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Nationalist Congress Party leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar today denied he had threatened villagers recently that they would stop receiving water if they did not vote for NCP chief Sharad Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule.Addressing a poll-related public meeting at Bhusawal in...
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Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath said here today that the complaint filed against BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi about his marital status is under examination.We have recieved that complaint and it is being examined by us, Sampath, who visted Gujarat today to take stock...
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BJP's prime ministerial aspirant Narendra Modi has emerged as the most searched politician online, not only in Maharashtra, but also across the country, followed by AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, a Google survey report said here today. According to a survey conducted in Maharashtra, which...
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Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi today termed Telangana Rashtra Samiti's refusal to merge with his party as backstabbing and recalled how KCR chief K Chandrasekhar Rao betrayed him. He came to my home one day after the Telangana Bill was passed. He sat in my room and thanked Soniaji for...
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Against the backdrop of rising incidents of hacking of military networks, Defence Minister A K Antony today said cyber space was the new domain of war and asked top Army brass to ensure security of critical information infrastructure of the force. He said rapid growth and dependence on...
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Russia's foreign minister accused the interim authorities in Kiev on Monday of flagrantly violating the international accord reached last week aimed at defusing the crisis in eastern Ukraine, in remarks that suggested Russia may be further preparing the groundwork for a military intervention.The...
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The Supreme Court today lifted its 18-month-old ban on all mining activities in mineral rich Goa by allowing annual excavation of up to 20 million MT of iron ore. The apex court, which vacated its October 5, 2012 interim order suspending all mining operations on the basis of the Justice M B...
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The captain and crew of a South Korean ferry that capsized with hundreds of children on board acted in a way tantamount to murder, President Park Geun-Hye said today, as four more crew members were arrested and the death toll rose to 87. Park's denunciation, in which she vowed to hold all...
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A judicial commission comprising of three Supreme Court judges was formed today to probe into the attempt on the life of leading Pakistani TV journalist Hamid Mir. Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani approved the names of three judges -- Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, Justice Iqbal Hameedur...
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Ridiculing the Congress and its allies for fearing him, BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi said here today that the ruling coalition is more concerned about stopping him than strategising to win the Lok Sabha election. Addressing a rally of the Shiv Sena-BJP-RPI combine in Kalyan...
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In a frontal attack on BJP, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today alleged that the saffron party, which is leading the NDA, is trying to make Hindus fight against Muslims and also seeking to create two Indias with one for chosen business class and another for the poor. BJP people are trying...
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VHP leader Pravin Togadia says there is a conspiracy against him, and that everything was planned. I have sent legal notices to media houses, he says. His reaction comes in the wake of the Election Commission seeking the recording of the speech made by the VHP leader in Bhavnagar in which he...
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The BJP today rubbished the Congress' allegation of Narendra Modi being a potential accused in Tulsiram Prajapati killing case, saying it was just another diversionary tactic by the ruling party to detract from real issues in Lok Sabha elections.Follow our election tweets @RediffElections
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Smita Prakash, Editor, News, Asian News International, recalls the behind the scenes action during her recent television interview with Narendra Modi in Gandhinagar. Read
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The appointment was for sometime past half eleven, closer to midnight will be better, so the crackly voice on the mobile phone told me. Pappu Yadav has a private number but he seldom answers it himself; a flunkey does, and depending on saheb's' mood or who it is, hands it over or does...
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Two people were killed and around six were injured in an explosion inside the house of a local TMC leader Shaikh Ismail in Birbhum district of West Bengal.Crude bombs were reportedly being made in the house of the local TMC leader and the incident occured under Labhpur police station area. Police...
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Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav today attacked BJP leader Narendra Modi, alleging that over 7,000 farmers had committed suicide in Gujarat during his tenure. In a bid to woo Muslim voters, Yadav said the condition of the community members was poor in the country and no political party...
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The Supreme Court has refused to grant bail to Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy. The apex court turned down Sahara Group's new proposal in the investors' payment case. It has now proposed to deposit Rs 3,000 crore within three days of its chief Subrata Roy's release.Sahara has also said that it...
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The Aam Aadmi Party strongly condemns the hate speech given by Vishwa Hindu Parishad's (VHP) president Pravin Togadia in Bhavnagar, Gujarat on Saturday evening targeting Muslims for buying properties in certain areas. Read the press release here.
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AAP's new campaign across Mumbai today.
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The Political Editor of The Economist returns to the last General Election to make sense of India 2014. Read
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Notwithstanding BJP's assertion that there will be no witch-hunt if it comes to power, Uma Bharati has said that Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra will be in jail if NDA comes to power. Bharati also alleged that Vadra had made money by breaking all the norms. Just because he is the...
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A reported hate speech by Pravin Togadia, a leader of the right-wing Vishwa Hindu Parishad or VHP, which allegedly urges that Muslims be forced out of Hindu neighbourhoods, has drawn strong reactions from political parties.NDTV cannot independently verify the reported remarks by Togadia. The...
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Sahara submits new proposal to the Supreme Court that it will deposit Rs 3000 crore within three days of Subrata Roy's release. Roy, facing contempt proceedings for failing to repay Rs. 20,000 crore to investors, has been in the maximum-security Tihar Jail since March 4, after he failed to...
