NEW DELHI: A swathe of ministries — from finance to fertilizer and petroleum — are going to make a case for a reduction in subsidies before Narendra Modi, a move that will push up your […]
PATNA (TIP): Makhdumpur MLA Jitan Ram Manjhi was sworn in on May 20 as Bihar’s 23rd chief minister. Governor D Y Patil administered the oath of office and secrecy to Manjhi and 17 ministers, including […]
AHMEDABAD (TIP): “For you, I will always be Narendrabhai, not PM,” PM-designate Narendra Modi told a sea of BJP leaders and supporters who had gathered at the Ahmedabad airport to welcome him after he was […]
NEW DELHI: The lack of experienced players in NDA ranks seems to have opened up the prospect of BJP veterans landing important portfolios in the incoming Modi government. Sources said while there was uncertainty about […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Congress should opt for ‘ruthless introspection’ and only those experienced in field work should be given leadership roles, party leaders said on May 22. Congress leader Milind Deora, who had on May […]
BHOPAL (TIP): Day after former Union minister Milind Deora blamed AICC vicepresident Rahul Gandhi’s advisers for the party’s decimation in the Lok Sabha polls, former Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on May 22 the “Congress […]
Being in the news for the wrong reasons has dented Arvind Kejriwal’s image in the past and he seems to have learnt no lessons. His choice of jail over bail in a defamation case may […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Shalabh Kumar, Chairman Indian American Advisory Council of House of Republican Conference of US Parliament & NIAPPI expressed grave concern over the US Immigration Reform Bill S-744 as a prominent NRI based […]
AHMEDABAD (TIP): Anandiben Patel took over as Gujarat’s Chief Minister on May 22 afternoon. She was administered oath by the state’s Governor Kamla Beniwal. On stage, was her predecessor Narendra Modi, who will be the […]
PATNA (TIP): A day after his party JD (U)’s poor show in the Lok Sabha elections, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar resigned on Saturday. The JD (U) had managed to get just 2 seats out […]
GUWAHATI (TIP): Attributing a bit of “arrogance and complacency” within himself and the Congress for the party’s poor show in the the Lok Sabha elections in Assam, Tarun Gogoi on Saturday said he would resign […]
OTTAWA (TIP): Congratulating India’s prime ministerelect over his victory, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he is looking forward “to working with Mr. Modi and the new government of India to further strengthen our social […]
The party has increased vote shares in states that are not its strongholds NEW DELHI (TIP): Announcing the BJP’s historic victory, party president Rajanth Singh quoted former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s famous lines, “Andhera […]
swept the parliamentary elections here with the party candidates registering victory with handsome margins in all the seven Lok Sabha seats on May 16. The last time the BJP won all the seven seats in […]
The days of political instability in India should be over, with the people of India clearly preferring the BJP to lead the country. India has chosen, after almost three decades, a government that can function […]
LUCKNOW (TIP): The manner in which the ruling Samajwadi Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Congress have been swept aside in Uttar Pradesh clearly indicates that the “BJP versus the rest” in the Lok […]
Omar takes blame Chief Minister and National Conference’s acting president Omar Abdullah owned responsibility for the coalition’s reverses. “I accept, unequivocally, the responsibility for this defeat. A lot of introspection & soul searching, personally & […]
Indo-Americans have congratulated Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its leader Narendra D. Modi on landslide victory in India’s parliamentary elections. Indo-American statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, commended Modi’s statement that […]
Prakash Waghmare, Community Leader and “OFBJP” PR-Coordinator, in a statement to The Indian Panorama wrote, “This absolute victory of BJP is not only a new dawn in Democratic history of India , but more importantly, […]
Narendra Modi to be sworn in as Prime Minister on May 21 Manmohan resigns bringing to an end his 10-year tenure NEW DELHI (TIP): Addressing a euphoric crowd Friday, May 16 afternoon, Narendra Modi rallied […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Congress has a “very good chance” of forming a government under its leadership with some allies, finance minister P Chidambaram said on Thursday amid growing chorus of an “enlarged” UPA-III to stop […]
The author is saddened at the turn of events in the 2014 elections. He fears the heterogeneity of the nation will receive a hard kick if Narendra Modi led BJP came to power. “It is […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Indian flyers are soon going to be spoilt for choice and low fares may make a comeback. The Tata Sons’ JV budget airline with Malaysia’s AirAsia got the licence to fly from […]
AMRITSAR (TIP): A day after polling for Lok Sabha elections, outgoing Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhu reached the Holy City on Thursday for installation of Guru Granth Sahib and Shivalingam at his newly-built house. Sidhu […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Nearly 66% of the electorate exercised its franchise on Wednesday in the seventh phase of the 16th general election, in line with the heavy turnout that marked the earlier rounds of voting. […]
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