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New Delhi, Feb 6: "I stand by my family," said Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at the Congress headquarters where she came to take charge as the party general secretary. Her remarks came in response to a query about her husband being questioned by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case relating to alleged possession of illegal foreign assets. Before coming to AICC

New Delhi, Feb 6: Hitting out at the government on the issue of unemployment and farmer distress, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday dubbed Prime Minister Narendra Modi " jumla raja" (king of rhetoric) and his rule "chaupat raj" (regime of ruin). Using Twitter to take a swipe at the prime minister, he tagged a media report on the unemployment situation in Uttar Pradesh, claiming that

Mumbai, Feb 6: The Shiv Sena on February 6 backed police action against activist and academician Anand Teltumbde, and sought to draw a parallel between those linked to the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune and terror outfit Al-Qaeda. It said constant attacks on police, administration and law, raising doubts over the state government and demoralising people is the strategy of militant

Kochi, Feb 6: Armed with a local court order, Kanaka Durga the woman whose in-laws had thrown her out for defying religious customs and entering the Sabarimala Temple returned to her husband's home in Mallapuraram district of north Kerala. The feisty mother of two, however, returned on Tuesday, to an empty house in Angadippuram as her husband reportedly took their children and moved into a rented

Kathua, Feb 6: The junior works manager (JWM) of Guns Carriage Factory (GCF) was found dead in a drain on Tuesday, confirmed police. He was missing since January 17 after being summoned by the CBI in connection with the alleged supply of Chinese-spare parts for production of indigenised Bofors guns used by the Army. A blood-stained blade was also found near the body of 45-year-old SC Kathua. The

New Delhi, Feb 6: An alliance of regional parties is working on a combined economic plan, one of its leaders said, in the latest sign that Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces an increasingly united opposition in the upcoming general elections. That plan is likely to include a landmark policy floated by the Congress to provide the poor with a minimum income if it wins the polls due by May, N

New Delhi, Feb 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is lording it over India just like the British, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said in a blistering pre-election broadside published Tuesday. "Every institution in India is facing Mr Modi's autocratic backlash," Rahul said in a newspaper interview. "Mr Modi believes that he is the Lord of India, just like the British believed," the 48-year-old told

Chennai, Feb 5: Describing the union budget 2019-20 as 'self-serving,' Actor-politician Kamal Haasan Tuesday said it sounded in parts "like the legitimate version of money for votes." The Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) president said the promises made to farmers "might look impressive" but that it would amount to a "paltry sum," when broken down to per diem. Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal had

Pune, Feb 5: Activist Anand Teltumbde, an accused in Bhima Koregaon case, has filed an anticipatory bail application in the Bombay High Court on Monday. Teltumbde, whose anticipatory bail plea was earlier rejected by a Pune sessions court, was later granted interim protection by the Supreme Court for four weeks, which ends on February 11. On Saturday, Pune Police had arrested Teltumbde from Mumbai

Mananthavady, Feb 5: Congress leader O M George, an accused in the Child Abuse case has surrendered before the police here on Tuesday. The police on Wednesday last had registered a case under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) against the congress leader for alleged sexual abuse of a 15-year-old Adivasi girl. Consequent to this, the accused had absconded and was reported to have