Archive for September, 2008

‘NDA will stop Bangla infiltration’

BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
GUWAHATI
Sept. 29: BJP leader Lal Krishan Advani said here on Monday that the future NDA government in Centre will take firm legal and administrative measures to stop the grave danger posed by the migration from Bagladesh to Assam.
Mr Advani told reporters, "Sadly not only the heritage and ethos of Assam, but the [...]

RLD finally veers towards BJP in UP

BY AMITA VERMA
LUCKNOW
Sept. 29: With the Congress-Samajwadi Party alliance in Uttar Pradesh remaining shrouded in controversy, the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) is finally veering towards an alliance with the BJP.
According to a senior RLD leader, the party has decided that instead of waiting for the Congress-SP combine to make up its mind on the alliance, [...]

Cong to go alone in Andhra: YSR

BY VENKAT PARSA
New Delhi
Sept. 29: Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajashekhar Reddy on Monday declared that the Congress will contest all the 294 Assembly seats all by itself and firmly ruled out any pre-poll electoral alliance in the state.
After meeting Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Dr Reddy said that the political parties that are afraid of [...]

Mufti praises PM UN speech

BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
SRINAGAR
Sept. 29: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and patron of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Mufti Muhammad Sayeed has while welcoming Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s statement in the UN General Assembly session in New York, said such an approach would help towards seeking an amicable solution of the Kashmir problem. The Prime [...]

N-deal poll plank? Cong can’t decide

By Venkatesh Kesari
New Delhi
Sept. 29: The nuclear deal will be the major plank of the Congress in the upcoming Assembly and Lok Sabha polls. But it is ambivalent on whether the party should hold a victory rally and thank America for playing a key role in ending its nuclear apartheid.
A section of the party wants [...]