Omar Abdullah reacts strongly to Modi’s criticism

- December 1, 2013

 Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday reacted  with a barrage of posts on microblogging social networking site Twitter to contest the criticism levelled against him and his government by Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi during his maiden public rally here Sunday.    Commenting on the 'facts' Modi put across

Rajnath seeks PM’s intervention for relief to sugarcane farmers

- December 1, 2013

 BJP president Rajnath Singh Sunday sought the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to get pending payments of sugarcane farmers released and ensure that sugar mills get on with crushing in cane producing states of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka.    In a letter to the prime minister, Rajnath Singh also accused the United Progressive

Modi attacks Congress on graft, security of women

- December 1, 2013

 Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Sunday attacked the Congress on issues of corruption and security of women in the national capital.    He said people of Delhi should remember "Nirbhaya" while going to vote for the assembly polls Dec 4 and asserted that the city was not safe for its "mothers