Everything you need to know about Jaswant Gadh: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Jaswant Gadh: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
New Delhi, May 8 (ANI): In what could be termed a probable first for a member of the Union Cabinet, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram turned television channel reporter briefly outside Parliament on Wednesday, which seemed to be his way of expressing his delight over the Congress Party's poll victory in Karnataka.
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The Lok Sabha Monday extended till the monsoon session the time for submission of the report of the joint parliamentary committee (JPC) looking into 2G spectrum allocation.
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Thursday rejected the opposition demand for removal of P.C. Chacko as the head of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) looking into 2G spectrum allocation, a parliament source said.
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The CBI's revelation that it had shared the coal scam report with the law minister and an official of the PMO proved the government's interference with the agency's work, the BJP asserted Friday and called on the prime minister to explain.
In the ongoing investigation of bribery and corruption in the VVIP helicopter deal, the Central Bureau of Investigation, or CBI, appears to have made up its mind that the then Indian Air Force (IAF) chief, Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi, was instrumental in swinging the deal in favour of AgustaWestland.
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Counter-attacking after 15 opposition members of the 2G JPC told Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar they had no confidence in its chairman P.C. Chacko, the Congress members Thursday met her tp demand three BJP MPs be removed from the panel or debarred from voting due to conflict of interest.
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Signalling its intention to target Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the 2G spectrum allocation issue in the second half of budget session starting Monday, the NDA Saturday questioned the "leak" of the JPC's draft report and called on panel members to reject its report.
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) At least two children died and five people were injured when a major fire broke out in a sprawling slum cluster in west Delhi's Narela area Friday afternoon.
Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) He was part of the hockey team which won independent India's first Olympic gold medal, but Jaswant Singh Rajput, who played both as a left-half and centre-half, dislikes watching the national team of which he once was a proud member.
Chandigarh, March 15 (IANS) A senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer in Punjab, on the run for a few months, was arrested by the vigilance bureau for his alleged involvement in a Rs.250 crore land scam in the state's Patiala district, police said Friday.
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned Italy Wednesday of "consequences" if its two marines charged with killing two Indian fishermen don't return to face the Indian law.
Pokharan (Rajasthan), Feb 22 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) Friday displayed its firepower at the "Iron Fist" exercise at Rajasthan's Pokhran ranges with a potent show of the strength of its frontline aircraft witnessed by President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and a host of dignitaries.
Jaisalmer, Feb 22 (IANS) Indian Air Force Friday displayed its firepower at the "Iron Fist" exercise at Rajasthan's Pokhran ranges with a potent show of the strength of its frontline aircraft.
Jaisalmer, Feb 22 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Mamohan Singh would be among the top dignitaries who will witness the Indian Air Force's (IAF) largest "day-dusk-night" firepower demonstration in the Rajasthan desert Friday.
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) India Thursday warned Italian firm Finmeccanica of legal action, including blacklisting, over corruption allegations in the VVIP chopper deal and asked them whether any slush money had been paid to fix the deal that has led to a political uproar.
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) The blame game over the $750-million VVIP chopper deal continued Thursday with the Congress-led government slamming opposition BJP for comparing the deal with Bofors scam and former defence minister Jaswant Singh supporting former Indian Air Force chief S.P. Tyagi alleged to be involved in the case.
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) BJP leader Jaswant Singh Thursday came out in support of former Indian Air Force (IAF) chief S.P. Tyagi, against whom charges have been made in the $750 million AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal, and demanded a quick and thorough probe to ascertain the truth.
New Delhi, Feb. 14 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh on Thursday said blaming former Air Chief S.P. Tyagi for the AgustaWestland copter scam is not correct, and demanded a probe in the matter.
New Delhi, Dec 4 (ANI): Communications and Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday strongly punched holes in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s argument of not allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail.
New Delhi, Nov. 27 (ANI): Union External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Tuesday expressed his distress on grievance against Pakistan over the issue of the Kargil martyr Captain Saurabh Kalia, who was made captive and subjected to brutal torture by the Pakistan Army in 1999.
New Delhi, Nov. 12 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari has termed as unfounded M.G. Vaidya's remark that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was behind the campaign to make him quit as the party chief, and said all leaders have been working cohesively and unitedly for the cause of the party.
Nagpur, Nov 12 (IANS) In a potentially damaging pre-election bolt, RSS ideologue M.G. Vaidya has contended that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was instigating the ongoing campaign against BJP chief Nitin Gadkari.
