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Newsroom, Mar 12: Enraged by the detergent brand Surf Excel’s latest advertisement which promotes Hindu-Muslim communal amity, dozens of online Hindutva activists have mistakenly taken revenge against software giant Microsoft’s Excel. The ad that promotes Surf Excel’s ‘Daag acche hai’ campaign has also divided social media. While some people are praising Surf Excel for the advertisement, the ad

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 12: The election commission on Monday warned political parties in Kerala not to use the Sabarimala temple matter as a campaign issue. Kerala Chief Electoral Officer Teeka Ram Meena told the media here that "citing or invoking" religious propaganda on the "Sabarimala issue" would be a clear violation of the model code of conduct. "Inviting religious feelings, using any kind

Unnao, Mar 12: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker Sakshi Maharaj has written a letter to Uttar Pradesh party chief Mahendra Nath Pandey claiming that consequences "may not be positive" if the party denies him a ticket to contest from Unnao constituency in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. In a letter dated March 7, Maharaj said, "If a party takes a different decision (related to my

Ahmedabad, Mar 12: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday urged people not to get swayed by electoral rhetoric and told them to raise the real issues facing them instead of getting drawn into trivialities. "Your greatest weapon is awareness about the realities facing the country, your vote is your weapon. Use it with after due consideration and due discretion. Ensure that it does

New Delhi, Mar 12: In a setback to the prospects of an opposition grand alliance to take on the ruling BJP in the Lok Sabha election, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) made it clear on Tuesday that it would not have any electoral tie-up with the Congress in any state for the polls beginning April 11. In a statement, BSP supremo Mayawati said, "It is being made clear again that the Bahujan Samaj Party

Mar 12: The "trip of a lifetime" to a safari park in Kenya turned into a nightmare for six members of a family from India in Canada who perished when the Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed minutes after take-off from Addis Ababa. The Boeing 737 took-off from Bole International Airport on Sunday and lost contact six minutes later before coming down near Tulu Fara village outside the

Hyderabad, Mar 12: As a leader of Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress voices concern about elections in the month of Ramadan and the impact on Muslim votes, Hyderabad parliamentarian Asaduddin Owaisi rubbished such talk. The national election will be held from April 11 to May 19 and the results will be declared on May 23, the Election Commission said yesterday. Asaduddin Owaisi, the leader of the

New Delhi, Mar 12: 'Gomaata' became a hot political topic again after Narendra Modi assumed power in 2014 but it was the same 48 years ago too when 'Cow and Calf' symbol was allotted to Indira Gandhi-led Congress faction, just a couple of months before the 1971 General Elections. Cries of hurting religious sentiments were raised soon after the symbol was allotted and it had prompted then Chief

Lucknow, Mar 12: Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan on Monday claimed that Muslims in present-day India are considered "tenants." Khan, while responding to a question on election dates clashing with the Muslim festival of Ramzan, said: "There were days when RSS used to say we will make Muslims second-class citizens. Now we say that we are ‘kirayedaars’ (tenants)." “Changing dates of the

New Delhi, Mar 12: In his eagerness to attack BJP over the release of Masood Azhar following hijack of Indian Airlines plane in 2000, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday ended up giving up a major handle to the saffron party when he addressed Jaish-e-Mohammad chief as 'Masood Azhar ji'. "It is shameful to say the least...," Union Minister Smriti Irani told a TV channel within minutes the