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New Delhi, May 19: Congress Working Committe members could offer their resignation at its meeting today in the wake of the party's worst-ever performance in the Lok Sabha polls, amid indications that it could witness an attack on advisors of Rahul Gandhi while insulating him from criticism. While there has been no official word about such a move, the talk about the CWC members offering to resign

New Delhi, May 19: Days after the BJP swept the Lok Sabha polls, the RJD and the Congress called for an urgent "understanding" with the JD-U to prevent any further split in "secular" votes. "We do not rule out an arrangement with the JD-U (Janata Dal-United) to consolidate the secular votes in the future," Bihar Congress leader Premchand Mishra said. Hinting at a possible realignment between the

Panaji, May 19: Tehelka founder editor Tarun Tejpal’s mother Shakuntala Tejpal passed away after being ill for sometime, his lawyer said on Monday. She was 87.Shakuntala was suffering from brain tumour and was living in Tejpal’s house at Moira in North Goa.“She expired last evening at Tejpal’s Goa residence. The decision is yet to be taken whether the final rites would be conducted in Goa or Delhi

Chennai, May 19: 11 members of Tamil Nadu's opposition DMK have been arrested in Chennai and booked for attempt to murder for an attack on journalists outside party leader MK Stalin's home. Some journalists were injured when they were roughed up allegedly by DMK supporters when party leaders gathered at Mr Stalin's home to persuade him not to resign over the party's poll debacle. The journalists'

New Delhi, May 18: Delhi Congress today said it will prefer fresh election in the city then supporting the Aam Aadmi Party again to form a government as favoured by a section of AAP MLAs following the drubbing in Lok Sabha polls. Chief Spokesperson of Delhi Congress Mukesh Sharma said AAP has no moral right to talk about formation of a government in Delhi again after it went to the Supreme Court

Patna, May 18: Three rebel RJD MLAs today resigned from the Bihar Assembly to extend their support to Nitish Kumar after his resignation as Bihar chief minister. Samrat Chaudhary, Ram Lakhan Ram Raman and Javed Iqbal submitted their resignation letters to Speaker Udai Narayan Choudhary. "When Nitish Kumar left such a big post of Chief Minister can't we make a small sacrifice like resigning from

Patna, May 18: Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Sunday denied that there was any move to forge an alliance with Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United. "There is no question and no possibility of an alliance with JD-U," Lalu told media persons here following reports that there will be realignment of the RJD with arch rival JD-U. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar resigned Saturday, taking moral

New Delhi, May 18: Outgoing Union minister Kamal Nath faulted Manmohan Singh for being uncommunicative — saying while lack of communication was at the root of the government's problems, the PM's silence was the worst. He regretted that Congress's approach to politics was a few years behind the times and the party needed to revamp its organization. In a TV interview, Nath singled out UPA's rights

Patna, May 17: A day after his party JD (U)'s poor show in the Lok Sabha elections, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar resigned on Saturday. The JD (U) had managed to get just 2 seats out 40 Lok Sabha seats in the state. Kumar has submitted his resignation to governor D Y Patil. Kumar's resignation has come amid reports of dissent in the party following the poor show in the general elections. "He

New Delhi, May 17: The BJP Parliamentary Party will meet on May 20 to formally elect Narendra Modi as its leader, a formality before his anointment as Prime Minister. This was decided a meeting of the Parliamentary Board, the highest decision-making body of the party chaired by BJP chief Rajnath Singh and attended by Modi, L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Sushma Swaraj and other top leaders. In a