India

New Delhi, Apr 23: The Supreme Court Wednesday constituted a three member committee to frame guidelines to regulate issuance of advertisements by the government and its departments with an obvious political message. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam said that the existing DAVP guidelines do not cover such advertisements. The three member committee would comprise N.R

New Delhi, Apr 23: Stepping up its efforts to prevent the use of blackmoney and other means to influence voters during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, the Election Commission has so far seized Rs 240 crore in cash and crores of litres of liquor and drugs. According to the latest data released today by the poll panel, officials at the ground have seized Rs 240 crore in cash, including Rs 102 crore

New Delhi, Apr 22: Narendra Modi on Tuesday said he would reach out to Muslim "brothers" like any other citizen of the country and made it clear that the contentious issues of Ram temple and Uniform Civil Code would be addressed within the Constitutional framework. The BJP's prime ministerial candidate underlined that he sees all Indians as one and it is his "responsibility" to reach out to all

Rae Bareli (UP), Apr 22: Breaking her silence, a "pained" Priyanka Gandhi today said her husband Robert Vadra was being targeted for political reasons and asserted that her resolve to fight back will increase the more the opponents attack. Campaigning for her mother and Congress President Sonia Gandhi in this constituency of Uttar Pradesh, she said Vadra was being attacked by BJP to divert the

Bhavnagar, Apr 22: A first information report (FIR) has been registered against VHP leader Pravin Togadia for “inciting communal passions” after he allegedly asked the locals of a society here to forcibly occupy a house purchased by a Muslim man in Hindu majority area. “An FIR has been filed against him under sections 153(A), 153(B) and under 188 for violating notification of the Election

New Delhi/Rajkot, Apr 22: Congress and several other parties today came down heavily on Pravin Togadia for "spreading venom" through his reported remarks that Muslims should be stopped from buying property in Hindu areas and said that the VHP leader should be "hospitalised" for treatment. Meanwhile, the Election Commission has sought the recording of the speech made by Togadia in Bhavnagar on

Chennai, Apr 22: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa on Monday wound up her 51-day campaign across 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry during which she exhorted the people to vote for her party in the April 24, 2014 polls and make it part of the next government at the Centre. Ending her campaign in the city on the eve of deadline for

Bhopal, Apr 21: Rastriya Samajsewak Sangh (RSS) was at its polarising best when they issued pamphlets in Madhya Pradesh asking people from 'majority' community to vote 100% and criticised the increasing appeasement of 'minority' community. The pamphlet carries mention of 'encroachment of Indian territory' and lambasts 'silence of central government' responsible for demoralising the morale of our

Hardoi (Uttar Pradesh), April 21: BJP leader Narendra Modi Monday said that if he comes to power, he will free the country of criminals by sending all offenders to prison. "I have decided that after May 16, once the election result is declared and the new government is formed, I will examine the affidavits of all winning MPs to find out about their criminal records. I won't leave even the BJP and

Ramanathapuram(TN), Apr 21: Making a strong pitch for a ''pro-poor, secular government'' at the Centre, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today said India does not need a government that ''makes Hindus fight Muslims'' in an apparent dig at BJP. Addressing an election rally here, he said that since these were Lok Sabha elections, local Tamil parties, with which Congress failed to enter into a