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New Delhi, Oct 20: In a jolt to Congress in poll- bound Uttar Pradesh, senior party leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi today joined BJP and attacked Rahul Gandhi over the way he was running the party and his reaction to the army's surgical strikes. 67-year-old Joshi, daughter late Congress veteran Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna, over whom there has been speculation of deserting Congress, joined BJP in the

New Delhi, Oct 20: The protests in JNU over a missing student turned volatile today with the agitating students locking down the Vice Chancellor and other senior officials in the administrative building. "We have been locked inside the building since 2.30 PM. There is a female colleague with us who is unwell as she is diabetic," JNU Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar said tonight. The VC and other

Asansol (WB), Oct 19: Union Minister Babul Supriyo was today attacked with bricks allegedly by Trinamool Congress activists here when he was on way to a police station to stage a protest against the arrest of some BJP workers. "I was going to the police station to secure release of some of my partymen. I was hit with bricks and windowpanes of my car were damaged by TMC workers," Supriyo, Minister

Lucknow, Oct 19: In yet another sign of worsening infighting in Samajwadi Party,UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today announced that he will embark on his 'Vikas Rath Yatra' alone from November 3 which will make him skip the party's silver jubilee celebrations slated to begin two days later. In a letter to his father and party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, the Chief Minister declared his intention

New Delhi, Oct 19: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today suffered a setback when the Delhi High Court dismissed his plea to stay a trial court proceedings in a criminal defamation case against him and other AAP leaders filed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley saying, "it is devoid of merit". "The request of the petitioner to adjourn the court proceedings before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate

New Delhi, Oct 19: After protracted negotiations, Russia has agreed to lease a second nuclear submarine to India in a deal which will cost around USD 2 billion. Sources today said the deal was struck during the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 15 on the sidelines of the BRICS meet in Goa. However, it was not part of the slew of

New Delhi, Oct 19: Congress today latched on to Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar's remarks that the Army had carried out "target specific, limited-calibre, counter- terrorist operations" across LoC in the past too, to "expose" the BJP and Modi government's "lie" on the recent surgical strikes. The party's chief spokesman Randeep Surjewala hoped that Jaishanker would not get "axed" like his

Beijing, Oct 19: India has "outmanoeuvred" Pakistan by effectively branding it as a "regional pariah" during Goa BRICS-BIMSTEC summit where the country presented itself as a "bright spot", strengthening its case for the NSG membership and a permanent seat in UNSC, state-run Chinese media said today. "Given the uneasy background of Indo-Pak tension, which escalated last month, India's inclusion of

Kolkata, Oct 19: Activist Irom Sharmila on Tuesday began her political journey by announcing a new political party. The party, People’s Resurgence and Justice Alliance ( PRJA), will contest the Assembly polls in Manipur in 2017. Making the announcement at the Imphal Press Club, Ms Sharmila said she would contest from two constituencies - Thoubal and Khurai. While Khurai is her home constituency

New Delhi, Oct 19: Delhi High Court is likely to deliver on Wednesday its decision on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's plea to stay the proceedings before a trial court in a criminal defamation case filed against him and other AAP leaders by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. The high court had reserved its verdict on 25 July on Kejriwal's plea challenging the trial court's 19 May order by which it