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Rallying behind its tainted ministers, the Congress has decided that there needs to be some damage control. The Congress core group is likely to take a final call on the fate of its ministers Ashwani Kumar and Pawan Kumar Bansal tomorrow. There is pressure on ...
The government is trying to make amends after the Supreme Court made its scathing observations in the coal block allocation scam case. Sources claim that a group of ministers will be set up to determine a mechanism to impart functional autonomy to the CBI. P C...
Union minister Mallikarjun Kharge has met with the state Congress chief Dr Parameshwara, conveying that he is one of the contenders in the race for becoming the chief minister of Karnataka. Earlier, senior Congress leader K Siddaramaiah had also met Parameshwa...
The protest against the Local Body Tax enters the 19th day in Maharastra, as Congress-led coalition government continue to remain adamant about levying the tax. Trade unions have made it clear that they would continue their protests unless the tax is revoked. ...
Sonia Gandhi has asked the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take a decision soon on both railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, as well as law minister Ashwani Kumar. According to sources, Gandhi has said that whatever happened in the past cannot be undone, but ...
The Congress is likely to take final call on its minister Ashwani Kumar and Pawan Kumar Bansal by tomorrow evening. The core group, which was slated to meet today, will be meeting tomorrow for a discussion on the fate of the two Cabinet ministers.
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The CBI is briefing the Prime Minister on the need to question Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal in the controversial bribery case. With fresh allegations of conflict of interest against the Railway Minister, it might only be a matter of time before the part...
The Congress core group meeting which was to take place today has been postponed to Saturday. The fate of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal will be decided during the meet.
After successfully uprooting the BJP from power in Karnataka, the Congress has started discussions as to who will be the chief minister. The newly elected 121 legislators of the party are meeting today to decide their new CM. Four Congress observers, led by de...
Sources from Congress claim that railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal will be asked to resign, law minister Ashwani Kumar is most likely to be shifted to another ministry. The reason behind the difference in consideration is because Ashwani enjoys the backing o...
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Top Congress leaders AK Antony and Ambika Soni will visit Bangalore to decide Congress' Chief Ministerial candidates following its landslide victory in the state elections. Earlier, Siddaramaiah was supposed to travel to Delhi for the same.
Congress' decision on Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar is expected to come by evening. The Congress core committee will meet to discuss the fate of the leaders at the Center. It is believed that Sonia Gandhi has already expres...
KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala asks CPI(M) state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan to clarify his statement about Congress leaders assisting the Left parties.
'Kerala Yathra', led by KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala, continues in Kottayam. Chennithala felicitates senior Congress activists in the district. Further on, he takes on the Left parties, listing the many flaws and faults of the party.
Congress, which has managed to pull off a convincing victory in Karnataka, has begun preliminary discussions on formation of government in the state. Although speculations about the next Chief Minister have been flying around, the final decision will be taken ...
Even after the Supreme Court's stinging observations on the UPA government for interfering with the CBI probe on the coal block allocation scam, the government seems to be in no mood to take any action against law minister Ashwani Kumar. Sources reveal that th...
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi now faces a challenge to choose the Chief Minister of Karnataka. There are four possible contenders for the position - Union Minister and Dalit leader Mallikarjun Kharge, union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Veerappa Moily, ...
Following the massive victory in Karnataka state elections, the race for the next Chief Minister has begun. Siddaramaiah is touted as the front runner for the post. Another strong contender for the post is Mallikarjun Kharge. Sonia Gandhi has called Siddaramai...
After a resounding victory in Karnataka state elections, the next big step for Congress is to find a chief minister acceptable to For now, Mallikarjuna Kharge and K Siddaramaiah are the front-runners for the post.
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Newshour | Has the Supreme Court's observations on the Coalgate cover-up taken the sheen off Karnataka victory for the Congress? The Supreme Court came down heavily on the law minister, CBI, Attorney General GE Vahanvati, and former Additional Solicitor Genera...
Newshour | Will Congress consider early elections to capitalise on the victory of Karnataka? Was it Rahul Gandhi's win or Narendra Modi's loss in Karnataka? Congress secured a thumping majority with 121 seats in the 224-seat strong Karnataka Assembly. This vic...
Was it Rahul Gandhi's win or Narendra Modi's loss in Karnataka? Who will be the next CM? Watch an analysis of Congress' victory and BJP's loss in Karnataka. Arnab Goswami, along with representatives from the BJP and Congress have a heated debate over the outco...
News Night | BJP has suffered a huge setback in Karnataka as the party managed to come only third in the Assembly elections in the state. Does this victory of Congress in the state sound the death knell of BJP in the South? What exactly has caused the downfall...
