For the third time in as many weeks, SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday heaped praise on BJP leader L K Advani, describing him as an honest person who has suffered a lot during the country's partition.
As Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advanis 'yatra' reached the UP-Bihar border, he launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh alleging he is presiding over the "worst and most corrupt government of independent India".
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday held a luncheon meeting with senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani and is understood to have discussed important matters related to the future of the party. Bhagwat, who arrived in New Delhi today, spent nearly two hours at the residence of Advani. The two held a one-to-one luncheon meeting. Speculations were rife that the names of some prospective candidates for the post of BJP president were discussed.
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Wednesday said its volunteers will "actively participate" in Bharatiya Janata Party veteran L K Advani's proposed yatra against corruption. "The Sangh has already asked its swayamsevaks (volunteers) to actively support all initiatives and actions against corruption. They had earlier extended support to Baba Ramdev and Anna Hazare in their campaigns against corruption," RSS leader Ram Madhav told reporters.
India's poster boy of cue sports Pankaj Advani clinched his 13th world title after winning the World 6-Red Snooker Championship in a convincing manner in Karachi.
The RSS, which has been building pressure on BJP to end its internal bickerings and is favouring younger leadership, feels it was a blunder to project Advani as BJP's prime ministerial candidate and making the party's poll campaign Advani-centric.
Former Union minister and Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party strongman Madan Lal Khurana Monday accused party chief Rajnath Singh of working under the influence of a "coterie" close to senior leader Lal Kishenchand Advani.
Former champion Pankaj Advani and Devender Joshi entered the semi-finals in the 11th Asian Billiards Championship in Miramar, Goa, on Friday.
Mahajan had made the remark in a recent TV interview.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh top brass led by its general secretary Mohan Bhagwat on Monday met Bharatiya Janata Party president Lal Kishenchand Advani
Contrary to speculation that he was cancelling his yatra to Bengaluru in the wake of the arrest of B S Yeddyurappa, Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani on Sunday said his visit to the city is on schedule.
The actor walked the runway at the India Beach Fashion Week for Vikram Phadnis.
Uma Bharti has said she will file a petition in the displinary committee.
Mitrokhin revelations: Congress, CPI dismiss Advani's demands
Advani's brief address to the party workers had no references to the four-day leadership crisis in the party triggered by his resignation.
Faizabad-Ayodhya Babri Masjid Action Committee convenor Mohammed Yunus Siddiqui said the comments about Jinnah may have been Advani's 'personal opinion' and similar views had been expressed by other leaders in the past.
VHP chief Ashok Singhal dubbed Advani's statement in Pakistan against the Ayodhya incident as an insult to millions of Hindus.
The meeting comes a day after the party bowed to Vajpayee's wishes and restored Khurana's primary membership after he expressed regrets for his critical statements against Advani.
"If it stays to complete its full five-year term, then people would get to see some more follies that have become its hallmark," Advani said.
Yasin Merchant and Pankaj Advani beat Devendra Joshi and Aditya Mehta to make the grade in the semi-finals of the Reid and Taylor Bombay Gymkhana InstaSnooker.
Tiger dances in London... Vidya visits Vatican City...Vivek tries Dubai cuisine...
Indian cueist Pankaj Advani faltered in the finals once again as England's Mike Russell successfully defended his Point format title in the IBSF World Billiards Championship being played in Carlow, Ireland.
The former PM added that Advani's remarks on Jinnah were 'misinterpreted'.
It's been a busy Thursday, as film folk went about doing their jobs, not forgetting to add that touch of glamour.
The seven-time world champion joined Pankaj Advani and Sourav Kothari in the per-quarter-finals of the National Billiards Championship.
Union Minister Beni Prasad Varma on Monday continued to target Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, this time apparently over the latter's praising of L K Advani, saying a leader, whose party itself does not stick to the principles of truth, cannot be a truthful one.
Ayodhya demolition case to revive Ayodhya movement: Advani
After opposing Narendra Modi's anointment as Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate, a mellowed L K Advani on Monday praised him for development in Gujarat and hoped that all good tasks undertaken by party governments in states will be rolled out across the country.
Amid efforts to convince L K Advani on declaring Narendra Modi as Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate ahead of 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Bihar's BJP chief Sushil Kumar Modi said the veteran leader had failed to gauge the public mood in this regard.
After throwing a virtual challenge to the Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate L K Advani by stating that he may contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, former vice president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat on Thursday sprang a surprise when he visited the former for a luncheon meet. "Shekhawat visited Advani at his residence today and spent about two hours with him. He also had lunch with the senior leader," informed a source close to Advani.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani on Saturday criticised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for failing to mention the Sharm-e-Sheikh Indo-Pak joint statement in his Independence Day address."Balochistan was mentioned in the joint statement in a manner as if India is also using terrorism to create problems for Pakistan. The country hoped the prime minister would clarify on it in his address," he said.
*Everyone* turned up when Nita and Mukesh Ambani invited them to their home Antilia in south Mumbai for Ganesh Chaturthi.
Pankaj Advani has set his eyes on a golden double at the 2006 Doha Asian Games
BJP president LK Advani has termed the Centre's aid to Maharashtra as 'inadequate'.
