Congress says it is not principally against cow protection but is against targeting Dalits and Muslims in the name of gau raksha.
Giving a call for a "jihad" against corruption, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani on Friday said the menace has engulfed the United Progressive Alliance at the Centre and the Congress-ruled Assam.
The 'erring' policemen would be sent for intensive refresher training as part of the departmental action.
'From chaiwala he has now become Rafalewala. He speaks a bunch of lies,' the West Bengal CM said.
"For a few weeks eat lots of salad with carrots, radish, cucumber and tomatoes in it."
Voting was adopted as per the directive of the All India Congress Committee for selection of a Congress candidate for the prestigious Guwahati Lok Sabha constituency on Wednesday. There were a total of 7 aspirants for the party poll ticket.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made a scathing attack on Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on his home turf, calling him a "tantrik" (occultist) and his party "Rashtriya Jadu Tona Party" as he reached out to the youth and weaker sections, promising a six-point programme for the state's development.
Shah attended a function on renaming of Mughalsarai junction after Pt Deendayal Upadhyay.
With a sulking Jaswant Singh set to contest from Barmer as an Independent after being denied a party ticket, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley on Sunday said leaders should sometimes learn to accept a "no" from the party.
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Invoking Sardar Patel, BJP's prime ministerial hopeful, Narendra Modi asked the people of Gujarat to pay homage to the legendary freedom fighter by voting him to power in Delhi, and said if he is sent to jail he will open a tea stall there.
A viral video shows the woman leader asking girl, 'Don't you understand who is a Hindu and who is a Muslim?'
MPs will, however, continue to enjoy facilities like being served tea, coffee and water for free at airports, have free access to the terminal building and enjoy reserved lounge facilities at international and domestic terminals
In a sharp retort to Priyanka Gandhi's barb of indulging in "low-level" politics, Narendra Modi on Tuesday invoked his 'backward class' status to further mount attack on the Congress' star campaigner.
'The American fear of the Chinese military is overblown. The countries that should be concerned are China's neighbours,' Jeffrey Wasserstrom tells Rahul Jacob.
The public feels there is a mismatch between what the prime minister says and what happens on the ground, but Narendra Modi continues to enjoy public support.
The BJP's message is that the past must be reinvented as creatively as imagination allows, states Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
The prime minister said the opposition's hatred against him was reaching new levels daily and they have a competition over who abused him the most.
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi sought to make it loud and clear in Lucknow on Tuesday that the country's prime ministership was not his cup of tea, and that he was totally focused on rejuvenation of the Youth Congress and the National Students Union of India across the country.
BJP's Kiran Bedi made an all-out effort on Thursday morning to woo voters .
Sonowal's name as the party's face came as no surprise as he came with a clean image and no baggage and enjoyed the confidence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Rediff reader Vineet Sharma reveals how he went from 107 kg to 90 kg.
Why are states important to win for national parties? What is the significance of local power? That was what we should have a look at because the Congress has been squeezed out of power in more states today than it has ever been in history.
This is the first meeting chaired by Gandhi after relinquishing the post of Congress president last year.
'It is the moment where compassion and empathy must supersede our identity, politics, or our ambitions.'
'He has attacked our enemies in their own backyard.'
Details of the meeting are yet to emerge.
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, Janata Dal-United's Sharad Yadav, Samajwadi Party's Ramgopal Yadav and Aam Aadmi Party's Arvind Kejriwal will meet at Sharad Pawar's residence on Wednesday.
With the Gujarat going to the polls, name calling has peaked this election season with words like neech and Babar bhakt being flung around.
With help from family members and pension amounts, some Delhi electoral hopefuls are managing to stay afloat financially in the battle for ballots. Their sole prayer -- let there not be another hung assembly. Rediff.com contributor Upasna Pandey reports.
Tea and snacks like samosa and gulab jamun offered to guests by ministers have cost the Uttar Pradesh state exchequer nearly Rs 9 crore during four years of Akhilesh Yadav government.
Tamil Nadu minister Sellur K Raju said the death of Amma was a huge loss.
'And I'm back at work, where it's quieter than home is likely to be for a while', says Kishore Singh.
He also said he chose radio as a medium to connect with the people as it was a 'mighty means' of getting across.
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'Infectious disease is a given of humankind. There will always be another around the corner.'
Singh also claimed that the insurgency situation has improved considerably in the last 18 months since the BJP came to power at the Centre and appealed to all militant outfits in Assam to give up arms and come forward for talks.
