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Mumbai, Apr 14: Hitting out at the Congress for raking up the issue of Narendra Modi’s marriage, the Shiv Sena on Monday accused it of “poking nose” into the private life of the BJP’s prime ministerial nominee and said the grand old party’s bid to make it an issue of national campaign re-affirmed its bankruptcy. “Modi’s marriage was just a formality. Swami Samarth Ramdas ran way from the midst of

New Delhi, Apr 14: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today told that there was no proposal for her to run against Narendra Modi in Varanasi, but stressed that her family including brother Rahul have told her they would whole-heartedly back her if she ever decides to contest an election. "No one in my family would ever stop me from contesting an election. My brother, mother and husband would wholeheartedly

New Delhi, Apr 13:NCP supremo Sharad Pawar today stepped up his attack on Narendra Modi, saying the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate is "dreaming" of becoming Hitler and asked people to foil his "attempt" in the Lok Sabha polls. "Someone is dreaming to become Hitler in this country. We shouldn't allow such forces to succeed. We must foil his attempt in this elections," he tweeted, without naming

New Delhi, Apr 13: The Prime Minister's Office will take the nod of Gujarat Government and Chief Minister Narendra Modi for releasing the correspondence exchanged with the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee after the post-Godhra riots in 2002. The information was earlier denied by the Central Public Information Officer of the PMO S E Rizwi citing section 8(1)(h) of the RTI Act, without

Ghaziabad, Apr 13: A day after the Election Commission banned BJP leader Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Minister Mohammad Azam Khan from holding public meetings and rallies and directed the U.P. government to initiate criminal proceedings against the duo, two FIRs were lodged against each of them on Saturday. Both the FIRs against Mr. Shah were registered in Muzaffarnagar district. The cases were

New Delhi, April 13: The fourth phase of Lok Sabha polls held on Saturday in seven constituencies recorded impressive turnout, with East Tripura registering the highest poll numbers—81.8 per cent. The polling, spread across four states, was peaceful, said the Election Commission here. The fate of 74 candidates, including sitting MPs Shripad Naik (BJP), Tripura's Industries Minister Jitendra

New Delhi, Apr 13: In a strong attack on Adani group perceived to be close to Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi said that he had been given land equal to the size of Vadodara at throwaway prices and also the Gujarat coastline of the size of Mumbai coastline. Without explicitly mentioning the group by name, the Congress vice president alluded to it when he said, "land equal to Vadodara was given to him

Raipur, Apr 12: Six members of a polling party and five CRPF personnel were killed as Naxals struck twice today in gap of less than an hour, blowing up a bus and an ambulance in Bijapur and Bastar districts of Chhattisgarh. 10 persons were also injured in the two incidents. The Naxals attacked the polling party near Ketulnar village at about 11 AM when it was returning after voting in the region

Guwahati, Apr 12: A total of 54 % votes were cast till 3 pm for the three Lok Sabha seats in Assam where polling is on in the second phase today. Election office sources said polling was peaceful and Karimganj(SC)recorded 55 % polling, Silchar 65 % and Autonomous District(ST) comprising Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao district 45 %. EVM malfunctioning was reported in Autonomous District and Karimganj

Amethi, Apr 12: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today filed his nomination from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh in the presence of mother Sonia, sister Priyanka and her husband Robert Vadra. The Congress No. 2 is seeking re-election for a third consecutive term from the Lok Sabha constituency. "I have been working in Amethi for 10 years... We have family ties with Amethi, it will be a good victory,"