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By IANS, Kolkata : Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member Sitaram Yechury Saturday emphasised on the need for a third political option at the centre and asked the young generation to help form that alternative. "All the opposition forces, which are against communists, are unitedly opposing our initiatives. They are constantly conspiring against us. At this point of time, we need to stand up and face the challenges," Yechury said at the 13th Students Federation of India (SFI) conference at Rani Rashmani Road in central Kolkata here.

By TCN News Delhi: The Prime Minister, President and the Vice President conveyed their greetings and best wishes on the occasion of Eid-Ul-Fitr. "My greetings...

Hyderabad : YSR Congress Party president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy on Tuesday urged the TDP to pull out of the central government, saying the latter...

By IANS, New Delhi : Parliament Thursday gave its nod to the long-awaited banking laws amendment bill, paving the way for issuance of new bank licences and consolidation in the sector.

Patna : RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for openly "advertising" Paytm, which is jointly owned by a...

By Masood Peshimam for TwoCircles.net, A new dimension is added to the controversial suspension of AIMIM legislator Waris Pathan’s over refusing to say Bharat Mata...

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By IANS, Srinagar : A desire for good governance and solutions to their daily problems held sway over Kashmiris as they turned up in large numbers to vote for the second time, defying a poll boycott by separatists in Jammu and Kashmir Sunday. While the huge turnout has left mainstream politicians upbeat, separatists said it was an "illegitimate voting" and cannot be held as peoples' "yes to status quo" over the Kashmir issue. "I am satisfied with the turnout. People are voting for good governance," Omar Abdullah, National Conference president, told IANS.

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By IANS, Nagpur : Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi has an "impressive personality" and a bright future, film star turned Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Shatrughan Sinha said Sunday. Speaking to reporters on a visit here, Sinha, am MP from Bihar, said in Hindi: "He (Rahul) is a nice person, has impressive personality and has a bright future." Continuing his praise of Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son, Sinha said: "He (Gandhi) is working at the grassroots and progressing well."

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By Vikas Datta, A British prime minister who was a novelist too, a US president known for works on history and nature, an Indian statesman who was a famous philosopher too... They make a compelling case that politics is not a full-time occupation and its practitioners can shine in other fields too. Writing - beyond autobiographies or political polemics - for one.

Lucknow Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh Tuesday called on Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav at his residence here. He was closeted with...

Kolkata : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called on the ailing Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission president Swami Atmasthananda at a hospital run...

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday named its candidates for the forthcoming elections to the Rajya Sabha from Bihar and Karnataka. "Rajiv Pratap Rudy will be our candidate for the lone seat from Bihar, while in Karnataka M. Rama Jois and B. Prabhakara Kore will be the candidates," said Ananth Kumar, BJP general secretary. Rudy, who hails from Bihar and had contested unsuccesfully against Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad, was tipped to get the ticket this time. He is also the party spokesperson.

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Lucknow : The Bharatiya Janata Party Tuesday alleged that Uttar Pradesh was fast turning into a hub of terrorists and members of the banned outfit Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).

Referring to the Sunday's attack on BJP parliamentarian Yogi Adityanath in Azamgarh district, senior BJP leader Kalraj Mishra said, "The incident clearly reflects that Uttar Pradesh, especially eastern region of the state, has transformed into a centre of unlawful elements."

New Delhi: A court here on Monday agreed to hear defamation complaint against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for allegdly using derogatory word "thulla"...

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By IANS, Ahmedabad: Gujarat's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took early leads Thursday as officials counted the millions of votes cast in the two-phase state election.

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Srinagar: Senior PDP leader and former Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig Friday won from Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency, officials said. Bharatiya...

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By IANS, Patna : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday accused the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) central government of conducting "systematic manoeuvres to destabilize and derail" non-Congress or non-UPA state governments and especially targeting popular BJP chief ministers like Narendra Modi of Gujarat.

By IANS, Shimla : Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Tuesday rejected the resignation of Health Minister Rajiv Bindal, saying the opposition

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By IANS, Kolkata : West Bengal's ruling Left Front Monday said that it would launch a protest against the rising prices of essential commodities by taking out rallies and holding street corner meetings across the state between Feb 20 and March 9. "The state Left Front will protest against the price hike issue by taking out rallies at the district level between Feb 20 and March 2. After that we will organise various street corner meetings across the state till March 9," Left Front chairman Biman Bose said at a press conference here.

