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Bengaluru, Jan 28: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Monday said he was ready to step down, in what has become yet another indicator that all was not well in the Congress-JD(S) coalition. Kumarswamy’s rant of irritation came a day after some Congress legislators, including Cabinet ministers, publicly hailed Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah as their chief minister. They even

Mumbai, Jan 28: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Sunday said political leaders who sell dreams to people, but fail to make them a reality get "beaten up" by the public. The minister, who handles a host of infrastructure-related portfolios in the Modi government, asserted he is a doer and delivers on his promises. "People like (political) leaders who sell them dreams. But if these dreams are not

Washington, Jan 28: Democratic presidential aspirant Tulsi Gabbard has alleged that she had become a victim of “religious bigotry” and some media outlets were targeting her and accusing her supporters, who have Hindu names, of being Hindu nationalists. Ms. Gabbard, the first Hindu elected to the US Congress, wrote an op-ed for the Religious News Services on Sunday, describing the campaign against

New Delhi, Jan 28: A Delhi court on Monday granted bail to RJD chief Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi and son Tejashwi Yadav in the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) scam related money laundering case. Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj granted relief to the accused persons on a personal bond of ₹1 lakh and one surety of like amount each. The court had on January 19 extended the

Bengaluru, Jan 28: More than three years after launching Kerala Muslim Jamaat, veteran Sunni leader Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musliyar yesterday launched Karnataka Muslim Jamaat (KJM) in the presence of thousands of Muslims from across the state at Quddus (Qadria) Maidan on Millers Road in Bengaluru. The Musliyar warned the political parties in Karnataka against ignoring the Muslim community

Indore, Jan 28: VS Kokje, the chief of right-wing Hindu outfit Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), has said that if the BJP-led government at the Centre makes a law paving way for the construction of a grand Ram temple at Ayodhya, it will surely win the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. “If the government makes law on Ram Temple then it will surely win the Lok Sabha elections 2019 but the government is

Kolkata, Jan 28: Taking potshots on Priyanka Gandhi's entry into politics ahead of the coming Lok Sabha polls, Bihar Deputy chief minister and senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Sunday said an election is "not a beauty contest" and people will cast their vote on the basis of past performance. "An election is neither a wrestling match, nor a beauty contest, nor is it a competition of some other

Kolkata, Jan 28: Taking potshots on Priyanka Gandhi's entry into politics ahead of the coming Lok Sabha polls, Bihar Deputy chief minister and senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Sunday said an election is "not a beauty contest" and people will cast their vote on the basis of past performance. "An election is neither a wrestling match, nor a beauty contest, nor is it a competition of some other

Jan 28: Authorities in Brazil have raised the death toll from a massive dam collapse that triggered a devastating landslide to 58 amid fading hopes of finding survivors. Fears of a second dam breach near the southeastern town of Brumadinho receded on Sunday, enabling a search to resume for hundreds still missing after the collapse at mining giant Vale's Corrego do Feijao mine on Friday released a

Dubai, Jan 27: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, chaired a Cabinet meeting on Sunday, which discussed the new 'Emirati School' system to be implemented in 800 government-run and private schools across the country. In a tweet, Sheikh Mohammed said that the system includes new learning methods for general, advanced