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New Delhi, Apr 14: The Congress may have declined any move to field her from Varanasi Lok Sabha seat but the idea of AICC General secretary for Uttar Pradesh East Priyanka Gandhi Vadra contesting for Lok Sabha polls seems to have tremendous support among the party workers who feel it could have a ‘morale boosting’ effect on the party cadres in the state, where the grand old party is fighting

Srinagar, Apr 14: Hitting out at BJP president Amit Shah for accusing Congress of doing 'Ilu Ilu' with terrorists, former J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti said Rahul Gandhi has paid the price for terrorism with his loved ones, so he out of all the people, doesn’t need 'your gangster style advice'. “You’d be forgiven for assuming this was said by a street ruffian & not a national party president

New Delhi, Apr 14: Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of 'beating his own trumpet', senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Sunday wondered if the PM feared a loss of power. Mr Chidambaram said real achievements of PM Modi were demonetisation; destruction of MSMEs; Loss of 4.7 crore jobs; and… and Insecurity among women, Dalits, minorities, tribals, writers, artists

New Delhi, Apr 13: New Delhi: France waived taxes worth 143.7 million euros to a French-registered telecom subsidiary of Anil Ambani's Reliance Communications in 2015, months after India's announcement of buying 36 Rafale jets, a leading French newspaper Le Monde reported on Saturday. In its reaction, Reliance Communications rejected any wrongdoing and said the tax dispute was settled under a

New Delhi, Apr 13: The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) has arrested former IL&FS Financial Services Managing Director and CEO Ramesh Bawa in connection with ongoing investigations into irregularities across various group entities, sources said on Saturday. On April 1, SFIO the investigative arm of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs had arrested former ILFS Chairman Hari Sankaran

New Delhi, Apr 13: India's retail inflation ticked up to 2.86 per cent in March as consumers spent more to buy food items and fuel, government data showed Friday. The consumer price index (CPI)-based retail inflation was at 2.57 per cent in February this year. On yearly basis, it was 4.28 per cent in March 2018. Retail inflation remains well within the RBI's comfort level of 4 per cent for about

Wayanad April 13: Close on the heels of issuing press releases twice, urging people to boycott the April 23 Lok Sabha election in Wayanad, posters on the same lines were seen in Thirunelli on Saturday. The Maoists,through press releases, that reached the Wayanad press club in Kalpetta on Sunday last and again on Thursday had urged the people to boycott the election. The Nadukani area committee of

Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 13: Former Additional Chief Secretary of Kerala, Dr Babu Paul, passed away after a heart ailment at a private hospital here on Saturday early morning. Dr Paul was 78. His wife Anna Babu Paul (Nirmala) died in 2000. He is survived by daughter Mariam Joseph (Niba) and son Cheriyan C Paul (Nibu). His son-in-law is Satish Joseph, son of former DGP M K Joseph, and daughter-in

New Delhi, Apr 12: Dubbing Union minister Smriti Irani a "serial liar", the Congress on Friday alleged that she has "falsified records" of her educational qualifications and submitted contradictory affidavits to the Election Commission for which she should be disqualified. Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi also accused Irani of misusing her influence and power as a Union minister. "Union

New Delhi, Apr 12: The Election Commission on Thursday said since NaMo TV is sponsored by the BJP, all recorded programmes displayed on the platform should be pre-certified by media certification and monitoring committee of Delhi and all political publicity contents being displayed without pre-certification be removed immediately. The poll panel said any political content has to be permitted by