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With talks between Bharatiya Janata Party and the Telugu Desam Party being stuck over sharing of seats in Andhra Pradesh, senior party leader Venkaiah Naidu today indicated that BJP will contest upcoming polls on its own if the Chandrababu Naidu-led party fails to spell out its stand within 24...
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An opinion poll conducted by RSS mouthpiece 'Organiser' ahead of Lok Sabha elections has said development and governance were top issues before voters but steered clear of any mention of Ram Temple. The survey, published in the latest issue of the weekly, said BJP's prime ministerial nominee...
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Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Yashwant Sinha took a dig at outgoing FM P Chidambaram on Sunday saying that the Bombay Stock Exchange's sensitive index's rise coincided with the announcement that the latter wasn't contesting Lok Sabha polls 2014. Addressing scribes at the BJP...
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Narendra Modi today attacked the Congress and Rahul Gandhi for giving a ticket to former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, who has been indicted in the Adarsh Housing scam in Mumbai.Congress shameless, says no law stops Chavan from contesting. Rahul Gandhi said investigation will take...
15:20
CNN-IBN reports: Angered by the comments of Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi over his alleged links with Indian Mujahideen mastermind Yasin Bhatkal, expelled JDU leader Sabir Ali said that he will be sending a legal notice to the Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson.Sabir Ali also demanded an apology from...
15:15
The broadcast and publication of opinion polls is unlikely to be restricted in the coming months as Election Commission has told the Law Ministry that it will not take such a step using its powers under the Constitution and it wants the government to come out with a law on the issue.Days after...
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Mounting an attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party, United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Sunday said the Opposition party talks big and believes in the politics of hate. Congress has strengthened the country's 'Ganga-Jamuna' culture but the BJP is all out to weaken the...
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Targeting Maratha strongman Sharad Pawar in the farmers' suicide belt of Amravati, Narendra Modi today said the Agriculture Minister has time to talk on cricket but has been unable to save farmers.He said Pawar has done little to save the farmers in the belt, which has seen a spate of suicides by...
13:59
The Central Vigilance Commission will review preliminary enquiries filed by the CBI in connection with the multi-crore coal blocks allocation scam. The anti-corruption watchdog, which exercises superintendence over CBI to oversee corruption cases, will call a meeting with agency officials...
11:56
Assets of 16 select Aam Aadmi Party candidates who have already filed their nominations show that at an average, each is worth Rs 18.06 crore. While the richest -- V Balakrishnan -- is worth Rs 190 crore, the poorest -- Rakhi Birla -- has only Rs 1.65 lakh to her name. Some of the...
11:53
M J Akbar is formidably good at debate, but his talents lie in being mostly clever and often rude.He likes to dominate. He is short of temper and curt with all those not as smart as he is (everyone). These are not good qualities for a spokesman.So then what does Akbar bring to team Narendra...
11:49
The first votes are yet to be cast. Victory though, it would seem, is a mere formality. Bankers and investors on Wall Street and Dalal Street are voting with dollars and rupees. The Sensex is defying gravity, sentiment is challenging logic. Investment banks are in a race of...
11:46
In an attempt to boost Congress' campaign for the upcoming General Elections, party president Sonia Gandhi will address a rally in the national capital on Sunday. Sonia will address the rally at Ajmal Khan Park in Karol Bagh in New Delhi constituency. Party leaders say Sonia's rally will...
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Lebanon's state news agency says a suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden car has targeted an army checkpoint near a town close to the Syrian border.The National News Agency said the Saturday evening bombing just outside the eastern Lebanese town of Arsal killed several soldiers and wounded...
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John Kerry, the US secretary of state is to meet Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister next week to discuss a potential resolution to the Ukraine stand-off.The meeting was announced a day after Vladimir Putin called Barack Obama in an effort to launch a fresh diplomatic effort to...
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Taliban fighters unleashed a barrage of gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades at the headquarters of Afghanistan's election commission on Saturday, a week before Afghans are to vote for a new president in an election that the Taliban has vowed to disrupt. There were no immediate reports of...
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Telangana unit of BJP today said the party would fight April 30 Lok Sabha and assembly elections in the region alone, indicating that talks with Chandrababu Naidu-led Telugu Desam Party over sharing of seats have failed. While announcing the party's decision to go solo, Telangana unit BJP...
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Panic gripped people here after gas leaked from an LPG tanker which overturned and fell on a stationary autorickshaw killing its driver, before experts temporarily plugged it some five hours after the mishap. In view of the LPG tanker tragedy at Chala in neighbouring Kannur district in 2012,...
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In Brazil, the land of mini bikinis and voluptuous carnival dancers, most people say a woman who shows off her body deserves to be raped, according to a poll that has triggered outrage. Of the 3,810 respondents of both sexes who responded to the government's Institute of Applied Economic...
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