By IANS, New Delhi : Senior Congress leader and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Sunday resigned as president of the party's West Bengal unit "due to his heavy government responsibilities". Announcing this here, party general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said: "The Congress president Sonia Gandhi has also appointed Manas Ranjan Bhunia as the new president of the party's West Bengal unit with immediate effect." Bhunia is the leader of the Congress legislative party in the West Bengal assembly.

By IANS, New Delhi : The Cabinet Monday cleared a bill to protect whistleblowers and it is likely to be tabled during the ongoing monsoon session of parliament, official sources said. The approval for the Public Interest Disclosure (Protection of Information) Bill, 2010, was given at a cabinet meeting presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. As per the bill, the onus will be on the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) to protect the identity of the citizens who provide information about the misuse of governmental authority and funds.

By IANS, Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh) : Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Friday promised to create modern sports facilities in his Amethi Lok Sabha constituency. His remarks came after witnessing the finals of an inter-state kabaddi competition in Gauriganj village on the second day of his visit to the constituency. He also utilised the opportunity to take tips on the game from the players. At a meeting with office-bearers of the Congress' rural unit, Gandhi once again blamed the state government for its lethargic approach towards implementing central government schemes.

New Delhi : Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday condoled the death of his ministry's public relation officer (PRO) from Chennai, Natesan Andavan, who...

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New Delhi : The Trinamool Congress Tuesday raised the issue of Prime Minister Narendra Modi offering prayers at the Pashupatinath temple in Nepal and...

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday asked the government to withdraw permission given to Naga separatist leader Thuingaleng Muivah to visit his birthplace in Manipur, in order to defuse the situation created by economic blockade of the state by some Naga groups. The blockade is enforced by Naga tribal groups against the Manipur government's decision not to allow Muivah to visit the state.

By IANS, New Delhi: The Lok Sabha will resume its sitting from April 15 instead of April 12, as scheduled earlier, the Lok Sabha Secretariat said here Tuesday. "Accordingly, the sittings of the Lok Sabha fixed on Monday, April 12, and Tuesday, April 13, stand cancelled," it said. The budget session of parliament commenced Feb 22, and both houses went into recess March 16.

Hyderabad: A city court on Tuesday extended, till June 15, the judicial custody of TDP legislator A. Revanth Reddy and two other accused in...

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New Delhi: A court here on Monday extended by four days the police custody of Delhi's former law minister Jitender Singh Tomar, who has...

By IANS, Bhopal : The opposition Congress Monday walked out of the Madhya Pradesh assembly demanding an adjournment motion to discuss the problem in Singrauli where work at the 1,200 MW Essar power plant has been stalled due to a clash between farmers and the administration over compensation for land. Soon after the house - that assembled after four days holiday - had paid tribute to former prime minister V.P. Singh and others, Choudhary Rakesh Singh Chaturvedi of the Congress demanded an adjournment motion on the Singrauli issue.

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By Alkesh Sharma, IANS, Gurdaspur (Punjab): A large crowd, including women, in this border town of Punjab waited in open for hours in the scorching sun for a glimpse and address of Sonia Gandhi at an election rally Sunday. And when Gandhi in her flawless Hindi speech "saluted" Gurdaspur - "the land of warriors and hardworking people", the crowd, the women in particular, was left spellbound. Looking glamorous in traditional attires, many of the women were dancing and singing with enthusiasm when Gandhi arrived.

By IANS, New Delhi: Welcoming the party directive asking leaders not to speak out of turn, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh Thursday said he had not criticized Home Minister P. Chidambaram and he stood by his remarks. "I have said what I wanted to say. I stand by it. The debate on Naxalism (Maoism) was going astray with them being called revolutionaries or terrorists," Digvijay Singh said in an interaction with mediapersons.

By IANS, Gurgaon : Fit as a man half his age and with a ringing command in his voice, 69-year-old acclaimed author Jeffrey Archer tickled his fans' funny bone here Friday by saying that he wants to be India's transport minister and narrated how a kid tried to sell him a pirated version of his own book. Starting off with his signature tongue-in-cheek English humour, Archer didn't leave any stone unturned to cast satiric remarks on the capital's traffic and book piracy, leaving the fans bursting out in guffaws.

