India

Mumbai, Nov 23: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray Thursday said the Ram temple issue is raked up before every election and wondered for how long will people be ‘fooled’ with the ‘mandir wahi banayenge’ slogan. Thackeray said that during his visit to Ayodhya on November 25, he would “seek an answer” as to how many more elections will people be fooled with the slogan. The Sena chief collected soil

Anantnag, Nov 23: Terrorist involved in the assassination of Rising Kashmir editor Shujaat Bukhari was shot dead along with five others belonging to banned terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in an encounter with security forces in Sekipora area of Bijbehara in Anantnag district on Friday. Giving details of the encounter, the Jammu and Kashmir Police said that Azad Malik of the LeT was involved in

Panaji, Nov 23: Goa Forward Party chief and Agriculture Minister Vijai Sardesai suggested on Thursday that the ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar wanted to resign, but the BJP high command vetoed it. "He wanted to give up the CM's post altogether. He had even shown inclination to give away his portfolios (to other ministers) when he was admitted to a hospital during Ganesh Chaturthi festival,"

Kochi, Nov 22: A senior official of the Kerala High Court N Jayasree was found dead inside her house near here Thursday morning, the police said. The body of the the 55-year-old Registrar (Judicial) was found hanging inside her house this morning by her husband, they said. The death occurred between 1am-6 am, police said. Jayasree is the first woman to have been appointed to the post in the state

Mumbai, Nov 22: Thousands of farmers demanding compensation for drought and transfer of forest rights to tribals Thursday reached Azad Maidan in south Mumbai, eight months after a similar protest was held at the venue. The farmers and tribals who began the two-day march from Thane to Mumbai on Wednesday had halted for the night at the Somaiyya Ground in Mumbai's Sion area, from where they began

Hyderabad, Nov 22: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has net assets worth Rs 2.99 crore while his three-year-old grandson Nara Devaansh is richer with assets worth Rs 18.71 crore in his name. Naidu's son and state Information Technology Minister Nara Lokesh declared the family's assets at a press conference on November 21. Lokesh's assets shot up to Rs 21.40 crore from Rs 15.21

Sabarimala, Nov 22: Police framed fresh charges against BJP leaders including State General Secretary K Surendran in connection with various protests at Sabarimala. Police framed conspiracy charges, under IPC 120 (B), against BJP leader VV Rajesh, Yuva Morcha President Prakash Babu and RSS leader Valsan Thillankeri. They have been framed for their role in stopping a 52-year-old woman who came to

Hyderabad, Nov 22: Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief and Telangana caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Wednesday said that "both Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress are brothers who cannot be believed". Addressing a public meeting at Devarakonda, Rao, who is commonly known as KCR also announced that he will enter into the national politics after the Telangana polls. He also

Bhopal, Nov 22: A video purportedly showing Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath asking Muslim leaders to ensure as much as 90 per cent voting for his party from Muslim-dominated areas has gone viral ahead of the November 28 Assembly election in the state. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has launched an attack against the main opposition party over the issue, saying it only cared for

Srinagar, Nov 21: The PDP, National Conference and Congress have agreed to join hands to form a new government in Jammu and Kashmir, senior PDP leader Altaf Bukhari said here on Wednesday. The businessman-turned-politician said around 60 MLAs were supporting the proposed alliance in the 87-member House. "The leaders have agreed to form an alliance. The PDP, NC, Congress at the leadership level