Ghaziabad, May 19 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Rajnath Singh, who won the Ghaziabad Lok Sabha seat in the polls, admitted Tuesday that his dream to bring a mega project to the area may not turn into reality following the defeat of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
The BJP chief, who was on a “thanksgiving” visit to the constituency, told IANS that he was confident of the NDA winning power, and then ensuring projects worth Rs.2,000-2,500 crore (Rs.20-25 billion) to Ghaziabad.
London, May 19 (IANS) Ten people were arrested after violent clashes early Tuesday left 21 British policemen and 11 Tamil protesters injured in central London, police said Tuesday.
At least three policemen and eight Tamils were treated in hospital after the clashes, which began just after midnight when police moved demonstrators off a busy road opposite the British parliament, where they had been staging a sit-in.
Dehradun, May 19 (ANI): After the disastrous performance of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttarakhand in the Lok Sabha polls, State Chief Minister B. C. Khanduri is likely to resign from his post.
Lucknow, May 19 (IANS) Stung by the results in the just-concluded Lok Sabha polls, BSP leader and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Tuesday advocated returning to the old Dalit agenda and spent 30 minutes of her nearly three-hour speech to party workers discussing a former aide who has been elected as a Congress MP.
About 1,000 Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) workers, including all ministers, legislators, newly elected MPs and the defeated candidates from different parts of the country, together with all district and zonal coordinators from Uttar Pradesh, gathered at the party headquarters here.
New Delhi/Lucknow, May 19 (IANS) Arch rivals Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) as well as the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) Tuesday vied with each other to offer support to the victorious Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, which needs just nine more MPs to get the 272 figure needed to form government.
The Congress has, however, yet to make up its mind on taking support from these parties, which are its rivals in their respective states. The party is meeting its “pre-poll allies” Wednesday at 10, Janpath, the residence of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
Islamabad, May 19 (IANS) The humanitarian situation in Buner and Dir districts in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP) is gradually improving as the security forces were able to eliminate the Taliban threat from most parts of the region, an official said Tuesday.
Lt. General Nadeem Ahmed, head of the Special Support Group for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), said the situation is improving in Buner and Lower Dir areas.
Bhubaneswar, May 19 (IANS) Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was formally elected as the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) legislative party leader Tuesday, a party official said.
Patnaik was unanimously elected in a specially convened meet at the party’s headquarter in state capital Bhubaneswar.
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The oppressive heat in the national capital doesn’t seem to have affected British-born actress Katrina Kaif’s enthusiasm to shoot here. She says she loves Delhi people and would love to make it her home after Mumbai.
“I really hope that someday I come to the capital for the film shoot. I have shot for different movies in all parts of the world but unfortunately not here. So I’m looking forward to that opportunity as I know it would be real fun,” Katrina Kaif said at a press conference here.
Patna, May 19 (IANS) While speculation mounted over whether Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad would continue in the union cabinet, a section of Congress workers here Tuesday took to the streets Tuesday to insist that it shouldn’t be so.
Disregarding the scorching heat, Congress workers marched with posters and banners to ask party president Sonia Gandhi to keep Lalu Prasad, railways minister in the outgoing cabinet, out of the new United Progressive Alliance government.
Srinagar, May 19 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Police is hosting the prestigious 5-day long 8th All India Police Water Sports Championship-2009 from June 2, in which police sports personnel from across the country will compete in the disciplines like Kayaking, Canoeing and Rowing.
This is for the second time that Jammu and Kashmir Police has the […]