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UP BJP chief pulls up party members for offering namaaz at rally
The members of the UP BJP's minority cell had offered namaaz as the rally got late.
Rajiv Gandhi assassination: SC to hear death convicts' plea today
The convicts are seeking commutation of death sentence to life imprisonment citing delay of over 11 years in decision over mercy petitions.
Congress MP links youth suicide to Kiran's Telangana Bill comment
The youth took the extreme step as he was unable to digest the Chief Minister's remark in the Assembly.
Denied RS re-election, JD(U) leader Shivanand Tiwari revolts
Senior JD(U) leader Shivanand Tiwari, who was recently denied re-election to the Rajya Sabha, on Wednesday accused Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of nurturing 'hatred' toward him and spurned the offer to contest the Lok Sabha election.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan urges PM to convene meeting of CMs on Food Safety Act
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding that implementation of the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 be kept in abeyance until issues concerning its provisions are resolved and also urged...
CM for quick release of Rs 300 crore from Centre for road repair
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has sought immediate release of Rs 300 crore from the Centre to the Border Roads Organization (BRO) for repairing the vast network of damaged roads in calamity-hit Uttarakhand.
Nageswara Rao was a humble human being: Nagarjuna
Akkineni Nageswara Rao, popularly known as ANR, was a humble man, says his son and Telugu superstar Nagarjuna.
Surat: Fire breaks out in commercial buidling, 4 dies
Four persons were asphyxiated to death and three others injured when a fire broke out in a commercial building in Surat on Wednesday, a fire official said. The blaze erupted on the ground floor of the four-storey building on Amroli-Sayan Road where an emb...
Delhi's millennium bus depot pits AAP government against Centre
The DDA controlled by the Central Government told the court that no proposal from the Ministry of Urban Development has come for land allotment.
Snapshot: Abhay Deol makes style statement with Elvis bouffant
Abhay was spotted sporting Elvis Presley's popular bouffant hairdo at the promotion of his upcoming film 'One by Two'.
Activists write to Shinde, Akhilesh, demand riot victims be rehabilitated immediately
A group of social activists Tuesday appealed to union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to immediately rehabilitate the Muzaffarnagar riot victims.
Arjun Kapoor went four shades darker for his role in 'Gunday'
Arjun Kapoor, who will be seen as Bala in 'Gunday', says he had a difficult time during the shoot of the movie.
BJP launches one vote-one note campaign to seek support for Narendra Modi
The Jharkhand unit of BJP on Tuesday decided to go door-to-door to urge one vote-one note from the electorate to supplement its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's general election campaign.
Sreesanth denies wrongdoing, hopes bad times will end soon
Fast bowler Sreesanth, who has been banned for life due to his alleged involvement in the Indian Premier League's (IPL) spot-fixing scandal, hoped that this bad phase of his life would get over soon.
Villagers resolve to help police in anti-naxal operation
Residents of around 500 villages in the Maoist-hit Jashpur district in north Chhattisgarh have taken a collective decision to help police in the anti-Naxal operation in a bid to curb their alleged atrocities and illegal activities.
Tiger Woods says he's not far off his game
Tiger Woods says no one should read too much into the 79 he shot last week at Torrey Pines to miss out on the final round.