Amar and Jaya Join RLD
Ending months of speculation, expelled SP leaders Amar Singh and Jaya Prada on joined the Ajit Singh-led Rashtriya Lok Dal ahead of Lok Sabha polls.
Politics Over Taj
Senior Samajwadi Party leader and Uttar Pradesh Minority Affairs Minister Azam Khan on Thursday triggered a controversy when he demanded that the iconic Taj Mahal be handed over to the Sunni Waqf Board since it was a mausoleum of two Muslims.
'Small' Cost a Lot
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was on Friday caught in a controversy over his remark terming the December 16 Delhi gangrape as a `small rape incident.` He later expressed regret for his remarks.
A Matter of Time
In Gujarat`s capital Gandhinagar, veteran BJP leader LK Advani filed his nomination yesterday accompanied by chief minister Narendra Modi.
Guzra Hua Jamana...
Former cricket Imran Khan and popular cleric Tahir ul-Qadri have roused Pakistanis against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and have marched into Islamabad's Red Zone, where they are campaigning and demanding the resignation of the PM.
Goooood-Man
"During a police search of the ashram, a pregnancy-testing kit was found in Baba`s personal room. Three .32 bore revolvers, 19 air guns, two .12 bore rifles, two .315 bore rifles, chilly grenades and cartridges were also found in the ashram," inspector general of police Anil Kumar Rao said at a press conference here.
Old Lovers!
Prospects of resumption of India-Pakistan talks any time soon slid drastically on Tuesday with Pakistan high commissioner Abdul Basit disregarding India`s `red line` and going ahead with his scheduled meetings with Hurriyat leaders.
Muzaffarnagar visit
With just four days before Muzaffarnagar goes to polls, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav is expected to visit the riot-hit area, seven month after the communal violence. This would be the first visit of the SP supremo since the riots broke out in September 2013. More than 40 persons were killed and over 40,000 displaced in communal violence that broke out in Muzaffarnagar and adjoining areas.
Varun Out of Shah's Team
BJP president Amit Shah has left out Varun Gandhi from his team comprising relatively younger leaders with strong ideological grounding and proven organizational skills.
The B'Day Cake
The 75th birthday bash of SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, who rode an imported Victorian-style `buggy` on Friday, kicked up a controversy over its funding with party leader Azam Khan saying that money has come from terror group Taliban and Dawood Ibrahim.