BJP has suffered a humiliating defeat in Karnataka as the party has managed to come only third in the state, behind JD(S). Outgoing Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar lists the possible reasons for the failure of his party in the state.
Though there are several contenders for the chief minister’s post in Karnataka, including central ministers Mallikarjun Kharge and M Veerappa Moily, the leading contender is Siddaramaiah, who was Leader of the Opposition in the state. Congress has secured a ...
Representatives from all political parties from Karnataka hold a political debate over the outcome of the Assembly elections and discuss big questions like -- Can Congress end its internal feud by appointing a chief minister who is acceptable to all? Was it Ra...
Although Congress has managed to pull off a commendable victory in Karnataka Assembly elections, Supreme Court observations into the coal block allocation scam has taken away much of the glory from the victory. Will the government demand Law Minister Ashwani K...
The Supreme Court observations into the coal block allocation scam has taken away much of the joy of Congress which has managed to win convincingly in the Karnataka Assembly polls. Can Congress really celebrate when it has lost its credibility owing to the ape...
BS Yeddyurappa's KJP split BJP votes and made a dent in the saffron party's vote bank, resulting in its massive defeat. BJP could only garner 40 seats. Congress secured a thumping majority with 121 seats in the 224-seat strong Karnataka Assembly. This victory ...
A confident Congress, after the convincing victory in Karnataka, take on BJP at the centre, mocks them and says that BJP would face a similar fate in the Lok Sabha polls in 2014. BJP's loss has also put a question mark on Narendra Modi's effectiveness as a nat...
Appreciating the victory of Congress in the Karnataka Assembly polls, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that Congress scion Rahul Gandhi played a crucial role in the victory. Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has termed the victory of the party as the victory o...
BJP has lost even the chance to play principal opposition party in Karnataka Assembly as the party came only third, behind JD(S). The election results in Karnataka appears to be precursor to what is awaited in the general elections in 2014. BJP's projection of...
Congress has managed to pull off a convincing victory in the Karnataka Assembly polls, upsetting the ruling BJP and JD(S). The party has managed to win even in BJP strongholds.
Corruption allegations, quitting of BS Yeddyurappa and anti-incumbency have worked against BJP in the Karnataka Assembly polls as the party has managed to finish only third, behind Congress, which has returned to power in the state, and JD(S).
In a press conference, Congress leader Renuka Chowdhury thanks the people of Karnataka for voting in their favour in the state Assembly elections and congratulates her party members who canvassed in the state for the victory. In the backdrop of the coal alloca...
After a long hiatus, Congress returns to power in Karnataka, upsetting both JD(S) and BJP which hoped to win big in the state. Congress leaders in the state were quick to credit party scion Rahul Gandhi the victory. Reacting to JD(S)' performance, former Karna...
BJP has been badly defeated in Karnataka. Anti-incumbency, teamed with bad governance and corruption allegations against senior leaders in the party, led to the downfall of the party in the Karnataka Assembly elections. What will be the fate of BJP in the Sout...
Congress returns to power in Karnataka after eight years by winning 117 seats in the state. It is also after 10 years that Congress forms a government on its own without support from other parties. JD(S) won 41 seats making it the largest party in the Oppositi...
The Congress party is happy with the elections results in Karnataka. After 2004 this is the first time that a party will form the government without support from others. The split with Yeddyurappa is being touted as one of the main reasons behind the huge loss...
After a gap of nearly 10 years the Congress party will form their own government without any help from other parties in Karnataka. As expected the Congress leaders fell over themselves in giving the credit to the Gandhi family for the victory in the state. Thi...
According to lawyer Ram Jethmalani BJP lost Karnataka because they expelled Yeddyurappa from the party. He also said that Yeddyurappa was innocent and the High Court crushed the case of corruption against the leader.
Congress has come to power in Karnataka after 10 years. The results clearly indicate that the people of Karnataka want a stable government and do not want coalition rule in the state. Congress will form the government with 116 seats. JD(S) edged its way past B...
BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy along with political analysts Saba Naqvi, Neerja Chowdhury, Jay Rukh, Manisha Priyam, Hartosh S Bal, Lord Meghnath Desai, Ajay Bose, Arati R Jerath, R Rajagopalan, M Baba Prasad, Rajeev Chandrashekar, JD(S) general secretary Kunwar...
Political analysts Saba Naqvi, Neerja Chowdhury, Jay Rukh, Manisha Priyam, Hartosh S Bal, Lord Meghnath Desai, Ajay Bose, Arati R Jerath, R Rajagopalan, M Baba Prasad, Rajeev Chandrashekar, Samajwadi party leader Kamal Farooqui and journalists Vivek, Rupali, N...
