Advani And Sonia

The meetings today between Prime Minister Narendra Modi's three-member team and the three key opposition parties, the Congress, the CPM and CPI, did not throw up any name. The three parties indicated that the two Union ministers - Rajnath Singh and Venkaiah Naidu - wanted the opposition's cooperation. "The government says they have the mandate. The...

After a meeting of BJP lawmakers this morning, party patriarch LK Advani stopped three top ministers and declared that he was ready to speak to Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh to resolve a niggling problem for the government.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi today expressed deep grief and sorrow at the death of Kamla Advani, wife of BJP veteran Lal Krishna Advani, saying she "shares" the pain of the family members.

The opposition today stepped up its demand for a statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Lalit Modi controversy. The demands grew more strident after PM Modi skipped the issue on his monthly radio address Mann ki Baat and what was interpreted as senior BJP leader LK Advani's veiled criticism on the subject.

Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee favoured a dhoti and kurta teamed with a Jawahar jacket and chappals or slippers. On a police proforma that the government says is routinely filled by prominent politicians for security reasons, BJP leaders LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi are listed as Mr Vajpayee's close associates.

The whole of Gujarat and Punjab goes to polls on Wednesday in the seventh phase of Lok Sabha election along with some seats in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar that will decide the fate of top guns including Narendra Modi, Sonia Gandhi, L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi, party vice president Rahul Gandhi, senior BJP leader L.K. Advani and party president Rajnath Singh will hit the campaign trail for the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal.

In an exclusive interview, BJP leader Uma Bharti says she wanted to contest both Raebareli and Jhansi, but is not disappointed at the party's decision and will still campaign in Raebareli for BJP candidate Ajay Agarwal.

Senior BJP leader LK Advani has said the credit for the controversial ordinance to protect convicted lawmakers being killed goes to President Pranab Mukherjee and not Rahul Gandhi.

Terming the electoral outcome in Karnataka as no surprise, BJP leader LK Advani today said the party had erred in not taking immediate and firm action on allegations of corruption against former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa and that its handling of the state had been "absolutely opportunistic".

It took Narendra Modi about two minutes today to shred the BJP's new-found resolve to tone down its shrill attack on the Congress-led UPA and play the role of a constructive opposition. The party saved its star performer for the last at its national executive meeting. He took the stage and tore into the UPA making scathing attacks on Congress presi...

It took Narendra Modi about two minutes today to shred the BJP's new-found resolve to tone down its shrill attack on the Congress-led UPA and play the role of a constructive opposition. The party saved its star performer for the last at its national executive meeting. He took the stage and tore into the UPA making scathing attacks on Congress presi...

President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday hosted an Iftar reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan that was attended by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and senior BJP leader LK Advani, among others.

Parliament devoted most of its first day in session to Assam and the violence that has killed 70 people, and displaced another 400,000, who are now living in relief camps desperately short of basic supplies.

The ethnic violence in Assam has dominated the first day of Parliament's Monsoon Session. Describing the riots in and around Kokrajhar as the biggest failure of the Centre, BJP leader LK Advani said, "Of the state's three-crore population, upto 400,000 are homeless... this is an unprecedented crisis."

The meetings today between Prime Minister Narendra Modi's three-member team and the three key opposition parties, the Congress, the CPM and CPI, did not throw up any name. The three parties indicated that the two Union ministers - Rajnath Singh and Venkaiah Naidu - wanted the opposition's cooperation. "The government says they have the mandate. The...

After a meeting of BJP lawmakers this morning, party patriarch LK Advani stopped three top ministers and declared that he was ready to speak to Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh to resolve a niggling problem for the government.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi today expressed deep grief and sorrow at the death of Kamla Advani, wife of BJP veteran Lal Krishna Advani, saying she "shares" the pain of the family members.

The opposition today stepped up its demand for a statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Lalit Modi controversy. The demands grew more strident after PM Modi skipped the issue on his monthly radio address Mann ki Baat and what was interpreted as senior BJP leader LK Advani's veiled criticism on the subject.

Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee favoured a dhoti and kurta teamed with a Jawahar jacket and chappals or slippers. On a police proforma that the government says is routinely filled by prominent politicians for security reasons, BJP leaders LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi are listed as Mr Vajpayee's close associates.

The whole of Gujarat and Punjab goes to polls on Wednesday in the seventh phase of Lok Sabha election along with some seats in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar that will decide the fate of top guns including Narendra Modi, Sonia Gandhi, L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi, party vice president Rahul Gandhi, senior BJP leader L.K. Advani and party president Rajnath Singh will hit the campaign trail for the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal.

In an exclusive interview, BJP leader Uma Bharti says she wanted to contest both Raebareli and Jhansi, but is not disappointed at the party's decision and will still campaign in Raebareli for BJP candidate Ajay Agarwal.

Senior BJP leader LK Advani has said the credit for the controversial ordinance to protect convicted lawmakers being killed goes to President Pranab Mukherjee and not Rahul Gandhi.

Terming the electoral outcome in Karnataka as no surprise, BJP leader LK Advani today said the party had erred in not taking immediate and firm action on allegations of corruption against former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa and that its handling of the state had been "absolutely opportunistic".

It took Narendra Modi about two minutes today to shred the BJP's new-found resolve to tone down its shrill attack on the Congress-led UPA and play the role of a constructive opposition. The party saved its star performer for the last at its national executive meeting. He took the stage and tore into the UPA making scathing attacks on Congress presi...

It took Narendra Modi about two minutes today to shred the BJP's new-found resolve to tone down its shrill attack on the Congress-led UPA and play the role of a constructive opposition. The party saved its star performer for the last at its national executive meeting. He took the stage and tore into the UPA making scathing attacks on Congress presi...

President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday hosted an Iftar reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan that was attended by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and senior BJP leader LK Advani, among others.

Parliament devoted most of its first day in session to Assam and the violence that has killed 70 people, and displaced another 400,000, who are now living in relief camps desperately short of basic supplies.

The ethnic violence in Assam has dominated the first day of Parliament's Monsoon Session. Describing the riots in and around Kokrajhar as the biggest failure of the Centre, BJP leader LK Advani said, "Of the state's three-crore population, upto 400,000 are homeless... this is an unprecedented crisis."