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New Delhi, Jun 2: With only months left for the forthcoming 2019 Lok Sabha polls, political parties have begun their strategies, alliance formations and preparations. In a latest, former Aam Aadmi Party minister Kapil Mishra, who has lately made several allegations against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, has now claimed that AAP is trying to shake hands with Congress ahead of 2019 polls

Chandigarh, Jun 1: Farmers on Friday stopped the supply of vegetables, fruits, milk and other items to various cities of Punjab and Haryana as part of a nationwide strike against alleged anti-farmer policies of the Centre. "We are getting a very good response from fellow farmers for their support to this agitation. At the majority of places in the state, farmers have stopped bringing vegetables

Lucknow, Jun 1: Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma has made a hypothetical claim yet again. The minister claimed that the concept of test tube babies prevailed during the Ramayana era also. "People say Sita ji was born from an earthen pot, which means at the time of Ramayana, a concept similar to test tube baby must have existe," Dinesh Sharma was quoted as saying by news agency

Patna, Jun 1: Five Indian Mujahideen militants, convicted by a special NIA court in the 2013 Bodh Gaya blasts case, were sentenced to life imprisonment today. Special NIA judge Manoj Kumar Sinha awarded the punishment to the five accused - Imtiyaz Ansari, Haider Ali, Mujib Ullah, Omair Siddiqui and Azharuddin Qureishi - who had been convicted on May 25. The world-renowned Buddhist pilgrimage town

New Delhi, Jun 1: GST collections in May declined to Rs 94,016 crore from over Rs 1.03 lakh crore in April, the Finance Ministry said on Friday. As many as 62.47 lakh businesses filed their summary sales return GSTR-3B in the month of May. The total gross GST revenue collected in May 2018 is Rs 94,016 crore, of which CGST is Rs 15,866 crore, SGST Rs 21,691 crore, IGST Rs 49,120 crore and cess Rs 7

Lucknow, Jun 1: Tabassum Hasan, whose victory in Kairana has given strength to opposition unity in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the 2019 general election, today became the first Muslim MP from the most populous state in the 16th Lok Sabha. Hasan (48) defeated her nearest BJP rival Mriganka Singh by a huge margin of 44,600 votes as the Rashtriya Lok Dal candidate supported by the Samajwadi Party, the

Srinagar, June 1: Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir have been put on a high alert following reports of large scale infiltration of militants in the Valley from across the Line of Control, officials said here on Friday. There are reports of infiltration of over 20 militants into Kashmir from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) recently, the officials said. They said most of the militants are

Newsroom, May 31: Amidst endless “Modi…Modi” slogans, India’s single largest party BJP has slipped almost close to the halfway mark in Lok Sabha after a series of bypoll defeats in last couple of year. Soon the saffron party will face another litmus test as its two prominent MPs — B S Yeddyurappa and B Sreeramulu — have shifted to in Karnataka assembly paving way for another bypoll. Besides these

New Delhi, May 31: The body of an 18-year-old man, whom the BJP claimed as its member, was found hanging from a tree near his home in Purulia district this morning. The incident invited strong criticism of the TMC government from BJP chief Amit Shah who said the ruling dispensation has "surpassed the violent legacy of the communist rule" in West Bengal. An unsigned handwritten note in Bengali

New Delhi, May 31: Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said people were missing an "educated prime minister" like Manmohan Singh. The former prime minister was the target of Kejriwal's anti-graft campaign during the 2013 Delhi Assembly polls and the Lok Sabha polls the following year. "People missing an educated PM like Dr Manmohan Singh