Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Thursday night announced his retirement from active politics saying henceforth he would not contest elections.
This is the first time parliamentarians are caught on camera accepting bribes to raise questions.
It also concurred with the high court order that the confessional statement of the accused were not admissible under law.
"Yes, we know that the scene is changing everyday and things are becoming difficult, but we are hopeful that Bhairon Singhji with his stature and name would be able to get enough numbers to make it to Rashtrapati Bhavan," a top BJP leader said.
But the party has yet to evolve a consensus within the NDA over its choice, given Bihar Chief Minister and JD (U) leader Nitish Kumar's open support for Kalam.
Even as the Kerala government ordered a probe into the exclusion of two Muslim policemen from security duty during the recent visit of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Lal Kishenchand Advani to the state, the issue continues to spark protests from various political parties and Muslim outfits.
Murli Manohar Joshi on Friday squarely held the Inter-Services Intelligence responsible for the Ayodhya attack, while BJP president Lal Kishenchand Advani avoided any reference to the neighbouring country during his visit to Ayodhya.
Uma Bharti's travails began on November 10 last year when she was sacked as party general secretary and suspended from its primary membership after she openly defied party president Advani in full glare of national television cameras.
He the government of India should also raise the compensation for the train blast victims in Mumbai to Rs 10 lakh each just as it is doing in the case of victims of the Samjhauta Express.
BJP's chief returning officer O P Kohli who conducted the organisational elections in the country said there were 15 sets of nomination papers all in support of Rajnath Singh's candidature.
Responding to Leader of Opposition Lal Kishenchand Advani's demand for a decision before Wednesday, the anniversary of the attack, Patil said no deadline had been set in such cases earlier.
Opposition National Democratic Alliance leaders on Monday urged Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee not to allow the government conduct official business in Parliament amid din, barring compelling circumstances.
The Madhya Pradesh chief minister described BJP's concept of cultural nationalism as "nothing but cultural terrorism".
The meeting saw Opposition agreeing to undertake orderly behaviour in the House and in turn Chatterjee withdrawing the controversial reference of the MPs, mostly from the BJP- led National Democratic Alliance, to the Committee, sources said. An announcement on the issue is expected when the House reassembles at 14.00 hours. "Wait till two," the Speaker said, when reporters asked him about the outcome of the meeting.
Munde, who returned to Mumbai after meeting top BJP leaders including Lal Kishenchand Advani and Rajnath Singh in Delhi, had a meeting with Thackeray at his residence during which the Shiv Sena leader wished him all success, Sena sources said on Friday. This is Munde's second visit to Thackeray's residence within a span of three days. Just before going to Delhi to meet the party bosses on Tuesday after raising a banner of revolt, Munde had met Thackeray.
The live telecast of Parliament proceedings will make parliamentarians more responsible and debates more purposeful, Speaker Somnath Chatterjee said.
Opposing peace move with Pakistan until it acts against terror groups operating from its soil, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday decided to build public opinion against the confidence-building measures with Islamabad.
"It (resigning as chief minister) was the biggest mistake of my life. I was influenced by Advaniji and Vajpayeeji... and took the decision to uphold the tricolour," Bharti said at a public meeting Tikamgarh on Thursday.\n\n
But minutes after the amendment was adopted, senior male leaders were heard making scathing comments on the so-called progressive step of the party.
The Lok Sabha speaker will meet the Leader of Opposition over breakfast on Tuesday to discuss ways to break the deadlock over the opposition boycott of parliamentary committees.
First Look on an all-party condolence meet for Pramod Mahajan in Mumbai.
Akali Dal member of Parliament and former speaker of the Punjab assembly, Charanjit Singh Atwal, was today unanimously elected Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
They lodged their protest against the inclusion of 'tainted' ministers in the United Progressive Alliance government.
Illegal influx of Bangladeshis into Assam tops the campaign issue for opposition Asom Gana Parishad and Bharatiya Janata Party for the forthcoming Assembly polls in the state with ruling Congress trying hard to underplay it.
Asked if she would play Holi with Vajpayee and Advani, she said, 'Certainly not.'
Bharatiya Janata Party chief Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said all was well between the BJP and Shiv Sena. He was speaking to newsmen after a luncheon meet with the Sena's Lok Sabha members led by Udhav Thackeray.
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday witnessed an uproar over violence in Agra and the incident in Bhagalpur in Bihar where a thief was beaten up by a mob, tied to a motorcycle and dragged.
Rejecting Bharatiya Janata Party president Lal Kishenchand Advani's allegation that Congress was the fountainhead of corruption, Congress president Sonia Gandhi Thursday questioned the "moral right" of the saffron party to level the charge.
The two countries to resume a composite dialogue next month to resolve all outstanding issues, including Jammu and Kashmir.
NDA leaders meet President, seek Natwar's removal
President Abdul Kalam and Union Home Minister L K Advani will call on him on Friday.
The executive would seek to refurbish the party's image in the public's eyes.
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