Veteran writer Bhalchandra Goswami passes away

JAIPUR: Veteran litterateur and expert on parliamentary and political issues, Acharya Bhalchandra Goswami, today passed away after protracted illness at SMS hospital here.Goswami (80), popularly known as 'prakhar', is survived by three sons and a daughter,...

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Three Bodo insurgents killed in Assam

GUWAHATI: Three Bodo insurgents were killed on Wednesday in a gun battle with security forces in Assam's Sonitpur district, police said.The three cadres belonged the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) faction opposed to peace talks with the...

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One killed, 2 injured as security forces open fire on protesters in Srinagar

SRINAGAR: A youth was killed and two others were injured when security forces allegedly opened fire to chase away stone-pelting protesters here on Wednesday, police sources said.The protests erupted in Nawa Kadal area in interior of the city when security...

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IAF gets new deputy chief amid declining fighter strength

NEW DELHI: Even as the IAF awaits the induction of new fighters to retain its eroding combat edge, Air Marshal SBP Sinha took over as the new deputy chief of the force on Wednesday. An ace fighter pilot commissioned in June 1980, Air Marshal Sinha will...

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Lok Sabha polls: Moderate to high turnout in seventh phase of voting

NEW DELHI: Moderate to high turnout marked the polling on Wednesday in the seventh phase of Lok Sabha elections on a day when Narendra Modi sparked a major controversy by violating the election law by making a speech and displaying BJP's poll symbol...

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Milind Deora, Sanjay Nirupam among four found guilty of paid news by EC

MUMBAI: An Election Commission panel has held four Lok Sabha election candidates in Maharashtra guilty of resorting to paid news.In all, 84 complaints of paid news were received by a committee specially set up to keep a watch on paid news.Complaints...

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Tamil Nadu engineering college student allegedly kills minor cousin fearing disclosure of his porn addiction

CUDDALORE: Police have arrested a third-year engineering student of a private college in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu on charges of sodomizing and murdering his 13-year-old cousin. The engineering student allegedly killed the boy fearing that the...

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Uninor woos first time voters with goodies

AHMEDABAD: Uninor has launched a unique digital media campaign,Vote4win, in an effort to reach out to first time voters in the state and encourage them to exercise their right to self governance and choice.As part of the campaign, the company is encouraging...

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About 70 % voting in repolling at 12 booths in Karnataka

BANGALORE: An estimated 70 per cent of the electorate cast their vote in the re-polling held on Tuesday at 12 polling stations across nine Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka."We have estimated 65 to 70 per cent voter turnout at re-polling held in...

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India will burn if Modi becomes PM: Mamata BanerjeeÂ

KOLKATA: Pouring more vitriol on Narendra Modi after the "butcher of Gujarat" jibe by her party, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the country would burn if he became the PM."India will go into the dark ages. India will burn if...

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I am a comrade from the bottom of my heart: BJP candidate

LUCKNOW: From Painter, who is handling all the telephonic calls and coordinating with Jansabha organizers to Dileep Singh popularly known as Sardarji, more than 250 comrade friends are handling various election-related works of Kaushal Kishore, Bharatiya...

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‘Clinching evidence’ to arrest Modi in Ishrat case, Sibal says

AHMEDABAD: Union minister Kapil Sibal raked up alleged fake encounter of Ishrat Jahan on Monday to hit out at Narendra Modi saying the BJP's PM nominee and Amit Shah were being "shielded" despite existence of "clinching" evidence to arrest them."I want...

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Parties can now approach court against false declaration in a candidate's election affidavit

NEW DELHI: Any aggrieved party can directly approach the court against a false declaration in a candidate's election affidavit, rather than having to route the complaint through the concerned returning officer, the Election Commission has...

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Only strong SP can stop Modi from coming to power: Mulayam

FATEHPUR: Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday said only a strong Samajwadi Party can prevent Narendra Modi from coming to power and save the country from communal forces."If the country has to be saved from communal forces then strengthen SP in Uttar Pradesh...

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Dalits protest against Ramdev

MYSORE: Various dalit organizations which organized a protest march against the alleged derogatory remarks made by yoga Guru Baba Ramdev not only burnt the effigy of the yoga guru, they even destroyed the nameplate and billboard at Ramadev's yoga centre...

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ED to summon West Bengal Left leaders now in Saradha scam

NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: Widening its probe into the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has brought under its scanner three leaders of West Bengal CPM for their alleged business association with the schemes launched by the...