By IANS, Kolkata : An estimated 13 percent voters exercised their franchise in the first two hours of polling across 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in the second phase of the West Bengal elections Thursday. Polling was by and large peaceful though there were sporadic incidents and complaints and counter-complaints from contesting parties. Long queues were seen outside polling booths as voters, young and old, began trickling into polling stations long before they opened at 7 a.m. to beat the oppressive heat that is bound to make things difficult for the electors as the day progresses.

By IANS, Chronology of a day when the United Progressive Alliance announced Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as its presidential candidate

Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has urged the central government to decide on area-based tax incentives to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana...

Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Tuesday quashed the detention order of hardline separatist leader Masrat Alam under the stringent Public...

By Ruchika Kher, IANS, New Delhi : While political parties are gearing up for elections to the 15th Lok Sabha, garnering the attention of the people are thought-provoking and crisp television ads urging them to vote -- and vote responsibly. Campaigns like Lead India 09, Tata Tea "Jaago re" and UTV Bindass "Ungli Utha Vote Kar" are aimed at motivating Indians to vote in the coming elections starting April 16. These campaigns have assumed significance, given the fact that a huge chunk of voters prefer to stay away from polling booths.

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New Delhi: BJP has won a "new state" while the Congress has lost two, union Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Thursday stressing that the...

By IANS, Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Monday resigned from the office, ending a week of uncertainty about his government but leaving the poll-bound state in a severe political crisis. Governor N.N. Vohra has accepted Azad's resignation but asked the chief minister to "continue till you further hear from me”, informed sources said. The sources said the governor has also asked Leader of Opposition Abdur Rahim Rather if his party, the National Conference, would stake the claim to form the government.

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By IANS, Kolkata : A Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activist died Friday at Nandigram in East Midnapore district of West Bengal after he was allegedly beaten up by Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers Thursday. "Khalek, a CPI-M activist, was allegedly attacked and beaten up by TMC supporters Thursday at Hajrakota area of Nandigram. He died Friday. We have not arrested anyone in this context so far," West Bengal Inspector-General (law and order) Raj Kanojia told IANS.

Shimla : Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh Thursday described the railway budget as average, full of hollow promises and rather disappointing for the...

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) election's fever reached its peak Friday, the last day of campaigning before the voting April 15.

By IANS, New Delhi : A Delhi court Wednesday allowed 2G case accused former telecom minister A. Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi to cast their vote in the presidential poll Thursday.

Patna: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi failed to comply with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's request to take back his "DNA" remark,...

ArrayKolkata : Hundreds of members of the LGBT community participated in the Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk 2016, demanding revocation of Section 377, implementation of...

By IANS, Kolkata : In a bid to repair the strained ties with Congress, the Trinamool Congress leadership has asked its MPs to attend the lunch hosted by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi Monday.

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By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram : Sindhu Joy, a firebrand student leader of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), Thursday quit the party saying she had been sidelined.

New Delhi : The Congress is not being obstructionist on the insurance bill, party leader Anand Sharma said Tuesday, adding that a select committee...

New Delhi : The Delhi Cabinet on Friday approved the 'Delhi Slum and JJ Relocation and Rehabilitation Policy, 2015' which would ban demolition of...

New Delhi: The BJP will ask President Pranab Mukherjee and the Election Commission to take action against AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal for accusing a...

Patna : A private company engaged in construction of Ganga Expressway in Patna has sought security following killing of two engineers in Darbhanga district...

By IANS, Bangalore : Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) J. Shantha is the lone woman to win from Karnataka, with the other three known women candidates, including Margaret Alva, tasting defeat in the Lok Sabha elections the results of which were announced Saturday. Apart from the Congress' Alva, Tejaswini Gowda of the party also lost, as also Radha Sundaresh of the Communist Party of India (CPI). Altogether 29 women candidates contested for the 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka.

