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Chennai, Apr 9: G K Vasan-led Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) today joined the DMDK-PWF combine for the May 16 Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu, leading to the emergence of a new rainbow coalition under DMDK founder and its Chief Ministerial candidate Vijayakant. Eventually, DMDK sacrificed 20 of the 124 seats allocated to it earlier, to be distributed among TMC and PWF members. DMDK will now be in fray

New Delhi, Apr 9: A shoe was hurled at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today by man who claimed to be from Aam Aadmi Sena, a breakaway group of AAP, during a press conference but it did not hit the AAP chief. The attacker, identified as Ved Prakash, was detained by police, which quizzed him. He talked about alleged irregularities in distribution of CNG stickers and claimed that no action has

Mathura, Apr 9: To deter the practice of open defecation, authorities here have resorted to naming and shaming offenders by posting their pictures on social media. District authorities today inspected several villages here under the Swachh Bharat initiative and took action against offenders. They even posted their pictures on WhatsApp to deter such habits. "A total of 18 villages were inspected

Ahmednagar, Apr 9: Men and women made a beeline to sanctum sanctorum of famous Shani temple at Shingnapur here since morning to offer prayers on the first Saturday, a day traditionally devoted to the deity, after lifting of 400-year -old ban on entry of women into the shrine's core area. The temple trust yesterday lifted the ban following Bhoomata Brigade's agitation against gender bias and the

Kamalpur (Assam), Apr 9: Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of making ‘big promises’ on bringing back black money and asked him to explain why he has not instituted a probe into the matter of the Chattisgarh chief minister’s son’s name featuring in the ‘Panama Papers’. “The Panama Papers have been leaked and many names have been

New Delhi, April 8: India is in talks with the United States to purchase 40 Predator surveillance drones, officials said, a possible first step towards acquiring the armed version of the aircraft and a development likely to annoy Pakistan. India is trying to equip the military with more unmanned technologies to gather intelligence as well as boost its firepower along the vast land borders with

Ahmednagar, Apr 8: Yielding to a high voltage campaign by activists, the Shani Shingnapur temple trust today allowed women to enter the sanctum sanctorum, breaking the tradition followed for several decades. Significanly, lifting of all gender barriers for access to the core area came on the auspicious occasion of "Gudi Padwa", marking New Year by people across Maharashtra. Sayaram Bankar, a

Mumbai, Apr 8: Following the Shani Shingnapur temple’s announcement that both men and women will be allowed to enter the inner sanctum of the temple, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis welcomed the decision and said religion never discriminates on the basis of caste or gender. “The state government has taken the same stand from the very beginning and we filed an affidavit in the High

Mumbai, Apr 8: Defying the temple authorities over 100 male devotees brazenly stormed into sanctum sanctorum of Shani temple in Shingnapur on the occasion of Gudi Padwa on Friday, according to reports. This incident is likely to escalate the ongoing stand-off between the Shani temple authorities and Bhoomata Brigade activists who had forced entry into the inner sanctum of the temple. Women

New Delhi, Apr 8: Would it be shocking if the industrialist Vijay Mallya's name crops up in the Panama Papers leak? As per The Times of India report, Vijay Mallya, who has bee declared as willful defaulter by banks in India, has also been named in the papers released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists( ICIJ) among people who may have stashed away wealth in offshore