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Chennai, July 4: DMK's top leaders M Kanimozhi, Dayanidhi Maran and MK Stalin along with several party cadres on Wednesday courted arrest in Chennai during the party's state-wide jail bharo agitation against alleged witch-hunt by the Tamil Nadu government of J Jayalalithaa. At least 15 DMK leaders and former ministers have been raided or arrested on land-grabbing and other charges since

New Delhi, July 4: India will give Pakistan a dossier on 26/11 handler Abu Jundal during the talks between the Foreign Secretaries of the two countries to be held today in Delhi. The dossier will include Jundal's passport issued by Pakistan, indicating the involvement of its state agencies in the Mumbai attacks that took place in 2008. Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani is in New

Vishnupur Khurd (Uttar Pradesh), July 4: Spotlessly clean and decorated with plastic flowers and balloons for its opening ceremony, Priyanka Bharti’s toilet is seen as a gleaming symbol of the empowerment of Indian women. It has been built in the village of Vishnupur Khurd in Uttar Pradesh state due to the determination of Priyanka, a young bride who walked out of her new marital home when she was

New Delhi, July 3: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's largesse to the MLAs failed to get the anticipated support from the political parties with his bitter rivals - the BJP and the BSP - rejecting the proposal that the legislators can use Constituency Development Funds to buy personal vehicles. Akhilesh said each of the 403 MLAs in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly can use up to Rs 20 lakh out

Washington, July 3: Indian Ambassador Nirupama Rao has said shared economic, diplomatic and security goals have brought the two nations and their peoples closer than ever. The recently concluded annual strategic dialogue between India and the US had led to several important advancements in their strategic partnership, she wrote in "The Hill", an influential Washington newspaper focusing on

New Delhi, July 3: The nomination papers of opposition-backed P A Sangma for the Presidential poll were today accepted by the returning officer after scrutiny. The nomination papers and related documents were in order and were accepted by Returning Officer V K Agnihotri, who is also Secretary General of Rajya Sabha, officials said. Some objections like anomalies in the list of proposers and

New Delhi, July 3: Pranab Mukherjee, who is the UPA's candidate for President of India's elections, will today respond to the objections raised against his nomination by Purno Sangma's team. Yesterday, Mr Sangma's supporters demanded that Mr Mukherjee be disqualified from the race because he allegedly holds an office of profit as Chairman of the Indian Statistical Institute. Team Mukherjee

New Delhi, July 2: India is likely to miss the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) related to maternal health as one maternal death is being reported every 10 minutes in the country now. India recorded around 57,000 maternal deaths in 2010, which translate into a whopping six every hour and one every 10 minutes, UN data in this regard says. The current Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) of India is 212

Patna, July 2: Firmly sticking to his stand for a secular person to be projected as the NDA's prime ministerial candidate in the next general elections, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar today swept aside criticism by the RSS saying his party JD(U) has alliance with BJP and not the Sangh Parivar. "JD(U) has a long standing alliance with BJP and not RSS...I stand by what I have said in an interview

New Delhi, July 2: The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to apprise it of their measures to regulate the sale of acid to prevent its misuse as a weapon, particularly against women by their jilted lovers. The court sought a "comprehensive affidavit" from the Ministry of Home Affairs, which was asked to "consider proper action" for making appropriate provision for "regulation of sale of acids so