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Hyderabad, Dec 11: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) sitting MLA Akabaruddin Owaisi marked his fifth consecutive victory in Assembly polls from Chandrayangutta Assembly seat in the 2018 Assembly elections in Telangana, on Tuesday. He won the Chandrayangutta seat by defeating his close rival and BJP candidate Sayyed Shahejadi. However, ruling TRS candidate M Seetharam Reddy stood third

Jaipur, Dec 11: The opposition Congress has consolidated leads on 101 of the 199 Assembly seats in Rajasthan, trends of counting indicated. The ruling BJP nominees were leading in 74 constituencies, BSP in four, CPM in 02 and while others were ahead 18 seats, official reports reaching here said. Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje was leading in her bastion in Jhalrapatan by over 9,000 votes, her

Aizwal, Dec 11: In Mizoram – the last Northeast bastion of Congress – trends have given a heads-up to the Mizo National Front. Key leaders from Mizo National Front are leading in their constituencies. The MNF is leading with 29 seats, while the ruling Congress has six seats. The BJP is leading in one seat in the state that has a 40-member assembly MNF workers rejoice as trends give them an edge in

New Delhi, Dec 11: Even as Congress is set to wrest power in the Hindi heartland states of BJP-ruled Rajasthan and Chhattisharh and also emerging as single largest party, the enthusiastic Congress leaders on Tuesday took to social network and described it as a 'mandate' for change. Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, chairman of Madhya Pradesh campaign committee, said: 'The mandate is clearly

New Delhi, Dec 11: The Congress on Tuesday seemed all set to wrest power in the Hindi heartland states of BJP-ruled Rajasthan and Chhattisharh while giving a stiff challenge in Madhya Pradesh. According to trends of vote count for Rajasthan the Congress is heading for a win leading in 105 seats while the BJP was ahead in only 79 of the 199 seats for which polling as held. In Chhattisgarh, BJP

New Delhi, Dec 11: Noted historian and former Jamia Millia Islamia vice-chancellor Mushirul Hasan passed away here early Monday after a prolonged illness, the university said. Hasan, who was taken to a private hospital post midnight, breathed his last at 4 am. He was 69. "He met with a road accident few years ago and was mostly bed-ridden after that. He was also undergoing dialysis for kidney

New Delhi, Dec 11: Eminent economist and columnist Surjit Bhalla on Tuesday said that he had resigned as part-time member of Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister(EAC-PM) on December 1. “I resigned as part-time member of PMEAC on December 1,” Bhalla said on social networking site Twitter. The EAC- PM is headed by Niti Aayog member Bibek Debroy. Economists Rathin Roy, Ashima Goyal and

New Delhi, Dec 10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed sadness on the resignation of Reserve bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel who he described as "a thorough professional with impeccable integrity" and "an economist of a very high calibre with a deep and insightful understanding of macro-economic issues". In a tweet after the resignation of Dr Patel as RBI Governor, the PM

New Delhi, Dec 10: RBI Governor Urjit Patel, who had a run in with the government over autonomy of the central bank, Monday resigned from his post. In a brief statement, Patel said he has decided to step down with immediate effect. He, however, did not specify the reason for the decision. Patel was appointed the 24th Governor of the RBI on September, 2016 for a three-year term.

New Delhi, Dec 10: Elaborating on taxability of fund under National Pension Scheme, the government on December 10 said that the entire 60 percent of the corpus withdrawn at the time of retirement will now be tax free. "Earlier, while exiting the fund (at the time of retirement), 60 percent (of the corpus) was allowed to be withdrawn and the rest went to annuity. Of this 60 percent, 40 percent was