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Chennai pulls down the polling percentage in Tamil Nadu
Chennai, April 24 (IANS) The poll turnout for the 2014 general elections in Tamil Nadu would have been slightly higher than 73 percent had only the voters of Chennai participated like their counterparts in other constituencies.Out of the three Lok Sabha constituencies in the…
BJP will ruin 'Bharatiyata', 'Hindustaniyat': Sonia Gandhi
The BJP will ruin the essence of "Bharatiyata" and "Hindustaniyat", Congress president Sonia Gandhi said Monday, urging people to "chose the right path".In a video message posted on the Congress website, Gandhi said India was at a "crossroads" in this election."What are these…
The women in Narendra Modi’s life
There are many ways to tell a man’s character. One of them is how he relates to women. In the normal course, what Narendra Modi does with women would be of no concern to us. He is, all said and done, just one more of…
EC can cancel polls in Bengal if Mamata defies order: Sources
The general elections in West Bengal could be cancelled in the event of the chief minister Mamata Banerjee not transferring the officials.Lashing out at the Election Commission after it transferred eight West Bengal officials, Mamata Banerjee Monday refused to carry out the orders and…
Rasta roko: Raj Thackeray arrested
MNS chief Raj Thackeray was on Wednesday arrested at suburban Chembur here as the state-wide 'rasta roko' against toll plazas called by the party began with several protesters being taken into custody for disrupting traffic at many places across the state.Raj Thackeray, who left…
CNG prices to be cut by Rs 15, piped cooking gas by Rs 5
CNG prices will be cut by about Rs 15 per kg and cooking gas piped to kitchens by about Rs 5 after government decided to supply cheaper domestic gas to fuel retailers in cities like Delhi and Ahmedabad.Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily said the…
Indian Supreme Court orders investigation into gang rape order
The Press Trust of India is reporting that the Supreme Court has ordered an investigation into the gang rape of a 20-year-old woman allegedly attacked on the orders of a village council.The woman told police that Monday's attack in West Bengal came as punishment…
Bravery and Sacrifice: Poems by an Indian war Hero
A veteran of the Sino-Indian war of 1962 and the Indo-Pak war of 1965, he was a young major heading a Gurkha unit when he was dropped behind enemy lines in East Pakistan, in the Indian Army's first heliborne operation in the 1971 war. In…
Seven things to learn from the Congress
The Indian National Congress, the Grand Old Party of India, has been around for more than a century and is the absolute master of all political parties when it comes to strategies of all kinds.Here are a few things its rivals could learn from…
Arvind Kejriwal seeks 10 days to resolve problems of people in Delhi
New Delhi: A day after he took over as the Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal today sought ten days' time to formulate a system to address grievances and problems of the people in Delhi.He said that he would accept the applications of the…