New Delhi, Nov. 12 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday played down senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader MG Vaidya's alleged remark that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was behind the dissent against Nitin Gadkari, saying the party is united under the party chief's leadership and fighting against all the conspiracies of the ruling Congress Party together.
New Delhi, Nov 12 (ANI): Senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader MG Vaidya has alleged that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was behind the campaign against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari.
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Congress leader Digvijay Singh Wednesday taunted the BJP after the party's clean chit to its president Nitin Gadkari, facing opposition from within over alleged corruption.
New Delhi, Nov. 7 (ANI): Veteran lawyer and Rajya Sabha MP Ram Jethmalani on Wednesday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for rejecting his advice of asking Nitin Gadkari to quit from his post, and said that he would carry on his fight all alone if necessary.
New Delhi, Nov. 7 (ANI): Taking a jibe at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran Lal Krishna Advani over the ongoing drama within the main opposition party with regard to Nitin Gadkari's continuance in office, Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Wednesday said the former should now think about his next course of action.
New Delhi, Nov.6 (ANI): Some top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) met at the residence of senior party leader L.K.Advani here this evening to discuss the impact of the allegations of corruption against party president Nitin Gadkari, as also the fallout of his recent statement in which he sought to establish a similarity in the IQ levels between religious philosopher Swami Vivekananda and absconding mafia don Dawood Ibrahim.
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Pressure intensified on Nitin Gadkari to step down Tuesday as party MP Ram Jethmalani said BJP leaders Yashwant Sinha, Jaswant Singh and Shatrughan Sinha were with him in seeking the party chief's ouster over controversies linked to him.
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) A day after he denied comparing Swami Vivekanada with fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim during a speech in Bhopal, BJP president Nitin Gadkari Tuesday offered regrets over his remark.
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj Tuesday described as "absolutely false" reports that she was no longer supporting party president Nitin Gadkari.
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Top leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party are to meet in the national capital Tuesday evening, amidst controversies surrounding party president Nitin Gadkari. Some party leaders have openly demanded Gadkari's resignation.
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Pressure intensified on BJP president Nitin Gadkari Tuesday, as lawyer MP Ram Jethmalani said senior leaders Yashwant Sinha, Jaswant Singh and Shatrughan Sinha were with him in seeking Gadkari's ouster.
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Senior BJP leaders Yashwant Sinha, Jaswant Singh and Shatrughan Sinha were with him in wanting party president Nitin Gadkari to step down over his alleged involvement in questionable business deals and other issues, lawyer MP Ram Jethmalani said here Tuesday.
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to clarify why S. Jaipal Reddy was shifted out of the petroleum ministry.
Shimla, Oct 19 (IANS) Congress leader and five-time Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh Friday denied the allegation that he violated land laws to enable his brother-in-law to sell land parcels to realty major DLF for an ultra-luxury housing project in the state.
Itanagar, Oct. 19 (ANI): His light machine gun boomed relentlessly, like a roaring tiger. One after another unsuspecting Chinese soldiers were killed and fell into the Ngo River without anyone to count. The day was October 18 half-a-century ago.
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) Chinese assistance to Pakistan in developing a nuclear bomb emboldened it to fuel the Kashmir insurgency in 1989, says a noted security expert who has done considerable research on the issue.
New Delhi, Oct.11 (ANI): Congress Party spokesperson Renuka Chaudhry on Thursday said Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was not afraid of appearing before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) looking into various aspects of the 2G telecom scam.
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) On a day BJP boycotted the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probing the 2G spectrum allocation over its demand for calling the prime minister as a witness, the panel chief and Congress MP P.C. Chacko Thursday rejected the plea, saying he has no intention of setting a precedent in this regard.
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) The BJP Thursday kept away from the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probing the 2G spectrum allocation over panel chief P.C. Chacko's "indecision" on calling as wintesses the prime minister, the finance minister and two former ministers.
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Twenty-first century India is no longer Nehru's India; it is confident, optimistic and on the move, says BJP heavyweight and former union minister Jaswant Singh, but questions whether "it is a civic nation".
South Dinajpur (West Bengal), Sep 9 (ANI): In a bid to strengthen relations between neighbouring countries, paramilitary personnel of both India and Bangladesh met today for coordinated patrolling at vulnerable locations to thwart border crimes in West Bengal's South Dinajpur district.
New Delhi, Aug 27 (ANI): Union Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid on Monday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is now looking intellectually dishonest and confused in its mind.
New Delhi, Aug 23 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yaswant Sinha on Thursday demanded that Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram should depose before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on 2G spectrum allocation.
