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Hyderabad, Jun 14: In high drama, two MLAs belonging to the Telangana Rashtra Samiti climbed the Legislature Party building in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly premises and threatened to jump off if Telangana state was not created immediately. The other MLAs of the party burnt an effigy of "Seemaandhra government" near the legislators' entrance gate in the Assembly premises. Holding black flags, the

Lucknow, Jun 14: Crude, sexist remarks are nothing unusual from politicians in Uttar Pradesh. However, UP tourism minister Om Prakash Singh plumbed new depths of coarseness and vulgarity on Thursday, describing former chief minister Mayawati as an ugly-faced marauder. "Aap log toh bahut bahadur ho. Jab aap log Mayawati jaisi soorat ki aurat ko panch saal tak jhel sakte ho, toh thoda samay toh hum

Patna, Jun 13: A group of around 200 Naxals attacked the Dhanbad-Patna intercity express near Jamui district in Bihar, killing one Reserved Special Force (RPF) jawan, a police personnel and another passenger apart from injuring six passengers, including the train guard. At least 500 passengers are believed to be on board. The deceased have been identified as constable Sukhnath Deonath of the fifth

New Delhi, Jun 13: Seeking to accelerate reforms to spur investments, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said the government will announce host of decisions, including relaxation of FDI caps and resolution of gas and coal prices, in the next few days. He further said there was no need for panic over declining value of rupee and the domestic currency would regain the losses suffered in last few

Lucknow, Jun 13: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) patriarch L K Advani may have taken back his resignation and accepted the party’s decision to elevate Narendra Modi to the post of campaign chief for the 2014 polls, but the Uttar Pradesh unit of the saffron party, which is gearing up to face the next Lok Sabha elections under the charge of Modi's right hand man Amit Shah, has already written him off

New Delhi, Jun 12: A day after senior BJP leader L K Advani withdrew his resignation following the RSS chief's call to him, the Sangh founthead today said that it is not interfering or managing the affairs of the right-wing party. "When a senior person of the stature of L K Advani needed to be given some advice, naturally some senior people in the country and society will give him advice. Not just

Patna, Jun 12: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may have resolved one crisis on Tuesday by convincing LK Advani to withdraw his resignation from key party positions, but is now bracing for another trouble. With Advani relenting on letting Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi continue as the head of the election campaign committee, apparently at the behest of the RSS, the JD(U) has been forced to

New Delhi, Jun 12: India is in talks with overseas explorers to buy as much as 20 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG), Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily said on Tuesday, but expressed concern over increasing landing cost of LNG. “India has now become the fifth largest importer of LNG after Japan, South Korea, the UK and Spain and accounts for 5.5 per cent of the total trade,” he said

New Delhi, Jun 11: The Bharatiya Janata Party leadership is hardening its stand on LK Advani, but the party patriarch and his camp are not giving up the fight. BJP President Rajnath Singh will be in Banswara in Rajasthan, his absence from the capital at the time of a crisis seems to be intended to send out the message that it is business as usual in the BJP. Speaking to the media, Rajnath Singh

New Delhi, Jun 11: V C Shukla, a former union minister and Congress veteran from Chhattisgarh, died today in a Gurgaon hospital after battling injuries sustained in a deadly naxal attack on a convoy of party leaders a fortnight ago. Shukla (84) died at 14:38 hours, said Yatin Mehta, Chairman of Institute of Critical Care and Anaesthesiology in the Medanta Medicity Hospital in nearby Gurgaon. He