Two or three senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders, including former party president Venkaiah Naidu, had sabotaged serious efforts to construct a Ram temple at Ayodhya during the last days of National Democratic Alliance regime.
With his expulsion from the Bharatiya Janata Party virtually certain, suspended party leader Madan Lal Khurana Friday said he was not inclined to work under the organisation's current leadership.
Eminent Gujarati novelist, poet and critic Raghuveer Chaudhary has been chosen for the prestigious Jnanpith Award for 2015, the literary organisation has announced.
An image of a child who is an opening act during Congress rallies.
Andhra Pradesh chief minister-designate N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demanded special category status for the residual state.
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Shabnam Mausi has accused the BJP of betraying Uma Bharti.
The BJP on Tuesday ruled out any scope for her to appeal against the disciplinary action.
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The Indian ace and partner Katarina Kachlikova of Solvakia lost in the second round of the doubles event.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh described as shocking and unfortunate BJP patriarch L K Advani's resignation from all party posts over Narendra Modi's elevation as its campaign committee chief, noting all is not well in the saffron party.
The party said it will hold discussions with disgruntled members of the legislative assembly and ministers who reportedly sent a letter making the demand.
Advani unfurled the Tricolour to mark the launch of the campaign.
He also appealed to everyone to light a lamp this Diwali in the name of Lord Ram.
Sharp differences within the Bharatiya Janata Party surfaced on Thursday on the Women's Reservation Bill.
'This year, it may be pertinent to look at some of the myths that invoke her warrior form, where she manifests herself as Shakti, the underlying strength in all humanity,' says Arundhuti Dasgupta.
Is there an understanding between the two parties on critical issues?
Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Uma Bharati met Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief K S Sudarshan in Nagpur on Thursday.
Patel alleged that the BJP leadership has distanced itself from the workers and its ideology.
The high court order came on a petition filed by Haji Mehboob and Haji Mohammed Siddique challenging the trial court order discharging Advani.\n
In what could stoke fresh controversy in the Bharatiya Janata Party after the row over L K Advani's ticket, the party today replaced his loyalist and sitting MP Harin Pathak with actor Paresh Rawal from Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha seat.
He said no leader of Shiv Sena, BJP's oldest alliance partner, was being invited for the convention.
17 of the 171 party MLAs walked out of the meeting.
'Taking the legal route is not easy -- it shames you, drains you emotionally and financially.' 'The culprits get the best legal aid and fight long, costly legal battles while the victims cannot afford it.'
As Narendra Modi hits the campaign trail in Madhya Pradesh, Congress leader Digvijay Singh trained his guns on him, saying the BJP's prime ministerial candidate will not have an impact as he has no vision for the country and "only knows how to abuse".
BJP president L K Advani has not been invited.
We don't know who is behind this, a party leader said.
The move was part of the BJP's 'satyagraha' to demand withdrawal of all cases against Uma Bharti.
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The Bharatiya Janata Party said on Friday that it did not favour quota for dalits, other backward classes and minorities within the proposed reservation of seats for women in Parliament and state legislatures.
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