By IANS, New Delhi : With leading opposition parties rallying around broadcasters protesting against a move to "gag" the media, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said any decision on television guidelines to deal with emergency situations would be taken only after "widest possible consultations with all the stakeholders". The prime minister's assurance came amid calls by leading opposition parties like the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) asking the government to evolve a consensus on this contentious issue.

Mumbai Oct 22 (IANS) A Muslim cleric, Maulana Mufti Ismail, bagged the Malegaon assembly seat (near Nashik), while Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) opened its account in Vikhroli (Mumbai north-east suburb) here Thursday in the Maharashtra assembly elections. The Malegaon winner belongs to the Jan Surajya Party which is part of the Republican Left Democratic Front (RLDF), know as the Third Front of 18 parties. MNS's Mangesh Sangle has bagged the Vikhroli seat in a BJP bastion, defeating Shiv Sena's former Mumbai mayor Datta Dalvi.

By IANS, Patna : Television star Shekhar Suman, who was earlier named as the Congress candidate from Patna Sahib seat in Bihar, Monday formally joined the party here and launched an attack on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi calling him a "bad guy of politics". Shekhar refused to comment on Modi's remarks that Congress is a gudia (doll) party, saying, "I react to only good people's comments, please." Shekhar joined the party in the presence of Iqbal Singh, party-in-charge of Bihar, and hundreds of slogan shouting and cheering supporters.

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By IANS, Mawkyrwat (Meghalaya) : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday urged the youth to join politics to eradicate corruption and to improve the country.

By IANS, Lucknow : Chief Minister Mayawati is out to impress the 13th Finance Commission whose members are here look into Uttar Pradesh's financial demands out of the central government's kitty. Top bureaucrats have been on their toes right from the time Finance Commission chief Vijay Kelkar landed here Tuesday night along with B.K. Chaturvedi, Indra Raja Raman, Atul Sharma, Sanjeev Misra and Soumit Bose.

By M.R. Narayan Swamy, IANS, New Delhi : After days of tense standoff over the India-US nuclear deal, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday won majority support in parliament by a bigger margin than expected, shortly after three opposition MPs dramatically displayed wads of currency in the Lok Sabha alleging they had been bribed to abstain during the trust vote.

By IANS, Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Sunday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) betrayed his party JD-U even after then BJP president...

By IANS, Lucknow: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Murli Manohar Joshi Monday said those involved in the Adarsh Housing Society scam should not be allowed to continue in their posts.

New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted the nation on the Constitution Day being marked here for the first time. "Greetings to...

By Venkatachari Jagannathan, Sivaganga (Tamil Nadu) : Finance Minister P. Chidambaram is no more the Congress candidate here, but his son Karti is. And both...

By IANS, Mumbai : Elections to 10 major municipal corporations in Maharashtra, including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, will be held Feb 16, an election official said Tuesday.

By IANS, Chennai : DMK president M. Karunanidhi said Wednesday that his party quit the UPA after India helped in watering down the US resolution against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC in Geneva.

By IANS Thiruvananthapuram : The opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) Friday said it would look into the alleged illegal land deals surfacing in Kerala, including the deal by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to buy land near the Ponmudi hill station for a proposed space institute.

New Delhi : Urging young engineers to help move India to the status of an innovation hub, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said...

New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday appreciated the good work done by the central government secretaries in the past 10 months,...

New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said he was "disappointed" that Pakistan sought to make a "spectacle" of efforts at talks and...

New Delhi : Delhi BJP chief Satish Upadhyay on Saturday demanded state Transport Minister Gopal Rai's resignation over the alleged auto-rickshaw permit scam. The Bharatiya...

By IANS, Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi admitted Monday that the government's welfare schemes had inbuilt error components. "Nobody can create schemes to benefit the poor sans inbuilt mistakes. Even if Mahatma Gandhi or god were to launch them as political heads, they cannot ensure error free programmes. But, on that count, wouldn't banning sops eternally be sheer madness as well?" Karunanidhi asked as he launched the rice at Re.1/kg scheme here on the birth centenary of late C.N. Annadurai, founder of the ruling DMK.

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Ahmedabad : A Dalit youth, who had attempted to commit suicide to protest against beating of four from the community for skinning of...

