Politics

Ranchi, Nov 25 (PTI) Former Jharkhand Minister Hari Narayan Ray, booked for financial irregularities, today pleaded to High Court that he be granted bail as the tenure of his judicial custody had overshoot the period of minimum punishment for the offence charged. His counsel Biren Poddar submitted to Justice R K Merathia of Jharkhand High […]

Washington, Nov 12(ANI) : US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said Asia will occupy the centrestage in strategic and economic affairs in the 21st century Clinton’s speech at the Asia Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) in Hawaii indicated that the western hemisphere’s influence in the world was rapidly waning, and the US was hifting its […]

RAIPUR : Contrary to speculation that he was cancelling his yatra to Bangalore in the wake of the arrest of B S Yeddyurappa, BJP leader L K Advani today said his visit to the city is on schedule. “I have no information about my yatra in Bangalore getting cancelled,” Advani said when asked if his […]

NEW DELHI : In a clear indication that the Ram temple issue will be on its agenda in the forthcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, BJP today said its two yatras in the state will culminate at Ayodhya where party leaders will take a pledge to work for victory. BJP Vice-President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the […]

NABARANGPUR/BHUBANESWAR: Three unidentified men gunned down a wheelchair-bound Biju Janata Dal MLA Jagabandhu Majhi and his personal security officer (PSO) at Raighar block in Nabarangpur district on Saturday sending shockwaves in the political circles. Thirtynine-year-old Majhi, who represents Umerkote Assembly constituency, was distributing land “patta” in Gona village under Raighar police limits when he came […]