Politician Promise

During the election campaign, Bardoli Congress candidate Dr Tushar Chaudhary had assured his tribal voters that he will keep his promises to solve the forestland acquisition issue. Now on Monday, he will leave for Delhi to take charge as Minister of State for Tribals. Nowadays, he is travelling in different villages thanking the voters for [...]

The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, L K Advani, said on Sunday that he will corner the new UPA government on how it goes about bringing black money back to India within 100 days, as it promised in its election campaigns. Addressing a thanks-giving function on his first visit to Gujarat after [...]

Comparing himself with master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that he was being criticised for failing to perform up to people’s expectations in the just-concluded general elections. “I am being criticised presently for not being able to deliver as per expectations everyone had from me,” he said, apparently referring to [...]

RANCHI - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Monday said that the Gujarat development formula would be implemented in the country if the party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is voted to power at the centre. Modi, who addressed four election rallies in favour of party candidates in Jharkhand, enumerated the work [...]

Feb. 21: The Gujarat Chief Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, said on Saturday that the Telangana state would become a reality by Independence Day this year. He said the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance was committed to creation of Telangana within 100 days if it came to power at the Centre. Addressing the BJP’s Sankalpa Yatra meet here Mr [...]

Industrialists assure Gujarat of Rs. 2.75-lakh crore investments — PHOTO: AP The “Vibrant Gujarat” summit began in Ahmedabad on Monday. Among the participants (from left) are: Tata Motors Chairman Ratan Tata, Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Japanese Ambassador Hideaki Domichi and Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani. AHMEDABAD: [...]

Ahmedabad, Jan 1 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has announced that repair and restoration work will be undertaken at the Bhadrakali temple here, which was built by the Marathas in the medieval era, to make it an important landmark.Speaking at the concluding function of the week-long Kankaria Carnival here Wednesday, Modi said a [...]

Students to be trained in technology to fight terror PALANPUR: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi unfurled the tricolour at the Independence Day celebrations here and announced a three-year age relaxation for competitive examinations to State government jobs. He promised to set up a “Security University” and a “Forensic Science University” in the State. Attacks terrorism [...]

AHMEDABAD: The fathers of two boys, studying in the Gurukul of religious leader Asaram, whose bodies were found in mysterious circumstances on the banks of Sabarmati river broke their indefinite fast on Tuesday after Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi promised a fair probe into the death. The issue of the death of two cousins and directionless [...]

Bangalore, May 6 Around 4:30 p.m., as the crowd began assembling at the Tumkur University grou-nds, 70 km from Bangalore, the loud speaker blared BJP campaign songs set to popular Kannada film tunes. At regular intervals, a party official announced that the “hat-trick hero” was in town after a gap of 15 years. The “hat-trick [...]

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