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the 2G spectrum allocation scam Wednesday walked out from a meeting of the committee, calling it a "kangaroo court".
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members in the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the 2G spectrum allocation scam Wednesday walked out from a meeting of the committee, calling it a "kangaroo court".
Mohammed Hamid Ansari became the 14th Vice President of India on Saturday. Hamid has been elected as the Vice President for the consecutive second time and is only one after Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
New Delhi, Aug 11 (ANI): Mohammed Hamid Ansari on Saturday became the 14th Vice President of India.
New Delhi, Aug 11 (ANI): Mohammed Hamid Ansari will be sworn in as the 14th Vice-President today after he was re-elected on Tuesday.
As it was declared initially and never any doubt about his victory, UPA candidate Hamid Ansari re elected as the Vice President of India.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) UPA candidate Hamid Ansari Tuesday defeated NDA nominee Jaswant Singh by a comfortable margin of 252 votes in the vice presidential election to secure another term in office. Ansari is only the second vice president after Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan to get two successive terms.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Re-elected vice president for the second term, Hamid Ansari Tuesday evening said he was delighted with the result and that he will work for the welfare of all sections of people.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) BJP leader Jaswant Singh, who lost the vice presidential race to incumbent Hamid Ansari Tuesday, said he was satisfied with the result which showed that the NDA was intact.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) UPA candidate Hamid Ansari scored comfortable victory in the vice-presidential election Tuesday, defeating NDA nominee Jaswant Singh by 238 votes to secure another term in office.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (ANI): India's incumbent Vice-President, Hamid Ansari, will continue in the same office for the next five years after winning the 2012 vice presidential elections convincingly on Tuesday.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) UPA candidate Hamid Ansari was Tuesday re-elected India's vice president, defeating NDA nominee Jaswant Singh.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) UPA candidate Hamid Ansari was Tuesday re-elected India's vice president, Lok Sabha Secretary General T.K. Vishwanathan, the returning officer for the poll, announced.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (ANI): With voting underway to elect the nation's 14th vice president, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla on Tuesday confidently said that UPA nominee Mohammad Hamid Ansari would win with thumping majority.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and BJP leader L.K. Advani were among the members from both houses of parliament who voted Tuesday to elect India's 14th vice president.
The polling begins here today for choosing country's 13th Vice President of India. Members of Parliament of both houses will exercise their franchise to choose between UPA supported candidate Mohammad Hamid Ansari and NDA supported candidate Jaswant Singh.....................
New Delhi, Aug 7 (ANI): With UPA nominee Hamid Ansari appearing all set to get a second term, National Democratic Alliance (NDA) backed candidate Jaswant Singh on Tuesday expressed confidence of winning the vice presidential election, and took the help of ancient Indian Hindu Epic 'Mahabharata' to justify his stand.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Voting to elect the country's 14th vice president began here Tuesday with MPs from both houses of parliament exercising their franchise to choose between UPA's Hamid Ansari and NDA's Jaswant Singh.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Voting to elect the country's 14th vice-president began here Tuesday with MPs from the two houses of parliament exercising their franchise to choose between United Progressive Alliance's Hamid Ansari and National Democratic Alliance's Jaswant Singh.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (ANI): Voting to elect India's 14th Vice President will take place on Tuesday with UPA nominee Mohammad Hamid Ansari having a definite edge over NDA's candidate Jaswant Singh.
New Delhi, Aug 6 (ANI): The election to the country's thirteenth Vice President scheduled for Tuesday is expected to throw no surprises, with UPA backed candidate Dr. Hamid Ansari starting as clear favourite against his rival, the NDA backed Jaswant Singh.
Chennai, Aug 6 (IANS) AIADMK general secretary and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Monday announced her party's support to the candidature of BJP leader Jaswant Singh in the vice presidential election, due to be held Tuesday.
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) As many as 787 members of parliament will vote Tuesday to elect India's 14th vice president. In the poll, UPA nominee and incumbent Hamid Ansari appears to have a clear edge over his rival Jaswant Singh, backed by the opposition NDA, according to sources.
Chennai, Aug 6 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and All Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) chief J. Jayalalithaa on Monday extended her support to NDA nominee Jaswant Singh's candidature for Tuesday's vice presidential election.
Chennai, Aug 6 (ANI): NDA's vice presidential candidate Jaswant Singh arrived here on Monday to garner the support of Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) chief J. Jayalalithaa for the election scheduled to be held tomorrow.
