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New York : Asking a US court to respect India's sovereignty, India's Congress party has sought dismissal of a human rights violation case relating...

By IANS, New Delhi: The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday sought strict action against the culprits in cases of honour killings, even as the government said it will bring a law to tackle the pernicious practice. The BJP said that honour killings were cold-blooded murders and demanded setting up of fast-track courts to deal with such cases. "The BJP demands that fast track courts must be set up to deal with such cases so that such practices do not continue," BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar told reporters here.

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New Delhi : A decision taken by the Lok Sabha speaker in the House is not open to judicial review, the Supreme Court said...

By Sanu George , Thiruvananthapuram: At the end of the long, sustained, acrimonious electoral campaign, the fate of Kerala's traditional political foes, the Congress-led...

By Vishnu Makhijani, In the 1970s, Vasant Sathe, the information and broadcasting minister, stirred a political storm by suggesting that India needed a presidential form of government. He wasn't being altruistic; it was just his way of paying obeisance to his political master -- prime minister Indira Gandhi.

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net Kolkata: General strike called by seven Left trade unions affected the normal lives in all districts of West...

By IANS, Guwahati : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday hoped the India-US nuclear deal will not be a hurdle to a post-poll tie-up between his Congress and the Left parties. "Well... I hope that stage will not arise," the prime minister told NDTV in an interview here, in reply to a question about his stance should the Left parties put a pre-condition of scrapping the nuclear deal to support a Congress-led government. The Left parties opposed the India-US civil nuclear deal, and withdrew support to the Manmohan Singh government in July 2008.

New Delhi : Amid a political slugfest between the Samajwadi Party and BJP over the water crisis in Uttar Pradesh, especially in drought-hit Bundelkhand...

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By IANS, New Delhi: State-run Air India's AI-102 from New York Wednesday became the first scheduled flight to arrive at India's swankiest and largest terminal at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here but operations were severely affected by a radar glitch in the evening that lasted half-an-hour. The flight which arrived here at 4.45 p.m., with 200 passengers marked the start of the commercial flight operations of what is officially known as Terminal 3 (T3).

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By IANS, Chennai : The review petition filed in the Supreme Court by the centre on the Tamil Nadu government's decision to release the seven...

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By IANS, Kolkata : Breaking from established practice, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) will felicitate its seniormost leader Samar Mukherjee on his 100th birthday next month.

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Patna : Ruling JD-U's president Sharad Yadav was Thursday elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Bihar, an official said. "Yadav has been declared elected...

By IANS, New Delhi : Former union minister and Congress Rajya Sabha MP Akhilesh Das Tuesday resigned from the party and the upper house of parliament, pointing an accusing finger at the "power coterie" surrounding Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi. The resignation of the former minister of state for steel is seen as the first spark of revolt against the functioning of Rahul Gandhi and those close to him.

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New Delhi : Yogendra Yadav of the AAP Saturday resigned from the membership of the party's political affairs committee taking responsibility for the poor...

By IANS, Thiruvananthapuram: Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari Friday demanded the immediate appointment of a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into the "manipulative turnover" of Rs.4.5 lakh crore (Rs.4.5 trillion) of essential goods at the commodity exchange last year. Addressing reporters here on his first visit to the state, Gadkari also demanded the permanent removal of the essential commodities from the forward trading list of the commodity exchanges.

By IANS, Kolkata : The West Bengal government said it will contest the State Election Commission's plea to the Calcutta High Court to reject the panchayat election dates it had notified.

New Delhi : Sanskrit seemed to the flavor of the new Lok Sabha Thursday with many members of the ruling party, led by three...

By IANS, Ranchi : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar hit the campaign trail in Jharkhand Friday. Rajnath Singh arrived here Thursday night. He is to campaign at four places that go to polls in the third phase of assembly elections Dec 8. A BJP leader said the party head will address public meetings at Jamua, Dhanwar, Bagodar and Bermo assembly constituencies.

Chandigarh : Despite opposition from Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal and Amritsar-based SGPC, the newly set-up ad hoc committee of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara...

By Bappadiya Chatterjee and V. Jagannathan Kolkata/Chennai : Higher crop output will be just one of the many gains from a good monsoon season, as...

New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee Thursday accepted the resignation of M.K. Narayanan as governor of West Bengal, a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said. "He has...

By News Agency of Kashmir Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP), after pulling out from congress led coalition last week, today demanded dismissal of the government for its failure to redress people's problems. Four-member group of legislators Earlier, headed by its president called on Governor S K Sinha at Raj Bhavan and submitted a formal letter of withdrawing support to coalition government.

