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NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) to announce party candidates for Satara, Mhada Lok Sabha seats soon

Kolhapur, March 29 -- While refusing to divulge the names of probable candidates for the Satara and Mhada Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra, NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) chief Sharad Pawar said on... Read More


TPCC blames former CM KCR for state's political turmoil

Hyderabad, March 29 -- Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) Senior Vice President G Niranjan, attributed the current political turmoil in the state to former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao ... Read More


Deve Gowda cautions against underestimating Cong at BJP-JDS meet

By BD Narayankar Bengaluru, March 29 -- Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda on Friday cautioned against underestimating Congress, noting its significant financial resources and influence, and said tha... Read More


Dahal and Deuba meet as conflict victims grow weary

Kathmandu, March 29 -- When the Nepali Congress was part of the ruling coalition with the CPN (Maoist Centre) until earlier this month, both the parties advocated for a swift endorsement of the amendm... Read More


Isn't Museveni supposed to be a good man surrounded by bad people?

Uganda, March 29 -- Last October, in Colorado, I attended a small private dinner. The guest list was mostly pensioners. I was the only Ugandan [African] in the room, so I got "that look" when I introd... Read More


Judicial probe ordered as family says Mukhtar was poisoned inside Banda Jail

Lucknow, March 29 -- The Chief Judicial Magistrate's court in Banda initiated a judicial inquiry into the demise of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari as his family members alleged that he was poisone... Read More


No exit poll from 7 am on April 19 to 6.30 pm on June 1: EC

New Delhi, March 29 -- The Election Commission has issued a notification banning the conduct, publication or publicising of exit polls between 7.00 am on April 19 and 6.30 pm on June 1 when votes will... Read More


Hope 'everyone's rights' are 'protected' in India, says UN

UNITED NATIONS, March 29 -- A spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said "we very much hope'' that in India and any country that is having elections, people's "political and civil... Read More


Bihar: RJD to contest on 26 Lok Sabha seats, Congress gets 9

PATNA, March 29 -- The Opposition INDIA bloc or Mahagathbandhan in Bihar on Friday sealed the seat-sharing deal in Bihar for the coming Lok Sabha elections with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) deciding... Read More


44% of sitting MPs face criminal charges, 5% are billionaires: ADR

New Delhi, March 29 -- A recent analysis by the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) of the self-sworn affidavits of the 514 current Lok Sabha MPs reveals that 225 MPs, or 44 per cent, have admitte... Read More