Former Chief Minister of Karnataka, DV Sadananda Gowda talks about whether he could have changed BJP's current situation in the state Assembly elections and taken it to a better position, if he were still the chief minister. The Congress is leading in the stat...
BJP leader GVL Narsimha Rao and Congress leader Rashid Alvi, along with journalist Navika Kumar debate on whether a national leader can make an impact in state elections. They also debate on who is more corrupt. Is really corruption an issue?
Congress is moving towards a single party majority in Karnataka while BJP has slid to the third spot in the state. While on the other hand, both the houses of the Parliament faced disruptions as the Opposition continued to demand the resignation of Law Ministe...
It is becoming clear that BJP is losing its foothold in South. The results point to the fact that BJP has slid to the third spot with just 38 seats. Another cause of worry for the right wing party is that JD(S) has sneaked up to the second slot with 42 seats w...
In cluster by cluster analysis, BJP hasn't been completely wiped off from Bangalore as it is still somewhere close to the half-way mark of Bangalore seats. Which just goes to show that the urban population's voting has been affected by the scams at the Centre....
In the Karnataka Assembly election results so far, it is observed that the Congress is slowly eating into the BJP and JD(S) seats, but it also shows that the party might fall short of a majority mark in the state. However, it emerges a clear winner with 103 se...
How has BJP's vote share reduced and will KJP form an alliance with the Congress, as the party is leading in the Karnataka Assembly elections? Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi says this is a resounding victory, while BJP leader says Congress is yet to win...
Congress has won 105 seats as of now and it is just seven seats away from the magical mark of 112 to form its own government in Karnataka. On the other hand, BJP and JD(S) are running neck to neck with 42 and 43 seats respectively. While Yeddyurappa managed to...
The battle for the Karnataka state elections have begun. The latest figures indicate that the Congress has leads in 39 seats while BJP is trailing behind at 25. Yeddyurappa's KJP has predictably performed not so well and has leads only in three seats.
As the counting continues, Congress is becoming the single largest party with majority in Karnataka and BJP's woes continue as they slip to the third spot in numbers. Congress, though leading, might not be able to form the government on its own and it may have...
Congress leader Manish Tewari in his address to the media said that he is a lawyer by profession and he has not studied astrology so he can not predict the outcome of the elections. He also added that he would only comment on the results once the counting proc...
Political analysts Saba Naqvi, Neerja Chowdhury, Jay Rukh, Manisha Priyam, Hartosh S Bal, Lord Meghnath Desai, Ajay Bose, Arati R Jerath, R Rajagopalan, M Baba Prasad, Rajeev Chandrashekar, JD(S) general secretary Kunwar Danish and journalists Vivek, Rupali, N...
Political analysts Saba Naqvi, Neerja Chowdhury, Jay Rukh, Manisha Priyam, Hartosh S Bal, Lord Meghnath Desai, Ajay Bose, Arati R Jerath, R Rajagopalan, M Baba Prasad, Rajeev Chandrashekar, JD(S) general secretary Kunwar Danish and journalists Vivek, Rupali, N...
The BJP has decided to hold a Parliamentary board meet in Delhi, to analyse the results of the Karnataka Assembly Election results. Gujarat CM Narendra Modi is likely to attend the meeting. Political analysts Saba Naqvi, Neerja Chowdhury, Jay Rukh, Manisha Pri...
Early trends in the counting for the Karnataka elections indicates that Congress might return to power in the state. Out of 138 seats, Congress has leads in 65 seats while BJP is trailing with just 36 seats.
The Congress is by far leading in the Karnataka Assembly elections, however, the JDS is leading in the Vokkaliga region. Catch the overall tally and the detailed poll analysis of the coastal region, Hyderabad-Karnataka region, old Mysore region, Mangalore regi...
The counting for the state elections in Karnataka has begun. Good news is coming in for Congress which is leading with 19 seats to its name. BJP has suffered a major setback with the party losing leads on 13 key seats. All eyes are on Yeddyurappa whose party h...
Political analysts Saba Naqvi, Neerja Chowdhury, Jay Rukh, Manisha Priyam, Hartosh S Bal, Lord Meghnath Desai, Ajay Bose, Arati R Jerath, R Rajagopalan, M Baba Prasad, Rajeev Chandrashekar, BJP leader Sambit Patra, Congress leader Rajeev Gowda, JD(S) general s...
