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New Delhi, Sep 11: BJP today received backing from an unexpected quarter with former chief minister Sheila Dikshit saying the party should be given an opportunity to form government as it will be good for the people of Delhi, remarks from which the Congress quickly distanced itself. "In a democracy, elected governments are always good as they represent the people. If BJP has reached such a

Muzaffarnagar, Sep 10: BJP president Amit Shah has been accused of delivering a hate speech in the run up to the national elections by the police in Muzaffarnagar, which was devastated by communal violence last year. The local police in this part of Western Uttar Pradesh, a four-hour drive from Delhi, has chargesheeted Mr Shah based on a video clip of a speech he delivered in April. A local court

Srinagar, Sep 10: Chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday termed the situation in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir "serious" but hit out at critics who said his government was not doing enough. "What can I do. I didn't bring the rain, nor can I stop it. If I could, I would have done that," an angry Omar said. "If the opposition can do anything better about the situation then I am ready to listen to

Srinagar, Sep 10: More than 50,000 people have been rescued so far, but hundreds are still trapped here as the flood waters receded Wednesday. Officials said 215 people have died in the Jammu and Kashmir floods. "Unless the flood waters recede completely, and we are able to reach all the submerged areas, we cannot be sure about the exact toll in these floods," a top state official said. Many are

New Delhi, Sep 10: Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal today met Lt Governor Najeeb Jung and submitted a CD of a sting operation which purportedly showed a senior Delhi BJP leader trying to poach an AAP MLA. AAP also urged the Lt Governor to revise his September 4 letter to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking permission to invite the single largest party (BJP) to form government in Delhi. "We

Warangal, Sep 10: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today stirred a controversy when he threatened to "bury" the media "ten feet under the earth" if they continue to "insult" the newly-carved out state. Rao, at loggerheads with the Andhra Pradesh government over disbursement of assets and liabilities of the undivided state, also demanded that Telangana "must be respected". "Those who

Srinagar, Sep 10: Srinagar/ New Delhi, Sep 10: About 4 lakh people are still stranded and desperate for help in flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), where heavy rain has eased helping the massive multi-agency rescue and relief efforts. The toll in the worst floods to hit the state in six decades was reported to be around 200.The armed forces and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have so

New Delhi, Sep 9: Arvind Kejriwal, who had taken on Narendra Modi in Varanasi constituency, on Tuesday said “perhaps” he is the most popular leader in the country currently but wondered why BJP is avoiding facing polls in the capital when it claims a wave in its favour. The AAP leader, who quit the Chief Minister’s post after leading a 49-day-long government, said BJP was afraid of losing

Islamabad, Sep 9: Signs of a possible solution to the political crisis engulfing Pakistan emerged today with the embattled government saying it has reached an agreement with Imran Khan's party on most of their demands, except that of Premier Nawaz Sharif's ouster which it said is non-negotiable. At the conclusion of the 12th round of talks between the government and Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf

New Delhi, Sep 9: Jama't ud Da'wah chief and one of India’s most wanted, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed has come out with fresh vitriol against India. After visiting flood affected areas in Pakistan occupied Kashmir, Saeed said that the calamity is essentially India’s doing. Saeed claimed that the flood was caused due to the sudden release of water in o the rivers by India. He further added that if the