Home » State News » Politicians Advertisement Karnataka ministers were only watching porn and not doing it: Parrikar Panaji, Feb 9: The three Karnataka ministers who were sacked for watching porn clips in the state assembly were "only watching and not doing it in action", a BJP leader said here today..... Porngate: Caught minister wanted dress code for women! Bangalore, Feb 8: In a case of the pot calling the kettle black, C.C. Patil, who quit as Karnataka's women and child development minister today for viewing porn in the assembly, had donned .... Grow more grains, Pawar tells states New Delhi, Feb 8: Urging states to produce more grains to meet the growing food demand, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today stressed the streamlining of the procurement and distribution sys.... BJP ministers watch porn in Karnataka assembly; face sack Bangalore, Feb 8: Two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ministers in Karnataka, Laxman Savadi and C.C. Patil, were on Tuesday caught watching porn on a cell phone in the state assembly, prompting sp.... Not obsessed about becoming PM: Rahul Varanasi, Feb 6: Making his stand loud and clear on the question of donning the prime minister's mantle, Congress general secretary and the party's star campaigner Rahul Gandhi asserted.... Will not align with criminals and thieves, vows Rahul Varanasi, Feb 5: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Saturday asserted that he was content with his party being out of power in Uttar Pradesh but would not join hands with any undesirabl.... Yeddyurappa told to appear in court in corruption case Bangalore, Feb 4: Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, his two sons, son-in-law and a former minister were today told by a court to appear before it on March 3 over corruption and .... Centre forced to announce cyclone relief funds: Jayalalithaa Chennai, Feb 3: The central government was forced to announce Rs.500 crore for relief and rehabilitation works in areas hit by cyclone Thane on Dec 30 last year, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Ja.... MGP minister quits Goa coalition government Panaji, Feb 2: A minister from the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) resigned from the Congress-led coalition government in Goa today as the regional party's coalition talks with the BJP.... Rahul, Ajit Singh's joint rally at Meerut on Thursday New Delhi, Feb 1: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Ajit Singh will address a joint poll rally at Meerut in western Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. "The ra.... Rape victims will be given government jobs: Mulayam Siddharth Nagar (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 29: Hitting out at the Mayawati government for rising incidents of rape and murder in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav declared .... Need for CPI-M to expand influence, says Karat New Delhi, Jan 28: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) today said electoral reverses in West Bengal and Kerala had made it imperative for it to expand its influence in other parts and .... Farook remembered as leader who groomed others Chennai, Jan 27: Kerala Governor M.O.H. Farook maintained cordial relations with his opponents and groomed many political leaders, Congress leaders in his home state of Puducherry said today, a.... Mayawati tries to gain foothold in Uttarakhand Rudrapur (Uttarakhand), Jan 25: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo and Uttar Pradesh Chief minister Mayawati is doing her best to break the Bhartiya Janata Party and Congress monopoly in Uttarak.... Raj Thackeray attacks state election commission Mumbai, Jan 24: Hinting at "partiality" by the state election commission (SEC), Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray today hit out at the panel saying it was expected to be &#.... Don't elect leaders who read written speeches: Uma Bharti Chandigarh, Jan 22: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharti today said that voters in the country should not elect leaders who just read speeches written by others. "Nation.... When Omar had to wait out a traffic jam Jammu, Jan 20: The Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir was in for a lot of traffic hurdles today morning as he waited for a flight to Srinagar from Delhi Airport. And he frequently tweeted abou.... Gadkari flags off Telangana yatra Hyderabad, Jan 19: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today launched 'Telangana Poru Yatra' with party president Nitin Gadkari promising a separate Telangana state if the party is voted t.... Delays in legislations in non-Congress states: Jaitley New Delhi, Jan 18: Non-Congress ruled states were facing delays in getting legislations enacted as some bills were pending with the governors, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley s.... Mamata a dictator, says angry Congress minister Kolkata, Jan 17: Ties between West Bengal's ruling alliance partners Trinamool Congress and Congress worsened today with a Congress minister launching a no-holds-barred attack on Chief Mini.... Will elephants figure in Republic Day parade, asks Modi New Delhi, Jan 17: Taking a dig at the Congress following the poll panel's orders to cover elephant statues in Uttar Pradesh until the assembly elections are over, Gujarat Chief Minister Na.... Congress seeking friends, not votes in Uttar Pradesh: Jaitley Panaji, Jan 15: A discordant relationship with Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress is forcing the Congress to hunt for "friends, instead of votes" in next month's assembly poll.... No friction with poll panel: Khurshid New Delhi, Jan 15: Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid on Saturday said there was no friction between his ministry and the Election Commission which, like any constitutional body, was an autonom.... Dikshit accuses BJP of levelling baseless charges New Delhi, Jan 14: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of indulging in a "slanging match" by leveling baseless charges against her governmen.... Want justice for Batla house accused, says Digvijay New Delhi, Jan 13: Hours after Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday rejected Digvijay Singh's demand for a fresh probe into the 2008 Batla House shootout