The leads of 18 seats have come out. Congress has emerged as the single party with the maximum number of seats at six and they are closely followed by BJP who have leads in five seats so far. JDS with just one less than BJP stands at four and Yeddyurappa's par...
In a few moments from now the counting of the Karnataka Assembly Election votes will begin. Journalists Vir Sangvi, Ashok Malik, Sanjay Kumar, TS Sudhir, Rahul Shivshankar, Ruchika Tomar, Shiv Aroor, Pratibha, Nalini Singh, Harish Bijoor, Gauri Lankesh, Tehsee...
The counting for votes obtained in the Karnataka Assembly elections has begun in the Hassan region of Karnataka. Political analysts Saba Naqvi, Neerja Chowdhury, Jay Rukh, Manisha Priyam, Hartosh S Bal, Lord Meghnath Desai, Ajay Bose, Arati R Jerath, R Rajagop...
In a few moments from now the counting of the Karnataka Assembly Election votes will begin. Journalists Vir Sangvi, Ashok Malik, Sanjay Kumar, TS Sudhir, Rahul Shivshankar, Ruchika Tomar, Shiv Aroor, Pratibha, Nalini Singh, Harish Bijoor, Gauri Lankesh, Tehsee...
The counting for the votes obtained in the Karnataka Assembly elections will begin shortly. This will show whether the Congress can form a government in a southern state and gain a momentum at the national level, whether he BJP will form a government in spite ...
The counting of the votes begins in Karnataka today. The results will determine which party would reign the state for the next five years. Will BJP retain its hold on the state or will Congress edge out their arch political rivals? Will Yeddyurappa play an imp...
Today looks to be an important day in the world of politics for both BJP as well as Congress. Even as the Supreme Court will hear the CBI affidavit on coal scam probe report, vote counting for 224 constituencies in the state of Karnataka. Counting begins in an...
The election results of the Karnataka Assembly elections will be announced by the end of the day. There is little doubt that the Congress will win a majority in this election. But the question arises is whether the result of the poll will be affected by the Su...
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News Night | Senior BJP leader Ram Jethmalani has dropped a bombshell when he said that the Opposition is colluding with UPA for the advantage of both the sides. The bonhomie between Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj only reign...
Congress has no intention to cave in despite raging protests from BJP both inside and outside the Parliament, demanding resignation of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. Congress, stepping up counterattack, says the Opposition's demand for the resignation of...
Akali Dal has set a two-day deadline for the government to take a call on the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. Akali Dal leaders say that they will continue with protests and agitations until Sajjan Ku...
CBI plans to challenge the Delhi High Court's acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case as the investigating agency believes that it has strong grounds which could form the basis for the petition against the verdict.
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BJP workers took to the streets in Kanpur protesting against the Railway Minister. They also stopped number of trains in Kanpur and shouted slogans against Pawan Kumar Bansal and the Prime Minister, calling them thieves, and demanded their resignation.
Congress party is keen on getting the food security bill passed in Lok Sabha at the earliest, but BJP has made it clear that it will not allow the houses of the Parliament to function unless Congress makes Pawan Kumar Bansal and Ashwani Kumar resign from their...
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The Trinamool Congress has decided to support the UPA in passing of the food security bill. This comes after the Left parties said that they would be supporting the bill.
Information and broadcasting minister Manish Tewari says that the UPA believes that hunger should be removed and food security should be ensured, but certain sections of the Opposition believe that it is not the hunger but the hungry who should be removed. Tri...
With just four days left for the session to get over, Congress is working steadily towards bringing in the food security bill ahead of the upcoming 2014 general elections. BJP has said that until the Railway Minister and Law Minister do not resign they will no...
As BJP continues to protest and demand the resignation of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, the Lok Sabha had to be adjourned till 1 PM.
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 ...
Bollywood actress Rekha finally made an appearance at the Rajya Sabha for the first time since she was instated as a member. But with the protests by the BJP demanding the resignation of Pawan Kumar Bansal and Ashwani Kumar in connection with corruption scanda...
BJP leader Ram Jethmalani attacked his own party leaders. He said that the leaders were not working properly and were not fighting corruption strongly. He also said that the way the top leaders were fighting against corruption, it looked like they were also in...
The BJP has laid down an ultimatum before the government and has said that it will cooperate in passing the Food Security Bill, only if the law and railway ministers are sacked. The government is still confident of passing the Bill, with the support of BSP and...
While Congress gets ready to get the food security bill to be passed in the Lok Sabha, BJP has said that it will not allow the Houses to function unless Pawan Kumar Bansal and Ashwani Kumar resign from their posts. BJP leader Yashwant Sinha in an interview sai...