According to sources, BJP has decided to ask Ram Jethmalani to leave the party. Top leaders, like Sushma Sawraj, Rajnath Singh and Gopinath Munde met at LK advani's residence earlier in the day. They feel that on many occasions Jethmalani has embarrassed the p...
The senior leaders of BJP, Sushma Sawraj, Rajnath Singh and Gopinath Munde have gathered for a meeting at LK Advani's residence to decide on fellow party member Ram Jethmalani, following his comments on the party. Jethmalani said that BJP was not handling the ...
A delegation of BJP leaders has met President Pranab Mukherjee, expressing concern over the Chinese incursion. Senior BJP leader LK Advani informs that the party has told the President that the government has been playing down this incursion, terming it a loca...
Senior BJP leader LK Advani wrote on his blog that he cannot forget that when in 2009 he had described Dr Manmohan Singh as the weakest Prime Minister, the country and some of his own colleagues felt that he was being far too severe. He continued to write that...
The debate on who should be NDA's Prime Ministerial candidate for the upcoming 2014 general elections continues to rage on. BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha said that Narendra Modi might be loved by the people of the country but LK Advani is like a silver lining in...
Kalyan Singh has come forward in support of Narendra Modi as a Prime Ministerial candidate. He said that Modi has a huge fan following in the country. He also said that there are a lot of people in the BJP who are fit to be the future Prime Ministers of the co...
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Naresh Gujral says the party has no problem with Yashwant Sinha's choice, veteran BJP leader becoming NDA's prime ministerial candidate, but says it would be premature to project any leader at the moment.
Congress leader Digvijay Singh takes a jibe at the BJP, says that he wants to be the first one to be the first one to congratulate LK Advani if Yashwanth Sinha wants him to be the PM candidate. Yashwanth Sinha had earlier said that senior BJP leader Advani wou...
After pitching for LK Advani as a Prime Ministerial candidate for the BJP, Vijay Goel now goes back on his earlier opinion and says that Advani is a senior leader, who will guide the party through the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
Delhi BJP chief Vijay Goel, after pitching LK Advani as a prime ministerial candidate for the BJP, later retracts his opinion and says that Advani is a senior leader, who will guide the party through the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Goel was speaking at a functio...
BJP president Rajnath Singh meets senior party leader LK Advani for one last look at the new list of office bearers before announcing it to the media. According to sources, in the reshuffle within the party, Narendra Modi is all set to get a very plum role.
Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, in a public rally, says that the Congress is full of crooks and cheaters. He also said that in the 2014 general elections, the third front will come to power in the centre as Congress and BJP will not be able to form...
Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, at a rally in Uttar Pradesh, says he does not trust the Congress, which is full of cheats and crooks. He also adds that Congress is very good at taking people for ride. He once again hints at a third front and praise...
Comments from Samajwadi Party leaders point to chances of the formation of a new coalition in the 2014 general elections. Mulayam Singh Yadav praised BJP leader LK Advani, while also added that coalition is the future of politics in India. He said, in such a c...
Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav's brother Ram Gopal Yadav praises BJP leader LK Advani. He said Advani was a huge figure in the Indian political arena and there was nothing wrong in praising him. Earlier, Mulayam Singh Yadav had also praised Advani ...
Senior leader Yashwant Sinha threatened to resign from the party, after Ravindra Rai was appointed the new Jharkhand president for the BJP. Sinha had made his opposition clear in the meeting with the top party leaders before the parliamentary meet. Rai is rumo...
Centre Stage | The Home Ministry has come out with five key recommendations to change the rape laws in the country. These recommendations include points like lowering the age of consent from 18 years to 16 years, reintroducing word 'rape' instead of sexual ass...
'The Attacks of 26/11', directed by Ram Gopal Varma, and based on the Mumbai terror attacks, seems to have touched a raw nerve in many. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan and BJP leader LK Advani, both could not control their tears and broke down after watching the mo...
Senior BJP leader LK Advani, while addressing the BJP National Council meet, praises Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and says that he is impressed by the keynote address delivered by the Gujarat CM.
Even as the BJP National Council meet is set to end, the party has failed to reach a consensus over its Prime Ministerial candidate as there appears to be a division within the party with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on one side and party veteran LK Ad...
The three-day national executive meet of BJP began in the Capital yesterday, where Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was given a special welcome by party president Rajnath Singh. As the party mulls over a new team for Rajnath, all eyes are now on Modi: will...
