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Bhopal, Mar 27: In a remark which could ruffle some feathers in the BJP ahead of the general elections, Madhya Pradesh Tourism Minister Surendra Patwa said that Sushma Swaraj could be the future deputy prime minister if voted to power at the Centre. The Minister said this yesterday at a meeting at Badi in Raisen district about 100 kms from here in the presence of the senior BJP leader herself and

Gaya, Mar 27: : Commotion broke out on Thursday at the venue of a rally here in Bihar shortly before BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was to address it prompting police to resort to a mild lathicharge. The police action to restore order came after the crowd at the rally in Gandhi Maidan who had gathered for several hours became restive during which the wooden barricades were also

New Delhi, Mar 27: The Supreme Court, which is hearing the petitions seeking cancellation of Reliance IndustriesBSE 1.27 % Ltd's contract for exploration of oil and gas from Krishna-Godavari basin, today wanted to know from the Centre about the probe into the alleged money laundering issue raised during the hearing. "We want to know about it," a bench headed by justice B S Chauhan told Solicitor

Gaya, Mar 17: Maoists blew up two mobile towers exploding powerful bombs, on Thursday, in two areas of Gaya district ahead of two election rallies of BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. About one hundred Maoists gathered in the areas and blew up two mobile towers of a private company by exploding powerful bombs at Manjhauli and Dumaria Bazar villages late last night, superintendent of

New Delhi, Mar 27: Two suspected terrorists believed to be Pakistanis have been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh anti-terror squad in Gorakhpur. A huge cache of arms and ammunition were recovered from them. The two men were allegedly part of a terror plot ahead of elections and were recruited by the Indian Mujahideen, sources say. They allegedly came to Gorakhpur via Nepal. The UP police was alerted

Srinagar, Mar 27: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday lashed out at BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for uttering ‘lies’ during a public rally in Jammu. “The ease with which NaMo lied today about me flying over his rally in Jammu makes me wonder what else the man lies about in his speeches,” Omar wrote on micro blogging site Twitter. Modi had alleged that Omar

New Delhi, Mar 26: Unhappy BJP leader L K Advani on Tuesday went online to obliquely attack Narendra Modi by referring to his old blog on A B Vajpayee, saying the former prime minister has ''no trace of ego or arrogance''. This comes a day after his close aide Jaswant Singh targeted the party’s prime ministerial candidate for denying him a ticket. Jaswant Singh has accused the present leadership

New Delhi, Mar 25: Coming down heavily on BCCI President N Srinivasan, the Supreme Court today asked him to step down for a free and fair probe in the betting and spot fixing scandal involving his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan and some cricketers, failing which it would pass an order. After going through the contents of a report filed in a sealed cover by apex court-appointed probe panel into the

Delhi Police chief BS Bassi on Monday said the inquest would continue in the mysterious death of Sunanda Pushkar, Union minister Shashi Tharoor's wife while maintaining that there is "no reason" to proceed in any other way, virtually ruling out an FIR in the case as of now. "From the circumstantial evidence collected so far and from the statement of witnesses, there is no reason for us to proceed

New Delhi, Mar 25: The Election Commission (EC) has asked the Centre to defer the notification of new gas price from April 1 after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) contended that it will violate the poll code. The EC has taken note of AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal’s argument that the notification amounts to the Union government violating the model code of conduct, which came into effect on March 5 with the