Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should get all the blame if his party does badly in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kalraj Mishra Sunday said.
Mishra also said that the BJP had chances of doing well.
“The Congress has started saying Rahul Gandhi will not be responsible for loss, they have realised that Congress is slipping to fourth position,” he said.
Distancing itself from union minister Beni Prasad Verma’s suggestion to tie up with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress Sunday termed it his personal view and said any decision on alliances will be taken by the party high command.
“The party’s line is clear… if we get a majority then we will form the government otherwise we will sit in the opposition. Whatever he (Verma) has said is his personal view,” state Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi told reporters here.
Soon, Vidya walks in and exchanges pleasantries with her fan, a software engineer, who says: “I don’t know why I’m shivering!” Tapping her fake baby bump, she asks him, “Do I look so scary?” Sandeep’s jitters disappear as she breaks into a hearty laugh. A relieved Sandeep asks, “Why the need to look pregnant?” How do you draw people’s attention in an age of information explosion, Vidya asks. “People immediately make an association with Kahaani,” she says.
American scientists have built a device that can generate electricity from waste water.
BBC said the team from Pennsylvania State University said the technology would simultaneously also treat the water. The scientists suggested the process could be adopted in developing countries to provide clean water as well as power for homes.
The study has been published in the journal Science.
Researchers in the Netherlands have for some years been exploring the idea of generating power along the country’s coastline, where fresh water from rivers meets the salt water of the sea.
Thirteen years to scrutinise documents of a case! The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) received flak from a Delhi court for taking such a long time to go over documents, thus prolonging the trial, during which five of the accused died. The youngest accused is now 59 years old.
“It took around 13 years for CBI to comply with the mandatory provision of supply of copies u/S 207, CrPC (Supply to the accused, the copy of police report and other documents),” Special Judge Dinesh Kumar Sharma said.
Australia won the first final of the CB tri-series defeating Sri Lanka by 15 runs at the Gabba here Sunday.
Chasing 322, Sri Lanka were all out for 306 in 49.2 overs.
Nuwan Kulasekara made 73 while Upul Tharanga scored 60.
David Warner smashed 163 off 157 balls in Australia’s 321 for six.
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Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma Sunday said that it is better for the Congress to forge an alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) than join hands with the Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh.
“(BSP chief) Mayawati is thousand times better than Mulayam Singh Yadav as she has been able to bring down the crime rate in the state in the last five years. The Congress should think about forging an alliance with the BSP,” the Congress leader told TV channels.
Claiming that this was his personal view, he said he would advocate an alliance with the BSP.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should get all the blame if his party does badly in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kalraj Mishra Sunday said.
Mishra also said that the BJP had chances of doing well.
“The Congress has started saying Rahul Gandhi will not be responsible for loss, they have realised that Congress is slipping to fourth position,” he said.
The CBI probe into Madhya Pradesh RTI activist Shehla Masood’s murder has hinted at arrested woman architect Zahida Parvez being the brain behind the killing as she was jealous of Masood’s alleged friendship with a legislator, sources said Sunday.
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths who recovered four personal diaries written by Zahida Parvez, 35, between 2009 and 2012, claimed that she was “obsessed” with Bharatiya Janata Party’s Bhopal legislator Dhruv Narayan Singh.
Syed Maqbool Shah, an aspiring teacher from India-administered Kashmir aged 17, was visiting his brother in New Delhi in June 1996 when police wrongly accused him of taking part in a bombing.
The car blast the month before had ripped through the bustling Lajpat Nagar area of shops and homes, killing 13 people and putting local law enforcement agencies under intense pressure to find the culprits.
Rally and Candle Light Vigil in New York on the 10th Anniversary of Anti-Muslim Gujarat Pogrom. Jewish Leader Criticizes AJC for Giving Award to Advani. Rallies held in 9 other cities by CAG affiliated organizations
Coalition Against Genocide keeps the heat on Modi, demands his arrest and compensation to the victims; vows to fight Hindutva ideology in the US.
Saudi Arabia is the world’s sixth largest consumer of sex drugs as domestic demand is as much as 10 times that in Russia, according to a newspaper.
Alriyadyh Arabic language daily, citing an unnamed medical study in the Gulf Kingdom, said nearly 12 per cent of Saudi Arabia’s 20 million national men are suffering from impotence and that 80 per cent of the cases are associated with psychological problems.
Had it not been for Sujoy Ghosh, Vidya Balan would have had a bad fall on the tracks. Her upcoming film ‘Kahaani’ would have hit headlines for a major accident.
