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On Board Special Aircraft, Oct 5: President Pranab Mukherjee today described as speculation L K Advani crediting him for the withdrawal of the ordinance on convicted lawmakers, saying he had nothing to do with the development. "I cannot comment on the views of the opposition. Whoever wanted to seek appointment with me, I gave them. BJP leaders met me, Aam Aadmi Party met me. I received various

Hyderabad, Oct 5: YSR Congress party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy Saturday began an indefinite fast here against the Centre's decision to carve out a separate Telangana state. Jagan, as the MP from Kadapa is popularly known, sat on fast in front of the party office at Lotus Pond in Jubilee Hills. Several party leaders and activists are also sitting on fast with him since 11.30 am. The police have

New Delhi, Oct 5: Rail travel will become costly from Monday with the cash-strapped railways deciding to increase passenger fares in all mail and express trains by 2% and freight tariff by 1.7% across the board. The passenger fare hike will be applicable from October 7 and revised freight charges will come into effect from October 10. This is the second increase in passenger fares this year after

Gandhinagar, Oct 5: Though Chief Minister Narendra Modi has been waxing eloquent about the Gujarat model of development, the latest report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India as well as the State government’s own admission speak of malnourished and underweight children in the State. According to the government’s own figures, produced by Women and Child Development Minister

Hyderabad, Oct 5: Stepping up his protest against the decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh by carving out a Telangana state, YSR Congress party president YS Jaganmohan Reddy will launch an indefinite fast here from Saturday. Reddy will fast in front of the YSR Congress office and urge the central government to withdraw its decision. Accusing the Congress of dividing the state to earn votes in

New Delhi, Oct 4: For the first time, the Election Commission will provide the ‘None Of The Above’ option in EVMs for the 11 crore voters who will exercise their franchise in the five States going to polls beginning next month. Announcing the schedule for Assembly elections in Delhi, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath said in

New Delhi, Oct 4: Assembly elections in five states were announced by the Election Commission of India on Friday. Elections for Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Mizoram assemblies will be held in a phased manner. While polls to elect the 70-member Delhi assembly will be held on December 4, polls for 200- member Rajasthan assembly will be held on December 1 while elections for 40

Brussels, Oct 4: India wants peace with Pakistan but there can be no compromise with its own territorial integrity, President Pranab Mukherjee has said while asserting that state-sponsored terrorism from across the border cannot be accepted. He also dismissed Pakistan's contention that "non-state actors" were behind the terror acts in India, saying they are not coming from heaven, but from

New Delhi, Oct 4: Army chief General Bikram Singh today dismissed the suggestion that a Kargil-like situation has developed in Keran sector in Jammu and Kashmir where around 40 terrorists backed by Pakistan Army are fighting with soldiers and asserted that they would be flushed out soon. Gen Singh also made it clear that the terrorists have not occupied any Indian village along the Line of Control

Hyderabad, Oct 4: The emotive state bifurcation issue has once again flared up in Andhra Pradesh after the union cabinet set up a Group of Ministers (GoM) to work out the modalities for creation of Telangana, India’s 29th state. Finance Minister P Chidambaram will head the GoM. Hyderabad will be the joint capital of Telangana and Seemandhara for 10 years and after that Seemandhara will have to