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New Delhi, Oct 22: Jet Airways and SpiceJet on Tuesday launched yet another fare war in the domestic market ahead of Diwali, announcing limited-period one-way all-inclusive economy fares starting Rs 899. Both airlines said the low-priced tickets were on offer for travel between November one and December 15. While SpiceJet's sale began today and would be on till October 26, Jet's offer would start

Mumbai, Oct 21: Amid continuing stand-off with Shiv Sena, BJP's Maharashtra Assembly poll in-charge Om Mathur today said his party was the new "big brother" in the state and others should not think themselves as bigger when "the people's verdict is otherwise". "The people of Maharashtra have given us the mandate (to form government). A person or political party cannot think of themselves as bigger

Mumbai, Oct 21: The Bharatiya Janata Party appears in no hurry to form the next government in Maharashtra and the process may be initiated only early next week after the Diwali festival is over, party sources said here Tuesday. Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who as and party observer was expected to arrive in Mumbai along with senior colleague J.P. Nadda to crown the next Maharashtra chief minister

New Delhi, Oct 21: The possibility of terror attack in the country cannot be ruled out, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today. "No possibility can be ruled out. We cannot ignore terror activities. Hence alerts are issued," he told reporters on the sidelines of a function here. Singh was replying to a question on whether there is a possibility of a terror attack during the festival season. Asked

New Delhi, Oct 21: Money power seems to have emerged the winner again in this round of Haryana assembly elections with an overwhelming 83% of the winning candidates part of the crorepati club. About 75 of the 90 newly elected MLAs in Haryana are crorepatis with BJP leading the pack. Forty of its legislators boast of assets in excess of Rs 1 crore. Though the total number of criminal netas winning

Mumbai/ New Delhi: Oct 21: A day after election results were announced, a reunion of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiv Sena appeared possible with the regional party publicly expressing its willingness to join the government without any conditions. The BJP also sought to know from Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, a senior Maharashtra leader, if he was interested in becoming the chief

Mumbai, Oct 20: The BJP seems to have been caught in a cleft-stick in Maharashtra, thanks to a fractured mandate in the 13th assembly elections. With no political party securing clear majority in the 288-member assembly, a period of political instability looms ahead in Maharashtra - though the Nationalist Congress Party has taken the lead to prevent such a situation. Despite emerging as the single

Mumbai, Oct 20: A day after BJP emerged as the single largest party in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena today took a swipe at Narendra Modi, saying the "wave" seen during the campaign lost its force even before reaching the shores and expressed doubts over survival of the state amid a hung House. BJP, Congress and NCP benefited from multi-cornered contests in the elections, the Sena said and asked the

Mumbai, Oct 20: For the first time in the history, people of Haryana and Maharashtra states have geared up to witness the rule of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief ministers. The party won a majority in Haryana, and in Maharashtra, it has emerged as the single largest party. The party’s gamble of contesting alone in Haryana and snapping ties with its oldest ally, Shiv Sena, in Maharashtra

New Delhi, Oct 20: The BJP on Sunday indicated that its door had not been shut on the estranged ally, Shiv Sena, and constituted a two-member team of observers comprising Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and general secretary J P Nadda, the two leaders whom the Sena seems to prefer at the negotiating table. Led by Rajnath Singh, the team will first hold consultations with the newly elected party