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Congress is unlikely to meet its target of releasing the entire list of candidates for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections by Sep 25, party leaders said Thursday.

By Mohd Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net, Hyderabad: Majlis-e-Itehadul Muslimeen is fighting tooth and nail to retain Nampally the only assembly seat they held in New City. Local powerful leader Feroz Khan a last election runner up is fighting election on TDP ticket in alliance with BJP and in spite of this unholy alliance he is bombastic on defeating Majlis from this Muslim dominated seat pedestal on some bizarre political calculations.

By IANS Guwahati : Ethnic groups in Assam seeking more rights for themselves have called off Tuesday's scheduled meeting with the central government and have announced a 36-hour general strike beginning Dec 30, community leaders said Monday. Leaders of six groups seeking Scheduled Tribes (ST) status have taken a joint decision not to go for Tuesday's meeting with Union Tribal Affairs Minister P.R. Kyndiah in New Delhi, and said they are ready only for tripartite talks involving the community leaders, and the state and the central governments.

Mumbai : The Shiv Sena Monday virtually termed the BJP - its ally in the Maharashtra government - "old wine in new bottle", and...

New Delhi : Continuing its attack on Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, the Congress on Friday said an agreement inked by her government with...

Chandigarh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not be attending the 350th anniversary of the foundation of Sikh holy town of Anandpur Sahib on June...

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By IANS, Bhopal : Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who steered the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to a resounding win in the Madhya Pradesh assembly polls, was Friday sworn-in as the chief minister for a second successive term. He becomes the 29th chief minister of the state. Governor Balram Jakhar administered the oath of office and secrecy in Hindi to 49-year-old Chouhan at the spruced up Jamboori Maidaan (ground) guarded by over 1,000 security men, including the police and National Security Guard commandos, in the BHEL township here. Singh took the oath alone.

By Jaideep Sarin, Chandigarh : Alien, liar, feudal, maverick, mercenary, goonda (goon), chor (thief), cunning man, hypocrite and ruthless - these may not be the...

By IANS, Kolkata: After the Congress, it is now the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) that is wooing Janata Dal-United leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for a post-alliance with the Left-led Third Front grouping. CPI-M leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Budhhadeb Bhattacharjee Thursday said that the party was in constant touch with Nitish Kumar. "I know Nitish Kumar will come with us. He will neither go with the Congress nor with the BJP. We are in regular talks," Bhattacharjee said in Bengali at a public meeting here.

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New Delhi: A city-based hospital, in collaboration with several voluntary groups, on Wednesday launched a campaign to increase awareness for organ donation among people...

By IANS, Bangalore : Former Karnataka chief minister N. Dharam Singh (Congress) won the Bidar seat defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Gurupadappa Nagmarpalli by...

By IANS, Hyderabad : The no-confidence motion moved by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in the Andhra Pradesh assembly against the Congress government was Friday admitted for debate.

Jaipur : The Rajasthan assembly on Thursday passed a bill amending the Right to Education act, to do away with the "no detention policy"...

By IANS, New Delhi : Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee Tuesday called for a collective fight against terrorism as he welcomed a delegation led by Macedonia's Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki. Chatterjee also emphasised the need for reforming the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), taking into account the changing complexion of global realities. Referring to India-Macedonia relations, the Lok Sabha speaker hoped the bilateral ties would be strengthened in diverse areas, including on the parliamentary level.

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By IANS, Amritsar : Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu's incessant wisecracks on television shows barely made up for his long absences from this constituency, where he was re-elected to the Lok Sabha by a dangerously slender margin. Sidhu, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, managed to retain his seat Saturday by being just 7,332 votes ahead of his nearest rival, Om Prakash Soni of the Congress.

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Congress Wednesday defended its decision to ask office-bearers to speak only on subjects concerning them. "These are the norms of the party," Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi told IANS. Dwivedi, who heads the party's media department, Monday sent a communication to office-bearers asking them to speak to journalists only on subjects concerning their areas of responsibility.

By IANS Srinagar : The ruling alliance's promise of 70,000 jobs to unemployed youth in Kashmir has ruffled many feathers in the opposition parties here. As the political parties prepare for the state assembly elections due later this year, the Congress-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alliance government in Jammu and Kashmir recently promised 70,000 jobs to the local youth this year.