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the venue for the BJP's national executive meet in New Delhi. The kind of welcome that Modi receives at the venue only triggers the question whether he will be elevated to a bigger national role or will he be sid...
Senior BJP leader LK Advani has said that Pakistan is waging a 'proxy war' against India through a string of terror attacks, and Thursday's twin blasts in Hyderabad were part of its attempts to destabilise the country.
BJP leader LK Advani inaugurates the fifth Hindu Spiritual and Service Fair, dedicated to Swami Vivekananda, in Chennai. Advani also said that he wanted the Indian government to talk to the US government and hold a special function in Chicago to commemorate Sw...
The Supreme Court will hear a petition filed by CBI challenging the dropping of conspiracy charges against top politicians in the Babri Masjid demolition case. The case against BJP leader LK Advani, Uma Bharathi and others were dropped by the Allahabad High Co...
KN Govindacharya, a former BJP member, and now a critic of Congress and BJP says that he sees worthy politicians whose talents are being wasted away. He also believes that LK Advani should be BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate and Modi should be the Home Minist...
The Supreme Court will hear a petition filed by CBI against dropping of conspiracy charges against top politicians in the Babri Masjid demolition case. The cased against BJP leader LK Advani, Uma Bharathi and others were dropped by the Allahabad High Court. Th...
Ravi Shankar Prasad addressed the media expressing his displeasure on Shakeel Ahmed's comments on LK Advani. Shakeel Ahmed called Advani a Pakistani and he said that Advani only came to India because he wanted to become the Prime Minister of the country. Ravi ...
Top leaders from the RSS and BJP were present at the BJP meet which was aimed at forming strategies for the upcoming general elections. The leaders present at the meet include BJP chief Rajnath Singh, senior BJP leader LK Advani, Leader of the Opposition in th...
Ram Jethmalani also joins the chorus to support Narendra Modi for his Prime Ministerial candidature. As of now, the Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut and LK Advani are the only ones supporting Sushma Swaraj, while Yashwant Sinha, Arun Jaitely, CP Thakur and Mahesh Jethm...
Rajnath Singh says that he wanted Nitin Gadkari to continue as the party president for the next term as well, but since the situation was grim for Gadkari, he should concentrate on proving himself innocent. Gadkari says that BJP is in capable hands. Gadkari wa...
Rajnath Singh is elected as the Bharatiya Janata Party President today. Strongly criticizing Congress for price rise, Rajnath Singh, after taking over the charge, says the Congress had failed on all fronts and expressed confidence that the BJP will win in the ...
Rajnath Singh has now become the new BJP party president after Nitin Gadkari resigned from the post. Rajnath Singh's supporters gathered at the party office as well as in front of his residence and celebrated. Workers from his constituency, Ghaziabad also came...
Watch the special programme on the election of Rajnath Singh to the post of BJP party president. The panellist on the show discuss the future of BJP and Rajnath Singh and the importance of his presence in the 2014 Elections.
Bharatiya Janata Party seems to have won the battle with RSS for the party chief post. Rajnath Singh, whose name came up in the last minute, was the unanimous choice within the BJP, while the RSS fought a losing struggle to give Nitin Gadkari a second term. Co...
Nitin Gadkari was picked by the RSS aand made the BJP's party president. But now, after the I-T probe, senior BJP leader LK Advani didn't want Gadkari to serve as the party president for the second term and said that only BJP would have the right to choose the...
Senior BJP leader LK Advani refuses to comment on Yashwant Sinha's nominations to contest the elections for the post of party president. A strong anti-Gadkari wave has been brewing in the party for some time now, and with this election, the sentiment has come ...
Divide within the BJP deepens as Mahesh Jethmalani confirms that he will contest against Nitin Gadkari for the position of party president. Jethmalani, who had earlier quit the party's national executive body in protest of Gadkari's nomination for the second t...
BJP has issued a notification for its presidential elections. January 23 is the date set for filing nominations for the BJP's top post. Sources close to the party have revealed that Sushma Swaraj has backed out although her mentor LK Advani had proposed her na...
BJP, which is struggling with an internal leadership crisis, is likely to issue a notification for its presidential elections soon. Reports emerge that the elections for the party president will be held on 23 or 24th January. Even as the RSS is keen on the rea...
