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Guwahati/New Delhi, Dec 26: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday announced zero tolerance against Bodo militants in Assam, saying that they would be treated like terrorists. After visiting the affected districts of Sonitpur and Kokrajhar two days after the nation was shocked by the cold-blooded massacre of 78 people, Singh ruled out any dialogue with the militant NDFB(S) outfit, which was

Jammu, Dec 26: Even as the picture is not yet clear over which way the parties would align to form the new government in Jammu and Kashmir, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday struck a confident note saying, that the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) will play a pivotal role in the government formation and that the party held a 'veto power' in the state. “Whoever forms the government, the BJP must

Jammu, Dec 25: Asserting that it has several options, the BJP today said it will play a "crucial" role whoever forms the government in Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a press conference after a meeting of the newly-elected MLAs, Finance Minister and BJP's central observer Arun Jaitley said the legislators authorised party President Amit Shah to decide the future course of action on government

Srinagar, Dec 25: As the deadlock over government formation in Jammu and Kashmir continued, the state unit of Congress today backed PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to lead the new dispensation to respect the people's verdict in the just-concluded Assembly elections. "It is a worrying situation in which certain power-hungry political groups and individuals are trying to subvert the democratic

Assam, Dec 25: The death toll in Assam rose to 76, including 3 people who got killed during police firing. As per TV reports, Home Minister Rajnath Singh will be visiting the violence hit Sonitpur today. The Home Minister is going to take stock of the situation. Around 250 people are reported missing, as per reports. The massacre in Assam began when anti-talks Songbijit faction of the National

Guwahati, Dec 24: Three people were killed in Assam Wednesday when police fired at thousands of angry adivasis who took to the streets, a day after Bodo militants massacred 65 unarmed tribals. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi told the media that 37 tribals were killed in Sonitpur, 25 in Kokrajhar and three in Chirang districts as the Bodos went on a killing spree late Tuesday. Those slaughtered include

New Delhi, Dec 24: Outgoing Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday signalled his intention to stake claim to form the government despite a weak mandate for the National Conference (NC) in the just-concluded assembly elections. "Incidentally in 2002, Mufti (PDP leader Mufti Mohammad Sayeed) became CM (chief minister) with 16 MLAs (members of legislature) and NC with 28 sat in

Guwahati, Dec 24: The death toll today climbed to 53 in the series of attacks by suspected Bodo militants belonging to NDFB-S faction in Sonitpur and Kokrajhar districts of Assam while the Centre was rushing additional forces to the state. 30 people were killed in Maitalu bustee and six in Junglee bustee in Sonitpur district when heavily armed militants belonging to the Songbijit faction of

Srinagar, Dec 24: The 2008 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections threw up a fractured mandate, resulting in a hung Assembly, with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) emerging as the single-largest party with 28 seats, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delivering its best performance in the state, securing 25 of the 87 seats. No single party was able to win enough seats to form a government on its

Ranchi/New Delhi, Dec 23: The BJP Tuesday said it was ready to form a stable government in Jharkhand, with party president Amit Shah crediting the election victory to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "It is for the first time that people of Jharkhand have given a clear mandate in an assembly election to the BJP," Shah told journalists in New Delhi. "We will form a majority government." Shah said his