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Both the leaders with RSS background, in the past have headed the party in the state.
"I will go by what party decides. I am not in the race.There is no race for the post. It would be the decision of the party," Parsekar said.
Arlekar, on the other hand said that he has not yet been communicated anything about the CM's post.
Parrikar was in Delhi on Wednesday meeting BJP chief Amit Shah and PM Modi, and sources close to the Goa CM said a formal offer to join the Union Cabinet was made on Tuesday. Parrikar's possible elevation has been a subject of speculation for a while.
Pic: Modi saris were all the rage during the Lok Sabha polls, but the saris had pictures only of the PM
Manjhi's son in-law Devendra Kumar and Satyendra Kumar (nephew) were appointed as PA and peon respectively for the last eight years.
"Manjhi has acted in a 'highly immoral and unethical' way to get his close kin like son in-law Devendra Kumar and Satyendra Kumar (nephew) appointed as PA and peon for the last eight years.
His action was indefensible also in the context that the Chief Minister and ministers are required to furnish declaration stating that persons being appointed as personal staff are not kin or related to them in any way.
The civil servent-turned politician, who faced severe criticism for quitting as Delhi Chief Minister in February, said AAP was "fully ready" to take the electoral plunge and identified BJP as its main opponent.
"We are only concentrating on Delhi. As far as I am concerned, I am going to focus on Delhi for next five to 10 years," Kejriwal, who led AAP to a dream debut in the Assembly polls in December last year, said.
I recently did. Well, not exactly, but close. D-Company is one of the most deadly terrorist organizations in the world, headed by Dawood Ibrahim, one of the most wanted terrorists in India, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates. And the man who gave the terrorist group its name? An unlikely character, a hard-of-hearing, myopic, 74-year-old crime novelist. His name is Surender Mohan Pathak, and he is the doyen of Hindi crime fiction."
This is what he tweeted yesterday: "Wanna take part in Swacha Bharat abhiyan n start from mumbai!! Wanna start cleaning up all the Marathi hating gujjus from there once for all."
That was followed up with another tweet:
"So much ho ha abt my statement on the Marathi hating gujjus but no 1 is focussing on the hate statements passed by them almost everyday."
But this is not the first time Nitish has ranted against Gujaratis. In April during the Lok Sabha polls, he tweeted,
In August, Nitesh had tweeted: "Kirit Somaiya says all Gujju names went missing in the voters list..hope they r all found in Guj n Amchi Mumbai is freed frm the dhoklas!!!"
Nitish's anti-Gujarati rants in fact are not original. His father, senior Congressman and former chief minister Narayan Rane, had raked up the Marathis versus Gujaratis issue during the state Assembly polls, but faced an embarrassing defeat from the Kudal constituency.
This is what he tweeted yesterday: "Wanna take part in Swacha Bharat abhiyan n start from mumbai!! Wanna start cleaning up all the Marathi hating gujjus from there once for all."
That was followed up with another tweet:
"So much ho ha abt my statement on the Marathi hating gujjus but no 1 is focussing on the hate statements passed by them almost everyday."
But this is not the first time Nitish has ranted against Gujaratis. In April during the Lok Sabha polls, he tweeted,
In August, Nitesh had tweeted: "Kirit Somaiya says all Gujju names went missing in the voters list..hope they r all found in Guj n Amchi Mumbai is freed frm the dhoklas!!!"
Nitish's anti-Gujarati rants in fact are not original. His father, senior Congressman and former chief minister Narayan Rane, had raked up the Marathis versus Gujaratis issue during the state Assembly polls, but faced an embarrassing defeat from the Kudal constituency.
Karti had said two days ago, "There are some serious issues that we must look into. Tamil Nadu political market is very crowded. Congress has to be more proactive. We cannot wait for Delhi to show the path in every single way.
"There must be a far greater autonomy to the state unit. We must be in line with the national policy, but the state unit must be able to act and react much more swiftly in every issue. We have not been able to do that," he reiterated.
He had scored 10 per cent in Maths and Physics, whereas throughout his school career, he had always scored 90 per cent and more.
He wrote to the President of India, asking for his help. President Kalam referred his case to the authorities and two weeks later got a reply that indeed there was a mistake in the evaluation and the marks had been rectified.
In the last 15 years, President Kalam -- arguably India's most popular President and among the founders of the country's space programme -- has interacted with 18 million young Indians, face-to-face, through e-mail and over Facebook. He receives 300 e-mails every day.
