Jaitley files nomination for Rajya Sabha polls
Lucknow, Mar 11 : Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today filed his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha election from Uttar Pradesh. Jaitley filed his nomination papers at the Tandon Hall of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly complex in the presence of UP BJP chief Mahendra Nath Pandey, deputy chief ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh […]
FIR filed against Nawaz Sharif ‘shoe-attacker’
Lahore: A first information report (FIR) was filed on Monday against a man suspected of throwing a shoe at PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif during an event at the Jamia Naeemia seminary in Lahore’s Garhi Shahu area a day earlier, DawnNewsTV reported. The attack on the former prime minister drew widespread condemnation from all mainstream […]
Rly told to increase speed of trains carrying troops to border areas
New Delhi, Mar 11 : The Railways has been asked to give high priority to the Army’s infrastructure requirements and increase the speed of exclusive trains carrying critical weapons and troops in order to facilitate faster mobilisation to areas bordering China and Pakistan, official sources said. They said the Railways has already started work on […]
Third front will be a “stillborn child”, says Veerappa Moily
Hyderabad, Mar 11 : Senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily today said a third front will be a “stillborn child,” and asserted that only a “confederation” of parties, led by his national outfit, can take on the BJP-led NDA effectively. With reports of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Telangana counterpart K Chadrasekhar […]
Consensus on Ayodhya difficult, but temple will be built: RSS
Nagpur, Mar 11 : The RSS today said building a consensus on the Ayodhya dispute was not going to be easy, but stressed that a Ram Temple — “and nothing else” — would be constructed in the Uttar Pradesh town. RSS general secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi also stressed that the matter was sub judice. “It is […]
Shoe thrown at Nawaz Sharif at madrasa in Pak
Lahore, Mar 11: A shoe was hurled at Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif by a religious extremist today during a function at an Islamic seminary in Lahore. The incident took place a day after religious extremist blackened the face of Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Khwaja Asif with ink when he was addressing his party’s […]
Balochistan’s Sadiq Sanjrani emerges as top contender for Senate chairman
Islamabad, Mar 11: Independent Balochistan senator-elect Sadiq Sanjrani has emerged as a top contender for the post of Senate chairman, with the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), PPP, MQM-P and Balochistan senators reportedly reaching consensus on his nomination for the March 12 election, according to sources. The PTI had earlier on Friday announced that it would vote […]
BSP counts on SP-Cong-RLD support for win in RS polls
Lucknow, Mar 11 : The BSP is counting heavily on the ‘surplus’ votes of the SP, besides support from the Congress and the RLD for the victory of its lone candidate in the Rajya Sabha biennial elections from Uttar Pradesh. Arithmetically for the Bahujan Samaj Party, which has 19 MLAs in the 403-member UP Assembly, […]
FIR lodged against Bihar BJP chief for violating model code
Araria (Bihar), Mar 11 : An FIR has been lodged against Bihar BJP chief Nityanand Rai for violating the model code of conduct by allegedly making provocative speech during campaigning for Araria Lok Sabha bypolls, an official said today. Narpatganj Assembly constituency’s nodal officer-cum-Circle Officer Nishant Kumar yesterday lodged the FIR. “I have asked Narpatganj Assembly […]
Strong signs of Cong resurgence in Hindi heartland: Scindia
New Delhi, Mar 11 :The Congress may have suffered a crushing defeat in the Northeast, but senior leader Jyotiraditya Scindia feels that there are “very strong signs” of the party’s resurgence in the Hindi heartland which would be crucial in the 2019 general election. Buoyed by the party’s victory in the recent by-polls in the […]
