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New Delhi/Hyderabad, Mar 4: On a day the Janata Dal (United) snubbed its alliance overtures, the Congress was dealt another blow on Monday when in the evening Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) not only ruled out a merger but also indicated it was open to a tie-up with other political parties. TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao announced in Hyderabad that his party had unanimously decided not to merge

Muzaffarpur, Mar 4: Lok Jan Shakti Party (LJP) president Ram Vilas Paswan cemented his renewed alliance with the BJP by addressing Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as “Vikas Purush (man of development)” and “future Prime Minister” at a rally in Muzaffarpur district in Bihar on Monday. Sharing the dais with the prime ministerial candidate of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Mr. Paswan

New Delhi, Mar 2: BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today attacked the third front, saying the "experiment" will prove "costly" for the country which needed a government that could take decisions and come up to the people's expectations. "It is my firm belief that the country is at a decisive stage where such an experiment (of a third front) would prove costly. The country needs a

Patna, Mar 2: Hundreds of ruling JD-U workers Sunday disrupted train services and blocked roads at many places to enforce a statewide shutdown to press for a special status for Bihar. Police said Janata Dal (United) supporters halted over half a dozen long-distance trains, and as a result, passengers were stranded at Patna, Gaya, Jehanabad, Bhagalpur, Nalanda and Darbhanga railway stations. Buses

New Delhi, Mar 2: India is home to the fifth largest group of billionaires in the world and Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries, is the country's richest man with a personal fortune of $18 billion, says a report. According China-based research firm Hurun's 2014 global rich list, Mukesh Ambani was ranked 41st in the list that was topped by Bill Gates, whose personal networth stood at a

Patna, Mar 1: Putting pressure on Congress, RJD chief Lalu Prasad today offered 11 seats to Congress and asked the party to give its acceptance by tomorrow when his party's Parliamentary Board will meet here. RJD has also offered one out of the 40 seats in the state to another Congress ally NCP. The development comes after an old ally LJP walked over to the BJP camp. Prasad, who returned here from

New Delhi, Mar 1: The Centre today moved the Supreme Court seeking review of its verdict holding that undue delay by the government in deciding mercy plea can be a ground to commute death sentence of a condemned prisoner. The Centre submitted that the January 21 judgement, by which 15 condemned prisoners were granted life and paved the way for similar relief for Rajiv Gandhi killers, is "patently

Ghaziabad, Mar 1: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal kicked off his road show Saturday from the party's office here and is slated to reach Kanpur Sunday. He was accompanied by fellow party members Manish Shishodia and Sanjay Singh. The road show -- "Jhadu chalao beimaan bhagao yatra" -- which began from Kaushambi, near the national capital, would end in Kanpur. It will pass through

New Delhi, Mar 1: Petrol price was today hiked by 60 paise a litre, the second increase this year, and diesel by 50 paise per litre, the 14th hike since January 2013. The hikes, effective from midnight tonight, are excluding local sales tax or VAT and actual increase will be higher and will vary from city to city. Petrol price, which was last hiked by 91 paise on January 4, will cost Rs 73.16 a

Ahmedabad, Feb 28: A day after BJP's first list of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls was declared, veteran BJP leader L K Advani today expressed interest to contest elections from his current constituency, Gandhinagar. "The first list of the candidates has been declared yesterday in which my name is not there. I have come here today to Gandhinagar to participate in a vigilance committee meeting