Some of these letters appear in his latest book Forge Your Future, which provides an insight into the issues which concern and engage the minds of young Indians today.
President Kalam in conversation with Rediff.com's Archana Masih. Read
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to travel to Australia on November 15 for the G-20 summit and a bilateral visit, Modi mania has gripped Down Under.
Among the things being planned is a special train, the Modi Express, which will run from Melbourne to Sydney, a grand reception by the Indian community in Sydneys Allphones Arena, a state banquet at Melbourne Cricket Ground and a joint parliamentary session in Canberra. A Gujarati film is also being released to coincide with the visit. Read more
What makes today's meeting different from several other attempts that Yadav has attempted is to stitch together a Third Front of non-Congress and non-BJP parties -- in the absence of the Left.
Today's lunch in effect was an effort to create a "pressure or influence group of like-minded parties" ahead of the winter session of Parliament.
The meeting, ostensibly, is to discuss the way ahead for the party in Maharashtra.
BJP has turned the tables on Matoshree on Wednesday, making it clear that Shiv Sena can join the new government only after it backs the trust vote on November 12, which is the new regime's top priority now. NCP's statement last week that it will vote in favour of BJP, and not abstain from the trust vote, has apparently emboldened BJP to dictate terms to Sena.
DNA reports that at an event earlier in the week, Jay told the media, "HNY is the most nonsensical film I've seen in recent years. I said that to the film's lead actor as well. I watched it only because Abhishek was part of it. I told him he's a great actor if he can act stupid in front of the camera like that. I can't be part of what is being done in films these days and hence I don't do films anymore."
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Exuding full confidence in the future of America, Obama in his 90-minute speech said, "We have all the best cards relative to every other country on Earth." "I am really optimistic about America. I know that runs counter to the current mood, but when you look at the facts, our economy is stronger than just about anybody's," he said.
"The United States continues to be a magnet for the best and brightest from all around the world. My job over the next couple of years is to do some practical, concrete things -- as much as possible with Congress; where it's not possible with Congress, on my own -- to show people why we should be confident, and to give people a sense of progress and a sense of hope," Obama said.
They have been subjected to mob attacks before, on residential localities in Lahore, Gojra and other places, which have affected scores of people.
Another such dastardly attack took place on November 4 at a brick-kiln at Kot Radha Kishan, about 60 kilometres southwest of Lahore, where a Christian couple was first beaten to death by a mob, which had accused it of desecrating the Holy Quran, and their bodies then burnt at the same kiln where they laboured. There are few details available about the gory incident, which has been confirmed by the local police.
Read the editorial on Pakistan's Tribune.
When Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung, under pressure from the Supreme Court, held discussions with political parties on forming a government, the end result was predictable: failure.
Given the numbers in the House and the proclivities of the parties, no group was likely to be able to command a majority.
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The cartoon in the Hindu today indicating the shift in support for the AAP and Arvind Kejriwal in the last one year.
The TTP and Jundallah hurriedly claimed responsibility for the heinous act. And we can all now go to sleep peacefully with the conclusion that this might be some Pashtun radical from Waziristan, who has struck a blow in retaliation for the military operation taking place there.
All we now have to do is to watch out for people and communities that may look different or have links with the northern part of the country.
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NCP's statement last week that it will vote in favour of the BJP, and not abstain from the trust vote, has apparently emboldened BJP to dictate terms to Sena.
Just a day earlier, Matoshree had issued an ultimatum to BJP on the issue, demanding that Sena ministers must be sworn in before the trust vote is moved in the state assembly. It meant a share in power was a pre-condition for the Sena's support. Read more
According to party sources, Parrikar who is currently in New Delhi along with Goa unit president Vinay Tendulkar and General Secretary Satish Dhond will arrive in Panaji to attend the meeting this afternoon.
Parrikar yesterday held a meeting with BJP president Amit Shah in Delhi amidst reports that he could get the defence portfolio in a Union cabinet reshuffle.
Later in the night, he followed it up with a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"When I watched what happened in Godhra, I thought Modi is a very dangerous man. But in 2009, I dreamt that he was standing in front of me and smiling. And now, he has become PM. Since then, I have a firm conviction that this man will repeal AFSPA from Manipur, he is capable of doing it. That is my gut instinct, that is my conviction,' she said from a room in the special ward of Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences that has been her home for over a decade.