BJP is battling internal divisions as incumbent party president Nitin Gadkari's second term has been challenged by Sushma Swaraj whose name was proposed for the top post by senior party leader LK Advani. Reports reveal that Swaraj's name was also suggested by ...
BJP chief Nitin Gadkari is all set to head the party for a second time as the RSS appears to have crushed all opposition against him. Although several senior leaders, including LK Advani, were displeased about Gadkari being reappointed, these seem to have rele...
Sources have revealed that a truce has been reached between senior BJP leader Ram Jethmalani and party chief Nitin Gadkari. Senior BJP leader LK Advani has reportedly initiated the peace talks between the two warring leaders.
BJP leader LK Advani states that the government should concentrate its attention on improving the health conditions and education for women. Speaking at the 55th Annual Delhi State Medical Conference, Advani also said that women should be given equal opportuni...
Sardar Patel ground buzzes with activity as VVIPs pour in for the swearing-in ceremony of Gujarat CM Narendra Modi. Modi was sworn-in as the CM of Gujarat by Governor Kamla Beniwal for the fourth time. He won a third consecutive election in Gujarat, with a thu...
Modi has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of Gujarat for the third successive term. At the ceremony Modi made it clear that he had his political future mapped out. He also expressed his Delhi plans. Only time will tell whether the top brass of BJP agree wit...
Sardar Patel ground buzzes with activity as VVIPs pour in for the swearing-in ceremony of Gujarat CM Narendra Modi. Top BJP leaders like Venkaiah Naidu, Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, LK Advani and Arun Jaitely have been spotted on the stage. Also gracing the c...
Modi greets the Governor of Gujarat, Dr. Kamla Beniwal. The other leaders present at the swearing in ceremony are Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa, Sushma Swaraj, LK Advani, BJP president Nitin Gadkari, Shah Nawaz Hussain, Punjab CM Prakash Singh Badal, Madhya Pra...
Modi has taken the centre stage at the Sardar Patel Stadium and is greeting all the dignitaries arriving at the event. The leaders present at the swearing in ceremony are Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa, Sushma Swaraj, LK Advani, BJP president Nitin Gadkari, Punj...
Gujarat is all set to welcome Narendra Modi as its Chief Minister for the fourth time in a row. Modi will take the oath at Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahemdabad. Around 40,000 people are expected to gather to watch the ceremony. The security in and around the stad...
Newshour | Today marks the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament attack where nine people were killed. While Afzal Guru, one of the masterminds, has been given a death sentence several years ago, the order has not been processed. If politics did not come in the w...
Today marks the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament attack where nine people were killed. While Afzal Guru, one of the masterminds, has been given a death sentence several years ago, the order has not been processed. BJP leaders including LK Advani and Sushma S...
Today marks the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament attack where nine people were killed. While Afzal Guru, one of the masterminds, has been given a death sentence several years ago, the order has not been processed. BJP leaders created a ruckus and demanded th...
A confident LK Advani, who is campaigning ahead of the Gujarat polls, has said that Chief Minister Narendra Modi will score a hat-trick in the state. He also takes on the Congress for levelling baseless allegations against Modi despite he being a champion of d...
The first round of campaigning for 87 seats in the 182-member Gujarat State Assembly will end by 5 PM today, and elections to these seats will be held on Thursday. Rahul Gandhi and LK Advani will be arriving today in Gujarat, as part of the Congress and BJP ca...
Rahul Gandhi will be addressing rallies in the Narendra Modi-run state for the first time from Tuesday, the last day of canvassing for the first phase of polls. The Congress leader will address meetings at Sanand in Ahmedabad in Central Gujarat and at Jamnagar...
The election campaign for Gujarat Assembly elections ends today. Senior leader of BJP LK Advani and General Secretary of INC Rahul Gandhi will be campaigning for their respective parties in Gujarat today.
The war of words is expected to peak on the last day of canvassing, with Rahul Gandhi likely to make an appearance in the highly-coveted Saurashtra region of Gujarat. Senior BJP leader LK Advani is expected to join Modi on the campaign trail today. Gujarat Chi...
Late actor Rajesh Khanna's estranged wife Dimple Kapadia has filed a defamation suit in Mumbai High Court against Anita Advani who had accused Kapadia and the family of domestic abuse. The hearing on this case is scheduled for December 17.