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Peeved over Captain Amarinder Singh's statement giving a clean chit to Tytler, Shiromani Akali Dal members protested outside Congress HQ today. Read
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Bandra has arisen from the humble rank of a village in the possession of the Jesuits -- as it was in the 17th century -- to be one of the most popular suburbs of Bombay.' Read
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Since 1927, Time Magazine has selected as its Person of the Year' an individual who the magazine's editors felt has done the most to influence the events of the year.' Past winners have included Albert Einsten, Adolf Hitler, and Elvis Presley. This year, India's elections are...
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A labour court in Mumbai has ordered the reinstatement of a woman reporter of Zee News Ltd whose services were terminated because she got pregnant. Read
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Cine star-turned-Congress hopeful from Meerut, Nagma, put herself in a spot after she confused late shehnai maestro Bismillah Khan with Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani, saying the J&K separatist leader is a 'Bharat Ratna'. Nagma made the gaffe during a poll rally for Congress...
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A vote is a tick of faith given to a particular party or candidate that the voter believes in; it is not is an endorsement of what a perceived majority might or might not want. Read
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Launching a hard-hitting attack on SP, BSP and Congress, Narendra Modi today said the power game by the clan of three parties is responsible for the poor plight of UP and the nation even as he ridiculed Rahul Gandhi for visiting homes of the poor like tourists who visit Taj Mahal. Playing up his...
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Malaysia's Transport Minister has praised the pilot of a Bangalore-bound troubled Malaysia Airlines (MAS) plane that was forced to make an emergency landing early today at an airport in Kuala Lumpur for his skillful handling of the aircraft.The passengers, despite being tired, expressed their...
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Hindu outfits call for changing Portugese names of cities in Goa. Read
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Narendra Modi, who has amped up his attack on the Gandhis at recent rallies, today derided Rahul Gandhi for his visits to poor Dalit families. He compared Mr Gandhi's house calls to those families - most of them in Uttar Pradesh - to tourists who photograph the Taj Mahal.People who haven't...
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Author, editor, columnist and publisher A Minhaz Merchant tweets: Togadia is a disgrace to India. He should be expelled from the VHP & booked for his threat to evict Muslims in Bhavnagar..Mr Merchant is a Narendra Modi supporter. Read his latest column: Modi: Why Western media still...
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An ailing Sonia Gandhi skipped a mammoth Congress rally in Mumbai today, and Sharad Pawar added to the speculation by staying away despite being billed to address it.Rahul Gandhi eventually filled in for his mother, saying she was unwell', but the last-minute change of plans meant he arrived...
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At a time when many Lok Sabha candidates are coming out with eye-popping details of their assets worth crores, 14 candidates in the poll fray in Tamil Nadu, mostly independents, have declared 'zero assets'. They are among 845 candidates of well established political entities, among whom are 14...
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The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Goa Police on a bail plea of Tehelka founder Tarun Tejpal, an accused in a rape case. The Tehelka Founder Editor Tarun Tejpal who has been charge sheeted for raping a junior woman colleague in Goa last year has sought information under Right to...
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The BJP today distanced itself from its Nawada parliamentary constituency candidate Giriraj Singh, two days after his controversial statement that Narendra Modi critics were pro-Pakistan and would be sent there after the elections.Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today tweeted, The BJP does...
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By leaving it to the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi to decide whether to recommend dissolution of the Delhi Assembly or not, the Supreme Court has wisely refrained from giving any direction to the constitutional authority to follow a particular course of action. Read
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Delhi court fixes May 5 for recording of statements of former Telecom Minister A Raja and 16 other accused facing trial in the 2G case.Meanwhile, Rediff.com spent some time with Raja around the Nilgiris. Read
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Less than a month after the big-bang release of its poll anthem, BJP has quietly dropped the campaign song as its over-the-top projection of Narendra Modi was found to be an aggressive overkill.The anthem's lines spoken by Modi --main desh nahin jhukne dunga ... main desh nahin mitne dunga...
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BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will campaign for party candidates on Monday in his most extensive single-day programme by addressing rallies in Hardoi, Etah, Hathras, Firozabad and Mathura. BJP leaders said among others, Mr Modi will be campaigning for Bollywood actress and...
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Zee News reports: Late shehnai maestro Bismillah Khan's family has refused to be partisan to politics even as Varanasi turns hotbed of electoral ambition in the Lok Sabha polls. Reports suggest that Khan's family members was approached by the Bharatiya Janata Party to support party's prime...
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The benchmark BSE Sensex gained over 76 points in early trade today on sustained buying by funds and retail investors, mainly in metals, power, PSUs, capital goods, banking and oil & gas sector stocks. The 30-share barometer gained 76.30 points, or 0.34 per cent, to 22,705.14. In the...
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The incident involving Malaysia Airlines flight MH192 from Kuala Lumpur to Bangalore was more drama for an airline already under immense pressure for answers from the public and the families of those missing from Flight 370, more than six weeks after it departed the same airport.Deputy Foreign...
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CNN-IBN reports: BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi had many more no votes than Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber and polled far fewer popular votes than AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal in a TIME 100 list of the most influential people in the world live poll as of late Sunday.The voting...
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Malaysian Airlines reported that its Kuala Lumpur-Bangalore flight MH192 has landed safely at Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 1.56 am after making an air turnback. In a media statement issued, the Airlines said that the aircraft's right-hand landing gear malfunctioned upon takeoff and...
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Coming out in defence of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's rape remarks, his daughter-in-law Dimple Yadav on Sunday said that such remarks are made at times. The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's wife, Dimple is contesting Lok Sabha Elections from Kannauj. When...
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