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Left has two-day opportunity to warm up to DMK
The Left parties have a narrow two-day window (of opportunity) to recompense for the snubbing they suffered at the hands of the AIADMK. The DMK, which is confident of roping in the two communists,...
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Lucknow no longer ‘safe’ seat for BJP
Lucknow, once considered a BJP bastion in Uttar Pradesh, is no longer a safe seat for the BJP. The party’s popularity in the constituency has declined after former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee...
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Jagdambika: Cong no party for old men
Apart from Mr Jagdambika Pal, who resigned from the Lok Sabha and from the Congress party on Friday, the other names doing the rounds as possible deserters on the eve of elections include Unnao MP Annu...
View ArticleRestrict opinion polls: EC writes to govt again
Ahead of announcing the election schedule, the Election Commission (EC) had written to the Union law ministry pressing for action on its proposal that opinion polls be banned starting from the date of...
View ArticleEmbarrassment for SP, more leaders quit party
Two more Samajwadi families in Uttar Pradesh are causing intense embarrassment to the party leadership after their kin chose to break away and join the BJP. UP agriculture minister Raja Anand Singh’s...
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RSS files complaint against Rahul
The Rashtriyaswayam Sevak Sangh (RSS) on Friday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, alleging that he had accused the organisation of having...
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Purandeswari joins BJP
Former UPA minister Daggubati Purandeswari meets BJP president Rajnath Singh in New Delhi on Friday. After quitting the Congress over the Telangana issue, Ms Purandeswari said she wants to contest from...
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3-way split in Chandra Shekhar’s legacy
Politics, in India, makes the world go round, but it also splits families. The political legacy of former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, known to be a socialist all his life, is preparing for a...
View ArticleYadav inked, attacker thrashed by AAP activists
Senior AAP leader Yogendra Yadav’s face was smeared with ink on Saturday by a disgruntled AAP worker while he was addressing an event at Jantar Mantar. Sagar Bhandari, 28, came from behind and smeared...
View ArticleAll-woman party has quota for men
An all-woman party, called the Bharatiya Awam Party, has been formed in Varanasi to usher in change in the male-dominated political system. Najma Parveen, president of the party, says that since the...
View ArticleRumblings in CPM over Karat’s misadventures
Rumblings within the Left, particularly in the CPI(M), have begun over the repeated political misadventures of the party under its general secretary, Mr Prakash Karat. Political bloomers and...
View ArticleUS watches Putin’s body language
A Pentagon research team is studying the body language of Russian President Vladimir Putin and other foreign leaders to better predict their behaviour, officials said Friday. The project, previously...
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5 Indians on board missing Malaysia plane
A Beijing-bound Malaysia Airlines flight with 239 people, including five Indians, on board was presumed to have crashed on Saturday and the worst is feared as two large oil slicks have been spotted off...
View ArticleCong fields Nilekani; Kaif in Nehru seat
The Congress Party on Saturday released its first list, of 194 candidates, for the Lok Sabha elections. Party sources said 35 per cent of the candidates are under the age of 50. While party chief Sonia...
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BJP waits, Murli waits and worries
The central election committee (CEC) meeting of the BJP on Saturday saw two top leaders, Ms Sushma Swaraj and Dr Murli Manohar Joshi, questioning the top brass over electoral strategy. While Ms Swaraj,...
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RJD leader quits party posts in tiff with Lalu
The RJD’s rift spilled out into the open on Saturday, with party chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s top aide Ramkripal Yadav quitting all party posts in protest against denial of ticket for Pataliputra and Mr...
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Men in high heels run in the second edition of the “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes”...
Men in high heels run in the second edition of the “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” event in SofiaMen in high heels run in the second edition of the “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” event in Sofia, Bulgaria, on...
View ArticleDilip Ray back in politics
Over a decade of self-exile from active politics, former Union minister and noted hotelier Dilip Ray is back in active politics again. His name has found place in the BJP’s first list of assembly...
View ArticleDMK dares to take on 2G scam ghost
DMK president M. Karunanidhi on Monday fielded former communications ministers A. Raja (Nilgiri) and Dayanidhi Maran (Chennai Central) among others for the Lok Sabha polls, daring to take on the 2G...
View ArticleIn Assam, not all political scions are lucky
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi’s son Gaurav and veteran Congress leader and former Union minister Santosh Mohan Dev’s daughter Susmita managed to get nominated for the Lok Sabha elections in Assam,...
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