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coordination committee, formed following a stand-off with coalition partner Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) late last month, is expected to meet in the next few days.
Bhubaneshwar, Aug 6 (ANI): The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has decided to abstain from voting in the ensuing vice-presidential election.
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will host a lunch for MPs of the ruling alliance and supporting parties Monday, a day ahead of the vice presidential election Aug 7, official sources said.
New Delhi, Aug 4 (ANI): UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will be hosting a lunch tomorrow for its members as well as those from the supporting parties ahead of the vice presidential election.
New Delhi, July 30 (ANI): Jaswant Singh, who is all set to lock horns with UPA nominee Mohammad Hamid Ansari for the post of Vice President of India, on Monday said his political career is not yet over, and emphasized that several steps of his long political journey is yet to come.
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Janata Dal-United leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Thursday met NDA's vice-presidential candidate Jaswant Singh and expressed full support to him.
New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said Jaswant Singh is a very suitable candidate for the post of Vice President of India.
New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said Jaswant Singh is a very suitable candidate for the post of Vice President of India.
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) With the Aug 7 vice presidential poll set to be fought between incumbent Hamid Ansari and BJP's Jaswant Singh, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Tuesday reviewed its strategy to keep its flock together.
New Delhi, July 24 (ANI): Top leaders of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) met at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran Lal Krishna Advani's residence here on Tuesday to chalk out its strategy for the upcoming vice presidential election and discuss the prospects of its nominee Jaswant Singh.
New Delhi, July 24 (ANI): With the stage all set for a direct contest between Mohammad Hamid Ansari and Jaswant Singh, leaders of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will meet at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran Lal Krishna Advani's residence here on Tuesday to discuss the vice presidential election.
National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) candidate for vice presidential election Jaswant Singh filed his nomination to Lok Sabha Secretary T.K. Vishwanathan, who is the Returning Officer for the vice presidential election.
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate for the vice presidential poll, Jaswant Singh Friday filed his nomination papers in the presence of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani and alliance convenor Sharad Yadav.
New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): National Democratic Alliance's vice presidential candidate Jaswant Singh filed his nomination papers here on Friday afternoon.
New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): Despite the numbers not being in favour of National Democratic Alliance's candidate Jaswant Singh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday expressed confidence that its nominee would win the vice presidential election.
New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): National Democratic Alliance's vice presidential candidate Jaswant Singh will file his nomination papers here on Friday afternoon.
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh will Friday file his nomination for the vice presidential election, party sources said.
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Hamid Ansari Wednesday filed his nomination papers for being re-elected to the office of the vice president in the presence of several United Progressive Alliance (UPA) leaders including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
New Delhi, July 18 (ANI): Vice President Hamid Ansari will file nomination papers here today for his re-election to the post.
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Janata Dal-United chief Sharad Yadav Tuesday said he did not contest the vice presidential election because he did not want to leave the farmers.
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Incumbent Hamid Ansari, who is the ruling UPA's nominee for the Aug 7 vice presidential poll, has an edge over his rival Jaswant Singh, who has been propped up by the Bharatiya Janata Party, said government sources Monday.
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party, which had once expelled Jaswant Singh for his laudatory views on Pakistan's founder, Monday managed to build consensus on him as the National Democratic Alliance candidate for the Aug 7 vice prersidential poll.
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Divided over the presidential poll, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA Monday unanimously named BJP veteran leader Jaswant Singh as its vice presidential candidate.
New Delhi, July 16 (ANI): The Communist Party of India -Marxist (CPI-M) will back Hamid Ansari in the August 7 vice presidential contest, senior party leader S Ramachandran Pillai announced here on Monday.
New Delhi, July 16 (ANI): Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy on Monday expressed confidence that NDA's vice presidential candidate Jaswant Singh would win the election by a margin of 60 percent, as the Members of Parliament would equate better with him than UPA nominee Mohammad Hamid Ansari.
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Divided over the presidential poll, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Monday "unanimously" named senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh as its candidate for the vice presidential poll.
Patna, July 16 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday said the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was united on Jaswant Singh's candidature for the vice president's post.
New Delhi, July 16 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh said on Monday that he was honoured to be named as the National Democratic Alliance's candidate for Vice President of India.
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Monday named senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh as its candidate for the vice presidential poll, setting up a contest with ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) candidate and incumbent Hamid Ansari.
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Monday named senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh as its candidate for the vice presidential poll, setting up a contest with ruling UPA candidate and incumbent Hamid Ansari.
