Indian political parties

Indian MPs halt parliament over mosque razing inquiry (AFP)

AFP/File – Hindu youths atop the Babri Mosque five hours before the structure was completely demolished by hundreds … NEW DELHI (AFP) – Hindu nationalist lawmakers in India caused uproar in parliament on Monday after...

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West Bengal: Maoists kill CPM leader

Suspected Maoists shot dead a local Communist Party of India [ Images ] (Marxist) leader in Jhargram area of West Midnapore district on Monday, the police said. Tapan Mahto, a Salbani branch committee member, was called out...

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INDIA: Women’s Political Empowerment, Yes; Better Lives, No

NEW DELHI, Nov 23 (IPS) - Despite getting suitably politically empowered, women in India continue to lag behind on almost all crucial developmental parametres like education, health and economic participation.

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Attack on a church in Karnataka. 56th case in 2009

News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon Nov 23, 2009 4:02 AM EST Entrance doors ripped off, windows and furniture destroyed, cross also ripped off the top of the building. The President of the Global Council of Indian Christians: "The...

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Timeline: Ayodhya mosque crisis

More than 2,000 died after the Babri Mosque was torn down in 1992 The religious site where the Babri mosque was destroyed in 1992 in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya has been a flashpoint between Hindus and Muslims for...

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Liberhan report leak very serious, says Congress

New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) The ruling Congress Monday described the 'leakage' of the Liberhan Commission report in the media as 'a very serious issue' and said the party was confident the government would take cognisance of it.

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Shukla slams Sena's verbal attack, BCCI quiet

11:30 IST, Monday, November 23, 2009 (New Delhi) Congress Rajya Sabha MP and BCCI's Finance Committee chairman Rajeev Shukla on Sunday ridiculed Shiv Sena's latest verbal attack on senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar, saying the...

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Leakage of report is an attempt to polarise votes: Rajnath Singh

From ANI Ranchi, Nov 23: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh has described the leakage of the Liberhan Commission Report as an attempt to polarise voters during the forthcoming Jharkhand assembly polls....

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Top leaders address rallies in Jharkhand as campaigning ends

Ranchi, Nov 23 (IANS) Rajnath Singh, Lalu Prasad and Shibu Soren were among the top leaders of political parties who hit the campaign trail Monday as the campaigning ended for the first phase of assembly polls Wednesday.

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Campaigning for first phase of Jharkhand polls ends

Ten months into President's rule, imposed after no alliance could stake claim to form a seventh government, the Jharkhand electorate will choose their government when the first of the five-phase assembly elections gets underway...

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