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New Delhi, August 12: BJP leader L.K. Advani Sunday called upon President Pranab Mukherjee to take the initiative for bringing the country out of "perpetual election mode" and ensure simultaneous polls to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies every five years with fixed term for the legislatures. In the latest post on his blog, Advani said successive elections to state assemblies was not good for

New Delhi, August 12: Ramdev on Sunday warned of a "big revolution" if the Prime Minister did not meet his demands for announcing immediate steps to bring back black money, enactment of a strong Lokpal and measures to end corruption.As his fast entered the fourth day on Sunday and the government continuing to ignore the protest, Ramdev wrote a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, asking that

New Delhi, August 12: The decision to form a political party was Anna Hazare's, former Anna team member Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday. In a series of tweets, Kejriwal said a "malicious campaign" was on to show that the social activist was against the idea of a political move. "Truth is - it was Anna's decision," Keriwal tweeted. He said the "propaganda machinery" was trying to create a wedge

Mumbai, August 12: Over 20 people have been arrested in connection with the violence near Azad Maidan in Mumbai, in which two youths were killed and at least 55 injured, police said on Sunday. The situation is normal today and heavy police deployment has been put in place, they said. “The situation has been normal since yesterday evening. We have deployed a heavy police force in the vicinity of

New Delhi, August 12: India Saturday rejected Pakistan's charges of a "conspiracy" about giving so many visas to Pakistani Hindus, saying due process and diligence was exercised in accordance with a decades-long visa pact. "We have exercised visas after due diligence and followed due process in accordance with the India-Pakistan visa pact which regulates travel between the two countries,"

Guwahati, August 11: A judicial inquiry will be held to go into the Bodo-minority violence in lower Assam even as CBI has taken up seven cases related to the clashes that have claimed 77 lives so far. “We have decided on a judicial inquiry. This will be done at a much larger scale and cover the entire gamut of issues, including lapses by administration and recommendations for preventing such

Kolkata, August 11: A man, who had publicly questioned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee about her government policies towards farmers, was Saturday arrested from West Midnapore district for "disrupting a public rally and assaulting police officers", police said. The step has come in for criticism from civil society who slammed Banerjee for her "growing intolerance". "Shiladitya Chowdhury

Mumbai, August 12: Two persons died and 14 others were injured when a protest here against Assam riots turned violent as demonstrators torched vehicles, including media vans, and pelted stones,forcing rpt forcing the police to fire in the air and use batons to disperse the unruly mob today. Hundreds of people poured in at Azad Maidan Ground in south Mumbai this afternoon on a call given by a city

New Delhi, August 11: As Baba Ramdev’s fast entered the third day on Saturday, the yoga guru threatened to intensify his stir if his demands on black money and Lokpal bill are not met by the deadline set by him and decided to knock on the doors of the President to put pressure on the government. Baba Ramdev had set a three-day ultimatum, which ends on Saturday evening, to the government to address

New Delhi, August 11: Hamid Ansari was sworn-in as the Vice President of the country for the second consecutive term by President Pranab Mukherjee here today. Ansari, 75, was administered the oath by the President at a grand ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan. He had defeated NDA candidate Jaswant Singh with a comfortable margin earlier this week for his re-election as Vice President. Ansari had