saying there was "no scope&.... Manik Sarkar again refuses to don convocation robe Agartala, Jan 12: Throwing protocol to the winds for the second time, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar today refused to wear the regulation gown at the Tripura University convocation. BJD leader held for blast in Odisha Bhubaneswar, Jan 9: A leader of the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha was arrested today for his involvement in a blast triggered by the Maoists early this month in Kandhamal district whic.... Koda to appeal against Rs.1,200 crore tax demand Ranchi, Jan 9: Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, who has been in jail since 2009 for his alleged involvement in graft, will appeal against the income tax order slapping Rs.1,200 crore.... Naidu reaches Warangal amid shutdown, protests Hyderabad, Jan 6: Ignoring police advice, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N. Chandrababu Naidu reached Warangal district today amid shutdown and protests by pro-Telangana groups against his visi.... RSS, Digvijay trade barbs over photograph New Delhi, Jan 6: The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) and Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Thursday traded barbs over a photograph showing him sharing the dais with RSS leaders.While the RSS.... JD-S vice president Bapu Kaldate dead Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Nov 17: Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) vice president Bapu Kaldate died here early this morning, a family friend said. He was 86. He is survived by his educationi.... Union culture minister concerned about safety of Tagores' Jorasanko house Kolkata, Nov 6: Expressing concern over the structural safety of Rabindranath Tagore's ancestral house in northern Kolkata's Jorasanko where Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore was born .... Bal Thackeray demands Bharat Ratna for Big B Mumbai, Oct 29: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray today demanded that the country's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, be conferred on Amitabh Bachchan. "Amitabh Bachchan .... Amar Singh may discharged in 3 days: Doctors New Delhi, Sep 25: Arrested Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh, currently admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for a kidney-related ailment, could be discharged in three days,.... Big B remembers Vasant Sathe as affable New Delhi, Sep 24: Amitabh Bachchan had met late Congress leader Vasant Sathe during his short political stint in the 1980s and remembers him as an affable person. "Vasant Sathe, .... Vidya Stokes recipe for longevity - no grains for 50 years Shimla, Sep 4: "Age cannot wither her nor can custom stale her infinite variety," is what Shakespeare wrote for Cleopatra. The same, it seems, could be true for Himachal Pradesh's &.... Plea to recall Amar Singh as witness rejected New Delhi, April 17: A Delhi court has rejected a plea to recall expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh as witness in connection with his extortion complaint against a man in 2007. .... Varun Gandhi's wedding reception cancelled New Delhi, March 1; The high profile wedding reception of the Bharatiya Janata Party's young MP Varun Gandhi has been cancelled due to the death of his maternal grandmother, mother Mane.... SAD-BJP alliance is unbreakable: Yashwant Sinha Chandigarh, Aug 30: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha today said the alliance between his party and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in Punjab was solid and unbreakable. <.... Pranab, Krishna to attend Koirala's funeral New Delhi: A three-member high profile delegation of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, External Minister S.M. Krishna and Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar will leave for Kathmandu on Sunday to re.... Speaker asks Omar to take opposition into confidence Jammu: Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Mohammad Akbar Lone today asked the state government to take the opposition into confidence while taking decision on funds for devel.... Thank God, we don't have a Bal Thackeray in Delhi: Dikshit New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today ridiculed Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray for attacking non-Marathis in Maharashtra and said that Delhi was truly cosmopolitan. &#.... Minister Sachin wants to 'Pilot' IT revolution in northeast New Delhi: The government has begun an ambitious programme to wire up the entire northeast and remote border regions with telecom, wimax and broadband connectivity and unleash an IT revolution .... BJP questions delay in nod to prosecute Sajjan Kumar New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today questioned the time lag before the government gave the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) the go ahead to prosecute Congress leader Sajjan K.... Bengal political parties woo voters on Nababarsha Kolkata: Political parties in West Bengal made full use of the Bengali New Year - Nababarsha - Wednesday to woo the electorates with calendars and greeting cards. Apart from campaigners st.... Orissa governor meets opposition to discuss manipulation complaints Bhubaneswar: Orissa Governor M.C. Bhandare has been meeting leaders of the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to discuss their complaint that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and his .... Caste outfit turns into political party in AP Hyderabad: A caste outfit in Andhra Pradesh has transformed itself into a political party just a month before the assembly and Lok Sabha polls, adding to the political uncertainty in the stat.... BJP worker stripped and beaten in Jharkhand Ranchi: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activist was stripped and beaten allegedly by a rival group of the party in Deogarh district of Jharkhand, police sources said on Friday. The inciden.... Former legislator Gaganjit Singh Barnala acquitted in rape case Chandigarh: Former Punjab legislator Gaganjit Singh Barnala was on Friday acquitted in a 2006 rape case by a local court here on Friday. Barnala was a Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) legislator.... Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement