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Lahore, May 21: LeT operations commander Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi and six others accused in the 2008 Mumbai attack case will be individually charged for the abetment to murder of each of the 166 people who died in the carnage, a Pakistani anti-terrorism court ruled on Saturday. "The seven suspects will be charged individually for the abetment to murder of each victim of Mumbai attack case," a senior

New Delhi, May 20: Amid questions over Rahul Gandhi's leadership after poll debacle, Congress today signalled that the national leadership is not washing off its hands even as it insisted that the party Vice President took no decision on his own and that he would be "more active" in the future. After senior leader Digvijay Singh stirred the hornet's nest by talking about the need for "major

Kolkata, May 20: Mamata Banerjee was today unanimously elected as the leader of the Trinamool Congress legislature party at its meeting here. TMC secretary general Partha Chatterjee, who was re-elected from Behala Paschim seat, proposed her name which was seconded by all the newly-elected MLAs of the party. Banerjee later met Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi at Raj Bhavan to stake claim to form the

United Nations, May 20: Nearly 40 million Indians will be at risk from rising sea levels by 2050, with people in Mumbai and Kolkata having the maximum exposure to coastal flooding in the future due to rapid urbanisation and economic growth, according to a UN environment report. The Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-6): Regional Assessments said that the worst impacts of climate change are

New Delhi, May 19: Scripting history, the BJP today stormed to power in Assam bagging a government in the north east for the first time dethroning Congress which also lost Kerala while Jayalalithaa and Mamata Banerjee retained power in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal with spectacular victories. The Congress could take solace only in Puducherry where it managed to get a simple majority along with DMK to

New Delhi, May 19: Buoyed by the victory in Assam, BJP today said the people have rejected the "opportunistic" and "obstructionist" politics of Congress and have put their stamp on Modi Government's performance. The party leadership also thanked the people of Assam and credited the victory there and increased vote share in other states to party workers, state leaders and Prime Minister Narendra

Chennai, May 19: Fighting heavy odds, J Jayalalithaa proved her detractors wrong again with her grit and determination as she steered AIADMK to power for a second consecutive term, bucking the tradition since 1989 when no party has retained power in Tamil Nadu. The 68-year-old AIADMK supremo, known as 'Puratchi Thalaivi' (Revolutionary Leader), has cemented her image as a fighter despite

Chennai/Hyderabad, May 19: The heavy rain, which sparked fear of December deluge, continued to batter Tamil Nadu, especially the northern coastal areas, since Monday night. The deep depression over Bay of Bengal is expected to turn into a cyclone and may move towards Andhra Pradesh for a landfall. Though the downpour was not as heavy as the state witnessed during December, the non-stop flow has

Guwahati, May 19: BJP-led NDA is headed for a landslide victory in Assam winning 18 of the 22 seats declared so far and leading in 68 of the remaining 126 assembly seats. BJP alone has won 12 seats and is leading in 50 others, while its allies AGP and BPF have won three each and are leading in nine each. Congress' dream to return to power for a record consecutive fourth term was dashed to the

Chennai, May 18: Sparing Tamil Nadu, the deep depression over Bay of Bengal has moved to Andhra Pradesh coast and is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm by tomorrow, Met office said today. The danger of heavy rainfall in excess of 25 CM in Chennai and neighbourhood, forecast last night, has abated with the weather system moving away but coastal areas of the state would continue to experience