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Vadra video: BJP behaving like ‘baffled rats’, Priyanka says

RAE BARELI: In her shrillest attack on BJP which released a video against her husband Robert Vadra today, Priyanka Gandhi said it was behaving like "baffled rats" but she will not be intimidated by such "lies" and will continue to speak against its "destructive"...

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Hotelier in Tamil Nadu town allegedly kills teenage boy who refused to have sex with him

CUDDALORE: Police have arrested an alleged homosexual man -- an hotelier -- on charges of murdering a plus one student for refusing to have sex with him at Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu.Police said K Soorya Prakash, 16, a plus one student at a private school...

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Heat wave picks up, Barmer hottest at 45.2 degrees C

JAIPUR: Heat wave conditions on Sunday picked up in north-west Rajasthan with mercury touching 45.2 degrees Celsius in hottest Barmer, a Met office report said.Mercury has risen by 2 to 4 degrees C at many places in western Rajasthan with dust storms...

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Former President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed's ancestral home gutted

GUWAHATI: The ancestral home of former President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed and one of the city's landmark was completely gutted along with several other houses at the Lakhtokia area in Guwahati today, official sources said.The 100-year-old two-storeyed wooden...

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Telangana wasn't possible without Congress efforts: PM

BHONGIR: In a veiled attack on TRS, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said though smaller parties are trying to take credit for the formation of Telangana, it would not have been possible without the "hard work" put in by the Congress.Addressing...

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BJP backs 'saint' Ramdev, yoga guru sorry for Rahul remark

NEW DELHI/VADODARA: The BJP came out in defence of yoga guru Ramdev on Saturday over his remarks that Rahul Gandhi goes to dalit for "honeymoon", and said he is a "saint" whose words should be viewed in the context in which they were made and not as...

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Acute shortage of essential commodities in Leh

LEH: Leh is facing acute shortage of essential commodities like vegetables and edible oil due to delay in opening of roads connecting it with rest of the country.Both the Leh-Srinagar and Leh-Manali highways had been closed since December last year following...

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Amitabh Bachchan recalls his family roots in Pakistan in letter to ex-PM Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain

ISLAMABAD: Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has thanked Pakistan's ex-prime minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain for inviting him to visit Pakistan and assured him that he will cross the border if he gets the opportunity."Thank you for your letter of...

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Pitting brother against brother won’t help BJP’s ambitions: PM’s nephew

INDORE: A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's half-brother Daljeet Singh Kohli joined Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) at Narendra Modi's rally in Amritsar, Singh's nephew Mandeep Singh Kohli maintained in Indore on Saturday that the saffron party had...

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Advisory directs people travelling to polio-affected nations to get themselves vaccinated

MANGALORE: Planning to travel to any of the seven nations still affected by polio? Or coming from a holiday or work from Kenya, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Somalia, and Ethiopia, then please get yourself a shot of the polio drops.With India...

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Kidnapped Indians return unharmed from Bangladesh

AGARTALA: Two tribals, who were kidnapped by Bangladeshis from Nripendranagar, a border village in South Tripura district, last evening have returned unharmed following a flag meeting between the BSF and Border Guards of Bangladesh on Friday, police...

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Quota for Muslims triggers storm

NEW DELHI: A Congress promise of reservation for backward Muslims on Friday kicked up a row with BJP calling it a "last desperate" act on its part to get some votes, a charge rejected outright by Congress which said it has not come out with any supplementary...

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BCCI recommends Ashwin for Arjuna Award

MUMBAI: Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who won the Cricket Board's Polly Umrigar Trophy best player award in 2012-13 season, has been recommended by the BCCI for the Government's prestigious Arjuna Award this year."Yes, Ashwin has been recommended...

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Thudersqualls likely over Gangetic Bengal in next 2 days: MeT department

KOLKATA: Heatwave condition continued to prevail in the southern districts of West Bengal on Friday, even as the weatherman held out some hope of the situation abating with thundersqualls predicted in isolated places over Gangetic West Bengal in the...

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Coal scam: Enforcement Directorate registers money laundering, forex violation case

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered money laundering cases against those firms which are under the scanner of CBI, including Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) and Rathi Steel and Power.ED officials said that post-registration...

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Sonia betrayed country by not becoming PM in 2004: Rajnath

KATHLAL: BJP president Rajnath Singh on Thursday accused Congress president Sonia Gandhi of "betraying the country" by not taking up the post of the Prime Minister in 2004."In 2004, Congress got majority, but Sonia Gandhi did not become the Prime Minister....

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Congress 'pits' Vajpayee against Modi on WhatsApp

INDORE: Congress party after using pictures of Atal Bihari Vajpayee on its official website to remind people about 2002 riots in Gujarat, is at it again. A day before polls, Congress has circulated another picture of Vajpayee on WhatsApp urging voters...

