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Guwahati, Mar 24: BJP leader Ram Madhav said here on Sunday that Congress leaders would probably win elections in Pakistan if they contest from the neighbouring country. The BJP`s national general secretary alleged that tweets by opposition leaders were retweeted more in Pakistan than in India. "Their statements are retweets more by the people of the neighbouring country than the people in our own

New Delhi, Mar 24: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has sought details from the Indian envoy in Pakistan into the reported abduction of two Hindu teenaged girls and their forcible conversion to Islam on the eve of Holi in Sindh province. In a tweet, Ms. Swaraj, while tagging a media report about the incident, said she has asked the Indian High Commissioner in Pakistan to send a report on

New Delhi, Mar 24: The Congress Saturday night released its eighth list of 38 candidates for the April-May parliamentary polls with its leader in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge being renominated from Gulbarga and former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan being fielded from Nanded. The party also fielded its former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijaya Singh from Bhopal Lok Sabha seat and

New Delhi, Mar 24: The BJP on Saturday cited the rise in Congress president Rahul Gandhi's income between 2004 and 2014 to question its source, claiming he had no ostensible source of income. There was no response from the Congress. BJP leader and Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told the media that Mr Gandhi's income had risen from over Rs. 55 lakh in 2004 to Rs. 9 crore in 2014 as per his

Guwahati, Mar 24: Sitting BJP lawmaker from Assam's Tezpur, Ram Prasad Sarmah, who has been dropped for the 2019 polls, on Saturday said that he will float a new party which will bring in all the old and "neglected" BJP leaders. The BJP has replaced Mr Sarmah with state minister Pallab Lochan Das. In a address to the media, Mr Sarmah said that he is not a "chowkidar" but an employee of the people

Mumbai, Mar 23: The Shiv Sena on Saturday said L K Advani would remain the "tallest leader" of the BJP irrespective of his poll presence, two days after the party nominated its chief Amit Shah from Gandhinagar, a seat represented by the BJP patriarch. In an editorial in the party mouthpiece "Saamana", the Sena said Shah contesting in place of Advani is politically translated as the 'Bhishmacharya'

New Delhi, Mar 23: BJP chief Amit Shah on Saturday asked Congress president Rahul Gandhi to clear his party's stand on Sam Pitroda's comments on the Balkot air strike, saying the opposition party has "insulted" the sacrifice of soldiers and put a question mark on the nation's security. Launching a fresh offensive against the Congress, Mr Shah said the opposition party is known for its "vote bank"

Tiruchirappalli, Mar 23: After taking their protests to the National capital to highlight their demands, Tamil Nadu farmers are gearing up for an electoral battle and will file 111 nominations from the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is contesting. Tamil Nadu farmers leader P Ayyakannu said Saturday that 111 farmers from the State will contest against Modi

New Delhi, Mar 23: President Ram Nath Kovind Saturday administered the oath of office to Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose as the country's first Lokpal. The oath was administered at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, a communique issued by the President's office said. Justice Ghose, a former Supreme Court judge, was Tuesday named the country's first Lokpal, the anti-corruption ombudsman. Former

New Delhi, Mar 23: Expressing concern over the health of a Manipur-based journalist who is under detention, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday targeted the BJP alleging the party has "no respect" for freedom of speech. According to media reports, Kishorechandra Wangkhem, the Manipur-based journalist jailed since November 27 under the National Security Act (NSA), has taken seriously ill and