By IANS, Hyderabad : Refusing to join the race of populist schemes with the opposition parties, the ruling Congress party in Andhra Pradesh Monday released its election manifesto, pledging to continue the welfare schemes implemented during the last five years. Instead of promising any major freebies, the Congress has decided to seek votes on the basis of its "credibility and performance".

By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net, Bangalore: The Social Democratic Party of India, (SDPI), in its National Working Committee, (NWC), meeting held at Bangalore on August 5 has opposed the field trials of Genetically Modified, (GM), seeds and demanded that till a well inquired report of experts of the subject is not procured and considered by the Parliament, the Government must stop every move regarding its field trials in India in any manner. The meeting was presided over by party’s national president A. Sayeed.

By IANS Ahmedabad : The government has put the demand for more autonomy to the premier Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) in cold storage, its director Bakul Dholakia alleged Wednesday. A paper underlining several recommendations of the institute was sent to the human resource development ministry two years back but it had not received any favourable reply, he said.

By IANS, Hyderabad : A physically challenged man has become the first member of Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi's political party. The actor, who is set to formally launch the party at temple town of Tirupati Aug 26, announced Thursday he was admitting K. Balakrishna, a physically challenged man, as the first member of the party. A day before his 53rd birthday, Chiranjeevi made this announcement before reporters at his party office here and welcomed more people who joined his party.

By IANS Thiruvananthapuram : Even as K. Karunakaran wants to go back to the Congress, his son and state Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president K. Muraleedharan has said he will not join the party. "Let me make one thing very clear. Even if Karunakaran returns to the Congress party, I and the state unit of the NCP under no circumstances will return. If he wants he is free to join the Congress, I will never go," Muraleedharan told reporters here Saturday.

Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh) : BJP leader Varun Gandhi Tuesday defended his decision to be with the BJP and refused to criticize his cousin Priyanka...

By IANS, Shillong : In tune with the typical characteristic of shifting combinations in Meghalaya politics, the Congress party and its main rival, the United Democratic Party (UDP) Tuesday announced they would form a coalition government - the third government in just 14 months. "The UDP and the Congress together met Governor R.S. Mooshahary and staked claim to form the government. The swearing in ceremony is likely to take place Wednesday around 11 a.m.," UDP leader and former chief minister Donkupar Roy told journalists after emerging from the Raj Bhawan in capital Shillong.

By IANS New Delhi : The opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Tuesday formally endorsed L.K. Advani as its prime ministerial candidate and expressed confidence that he would lead the alliance to victory in the next general elections. The NDA leaders, comprising all their chief ministers, party presidents and leaders in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, met at the residence of Advani here to discuss the campaign strategy for the next general elections.

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By Prashant Sood, New Delhi : Five months after its rout in the Lok Sabha polls, the Congress appears not to have made any major...

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By IANS, New Delhi : After giving signals of getting closer to the Congress, Samajwadi Party Friday did a u-turn and announced it would work closely with Left parties to form an alternative to the ruling coalition as well as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Aizawl:The election to the lone Lok Sabha seat in Mizoram has been deferred to April 11 due to a three-day shutdown and poll boycott...

By IANS, Raipur : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Wednesday accused the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the centre of framing Hindu leaders in the Sep 26 Malegaon blast case in an attempt to win the upcoming assembly polls. "Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has no evidence against Hindu religious leaders but it is continuously targeting them as part of a conspiracy hatched by the Congress-led government at the centre," Rajnath Singh said at a press conference here.

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Nagpur: A Dalit woman has filed a rape complaint against a police sub-inspector (SI) alleging he sexually exploited her for...

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Sunday welcomed Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray's daughter-in-law Smita's move to join the Congress, saying such a move will "weaken communal forces". "If she has a realisation that she was at a wrong place, if she comes to the secular framework, it should be welcomed," NCP general secretary Tariq Anwar told IANS. The NCP is the alliance partner of the Congress in Maharashtra and the two parties won a majority in last month's assembly elections.

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Thiruvananthapuram : Amid reports that ace comedian and character artist Jagadish would likely be fielded by the Congress for the Lok Sabha polls, the...

By IANS, New Delhi : Congress leader Murli Deora took charge as the union minister for petroleum and natural gas Friday morning and announced a new scheme for distribution of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in villages. When asked about auto fuel deregualtion, Deora told reporters that the matter was under consideration and no time frame had been set. Minister of State for Petroleum Jitin Prasada also took charge of his office.

