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Lucknow, Jan 19: Calling him a “hypocrite,” CPI (M) Politburo member Brinda Karat on Sunday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for trumpeting his humble background as a tea-seller. Ms. Karat dared Mr. Modi to state a “single example” where he has issued license to a tea-vendor to run his shop without having to face police harassment. “This is utter

Ludhiana/New Delhi, Jan 19: Hitting back at Narendra Modi over his remarks on Rahul Gandhi, Congress today said BJP can "only" name Prime Ministerial candidates and not give "strong" PMs, even as JD(U) joined the tea-seller spat saying a person selling "poisonous" tea should not hold the top post. Congress general secretary Ajay Maken asked why the party should follow BJP's "failed" model of "PM

Bhopal, Jan 19: Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Babulal Gaur today said there were few sexual crimes against women in Chennai as they dress up fully and regularly visit temples. Gaur who recently returned from a trip to Chennai said that the crime rate against women in the capital of Tamil Nadu against women was much less than what it was in Bhopal. Gaur said that the rate of crime against women in

New Delhi, Jan 19: Attacking the Congress’ first family, BJP president Rajnath Singh on Saturday said that only the BJP practises internal democracy as even a tea seller can aspire to become prime minister and a farmer a party president, which is contrary to Gandhi's first in the ruling dispensation. “Internal democracy is only practised in the BJP where a tea seller (Narendra Modi) can aspire to

New Delhi, Jan 18: Union Minister Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar, who died Friday night, had "injury marks" on her body and it is a "case of unnatural, sudden death", one of the doctors who conducted the autopsy said. "On post mortem examination we can say that it is a case of unnatural sudden death. There were certain injury marks on the body but we can't divulge details at this point,"

New Delhi, Jan 18: Union minister Shashi Tharoor, who had checked into the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) soon after his wife Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in a south Delhi hotel on Friday night, has been discharged after the doctors said he was fine. Tharoor had complained of uneasiness and chest pain. He was initially admitted to the ICU and was later shifted to a private ward

New Delhi, Jan 18: Union Minister Shashi Tharoor, whose wife Sunanda Pushkar was found dead last night, was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after he suffered a "cardiac condition" in the wee hours today. 57-year-old Tharoor was rushed to the hospital at around 3 AM after he complained of severe chest pain, anxiety and palpitation, sources at the AIIMS said. The

New Delhi, Jan 18: Police investigating Sunanda Pushkar's death mysterious death tonight questioned a number of hotel staff and checked the CCTV fotage of the lobby of the third floor of the luxury hotel where she was staying. Sources in police said call details record of Pushkar was also being checked as part of the probe into her death. A team of Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL)

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 18: Sunanda Pushkar suffered from a rheumatological illness and was given a thorough medical checkup at a leading hospital in Thiruvananthapuram just three days before she was found dead in a five star hotel in New Delhi on Friday evening. She was to return to the Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) later this month for detailed treatment based on the reports. "We

New Delhi, Jan 17: Hitting out at Gujarat chief minister and BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Friday rebuked his prime ministerial ambitions and said that Modi was welcome to sell tea at the venue of ongoing All India Congress Committee (AICC) meet in New Delhi. "Give my word, Modi will never be PM in the 21st century, if he wants to sell tea