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New Delhi, Nov 27: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra met former finance minister P Chidambaram at Tihar Jail on Wednesday. The meeting comes ahead of the Supreme Court hearing Chidambaram's bail application in the INX Media corruption case. The senior Congress leader was first arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on August 21 in the INX Media corruption case

Mumbai, Nov 27: NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who last week supported the BJP to form a short-lived government in Maharashtra, on Wednesday said he continued to be in his party and that there was no reason "to create" confusion about it. "I have nothing to say (right now), I will speak at the right time. I had said earlier also, I am in the NCP and I will remain in the NCP. There is no reason to create

Mumbai, Nov 27: Maharashtra CM-designate and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray met Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhavan here on Wednesday. Thackeray, to be sworn-in as CM on Thursday, was accompanied by wife Rashmi, an official said. The Shiv Sena chief will be the first from the Thackeray family to be sworn in as the chief minister. The Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress on Tuesday named

Kochi, Nov 26: A team of gender rights activists led by Trupti Desai, which was headed for Sabarimala to offer prayers at Lord Ayyappa temple was denied police protection on Tuesday amidst protests by devotees, members of a right wing outfit and BJP here, against their entry into the shrine. The Kerala government dubbed Desai's attempt to visit Sabarimala as a "conspiracy". As soon as the team of

Mumbai, Nov 26: In the changing political dynamics in Maharashtra after the resignation of Devendra Fadnavis as chief minister, the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress combine has decided to elect Uddhav Thackeray as its leader to stake a claim for government formation, a senior Sena leader said on Tuesday. Shiv Sena is the second-largest party in the state Assembly with 56 MLAs, after the BJP which won 105

New Delhi, Nov 26: Stating that he doesn't have the majority anymore after Ajit Pawar's resignation, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said he will also resign. "I will also resign. After this I'll go to Raj Bhavan and tender my resignation. I wish them all the best whoever will form the govt. But that will be a very unstable govt as there is huge difference of opinions," Fadnavis

New Delhi, Nov 26: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India has strengthened and empowered its democracy in the last 70 years. Addressing members of both Houses of Parliament in the Central Hall of Parliament House, he also said that while November 26 is a happy occasion as India celebrates Constitution Day, it also reminds of the Mumbai terror attacks that took place on this day in 2008

New Delhi, Nov 26: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday took a swipe at the government, saying people in power in the country are trying to "circumvent" values of the Constitution and attempting to weaken powers of the people in a democracy. The government is celebrating ''Constitution Day'' or ''Samvidhan Diwas'' on Tuesday to mark the 70th anniversary of adoption of the Constitution

New Delhi, Nov 26: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday read out the Preamble of the Constitution of India during the protest of Opposition parties against the government formation in Maharashtra by BJP. Leaders of Opposition parties staged a protest as a joint sitting of the Parliament was underway to mark 'Constitution Day' where Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the gathering

New Delhi, Nov 26: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the Narendra Modi government is committed to ensure the unity and integrity of the country by following the ideals of B R Ambedkar, the architect of the Constitution, and serve 130 crore Indians. In a series of tweets on the occasion of the Constitution Day, Shah said the Constitution is the soul of Indian democracy. "As a true guard