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Amaravati, Oct 7: Justifying his party's alliance with Congress, TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu Saturday claimed it was a 'democratic compulsion' due to 'historic reasons' and was done after TRS spurned his offer for a tie up. Naidu also indicated that Telangana Rashtra Samiti chief K Chandrasekhar Rao poured cold water on his plans to emerge as a potent force in south India by aligning the TDP

New Delhi, Oct 6: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh's recent address at an event in New Delhi was deeply appreciated by the leaders of the Opposition belonging to different political parties across the country. During the address, the Union Home Minister had called "terrorism a crime against humanity" and said, "it was not linked to any religion or caste". He had also added, "Even Islamic nations

Raipur, Oct 6: BJP president Amit Shah targeted the Congress in Chhattisgarh yesterday over the alleged involvement of a leader of the opposition party in circulation of a 'sex CD' purportedly featuring a state minister. The Congress was supporting and promoting a person who insulted women by distributing obscene CDs, Mr Shah said. He was apparently referring to state Congress chief Bhupesh Baghel

New Delhi, Oct 6: The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday announced the dates for the Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram Assembly polls. While Chhattisgarh will go to the polls in two phases on November 12 and 20, the Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram Assembly elections will be held on November 28. Polling in Rajasthan and Telangana will be held on December 7, announced Chief

Ajmer, Oct 6: In a scathing attack Saturday on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the opposition party of practising vote bank politics and dividing people to get into power. The prime minister made the charge at a rally here just ahead of the announcement of assembly election dates for Rajasthan and four other states in November and December. He asked people not to let the

Washington, Oct 6: The US presidential waiver on weapons deal with sanctions-hit Russia is intended to "wean" countries like India off the Russian equipment, the White House has said as New Delhi inked a USD 5 billion deal to purchase S-400 Triumf air defence system from Moscow. The mega deal was sealed in New Delhi on Friday during the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin for the annual

New Delhi, Oct 6: With non-BJP ruled states refusing to cut taxes on fuel, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday questioned Congress President Rahul Gandhi and his "reluctant allies" if they are only committed to tweets and television bytes when it comes to giving relief to the common man. In a Facebook post titled 'The oil prices and the hypocrisy of the opposition', Jaitley accused the

Lucknow, Oct 6: The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Saturday said it has "waited too long" for the Congress and will now "consult" the BSP and the Gondwana Gantantra Party for the Madhya Pradesh polls. The SP's move comes days after Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati parted ways with the Congress, alleging that the Rahul Gandhi-led party was adopting a stubborn attitude and it was out to finish

Amaravati, Oct 6: The Andhra Pradesh cabinet on Friday termed raids conducted by the Income Tax department across the state as a political vendetta being sought by 'Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hamper the development of the state'. The issue was discussed during a state cabinet meeting held here on Friday. Information and Public Relations Minister Kaluva Srinivasulu briefed media on the subject

Mumbai, Oct 5: The BSE Sensex plunged 792 points on Friday to end at a near six-month low of 34,376.99 after the RBI unexpectedly maintained status quo on the policy rate but changed its stance to "calibrated tightening" amid the rupee breaching the 74-mark. The central bank kept the interest rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent. Sentiments were also bearish largely in tandem with a sell-off in global