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Hyderabad, Mar 22: A seminar on “Persecution of Muslims and Christians and their social exclusion” was organized by the Center for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy of Maulana Azad Urdu University yesterday in Hyderabad. Addressing the gathering Prof. Ram Puniyani told that violence and exclusion are the two aspects for alienating the Muslims and the Christians. Communal Violence

Mumbai, Mar 22: Hitting out at BJP over the Advani ticket issue, Shiv Sena today questioned why the party took so long to decide on his Lok Sabha seat and said while Narendra Modi's era has begun, it does not mean that it is the end of Advani's era. "Advani's name should have been in the first list of BJP Lok Sabha candidates. However, this did not happen. One who built the party and showed it

Attari (Amritsar), Mar 22: Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday introduced Arun Jaitley as a future deputy prime minister to people of the border district of Attari during the BJP leader 's first public rally here, in what can potentially raise many hackles in the saffron outfit. "If voted to power, he will be deputy prime minister or finance minister," Badal said. While the

Krishnanagar, (WB), Mar 21: In an apparent dig at BJP's prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Mnister Mamata Banerjee today said she loved the people of Gujarat, not 'NaMo' and termed the BJP as "communal". "I love the people of Gujarat, but not NaMo, NaMo," she told an election rally here in Nadia district. "Some are saying why I am not taking names (of Modi). Why should I

New Delhi, Mar 21: BJP today snubbed senior leader Jaswant Singh by denying him a ticket in the Lok Sabha elections in Rajasthan and instead decided to field Col Sonaram Choudhary in Barmer, which Singh was seeking. The denial of ticket to Singh, who is considered close to L K Advani, comes a day after the party patriarch was virtually forced to choose the Gandhinagar seat in Gujarat, against his

Mumbai, Mar 21: With 40 stores in 17 months of its operations, India is the fastest growing market in the history of the Seattle-based iconic American coffee chain Starbucks, according to a company statement. The US-based coffee chain, which had sewed up an equal joint venture with Tata Global Beverages, opened its first outlet in Mumbai in October 2012. "With 40 stores in four cities (in 17

Mumbai, Mar 21: A Mumbai sessions court on Friday awarded life sentence to four convicts in one of the two gang rape cases that took place at the Shakti Mills compound in 2013. The survivor, who worked as a telephone operator was violated in July last year. However, she registered the case much later, after the gang rape of a photojournalist by five men at the same location on August 22, 2013

Tokyo, Mar 21: India and Singapore won the 2014 edition of the UN-Water "Water for Life" Best Practices Award for their sustainable practices of water resources, authorities said Friday. The award was announced by the United Nations Office during an official UN ceremony here to mark World Water Day 2014 Friday, reported Xinhua. "The winners this year are excellent examples of two organizations

New York, Mar 21: A US court has asked Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi to provide a copy of her passport to show that she was not in the US between Sep 2 and Sep 9 last year. Gandhi had filed a motion in a federal court in Brooklyn, New York, seeking dismissal of a human rights violation case against her relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, asserting she had not been served the summons as

New Delhi, Mar 21: Finance minister P Chidambaram has opted out of the Lok Sabha contest, with Congress announcing his son Karthi as the candidate from Sivaganga constituency in Tamil Nadu. Kirit Patel will take on BJP patriarch LK Advani in Gandhinagar in Gujarat. The passing of baton in Sivaganga caps the intense speculation on Chidambaram's candidature in the wake of Congress's bleak prospects