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New Delhi, Jan 29: Voicing displeasure over the alliance between Samajwadi Party and Congress, SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav today said he would not campaign for it in the state assembly polls. "I am completely against the alliance. I will not campaign for it," Mulayam said on a day his son and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi held their first joint press

New Delhi, Jan 29: Five years before Rajiv Gandhi was killed in 1991, the US Central Intelligence Agency had prepared a very detailed and thorough "brief" on what would happen if he is assassinated or makes an "abrupt departure" from the Indian political scene. A 23-page report, titled "India After Rajiv ..." was put out as early as in March 1986 for comments from other senior CIA officials. The

Uttar Pradesh, Jan 29: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Samajawadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said he and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandh are like two wheels of bicycle. Addressing the media in a joint press conference along with Rahul in Lucknow, Akhilesh said that the SP and Congress alliance for upcoming UP elections is for development, prosperity and peace. "Rahul and I

New Delhi, Jan 29: Marriage under the Hindu law is "sacrament" and "not a contract" which can be entered into by executing a deed, Delhi High Court has observed while dismissing a plea by a woman who had challenged an order refusing to declare her as the legally-wedded wife. The woman had approached the court seeking her appointment for job on compassionate ground after the death of her alleged

Lucknow, Jan 28: BJP President Amit Shah today released the party's manifesto for Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections promising to make efforts to ensure construction of Ram temple under constitutional provisions if voted to power. The manifesto, called 'Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra' (Pledge for People's Welfare), also promises to press for taking forward its view on the triple talaq in the Supreme Court

New Delhi, Jan 28: The medical board constituted to submit a report on the death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, has failed to make any conclusions in its findings submitted to Delhi Police. In its report submitted to the SIT, which is probing the case, the medical board, after studying the findings of FBI and AIIMS said the cause of her death is inconclusive. “The

New Delhi, Jan 28: Five soldiers were hit by a snow avalanche that struck an army post in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Saturday. "Five soldiers are trapped under the snow and rescue operation to save them is underway," Defence PRO in Srinagar Col Rajesh Kalia told TOI over phone. According to reports, the post of 56 RR was struck by an avalanche in Macchil sector early today. On January 25

Mumbai, Jan 28: After deciding to go it alone in civic polls in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena today unleashed a stinging attack on BJP, saying it feels it had wasted a quarter century by being in an alliance with the saffron party for the sake of "Hindutva" and the interests of Maharashtra. The Sena also accused the BJP of going out of the way to flaunt its "secular credentials" and said it would not

New Delhi, Jan 28: As Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presents the Union Budget 2017 next week, he will be faced with the challenge of lowering tax in order to spur growth following the slump in demand after the demonetisation move. The Finance Minister, presenting his third Budget under the Modi government, is also likely to face a peculiar situation as precise projections of indirect tax

Jalandhar, Jan 27: Launching a scathing attack on Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today accused it of following political opportunism to further its gains and said the party was a "thing of the past" which the people of Punjab must not trust. He also said Congress is a "sinking ship" and people should not board it as it would not help them reach anywhere. Addressing an election rally here