by Surabhi Malik | Sunday April 21, 2013

With just two weeks to go for the Assembly election is Karnataka, senior BJP leaders like L K Advani, Rajnath Singh, Venkaiah Naidu and Sushma Swaraj will launch the party's campaign in the state today. Along with state leaders, the BJP top brass wil...

BJP's message to Bihar unit is to prep for life without Nitish Kumar

Edited by Mala Das | Thursday April 18, 2013

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to be readying for single status in Bihar as fissures with its longstanding ally, Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal(United), only grow deeper. At a meeting with BJP president Rajnath Singh in New Delhi today, party lead...