Politics

BJP Summons Modi to Delhi on 17 May to Attend Parliamentary Board Meet

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has been asked to come to Delhi on 17 May to discuss his formal election as the party's head and leader of National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

May 15, 2014

Veteran Politician ND Tiwari Marries Ujjwala Sharma; Twitter Reactions to the Wedding

Veteran Congress politician Narayan Dutt Tiwari (ND Tiwari) tied the knot with Ujjwala Sharma, the mother of his son Rohit Shekhar, at Mall Avenue in Lucknow on Wednesday.

May 15, 2014

Bill Clinton has mocked Republicans on talks about Hilary's Clinton's health and reported Brain Damage.

Bill Clinton Mocks Republicans on Hillary's Brain Damage Talk

Bill Clinton has mocked Republicans on talks about Hillary Clinton's health and brain damage.

May 15, 2014

narendra-modi-wins-by-huge-margin-in-vadodara

Back on track: Indians hope for better days post-election

AFPTV speaks with passengers on board the overnight train from New Delhi to India's former capital Kolkata to find out their post-election hopes (Duration: 02:25)

May 15, 2014

celebrations-start-in-bjp-office-in-delhi-as-initial-results-come-out-in-its-favour

Football academy a 'Real' deal for Pakistani slum kids

An academy backed by the Real Madrid Foundation opens in a slum in the sprawling, violent Pakistani city of Karachi. Duration: 02:24

May 15, 2014

Politicos take jibe at BJP as it gets going on government formation before results

New Delhi, May 15 (ANI): As exit polls are predicting victory for a BJP-led coalition, the party has already begun planning for the next government with meetings being held in Gujarat with PM candidate Narendra Modi. Politicos from rival parties, however, took a dig at the party for showing impatience.

May 15, 2014

BJP slams Rahul for skipping PMs farewell dinner, Congress overlooks

New Delhi, May 15 (ANI): The BJP continues to target Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi even as election campaigning has come to an end. This time the party slammed Rahul for skipping the PM’s farewell dinner. The Congress has however defended Rahul saying he had met PM beforehand and wished him.

May 15, 2014

Sonia Gandhi hosts farewell dinner for PM Manmohan Singh

New Delhi, May 15 (ANI): Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi hosted a farewell dinner in New Delhi on Wednesday for Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, as he prepared to leave office after presiding for a decade over the world's largest democracy. A momento, signed by all members of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) and Union Ministers, was also presented to Dr Singh by Sonia. Several top party leaders, including P Chidambabaram, Sushilkumar Shinde, Salman Khurshid, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Ajay Maken, were present for the dinner at 10 Janpath in Delhi. However, absence of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's from the send-off dinner raised many political eyebrows. Congress leader Rajiv Shukla, who attended the thanksgiving dinner said that Singh was felicitated by Sonia Gandhi.

May 15, 2014

Will consult opposition leaders over Mullaperiyar Dam row: Oommen Chandy

Thiruvananthapuram, May 15 (ANI): Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy said that he would consult opposition leaders over the Mullaperiyar Dam row which has been a bone of contention between Tamil Nadu and Kerala, as he mulls over a review petition in the Supreme Court for solving the issue. On May 07, country’s top court gave the verdict which quashed the law passed by Kerala on Mullaperiyar dam in 2006. A bench headed by Chief Justice RM Lodha quashed the amendments to the Kerala Conservation and Irrigation Act brought in by the Kerala Government in 2006 to restrict the water level to 136 feet. Announcing to mediapersons that the issue would be discussed in the Assembly session, Chandy reiterated that consultations with opposition leaders would be carried out first.

May 15, 2014