Vidya Balan while shooting for her upcoming movie ‘Kahaani’ at a Kolkata metro station tripped and was about to fall.
According to reports, Vidya was so engrossed in the shooting that she failed to notice a weighing machine on the platform and tripped.
Indian youth can be made to appreciate classical music if it is served to them in the right manner, says music promoter Durga Jasraj, who disagrees with the notion that Bollywood tunes have spoilt the new generation’s taste in music.
“People who feel youth don’t have a knack for listening to classical music should understand that that’s not the case. They just need it to be served to them the way they like it,” Durga says.
A woman in the US has been arrested for forcing an Indian woman from Kerala to work 17 hours a day. The woman was made to sleep in a walk-in closet, reveals Yahoo.com.
The wealthy owners paid the worker around 85 cents an hour even though the minimum wage in New York is $7.25 an hour. She was paid $29,000 but she should have been paid at least $206,000.
The owners of 30,000-square-foot home, known as Llenroc mansion, with a helicopter pad, 15 fireplaces, marble flooring, 24-karat gold gilded ceilings and a glass elevator, had hired the Indian woman to look after their four children.
A little boy who was locked up in a dark and cold room by cruel parents in Britain was so hungry that he ate his own hair.
The three-year-old’s mother and stepfather were put behind bars for ill-treating their child and keeping him locked in a bare room, reports Daily Mail.
The boy was starving and dehydrated and barely alive when he was rescued by a police officer. A social worker had had received a tip-off and passed on the information to the authorities.
Once the boy was given food to eat, a doctor told the daily that he was eating as if he had ‘never eaten before’.
A 22-year-old Afghan woman was murdered by her boyfriend in a south Delhi guest house, police said Sunday.
The deceased Paimana, who was stabbed to death, was in a live-in relationship with the unidentified man, an officer said.
The incident took place Saturday night at around 10 p.m. in Shamsher Homestay guest house in Jangpura Extension.
According to the police, the assailant is absconding.
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A consultative meeting of the Telangana Founders’ Forum and Telangana Elders’ Forum is being organized at 5 p.m. On 5th March at Madina Education Centre, Nampally to evolve a common strategy to achieve success in the by-elections for the candidates supporting Telangana.
There is a saying of Prophet Mohammed (SAWS) that sleeping late in the morning reduces our food. So long as the Muslims followed this hadith, they progressed in various countries.
Dr. Saiyada Saiyadain Hameed, Chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad distributed Gold Medals to top rankers of various courses on the occasion of 4th convocation of Urdu University held at the auditorium of Distance Education on the university campus. She said that it is the responsibility of the universities to take all the persons with them. She expressed her delight that girls outnumber in getting gold medals.
Congress created history in A.P. by Commissioning elections in 40 Assembly constituencies within a span of three years. 13th Assembly of A.P. created new records. It has repeated the history of changing three Chief Ministers. By elections started with the death of Tekkali MLA. Later in Dr. Rajasekhara Reddy’s constituency Pulivendla, by election was held due to his demise.
On the occasion of Annual Tourism Award Festival held in New Delhi, Hyderabad City was awarded the best heritage city award. Under the tourism project, the city got Rural Tourism award and in the category of airports, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport was awarded the best airport prize. Ms. Pratibha Patil, President of India awarded these prizes which were received by the officials of tourism and airport.
YSR Congress MLA’s who were disqualified by the speaker welcomed their removal. They said that the election scene of May 2011 will be repeated in Kadapah Lok Sabha and Pulivendla elections.
All the ousted MLA’s met Mr. Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy at his residence and discussed various steps to be taken for contesting again. These MLA’s who had voted against Congress during ‘No Confidence Motion’ were ready to face their expulsion. They said that they have sacrificed their seats for the cause of the farmers. They are firm an their decisions even today.
Telugu TV Channel TV9 organised Naveena Mahila contest for the year 2010-11 in which famous social activist Nanditha Das participated as the Chief Guest. This contest was meant for the women who were actively involved in social work and for the struggle they made for the cause of the people.
In this contest women are given an opportunity to highlight their problems and to present the stand they have taken for particular public cause. Public opinion was mustered in some cases by highlighting a few controversial issues.
Election Commission of India has released the schedule of elections. For 15 states, there will be 58 Rajya Sabha seats for which elections are to be held. According to the strength of the Congress Party, four candidates could be elected to Rajya Sabha.
TDP can send two candidates to Rajya Sabha. Congress Party breathed the sigh of relief because a day before the announcement of election schedule by Election Commission speaker of A.P. Assembly disqualified 16 Congress MLA’s who violated Congress whip and voted against the party.