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New Delhi, May 21 : Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday remembered his father and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 27th death anniversary. Taking to Twitter, Rahul thanked his father for teaching him how to love and respect every one. "My father taught me that hate is a prison for those who carry it. Today, on his death anniversary, I thank him for teaching me to love and respect

Satna, May 20: A 45-year-old man was beaten to death and his friend severally thrashed by four people for allegedly slaughtering a cow in Satna district, the police said. The four accused have been arrested, they said. The accused, on getting information that two persons were slaughtering a cow at a forest area in Anjar village, about 70 kms from here, reached the spot and allegedly beat one of

Chennai, May 20: Tamil superstar Rajinikanth on Sunday termed the developments in Karnataka, where BJP’s B S Yeddyurappa had to resign from the post of chief minister without facing a floor test, as a victory for democracy. "It was not proper on the part of the governor in giving 15 days to the ruling party to prove majority. Hats off to the Supreme Court for its intervention. My pranams to it,"

The outcome of Karnataka assembly polls has underlined the need for the opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh to prevent a split in the anti-BJP vote in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, party leaders said. Opposition parties like the Samajwadi Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Congress argue that it was a division in the anti-BJP vote that allowed the saffron party to emerge as the single largest

Hyderabad, May 20: With the election process in Karnataka coming to a close, Telangana would be one of the focus states for BJP and the party was gearing up for the polls in 2019, state BJP president K Laxman has said. Legislative Assembly polls in Telangana would be held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections in 2019. "Recently, a meeting was held in Delhi under the leadership of president

New Delhi, May 20: Petrol price today touched a record high of Rs 76.24 per litre and diesel climbed to its highest ever level of Rs 67.57 as the oil PSUs passed on four weeks of relentless rise in international oil prices to consumers. Petrol price today increased by 33 paisa a litre in Delhi -- the highest since the daily price revision came into force in mid-June 2017, and diesel by 26 paisa

Mumbai, May 19: Former Member of Indian Parliament, Sanjay Nirupam, on Saturday made a derogatory remark on Karnataka governor Vajubhai R. Vala, drawing a parallel with the loyalty of dogs. "Vajubhai Vala ji has established a new record of loyalty in this country. Perhaps, every man in this country will now name their dogs as Vajubhai Vala, because nobody can be more loyal than this," Nirupam told

New Delhi, May 19: Buoyed by today's collapse of the 3-day-old BJP government in Karnataka, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi launched a strong attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of authorising “buying off” MLAs and “disrespecting” institutions. Gandhi also said while Modi talks of fighting corruption, "he is corruption". Shortly of B S Yeddyurappa announced his resignation as the

New Delhi, May 19: Ahead of the crucial floor test in the Karnataka assembly, the Congress on Saturday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to assure the country that he would not encourage “buying MLAs off” as the BJP seeks to prove majority, and welcomed the assurance of live telecast of House proceedings. The Congress said that every alleged attempt of the BJP to derail the vote of confidence

Leh, May 19: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today kickstarted work for Zojila tunnel, Asia's longest and strategic bi-directional tunnel, to provide all-weather connectivity between Srinagar, Kargil and Leh. The prime minister who is on a day's visit to all the three regions -- Leh, Kashmir and Jammu-- of Jammu and Kashmir also attended the closing ceremony of the 100th birth anniversary