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New Delhi, December 28: If Nitish Kumar feared that being accosted by Narendra Modi at the NDC meeting would make bad PR for him, the Gujarat strongman was not interested. Fresh from his third victory in the state and seeing himself as a strong PM candidate, Modi kept away from his Bihar counterpart who has not hidden his hostility towards him. It marked a big change from the past when the Gujarat

New Delhi, December 28: Samajwadi Party has asked the Centre to facilitate "Muslim quota", betraying concern that a strident party stamp on minority politics can neutralize its fledgling attempts to bait upper castes and OBCs with 'promotion quota'. SP leader Ramgopal Yadav said, "We will pass a resolution in UP assembly to ask the Centre to amend the Constitution to allow reservation for Muslims

Singapore, Dec 27: The 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim, who was flown in an air ambulance from India early this morning, was in an extremely critical condition at the super specialty Mount Elizabeth Hospital here. A bulletin issued this evening by the hospital said: "As at 7pm (4.30pm IST) the patient remains in an extremely critical condition. She is under treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital

Kolkata, December 27: President Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit Mukherjee stoked a major controversy by describing women participating in Delhi protests against gang rape of a student as 'highly dented and painted', triggering angry backlash. Abhijit had said, "Walking in candlelight processions, going to discotheques, we have also led student life, we have been students. I well know what the

New Delhi, December 27: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today walked out of the National Development Council (NDC) meeting here accusing the Centre of "stifling" the voice of Chief Ministers by restricting their speeches to 10 minutes. Coming out of the Vigyan Bhawan, the venue of the meeting presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, she said it was a "big humiliation" for her to be

New Delhi, December 27: President Pranab Mukherjee‘s son Abhijeet Mukherjee made extremely sexist comments on the protests by students in Delhi against the Delhi gangrape, sparking off a controversy. In an interview to ABP Ananda Abhijeet Mukherjee said, “This is almost like the Pink Revolution. These women who are protesting have no contact with ground reality.” “These pretty women, dented and

New Delhi, December 27: The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) has alleged that that at least 45 custodial rapes were reported between 2002 and 2010. In its submission to the Justice Verma Committee set up in the wake of the gruesome rape on December 16 here, the centre said that at least 45 custodial rapes took place between 2002 and 2010 as per the complaints registered by the National Human

Singapore, December 27: The 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim, who was flown out to Singapore in an air ambulance for specialised treatment, was admitted to the Mount Elizabeth hospital on Thursday morning. The plane carrying the girl landed at the Changi International Airport at 7.30 am (5 am IST), the Indian High Commission in Singapore said, confirming the girl’s arrival. The decision to shift

New Delhi, December 27: Three recent arrests by the National Investigation Agency may throw new light on the 2007 Samjhauta Express blasts, the May 2007 Mecca Masjid blast in Hyderabad and the Malegaon explosion in Maharashtra. Rajendra Chaudhary alias Samandar, who was arrested last week from Ujjain district of Madhya Pradesh, had planted explosives aboard the Samjhauta Express. The train blast

Thiruvananthapuram, December 27: A team of five senior doctors appointed by the Kerala government is examining a medical report on People’s Democratic Party leader Abdul Nassar Madani. The report was recently sent by Karnataka to the Kerala government. Madani, an accused in a Bangalore serial blast case, is lodged at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison in Bangalore. He is an acute diabetic. He also