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From 88 witnesses to none: The imploding cases against Varun Gandhi
Varun Gandhi had three cases against him for hate speech, inciting riots, and destruction of public property with 88 prosecution witnesses. Not only was he exonerated. Every single witness turned hostile. “Just this is enough to raise suspicions,” write Rahul Kotiyal and Atul Chaurasia in Tehelka....

Snap polls only solution for UPA’s policy paralysis: Venkaiah Naidu
Hyderabad: Senior BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said holding mid-term elections was the only option for the country as the Congress-led UPA dispensation is suffering from ‘policy paralysis’ which is affecting every sector. ‘UPA government has become synonymous with corruption and the governance has become...

New Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah meets PM
New Delhi: Siddaramaiah, who was sworn in as Karnataka Chief Minister on 13 May, on Thursday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi, describing it as a courtesy call. The Prime Minister had earlier congratulated Siddaramaiah on his election as Chief Minister of Karnataka and...

Varun Gandhi fixed hate speech case, says Tehelka expose
New Delhi: BJP General Secretary Varun Gandhi, who was exonerated of all charges of making hate speeches before the 2009 Lok Sabha polls, is now being accused of ‘brazenly subverting the entire judicial process to get his name cleared’, news magazine Tehelka said. An expose by...

Youth Cong protest signs of desperation: Sushma Swaraj
New Delhi: Dubbing the protests by Youth Congress workers outside her party headquarters as ‘signs of desperation’, senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said had Congress really wanted bills to be passed and Parliament session to continue, it should have secured the resignation of its two ministers...

BJP demands PM resignation for independent probe in Coal scam
Mumbai: Demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, BJP on Wednesday said an independent probe in the coal allocation scam was not possible till he occupies the top post. Party Vice-President Balbir Punj told reporters here that the CBI which had acted swiftly in the...

Govt refutes BJP allegation of using CBI to implicate Kataria
New Delhi: Government on Wednesday refuted BJP’s allegation that CBI was working at behest of Congress to implicate its members, saying such comments always come when the principal opposition party faces any difficulty. Rejecting BJP leader Arun Jaitley’s allegation that chargesheeting of party’s Rajasthan leader Gulab...

Loss in Karnataka polls is a wake up call for BJP, says Rudy
Raipur: BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy on Wednesday said losing elections in Karnataka was a ‘wake up call’ for the party and claimed it will put up a strong performance in the coming Assembly elections in other states. ‘We accept the party’s loss in Karnataka Assembly...

Hate speech: UP govt let Varun scot free, says Beni Prasad Verma
Lucknow: Union minister Beni Prasad Verma today sparked a fresh row alleging that BJP leader Varun Gandhi was cleared by a court in hate speech case due to tacit understanding with SP government in Uttar Pradesh. ‘Due to the pressure of the state government, witnesses did...

Manmohan to BJP: How India reacted to Nawaz Sharif’s win
New Delhi/Srinagar:  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh‘s invite to PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif to visit India after his party’s win in Pakistan’s parliamentary polls drew a mixed response today with BJP saying he is in ‘haste’ and mainstream parties in Jammu and Kashmir welcoming the move. The...

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Woolwich terror attack: Slain soldier’s family pays tribute
Woolwich terror attack: Slain soldier’s family pays tribute
London: The grief-stricken family of the 25-year-old soldier beheaded by two Islamist terrorists on a street here on Friday paid tributes to the ‘loving son and father’. Drummer Lee Rigby from Middleton, Greater Manchester, had been in the 2nd...
Britain launches fighter jets to escort diverted Pak plane, two arrested
Britain launches fighter jets to escort diverted Pak plane, two arrested
London: British fighter jets escorted a Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane to Stansted Airport near London on Friday, where police went on board and arrested two men on suspicion of endangering an aircraft. Flight PK709 from Lahore in Pakistan...
Army checks battle readiness in exercise Panchjanya
Army checks battle readiness in exercise Panchjanya
Chandigarh: The Army’s Western Command is currently carrying out Panchjanya, a major exercise in Punjab, aimed at validating battle readiness and operational effectiveness of both Army and Air Force as part of its ‘Integrated Theatre Battle’ concept. The exercise,...
India to get third US waiver from sanctions on Iran imports?
New Delhi: India has made ‘tremendous progress’ in reducing oil imports from Iran, a senior US government official said on Friday, in a sign the South Asian nation is likely to get a third waiver from sanctions imposed by...
Cong non-committal on aligning with RJD for Lok Sabha polls
Cong non-committal on aligning with RJD for Lok Sabha polls
New Delhi: Lalu Prasad may have been one of the prominent invitees at the UPA anniversary dinner yesterday, but the Congress appears to be non-committal on aligning with the RJD in the next Lok Sabha elections. A senior Congress...
Spot-fixing scandal: Cong favours self-regulation
Spot-fixing scandal: Cong favours self-regulation
New Delhi: Amid demands of a court monitored SIT probe into the affairs of IPL, Congress today favoured self-regulation in the wake of the spot-fixing scandal. It steered clear of the issue of resignation of BCCI chief N Srinivasan...