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Also read the Rediff Special on meeting Irom Sharmila
As we reported yesterday, Narendra Modi will soon reshuffle his Cabinet. The move has been necessitated due to many reasons, mainly the overburdening of some ministers.
The key portfolios of defence and finance are handled by Arun Jaitley, which is considered an impossible task. Ravi Shankar Prasad (information technology and law) and Prakash Javadekar (information and broadcasting, and environment) are also handling two ministries each. Modi is looking for more energy quotient in his ministry.
When asked to comment on Karti's statement against the AICC leadership, Alvi said, "I would not like to comment as I don't know who Karti is."
Yesterday, Karti had said, "We must rethink this high command-observer culture. Regional leaders shouldn't be waiting for commands from Delhi. Delhi can't solve the problems of Tamil Nadu."
Karti called for introspection within the TNCC, saying the party needs course correction.
What makes today's meeting different from several other attempts that Yadav has made to stitch together a Third Front of non-Congress and non-BJP parties, is the absence of the Left. Sources said today's lunch is an effort to create a "pressure or influence group of like-minded parties" ahead of the winter session of Parliament.
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Speaking to workers of her Trinamool Congress yesterday, Banerjee asserted that no one from her party had taken any chit fund money.
"There are many poor parties like us who have never stolen but the news media here has turned us into thieves. Who has taken Saradha money? Our party has not taken any chit fund money," said the CM.
Irom Sharmila has been on fast demanding the repeal of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act 1958 from Manipur since November 5, 2000, after ten civilians were killed in an 'encounter' by Assam Rifles personnel at Malom area near Imphal airport on November 2, 2000.
Human rights activists from several parts of the country and abroad took part in yesterday's programmes across Manipur yesterday, spokespersons of Just Peace Foundation, Human Rights Alert and Apunba Manipur Matam Eshel Kanglup, a major social organisation in the state, said. The protestors also demanded repeal of the AFSPA from the other north eastern states and Jammu and Kashmir.
Read the Rediff special: Meeting Irom Sharmila here
The boy is suspected to be a 16-year-old. He was picked up on Wednesday for interrogation after some individuals brought it to the attention of local police. Since then, the Intelligence Bureau as well as Jharkhand polices Special Branch have interrogated him, The Indian Express reports.
The man who printed the T-shirt and a relative who gave it to him have also been detained.
In a mail sent from an unidentified email ID, they said the board of directors was "hushing up the whole case", though the charges are serious.
Commenting on the charges, an Infosys spokesperson said: "We take every sexual harassment complaint very seriously and each case is thoroughly and expeditiously investigated. Swift and appropriate actions are taken in all such cases. Keeping in view the privacy aspects we do not share particulars of individual cases."
The spokesperson said the company prided itself on the diversity of its workforce and an equal opportunity work environment for its employees.
"One day, I want to hear that title prime minister followed by a British Asian name," he said in his speech at the annual GG2 Leadership Awards in London last night.
"Just not immediately, if that's okay," he added on a lighter note in reference to the upcoming general election in Britain in May 2015. "What makes Britain a success is that every community has a hand in it...but frankly it is still not enough. In Britain today there are still too few people from ethnic minorities in top positions," he said.
Without naming Karti, he said, "We are an inclusive party. Those who disagree with this idea can leave the party."
Speaking to CNN-IBN, Karti had expressed apprehensions about
the functioning of the great old party specially its unit in Tamil
Nadu. He had demanded more autonomy for the Tamil Nadu Congress.
Image: Karti, second from right, and P Chidambaram, right. with Congress President Sonia
Read the full report here
"The American people overwhelmingly believe that this town doesn't work well," Obama said in a news conference in the East Room of the White House, in which he declined to "read the tea leaves" of the election or say whether he deserved blame for its outcome. "As president, they rightly hold me accountable to make it work better."
"It doesn't make me mopey, it energises me," Obama said. "I hear you."
"I have sent my resignation to chief minister's personal secretary," Kumar, who was appointed as personal assistant of Manjhi, told PTI. He said that he has put in his paper as people were raising fingers over his appointment.
Earlier, Manjhi appointed Kumar as his PA and another kin as personal staff, evoking sharp criticism from the BJP which accused the chief minister of violating rules.
As per a notification of the state cabinet secretariat department issued in June this year, Manjhi appointed Kumar as his personal assistant.
Another Manjhi kin Satyendra Kumar has been appointed as a peon.
Read more HERE