Singh joined the party at the BJP headquarters in the presence of general secretaries Pramod Mahajan and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and UP leaders Kalraj Mishra and Vinay Katiyar.
All buildings flanking the 8km parade route in Delhi have been taken over by security personnel to prevent terrorists from using them to launch rockets or missiles.
The implementation of conditional access system in Delhi has been deferred till after the assembly elections, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Monday.
In a surprise move, Telugu film star and BJP Mahila Morcha vice-president Vijayashanti said she had rejected the party's offer for nomination.
In the wake of Star India's proposal to uplink its news channel from India raising a major controversy, the government is understood to have decided to revise the uplinking guidelines.
Bharti threatened to launch a vigorous campaign against the 'terror perpetrated by criminal elements and to save the people of the state'.
'Shekhar Suman joining the BJP when the nation is going to the polls is like gatecrashing into a wedding just when the guests are being served their meal.'
Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said that the Parliament House complex is a much safer place since last year's attack.
In an apparent bid to resolve the row over divestment in public sector units including the one involving HPCL and BPCL, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee held an informal meeting of senior Cabinet ministers.\n\n
The chief minister sought assistance in power generation, development of railways and roads infrastructure and employment generation in his meetings with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his deputy Lal Kishenchand Advani.\n\n\n\n\n\n
Chouhan was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Balram Jakhar.
Khurana says the media misconstrued his remarks.
RSS chief Sudershan has hinted that his advice to Vajpayee, Advani to step down was not his personal opinion, rather a collective decision of the organisation.
Asked whether Basu should be awarded the Bharat Ratna, CPI-M politburo member Biman Bose told reporters in Kolkata, "I don't know whether Basu fulfills the parameters. If he fulfills it, Basu can be given the highest civilian award.'' Bose flayed senior BJP leader L K Advani for writing to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to propose the honour for Vajpayee, saying the saffron party was playing politics with the country's highest civilian award.
Tells the Liberhan Commission that the charge against Vajpayee, Advani and Joshi of being part of a conspiracy to demolish the Babri Masjid was made out of anger.
The Bharatiya Janata Party, which has declared that it has launched itself into election mode, is yet undecided about its candidate for the prime minister's post in the event of a snap poll.
The Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to make an in-depth analysis of its rout in the recent Lok Sabha election, during the party's `Chintan Baithak' which gets underway in Panaji, Goa, tomorrow
BJP chief Rajnath Singh ruled out the possibility of replacement of Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje, whose handling of the Gujjar protests has come in for criticism from BJP leaders like Jaswant Singh and Saheb Singh Verma.
'It will be a long time before we will see the likes of Vajpayee again.'
An all-religion prayer was held at his samadhi in Rajghat, Delhi.
The national capital has already been placed under a multi-layered security blanket.
Arun Jaitley, general secretary in charge of Punjab, left by the backdoor to avoid enraged supporters of those who have denied party nominations.
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