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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

New Delhi, May 16: The heartening mandate for the BJP under his leadership has strengthened Narendra Modi’s resolve for a free hand to choose his team of ministers and assign portfolios, senior BJP leaders conceded on Friday. Without appearing to be hard-headed, Modi, who is likely to be sworn in as the Prime Minister on or before May 21, has not minced words in conveying this impression. As a BJP

Ahmedabad, May 17: Following victory of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha election, his security cover will be upgraded to Special Protection Group cover, which is enjoyed by the Prime Minister of the country. The SPG officials are arriving in the state, with a small team in Gandhinagar, on Saturday to discuss the security cover for Modi till he is sworn in as the PM. Till the

Srinagar, May 17: Two persons died and at least 15 got injured when a Police vehicle overturned during a clash between the followers of the two mainstream political parties, the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] and the Peoples Conference [PC], in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, on Friday evening. Informed sources in north Kashmir said that the workers of the two parties attacked each other at