Stories Tagged ‘Political News’
Karnataka Assembly Speaker K. G. Bopaiah Disqualifies 16 Rebel MLAs
The Karnataka Assembly Speaker KG Bopaiah has disqualified sixteen rebel MLAs including 11 BJP MLAs and five independent MLAs before the word test is scheduled on Monday. It has dragged down the assembly strength of 224 to 208 members. Meanwhile, the ruling party strength come down to 106 from one hundred and seventeenth Congress and JDS, on the other hand, the strength of one hundred and first... More »
Row over Modi’s dream statue of Sardar Patel
The Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's announcement that the world's largest statue of Sardar Patel side of the Narmada dam has created a political controversy - which comes just days before Gujarat's civic bodies go to the polls. Congress has dashed a letter to the Election Commission, said the Code has been violated in the state. Modi had planned to build a 182 meter high statue of Sardar... More »
SC lifts stay, Ayodhya Judgement 30 September
A court will decide Thursday whether Hindus or Muslims own a disputed religious site in Ayodhya, a conviction, many fear may trigger an outbreak of communal riots. The government has appealed for calm after the court in Uttar Pradesh state decides on ownership rather than the 16 century mosque, a flashpoint that flared in 1992, triggering some of India's worst riots that killed about 2,000 peop... More »
Mukesh Ambani tops India rich list for 3rd straight year
RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani has topped the Forbes magazine list of 100 richest Indians for the third year in-a-row, pipping billionaires like LN Mittal and Azim Premji with a net worth of $ 27 billion. Forbes research study, the combined wealth of India's 100 richest people rose to 300 billion dollars a year from U.S. $ 276 billion last year, driven by the growing economy and a rally in the stoc... More »
Obama Visit ‘Defining Moment’ in Indo-US
India and the U.S. president called Barack Obama's visit to India in November as a "defining moment" during a bilateral meeting between External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. During the 30 minutes the meeting both leaders discussed several issues, including Afghanistan, floods in Pakistan, the climate conference, Indo-US nuclear cooperation and sanctions ag... More »
SC to hear Ayodhya verdict deferment plea on Tuesday
A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India is hearing a petition, and is expected to decide today whether the decision on the Ayodhya land dispute case be postponed or not. Judgement in the Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court shall have delivered a day later. There are 27 respondents in the case. And some say Tripathi proposal is worth considering. The Ni... More »
Sonia Gandhi launches the Identification Numbers on Sep 29
The unique identification number Authority of India (Aadhar will release the first set of unique ID numbers in Nandurbar district of Maharashtra, September 29. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA president Sonia Gandhi will launch a national issue and inaugurate the unique ID Mission Nation to a ceremony by distributing the first set of numbers between villagers. The unique ID Authorit... More »
SC refuses to relief Vodafone in Rs12000cr tax
The Supreme Court today refused to give any immediate relief to Vodafone, which has challenged the Bombay High Court to allow the government to tax the company's $ 11000000000 Hutch deal. The tax department had a claim of Rs 12,000 crore as tax on the 2007 agreement. The bench rejected the plea of Vodafone counsel and senior advocate Harish Salve, seeking a stay of the High Court, saying... More »
A Great Man Of India : Bhagat Singh’s 103rd Birthday on Today(27 sep. 2010)
September 27, 2010 is one hundred and third anniversary of the birth of Indian freedom fighter. Shaheed Bhagat Singh Birth celebrated today.Shaheed Bhagat Singh was born into a Sikh family, he was much influenced by the movement of the freedom struggle, the meaning that was prevalent in his family before he was born. Shaheed Bhagat Singh or (Martyr) Bhagat Singh was the greatest revolutionaries... More »
Economist Arjun Kumar passes away
Arjun Kumar Sengupta, a developmental economist and member of the Rajya Sabha, died Sunday evening. He was 73 and leaves behind his wife and daughter Jayshree Sengupta Madhur who teaches in Canada. He was Special Secretary to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1981-84. He was elected to Rajya Sabha in August 2005. The committee's comprehensive report is one of the most comprehensive documen... More »
