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Chennai, Mar 7: Miffed over ruling AIADMK’s “approach” in finalising seat-sharing agreement for the Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu, CPI (M) and CPI on Thursday called off their month-old alliance with the Jayalalitha-led party. The leaders of the two Left parties went into a huddle in Chennai in the wake of dilly dallying by AIADMK to reach a consensus on the seat allotment issue and decided to end

Chennai, Mar 7: None of India's 700 universities and 35,539 colleges has made it to the top 100 list of the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings released on Thursday. This means that academics don't think too highly of the capabilities and work of our higher educational institutions. The ranking, drawn on the findings of an invitation-only academic opinion survey, is based on the

New Delhi, Mar 6: Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj today opposed the party's proposed merger or alliance with BSR Congress of which the 'tainted' mining barons, the Reddy brothers of Bellary, are a part and has written to the party president in this regard. In a letter to Rajnath Singh, she said such 'tainted' leaders should not be allowed to be associated with the party and vehemently opposed the

New Delhi, Mar 6: AAP leader Manish Sisodia today accused Gujarat Police of spying on him, a day after party leader Arvind Kejriwal was detained in Gujarat while on a tour to inspect “development” in Narendra Modi's state. Sisodia, who along with Kejriwal is on a four-day visit to Gujarat, alleged that police was troubling, questioning and threatening people he had met last evening. "Day 2 in

New Delhi, Mar 6: Delhi has been pegged as the most unsafe city in the country, for the second time in a row, by women travellers, a recent survey has found. "Delhi retained its notorious reputation as the most unsafe city amongst the top 10 Indian cities polled with 95 per cent respondents expressing the opinion as opposed to 84 per cent in 2013" according to a survey by travel portal Trip

Bhuj (Guj), Mar 6: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal today apologised for his party workers' behaviour in Delhi and Lucknow while protesting his "detention" and urged them to stick to non-violence. "It was going to happen...some of them retaliated after they were attacked... I apologise for their behaviour and I once again urge them to remain non-violent," he told reporters here in response to a query on

New Delhi/Lucknow, Mar 6: Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal faced a series of protests and was allegedly detained by police while touring Gujarat to verify BJP?prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s development claims on Wednesday. The “detention” triggered protests and violent clashes between BJP and AAP workers in Delhi, Lucknow, Allahabad and Coimbatore. In a move to take on the

Nay Pyi Taw, Mar 4: Even as the Sri Lankan Navy arrested 32 more Indian fishermen, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh raised the issue with the neighbouring country's president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, here Tuesday, calling for a humane approach to the issue. Meeting on the margins of the BIMSTEC Summit, the two leaders also spoke about the upcoming US-led resolution at the United Nations Human Rights

New Delhi, Mar 4: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it was totally unhappy with Sahara chief Subrata Roy's proposal to refund money to investors. The apex court said it will send him to custody in Delhi till he comes up with a concrete proposal. Earlier, Sahara chief Subrata Roy on Tuesday assured the Supreme Court that its order will be followed by him and sought more time for refunding

Washington, Mar 4: The US Defence Department has suspended all military-to-military engagements with Russia because of Moscow's military movement in Ukraine. The suspension covers bilateral meetings, port visits and planning conferences, according to Pentagon spokesman John Kirby, adding the Pentagon values the relationship it has developed with the Russian military in the last few years. Kirby