Drugs take centre stage
Corruption and liquor ban issues have helped many politicians to come to power in India in the past decade. But, in the three-cornered electoral contest in Punjab, the D-factor, or simply put, “rampant drug abuse”, is the key issue on which the campaign of the two rival claimants to power...
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3 facebook pages face poll panel's ire
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NCP will never support BJP: Pawar
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Rahul attacks BJP, RSS in mapusa rally speech
31 January 2017 | Mayabhushan -
No bed of roses for Maharaj!
31 January 2017 | Gajendra Singh Negi -
Mulayam out to upset son's apple cart
31 January 2017 | Biswajeet Banerjee -
For me it's not Rajniti, but Niti Raj, says Rajpal
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RlD pins hopes on turncoats
31 January 2017 | Prabha Shanker
Security guard held for killing woman techie
A day after woman software engineer was strangled to death with a computer cable at her workstation on the Infosys campus in Pune, a visiting police team arrested a security guard from Mumbai in the early hours of Monday, in connection with the incident. Twenty-three-year-old Rasila Raju OP was found strangled...
RSS libel case: RaGa appears before court
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Monday appeared before a Bhiwandi court in connection with a defamation case filed against him by an activist for alleging that the RSS was behind the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. The court adjourned the hearing for March 3. Rahul appeared before the Bhiwandi court while he...
Mehbooba rejects idea of tinkering with Art 370
Strongly rejecting the idea of tinkering with the status of Article 370 which grants special status to the State of Jammu and Kashmir in the Constitution of India, J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said Article 370 would be preserved in its form and efforts to dilute it would...
Seat-sharing for BMC: MNS proposes, Sena disposes
Notwithstanding the MNS’ keenness to have seat adjustments with the Shiv Sena for the forthcoming BMC polls, Sena president Uddhav Thackeray said on Monday that his party had not received any formal proposal from the Raj Thackeray-led party and also indicated that his party had no plans to have any...
Kerala CPM in spot over law College row
Dissent has surfaced within the party itself against Kerala CPI(M)’s alleged hypocrisy over the issues of harassment and victimisation of students at the private law Academy law College at Thiruvananthapuram by its management, said to be close to the Marxist leadership and the allotment of Government land to the Academy. “It...
Sudip's arrest: TMC to boycott House
Angered by the stated effects of demonetisation and more angered with the CBI for arresting party’s leader in Parliament Sudip Bandopadhyay Mamata Banerjee has asked the Trinamool Congress MPs to step upanti-Narendra Modi campaign in Delhi. As the first step the TMC will boycott the opening two days of Budget Session....
Anti-corruption sleuths grill former Assam Mins over financial scam
The fight against corruption seems to have gained momentum in Assam as the sleuths of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption grilled two Ministers of former Congress Government in last ten days. While former Social welfare minister Akon Bora was grilled earlier last week, the officials of the department grilled former Congress Minister...