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90 more candidates qualified for Civil Services 2012

NEW DELHI: As many as 90 candidates, who were put on a reserved list, have been declared qualified for Civil Services Examination, 2012 by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).998 candidates were declared qualified by the UPSC for the 2012 examination...

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Mulayam 'defends' Azam by citing Muslims who "saved borders"

UNNAO: Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Thursday seemed to defend party leader Mohd Azam Khan on his controversial remark over Kargil war by making a reference to contribution of Muslims in "saving Indian borders". Citing the example of...

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Modi's jibe at Priyanka: Only Gandhi family grew strong in 60 years

KALOL (Gujarat): Narendra Modi on Wednesday took a dig at Priyanka Gandhi over her remarks that attacks on her family made her stronger, saying it has been "going strong" for the last 60 years and now it's time to build a strong nation."You say that...

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AAP leader Somnath Bharti beaten up in Varanasi

NEW DELHI: AAP leader Somnath Bharti was allegedly beaten up by BJP workers in Varanasi on Wednesday.Bharti was manhandled during a television show at the Assi Ghat area of Varanasi.AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal had filed his nomination papers from Varanasi...

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India successfully test fires indigenous Akash missile

BHUBANESWAR: India on Wednesday test fired its Akash surface-to-air missile from a defence base in Odisha, an official said.The indigenously developed missile, with a 27-km range and an effective ceiling of 15km, was test fired from the Integrated Test...

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Hate speech: BJP leader Giriraj Singh to surrender before court tomorrow

PATNA: Facing arrest for his controversial statements, senior BJP leader Giriraj Singh on Wednesday said he will surrender before the court on Thursday but did not say whether he would do so in Jharkhand or Bihar."I will surrender before court tomorrow......

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Modi, Kejriwal become Time's 'most influential' people thanks to dodgy poll and online fan club

WASHINGTON: The American humorist Erma Bombeck once quipped that she stopped trusting opinion poll surveys after reading that 63 per cent of women had affairs during their lunch hour; she said had never met a woman in her life who would give up lunch...

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Anti-incumbency an issue in Kashmir only if voter turnout is higher

SRINAGAR: Large parts of Srinagar turned into a swamp yet again as it rained continuously last week. They have since turned into a dustbowl thanks to a few sunny days. On the flipside, the power supply has improved. But the traffic jams are perennial...

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PIL on Modi's marital status dismissed by Madras high court

CHENNAI: Madras high court has refused to entertain a PIL which sought legal action including criminal action against BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for having submitted false affidavits with regard to his marital status all these years.The...

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Is Congress worried for Rahul Gandhi in Amethi?

AMETHI: Is the Congress getting the jitters in Amethi, a high-profile constituency long considered a pocket borough of the Gandhis? While no Congressman openly talks about it, senior leaders concede in private of an "opposition onslaught" that was "worrying...

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Is Congress worried for Rahul Gandhi in Amethi?

AMETHI: Is the Congress getting the jitters in Amethi, a high-profile constituency long considered a pocket borough of the Gandhis? While no Congressman openly talks about it, senior leaders concede in private of an "opposition onslaught" that was "worrying...

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Narendra Modi says he will reach out Muslim 'brothers'

NEW DELHI: Narendra Modi on Tuesday said he would reach out to Muslim "brothers" like any other citizen of the country and made it clear that the contentious issues of Ram temple and Uniform Civil Code would be addressed within the Constitutional framework.The...

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Row over Pravin Togadia's 'anti-Muslim speech', EC seeks report

NEW DELHI/RAJKOT: Congress and several other parties on Monday came down heavily on Pravin Togadia for "spreading venom" through his reported remarks that Muslims should be stopped from buying property in Hindu areas and said that the VHP leader should...

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​Govt approves voluntary retirement of superseded Vice Admiral in Navy

NEW DELHI: The government, on Monday, approved the "voluntary retirement" of Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha, who had put in his papers after Admiral Robin Dhowan superseded him to become Navy chief last week, even as the Army commanders' conference kicked...

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TRS is only interested in power: Rahul

MAHABUBNAGAR (Andhra Pradesh): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) is interested only in power and urged people to vote for his party to ensure development and prosperity in Telangana.Addressing an...

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J&K's ruling party makes rival PDP’s ‘understanding’ with Modi main electoral issueÂ

SRINAGAR: The BJP has token presence in Kashmir, where it is better known for its strident opposition to Jammu & Kashmir's cherished special status. Yet its prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, appears to loom large over the Lok Sabha election...

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