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New Delhi: Landing a blow to the prospect of establishing a grand alliance or “mahagathbandhan” by the Opposition parties against the BJP, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati categorically said the BSP will

Mumbai: A day after the Lok Sabha election dates were announced, the Shiv Sena said that the party got into an alliance in Maharashtra with the BJP as the country needs to

New Delhi: Nearly 180 rallies across the country have been chalked out for Congress president Rahul Gandhi during the Lok Sabha poll campaign, party sources said. The rallies have been planned by

Ottawa: The “trip of a lifetime” to a safari park in Kenya turned into a nightmare for six members of a family from India in Canada who perished when the Nairobi-bound Ethiopian

KOLKATA: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will meet officials of the Election Commission of India to urge them to hold Lok Sabha election in West Bengal under the supervision of Central forces.

New Delhi: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh is not willing to contest Lok Sabha polls from Amritsar, sources said. Despite a request from Congress, Singh, who has a massive fan following in

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said it is not in favor of passing order at this stage to refer the issue of 10 per cent quota for economically weaker sections

Puducherry: Lt Governor of Puducherry Kiran Bedi appealed to the public to exercise their right to vote in the forthcoming general elections “without fear or favour”. Election to the lone parliamentary seat

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena on Monday said patriotism is not the monopoly of a single party and falsely calling people “anti-national” just because they are political opponents is nothing but suppression of

YANGON: Nine policemen were killed in an attack in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine by the increasingly active Arakan Army rebel group, the country’s Information Ministry said. The ministry’s website said 60