Jammu, Dec 17 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajnath Singh has said that the Indian Government should take stern action against Pakistan for allegedly defying the opinion of the international community.

Addressing a news conference in Jammu on Tuesday, Singh said it is time for New Delhi to take some concrete measures.

New Delhi, Dec 16 : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today slammed the decision of the government to slash interest rates as part of its initiative to spur demand amid a global crisis.

Government banks lowered interest rates to 8.5 per cent on home loans for buying a new home costing up to 500,000 rupees and 9.25 per cent for loans between 500,000 rupees to two million rupees.

Jammu, Dec. 15 (ANI): Asserting it would support every honest initiative of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government to combat terror, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh said today the Mumbai carnage was a major security lapse and stringent action should be taken against those responsible for this.

Rajnath Singh told reporters here, UPA government should also put pressure on Pakistan to dismantle the terror network on its soil and take action against perpetrators of the deadly assault on Mumbai.

New Delhi, Dec. 12 : Central leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday summoned former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhare Raje and state unit chief Om Prakash Mathur to Delhi to sort out their differences prior to the 2009 general elections.

Party sources said BJP president Rajnath Singh and senior leaders L K Advani and M Venkaiah Naidu will counsel both Raje and Mathur to set aside their personal differences and work to ensure the party’s victory in the general elections.

New Delhi, Dec 8 : The Congress Party is back in power in Rajasthan and Mizoram and retained Delhi; while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been able to hold Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

The emerging results to Assembly polls show a 3:2 split in favour of Congress, providing a much-needed boost to the Congress-led UPA just ahead of general elections due in April-May 2009.

Congress headed for a hatrick today in Delhi, bagging 42 seats, leaving its rival BJP way behind with 23 seats.