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By IANS, Chennai: The nationwide strike called by 13 parties to protest rising food prices evoked mixed response in Tamil Nadu Tuesday. While normal life was largely unaffected, shops in a few districts like Karur, Gobichettipalayam and Mayiladuthurai were closed. Production in textile units in Karur and Tirupur were affected as workers did not turn up for work. Buses and trucks to Kerala were stopped at the borders, disrupting supplies of vegetables and other items to that state. However, there were no disruptions in rail services.

Male : Some 183 Maldivian journalists have signed a historic petition urging authorities to tackle threats to press freedom, including the withdrawal of a...

By Abdul Hannan Once again, nation on alert on the eve of 6th December, the day when a historical Mosque was brought down by the powers and by the organizations who intend to implement their own curriculum on India. Secular India remained always hurdle in their eyes. Believing on secular systems and understanding of other communities’ rights to live freely in India are not in their dictionary. They have other vision for India.

By Kaleem Kawaja, In the campaign for the recent election in India Mr Narendra Modi and his BJP followers barnstormed the nation for many months finding fault with almost every government in the last 67 years, and proclaimed that if elected they will hit the ground running to unite the very diverse nation, bring in much economic recovery, strong law and order, remove influence peddling from governance and reinforce a fairness based polity. Indeed Mr Modi's pet slogan was that the dawn of the good days is just on the horizon.

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By IANS, Agartala : Polling to elect a new assembly in the Left-ruled Tripura ended peacefully Thursday with more than 92 percent voters casting their ballots.

New Delhi : Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad on Thursday said the Narendra Modi government's one year in office has been a complete...

New Delhi : The CPI-M on Tuesday denounced India's decision to abstain against Israel in a UN Human Rights Council vote as a sign...

By IANS, New Delhi : Praja Rajyam Party chief K.Chiranjeevi Sunday announced the merger of his party with the Congress.

Chandigarh/Chennai : Haryana minister Anil Vij said on Wednesday that "those who cannot live without beef should not come to Haryana". His comment came on...

By Brajendra Nath Singh At least one thing is sure. Call drops don't just affect the common man. Even ministers are victims of the sudden...

New Delhi : A court here on Tuesday ordered Payal Abdullah, the estranged wife of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, to...

Dhaka/Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee congratulated Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar after her embattled Bihar counterpart Jitan Ram Manjhi dramatically...

By IANS, New Delhi: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has accused Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders of misusing their central ministerial positions to "unleash politics of terror" in West Bengal. Reacting to the assault by TMC activists on CPI-M supporters in Nandigram and Khejuri in West Bengal, an editorial in party mouthpiece People's Democracy states: "The supreme anti-democratic character of the TMC is fast unfolding, accompanied by murderous assaults on the CPI-M and the Left parties in West Bengal."

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By IANS, New Delhi : Ajay Maken was Sunday elevated as cabinet minister. He was earlier minister of state holding independent charge of the youth...

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By IANS, Jaipur : The Congress will set up a group to have a rethink on electoral reforms, especially political funding, party chief Sonia Gandhi said Sunday.

By Nityanand Shukla, IANS, Ranchi : Political parties contesting the Jharkhand assembly elections are promising a corruption free government and cheaper food grain to the poor. The manifestoes of major parties read alike promising to subsidize food to families living below the official Below Poverty Line (BPL). And with former chief minister Madhu Koda in the dock over serious corruption charges, everyone is promising to stamp out sleaze.

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By IANS, New Delhi : Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan is going against the concept of collective responsibility of the cabinet as he is criticising his own colleagues, state Congress president Ramesh Chennithala said here Saturday. "The decision to take the loan was taken by the cabinet charied by Achuthanandan. He is responsible for it and not his ministers. As the head of the cabinet, he should support his cabinet colleagues. But, unfortunately he is still haunting his cabinet colleagues on the ADB loan," Chennithala said.

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Agra: Agra Mayor Indrajeet Arya from the BJP and BSP legislator Chhote Lal Verma Tuesday joined the Samajwadi Party. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav...