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Raj Thackeray, Annamalai in a war of words

India, Jan. 13 -- Raking up a 1960s anti-South Indian slogan of the Shiv Sena in his Sunday rally at Shivaji Park, Raj Thackeray revived old wounds in the Tamil community, which demanded an apology fr... Read More


Yogi backs KGMU, says STF probing religious conversion allegations

LUCKNOW, Jan. 13 -- Assuring full government support to King George's Medical University in connection with the religious conversion allegations and related matters, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on ... Read More


Dy CM orders dismissal of over a dozen 'absentee doctors'

India, Jan. 13 -- LUCKNOW UP deputy chief minister and health minister Brajesh Pathak on Monday directed the dismissal of more than a dozen government doctors over being absent from duty for a prolong... Read More


Nepal's democratic transformation

Nepal, Jan. 13 -- South Asia is too often described in the language of crisis-of conflict, poverty, migration, or political instability. Yet beneath this noise lies an extraordinary democratic vitalit... Read More


Can parties consolidate the Muslim vote?

India, Jan. 13 -- With the January 15 civic elections approaching, political parties have begun jockeying for support among Mumbai's largest minority, the Muslim community. Muslims constitute a quart... Read More


Centre withheld 3 months' funds: Vijayan leads protest

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 13 -- Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday launched an attack on the BJP-led Union government, accusing it of squeezing the state financially and withholding Rs.5,... Read More


Rural job scheme weakened with scrapping of MGNREGA: Congress

Ferozepur, Jan. 13 -- The central government weakened the rural employment scheme by replacing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Roz... Read More


Congress leaders in hectic parleys to avert party split

Kathmandu, Jan. 13 -- As supporters of the Nepali Congress's special general convention pressed ahead with proceedings, party president Sher Bahadur Deuba and his camp, who opposed the convention, wer... Read More


I am not afraid of Thackeray family's threats: Annamalai

Chennai, Jan. 13 -- Taking on the Thackeray family, former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai on Monday said that he won't be afraid of intimidation by MNS and Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders that his legs ... Read More


KGMU OPD shutdown threat deferred till Jan 14 after VC's assurance

LUCKNOW, Jan. 13 -- The joint committee of King George's Medical University (KGMU) comprising teachers, resident doctors, nursing staff and employees has postponed its threat to shutdown the OPD servi... Read More