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New Delhi, November 4: Accusing the opposition of spreading misinformation regarding policy initiatives taken by UPA, a combative Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said reform measures, including FDI in retail, will benefit the common man and create more jobs. Addressing a Congress rally at the Ramlila Maidan here, he said Congress party and the government were committed to create a prosperous

Shimla, November 4: A moderate 30 per cent polling was recorded till noon today in the election to the 68-member Assembly in hill state of Himachal Pradesh. Polling had begun on a dull note apparently due to cold weather conditions. The minimum temperature was hovering around freezing point in Chopal in Shimla district and in Kaza area. "At least seven EVMs were replaced due to malfunctioning

New Delhi, November 4: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Sunday attacked opposition parties for "lying" to farmers about foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail, saying the UPA government's policy will benefit farmers immensely. At a massive rally of the Congress party at the Ramlila Ground in the national capital, Rahul Gandhi said the FDI policy of the government would bring

Mumbai, November 4: Author Girish Karnad's outburst questioning an award conferred on Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul here four days ago elicted a mixed bag of reactions here Saturday. Karnad had called Naipaul anti-Muslim. Speaking at the Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LifFest here Friday, Karnad surprised the audience by questioning the lifetime achievement award conferred on Naipaul on account of

Shimla, November 4: The polling for the 68 seats of Himachal Pradesh assembly began amid tight security on Sunday. Electors across the state could be seen reaching polling stations even before voting started at 8 a.m. Poll officials said there has been no report of any delay in starting the poll process. The polling will end at 5 p.m. Poll officials are expecting heavy polling as the weather is

Ahmedabad, November 4: As the election campaign in Gujarat heats up, the state Congress, which has been out of power since 1995 when it lost to the BJP, is confident of ousting the three-term Narendra Modi government in the December polls. "The people of Gujarat are fed up with the Modi government. Modi claims Gujarat is vibrant and he has well-oiled machinery to propagate his lies. But the people

Vizianagaram, November 4: The wedding of Anusha, daughter of Andhra Pradesh Transport Minister and state PCC chief Botsa Satyanarayana’s daughter, Anusha, at Vizianagaram, in the backward north coastal region on Friday evening has evoked a sense of awe and outrage in equal measure. If the pompous display of wealth floored the guests at the gala event, the open and flagrant misuse of official

November 3:To understand why Narendra Modi is dwelling on issues like Sonia Gandhi's travel bills, Shashi Tharoor's wife, Manmohan Singh's "silence" - he called the prime minister "Maun" (silent) mohan - during his election campaign, it has to be realised that he can no longer play the communal card that was so useful to him earlier. The run-up to the 2002 elections was marked by the Gujarat chief

Kanpur, November 3: In a relief for Amar Singh, the Uttar Pradesh Police has submitted a closure report in a district court in Kanpur in the three-year-old fraud and embezzlement case against the Rajya Sabha MP, citing lack of evidence. The police submitted the report in the court of district judge on Friday, official sources said on Saturday. The complaint was lodged by Shivakant Tripathi during

Mumbai, November 3: Noted playwright Girish Karnad delivered a stinging attack on V S Naipaul for his views on Muslims in India, calling the Nobel Laureate "stone deaf" and an "unreliable" writer of non-fiction as far as this country is concerned. Karnad, who criticised Naipaul yesterday during a session on theatre at the "Literature Live!" literature festival here, today stood by his remarks and