Govt can’t expect security forces to win: BJP

India’s main Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday said the Congress-led UPA government can not expect its security forces to ‘win’ against terrorism and extremism. “It seems that the UPA Govt. is clueless and confused on the strategy to fight terrorism. Be it a Naxal challenge in the heartland or a challenge from separatists in Kashmir valley, government cannot expect security...

BJP toes Modi’s line; woos minorities

Taking forward Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s case to the Muslims in Bihar, the BJP would be organising minorities conference in Patna on July 14, which will be attended by all the party leaders in the state.Though Narendra Modi would not be a part of the convention, lest Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar gets provoked to sever ties with the BJP, party leaders like Shahnawaz Hussain, Rajiv Pratap...

BJP MLA jailed for Kandhamal riots

In a major embarrassment to the BJP, a party legislator was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment by a fast track court for murder during the anti-Christian riots in Kandhamal district of Orissa in 2008. G Udayagiri MLA Manoj Pradhan (30), along with his accomplice, Prafulla Mallick, was convicted of a murdering Parikhit Digal, a Christian resident of Barepanga village under the Raikia police station on...

Jaswant back in BJP

Having decided to bury the hatchet and forget about Jinnah and Kandahar episodes altogether, expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh was readmitted into the party after a gap of 10 months. It was in August 2009 at the ‘chintan baithak’ of the party in Shimla that Jaswant Singh, who had served the party for 44 years, was ousted unceremoniously for having authored the book Jinnah: India-Partition-Independence.The...

BJP annoyed over Bihar Police team’s visit

Even as the BJP Central leadership was all set to assuage the ruffled feelings of the state leaders over the return of the Rs 5 crore cheque, there was fresh tension between the JD(U) and the BJP in Bihar. Not in a mood to spare Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Nitish Kumar sent the Bihar Police to Surat to investigate about the controversial ad, which had triggered the war of words between the two coalition...

BJP reorganizes various wings, Smriti Irani to lead Mahila Morcha

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday reconstituted its central election committee, discipline committee besides appointing chiefs for various wings. Small screen star Smriti Irani has been nominated as the president of party’s Mahila Morcha. Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, Uttar Pradesh strongman Minister Kalraj Mishra, former Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda and Dharmendra Pradhan...

RS polls: Rajasthan BJP fears horse trading

The Bharatiya Janata Party is worried over the Rajya Sabha elections in Rajasthan after it named Ram Jethmalani as a candidate. With 78 BJP MLAs voting, Jethmalani appears to be two votes short of victory because he is the party’s second preference candidate and 41 votes are needed for a win. The BJP as also fielded VP Singh for the Rajya Sabha elections. The party needs 82 votes to make both its ...

BJP national executive meet begins

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) two-day national executive meeting began here Saturday with a speech by party president Nitin Gadkari. Posters, banners and saffron flags of the BJP dotted many roads of the Bihar capital as the meet began amid tight security at the Maurya Hotel. The party is to deliberate on a strategy for the coming state assembly polls. Mr. Gadkari, party veteran L.K. Advani, senior...

Modi flags off Rath Yatra in Ahmedabad

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the Rath Yatra in Ahmedabad amid tight security. Over 22000 security personnel have been deployed along the 19 km long route for the Rath Yatra. An alert has been sounded across the city following intelligence reports that the yatra could be targetted. The chariots of Balbhadra and Subadhra are moving through the possession. Meanwhile, despite a severe shortage of...

Advani condemns attacks on Indian students in Australia

In a Short Press Release, Shri L.K. Advani, Leader of the Opposition (Lok Sabha) condemned attacks in recent weeks on Indian students in Australia. He said: [ad#Google-post-Ad-Big]I am appalled by, and strongly condemn, a series of racist attacks in recent weeks on Indian students studying in Australia. As many as 95,000 Indian students study in Australia. A large community of Indian immigrants also lives in...