New Delhi, Feb 12 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday lashed at Congress governments in north-eastern states alleging over 50 scandals with kickbacks amounting to more than Rs 58,000 crores. BJP President Nitin Gadkari said that states ruled by Congress especially in the North-East are openly indulging in loot of public wealth even as Read the original post: BJP blasts Cong over graft in North... Read More

Despite of the arrest of their party leader and the former telecom minister, the mood of DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) has been seen high and supportive to A. Raja, who was arrested on Wednesday by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Read more: 2G spectrum scam: DMK backs former telecom minister A... Read More

Bangalore, Jan 22 (IBNS) Protesters turned violent, setting fire to public property as a total bandh was enforced in Karnataka on Saturday to vent their ire against the Governor’s sanction for prosecution of Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa for alleged land scam. Excerpt from: Karnataka Bandh Update: Bandh turns violent in... Read More

The decision of giving life imprisonment to the Indian activists Dr. Binayak Sen by the Indian court sounded alarming to the International body named Amnesty International who called this step of the government as violation of international fair trial standards. As per report of the sources, Amnesty International in a statement said that the decision is Read the original: Binayak Sen’s life sentence criticized by Amnesty... Read More

Sriharikota, Dec 25 (IBNS) Launch of India’s heaviest and powerful communication satellite, GSAT-5P into the orbit through GSLV by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) failed on Saturday evening. The GSLV rocket was hit by a snag at the first stage after it blasted-off from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at View post: GSLV GSAT-5P launch... Read More

Life sentence was the verdict given by a Raipur court to Rights activist Binayak Sen, Naxal ideologue Narayan Sanyal and Kolkata businessman Piyush Guha on Friday for their accused links with Maoists. They were under trial for sedition and conspiracy by a Chattisgarh Court. See the original post: Binayak Sen and two others given life sentence... Read More

New Delhi, Dec 22 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) leader Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said that the Centre’s response to the devastation caused by the rains and cyclonic storms in Andhra Pradesh was ”too little and too late.” He also termed the Rs 400 crore package released from the National Calamity Contingency Fund an View post: Andhra relief insufficient, late:... Read More

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh’s visit to Germany and Belgium served the purpose, as several high level deals took place between the leaders of both the countries The rest is here: Prime Minister’s visit to Germany and Belgium successful: Vivek... Read More

Mumbai, Nov 10 (IBNS) A race for deputy chief ministership in Maharashtra ended with the position clinched by Ajit Pawar, a senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and nephew of party chief Sharad Pawar. He will replace Chhagan Bhujbal, who source said, is unhappy with the decision. Congress’s Prithviraj Chavan is taking over as Maharashtra Chief Minister Follow this link: Ajit Pawar becomes new Deputy Chief Minister of... Read More

Kolkata, Nov 6 (IBNS) Former West Bengal Chief Minister and Congress leader Siddhartha Shankar Ray passed away on Saturday evening at his south Kolkata residence. He was 90. See the rest here: Former West Bengal Chief Minister S S Ray is... Read More