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Mumbai, Jan 23: The Shiv Sena today passed a resolution not to align with the BJP and go solo in the Lok Sabha and Maharashtra Assembly polls next year. The resolution was moved by Sena MP Sanjay Raut, who said the BJP had been demoralising the party for the last three years. The resolution was passed unanimously in the party's National Executive meet here. "I moved the resolution for the Shiv

New Delhi, Jan 23: Twenty AAP MLAs today moved the Delhi High Court challenging their disqualification for holding offices of profit. The plea for an urgent hearing of the appeal was mentioned before a bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and A K Chawla, which listed it for tomorrow. Advocate Manish Vashisht, appearing for one of the MLAs, submitted before the bench that the matter requires urgent

Allahabad, Jan 22: A senior member of Margdarshak Mandal, the highest decision-making body of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), said on Saturday that VHP's international working president Praveen Togadia would be removed from his post for making remarks against the Central and Rajasthan governments. But some leaders who came to attend the Sant Sammelan voiced support for the VHP stalwart. Togadia, who

New Delhi, Jan 22: The Supreme Court today dubbed as "serious" the issues raised in the pleas relating to the death of special CBI judge B H Loya but castigated a senior lawyer for raking up the name of BJP president Amit Shah in the case. The apex court, which decided to look into "all documents with utmost seriousness" connected with the death of Loya, who was trying the Soharabuddin Sheikh fake

Jan 22: Almost a week after hitting out at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over entering politics through his movement, anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare has now targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that he has an “ego of Prime Ministership”. Anna also accused PM Modi of not responding to any of his letters. Speaking at a public rally in Atpadi tehsil in Sangli in Maharashtra on

Davos, Jan 22: India was on Monday ranked at the 62nd place among emerging economies on an Inclusive Development Index, much below China's 26th position and Pakistan's 47th. Norway remains the world's most inclusive advanced economy, while Lithuania again tops the list of emerging economies, the World Economic Forum (WEF) said while releasing the yearly index in Davos before the start of its

New Delhi, Jan 21: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that the government and political parties must stay out of the unprecedented judicial crisis, gave enough indications that the upcoming Budget may not be populist, and asserted that his poll slogan of “Congress-free India” was not aimed at eliminating the party politically. In a wide-ranging 75-minute interview to the Times Now

New Delhi, Jan 21: The Gujarat poll outcome has instilled belief in Congress workers that the BJP can be defeated, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel said on Sunday and exuded confidence that the party would emerge victorious in the 2019 general elections under Rahul Gandhi's leadership. Patel, who had won the Rajya Sabha election from Gujarat last year in a close contest, also said the poll

New Delhi, Jan 21: Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday described President Ram Nath Kovind's order disqualifying 20 of its MLAs for holding offices of profit as "unconstitutional" and "dangerous for democracy". The President on Sunday accepted the Election Commission's recommendation to disqualify the 20 AAP MLAs. Madanlal, one of the 20 disqualified MLAs, said that all hopes hinge upon

New Delhi, Jan 21: President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday accepted the Election Commission's recommendation to disqualify 20 MLAs of Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party for holding offices of profit. A notification issued by the law ministry quoted the president as saying that in the light of the opinion expressed by the Election Commission (EC), the 20 members of the Delhi legislative Assembly have been