By IANS Amritsar : The President of Mauritius Anerood Jugnauth and his wife Sarojini Jugnauth arrived in this Sikh holy city Friday on a private visit. The president was received at the circuit house by Punjab Information and Public Relations Minister Bikram Singh Majithia. He is here on the invitation of the national integrated forum of artists and activists (NIFAA). During his informal meeting with Majithia, the president spoke of the centuries old ties between the people of India and Mauritius.

By IANS, New Delhi : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Gopinath Munde Tuesday withdrew his resignation from all party posts following a meeting with party leaders here. Munde, who abruptly gave up the party posts Sunday, met senior leader L.K. Advani and BJP president Rajnath Singh for talks aimed at resolving the crisis in the party's Maharashtra unit. "Munde has withdrawn his resignations," a party source said after the talks.

New Delhi : Upbeat about the BJP's good show in the Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, party chief Amit Shah Tuesday said...

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New Delhi : India's 68th Independence Day Friday will be notable in many ways, most of all the massive public participation that is being...

By IANS, Srinagar/Jammu : The Jammu and Kashmir assembly was headed Sunday for another hung verdict with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and National Conference racing ahead of others. In just two hours after counting of votes began, officials said that the PDP and National Conference were leading in 13 and 12 seats, respectively, in the Kashmir region followed by 10 for BJP in the Jammu region. The Congress, which had ruled the state for almost three years, was a poor fourth, with its candidates leading in eight seats.

By IANS, New Delhi : Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who returned to power in assembly elections for a third time, will be sworn in Wednesday, party sources said Tuesday.

Jaipur: The Rajasthan assembly on Tuesday passed two bills, providing reservation in educational institutions and government jobs to economically backward classes and special backward...

By IANS, Lucknow : Voting for the by-polls to 11 assembly seats and one Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh began Saturday amid tight security, an official said. A total of 177 candidates, including 12 women, are in the fray. Among the prominent ones are Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate from Ferozabad Lok Sabha seat, Dimple Yadav, daughter-in-law of party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, Congress nominee from the Padrauna assembly seat, Mohini Devi, mother of union minister of state R.P.N. Singh.

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By IANS, Mumbai : Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Chhagan Bhujbal, on his 61st birthday Wednesday, declared that his "personal enmity" with Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray is "over" and that henceforth, any opposition to his one-time mentor would be at the political level. Speaking at a rally at Shivaji Park here organised by the NCP to felicitate him on his birthday, Bhujbal's remark comes close on the heels of his decision last week to withdraw an 11-year-old private defamation complaint filed against Thackeray.

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Seoul/New Delhi : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Monday called on South Korean President Park Geun-hye and invited "bold investments" to benefit from the...

By IANS, Kolkata : Jyoti Basu, who died here Sunday, resigned from active politics in 2000 but continued to guide the communist movement in India. Following is a chronology of his life: - Born in Calcutta (now Kolkata), July 8, 1914. - Graduated from Presidency College with honours in English. He did his Bar at Law from London where he got introduced to Marxism and politics. - Returned to India in 1940. Joined Communist Party of India (CPI). - In 1944 he was a functionary of Bengal railway workers' union.

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New Delhi : Bharatiya Mahila Bank is committed on economic empowerment of women, particularly those from the rural areas, its executive director S. M....

By TwoCircles.net, Staff reporter London: A demonstration have been planned at Downing Street in London to protest Narendra Modi when he...

By IANS, New Delhi: Delhi High Court's Joint Registrar Deepak Garg Saturday deferred to March 8 a decision on the date for the DNA test on Congress leader N.D. Tiwari in a paternity suit.

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By IANS New Delhi:India has thermonuclear capabilities, National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan has emphasised, saying the scientists who raised doubts about the 1998 nuclear tests in Pokhran had personal motives to do so. Narayanan spoke to CNBC-TV18'S Karan Thapar in an interview to be broadcast Monday night. He insisted that India had the thermonuclear device - the first time a government official has made this statement publicly after the recent controversy.

By IANS, Hyderabad : Bowing to the request of a Christian organisation, the all-party Joint Action Committee (JAC) pushing for creation of a Telangana state Thursday decided not to enforce its shutdown on Friday in view of Christmas. At a meeting of JAC leaders, Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao appealed to his party cadres to postpone the shutdown to allow the Christian community to celebrate the festival without any problem. Friday is the second day of a 48-hour shutdown called by the TRS and supported by all other parties.

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Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Friday lambasted the Election Commission after results of the Madurai West assembly by-elections were declared here, saying the poll panel had "put hurdles" in the way of fair polling in the constituency.