Sushma Swaraj might have openly endorsed Narendra Modi's name for the Prime Ministerial candidate for 2014 elections, but party patriot LK Advani is still mum about the issue. On Sunday when Advani was addressing rallies, praised Modi's work in Gujarat and app...
A BJP delegation led by LK Advani meets the Chief Election Commissioner and hands over a memorandum accusing the Congress of flouting the code of conduct. The delegation stated that the direct cash transfer scheme was announced just days before the Gujarat Ass...
Anita Advani has filed a case in Mumbai's Bandra court seeking her right over Rajesh Khanna's property. She says that the property has become a cause of dispute due to a will that Dimple Kapadia got signed by Rajesh Khanna when he was not in his senses. Anita ...
A Bandra Court has asked Bollywood star Akshay Kumar, his wife Twinkle, Rinkle Khanna and Dimple Kapadia to appear before it, in a case related to an alleged fake will of the late superstar Rajesh Khanna. The case was filed by Anita Advani, live-in partner of ...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh invited the top brass of main Opposition BJP for a dinner on Thursday to ensure smooth functioning of Parliament in the winter session. This was on PM's agenda last week but due to the sudden and unfortunate event of Bal Thackeray...
Launching a scathing attack on rebel leader BS Yeddyurappa, BJP's Venkaiah Naidu stated that it was because of Yeddy that the BJP could not win in Karnataka. He also criticized Yeddy for slamming LK Advani during his earlier speeches.
Sushma Swaraj, LK Advani, K Sankaranarayan, Nitin Gadkari, Amitabh Bachchan, Prithviraj Chauhan, Sharad Pawar and Lata Mangeshkar are expected for the cremation at the Shivaji Park today. Bal Thackeray's mortal remains will be consigned to flames on a speciall...
Senior BJP leader LK Advani says Bal Thackeray's death is a great loss to the country. Advani mourns the death of Shiv Sena supremo Balasaheb Thackeray, describing him as a lion and one of the most charismatic leaders whose demise has left a 'gaping void' in t...
Newshour | Seema Rao, Savita Halappanavar's close friend talks about her friendship with the 31-year-old dentist. There is so much global outrage over Savita's death, and more protests are being organized by the day. Despite her pleas about how she was not cat...
Following RSS ideologue Gurumurthy's complete flip-flop on BJP party president Nitin Gadkari, the leaders of the party come to the rescue. Both Ravi Shankar Prasad and Balbir Punj play down Gurumurthy's comments and back Gadkari. Gurumurthy had posted a series...
RSS ideologue Gurumurthy comes under a lot of criticism for doing a U-turn on Nitin Gadkari. BJP general secretary Vinay Katiyar has now said that Gurumurthy's sudden change of heart is just not acceptable. Gurumurthy had posted a series of tweets that suggest...
Rajesh khanna's daughters, son-in-law Akshay Kumar and Dimple Kapadia have been dragged into a domestic violence case by the former live-in partner of the superstar. Anita Advani filed the case accusing them of mental harassment and of throwing her out of Raje...
Rajesh Khanna's former live-in partner Anita Advani has filed a case of domestic violence against Bollywood star Akshay Kumar, his wife Twinkle, and her sister Rinke. Advani filed the case in a Bandra Court that has now asked the three of them to file their re...
BJP President Nitin Gadkari chose to launch a birthday diplomacy to win over senior BJP leader LK Advani's blessings. Gadkari visited LK Advani to greet him on the occasion of the latter's 85th birthday. Nitin Gadkari seems to be reaching out to LK Advani thre...
'I have no ambition left to become the Prime Minister', says Lal Krishna Advani on his 85th birthday. Advani is one leader, who had the leadership capabilities could have made him the Prime Minister. At several times the PM post was within his grasp, but no re...
Senior BJP leader LK Advani turns 85 today. Embattled party leader, BJP President Nitin Gadkari was the first to visit the BJP veteran leader's house this morning. Nitin Gadkari seems to be reaching out to LK Advani three days after Advani skipped the core gro...
Russian Ambassador Alexander Kadakin came to wish BJP leader LK Advani on his birthday today. Ambassador Kadakin touched everyone with his gesture of touching Advani's feet before handing over a bouquet to him.
BJP president Nitin Gadkari visited LK Advani to wish him on his 85th birthday. It was an courtesy visit, but Advani had skipped the BJP core committee meeting that gave Gadkari a breather, and was seen as not too happy at Gadkari continuing as the BJP preside...
BJP senior leader LK Advani has cleared the air on his Prime Ministerial ambitions on the occasion of his 85th birthday. Advani has stated clearly that he is not interested in becoming the next Prime Minister of India. He says that the Bharatiya Janata Party h...
Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh has ridiculed RSS leader S Gurumurthy for giving Nitin Gadkari the clean chit by calling the RSS leader BJP's own comptroller auditor general. The controversy over Nitin Gadkari continuing as the BJP national chief has...
BJP national president Nitin Gadkari meets senior BJP leader LK Advani after the core committee decided on Tuesday to keep Gadkari as the party chief. Advani had not attended that meeting. Gadkari made a courtesy call at 30, Prithviraj Road, in the morning spu...
BJP senior leader LK Advani celebrates his 85th birthday today. Often referred to as the Prime-Minister-in-waiting, credited with increasing the party's tally and expanding organisation at the grass-roots, Advani is right now the tallest and most respected lea...
Amidst a growing rift within the BJP over the demand for Nitin Gadkari's resignation, RSS ideologue S Gurumurthy voiced his support for the BJP President. The RSS spokesperson claimed that Gadkari was neither legally nor morally culpable for any wrongdoings co...
The unrest against BJP chief Nitin Gadkari is growing steadily within the party. Gadkari's fierce critic Ram Jethmalani has rejected the pardon granted to the BJP chief by RSS. Jethmalani is believed to be expressing the sentiments of many of the prominent lea...
Even as the RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) spokesperson Ram Madhav reiterated that BJP's presidency is the party's internal matter, Sangh writ prevailed and Nitin Gadkari got to keep his post as BJP president. The BJP top leadership had met in Delhi on Tues...
Senior BJP leader and Supreme Court lawyer Ram Jethmalani has slammed his own party leadership for supporting Nitin Gadkari. The BJP leadership that met in Delhi on Tuesday decided to keep Nitin Gadkari as the party president. Mired with controversies in the r...
Achil Vandhavai | S Gurumurthy rubbishes claims of financial fraud and submits a report on Nitin Gadkari's Purti Group. The Jethmalanis on the other hand bray for Gadkari's blood and demand that he step down as soon as possible. The BJP seems to be divided in ...
The Bharatiya Janata Party's core group meeting held yesterday has decided to back its president Nitin Gadkari, who is facing serious allegations over corruption issues. Top brass including leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj and general secret...
Newshour | The BJP implies that not all leaders can go and start talking to the press, and it also stands by Gadkari in his corruption row. Is the BJP focusing too much on what Mahesh and Ram Jethmalani did, instead of discussing about Gadkari? Should the part...
Newshour | Ram Jethmalani brays for Gadkari's blood as he wants him removed from the president's post with immediate effect. He is of the opinion that Gadkari should quit and face the probe immediately. Listen to Jethmalani justifying his stance.
Centrestage | BJP puts full faith behind Nitin Gadkari and stands with the leader. Even though LK Advani skipped the core committee meeting and causes a few flutters, Ravi Shankar Prasad addressed the media and clarified the party's stance. Now, that leaves Ga...
Ravi Shankar Prasad, addresses the media after a 90-minute BJP meet on Nitin Gadkari. He says that S Gurumurthy, who is a well-known chartered accountant, made a presentation to the party on the documents of the Purti Group. He also says that the party stands ...
An upset LK Advani skips the core group meet. He was expected to be the interim president of the party if Gadkari resigned. However, with him skipping the meet, the crisis deepens in BJP. He was reportedly upset that Gadkari summoned the core group meet even w...
Allegedly upset with the senior leaders of the party, LK Advani skips the core group meet. He was expected to be the interim president of the party if Gadkari resigned. However, with him skipping the meet, the crisis deepens in BJP.
A furious Ram Jethmalani demands that Nitin Gadkari resign and face the probe independently. Hectic parleys are on as the BJP leaders meet one another and try to arrive at a strategy. However, many believe that Nitin Gadkari's time is up and he should make an ...
A meeting ahead of the highly anticipated BJP core committee meet ends at LK Advani's house. Senior party leaders Ananth Kumar, Balbir Punj and Sushma Swaraj met iwith Advani for about 45 minutes, before heading to the core committee group meet.