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New Delhi, Mar 5: Showing no signs of relenting, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said he is a "tough negotiator" and wants the "best price" for Rafale fighter jets from France. However, the minister said the budget for next fiscal takes into account the Rafale deal for which "adequate money" has been kept aside. "I am a tough negotiator. Let me save money for the nation," Parrikar told

Kolkata, Mar 5: The Election Commission of India’s decision to have six-phase polling in Bengal, under a security blanket of central forces, has left Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee somewhat flustered and visibly displeased. Although she did not directly criticise the ECI, Mamata claimed to have been made a “victim of conspiracy”. Mamata, who made public her list of candidates for the Assembly

Mumbai, Mar 4: Amid the row over Ishrat Jahan case, former home minister Sushilkumar Shinde said on Friday that he had no knowledge of the issue as no file came to him. "I have no idea about this. The Ishrat Jahan case file never came to me," Shinde said in Mumbai. "All claims, including those by the ex-NIA official, are baseless," Shinde said, when asked about remarks of former NIA official

New Delhi, Mar 4: The elections to five state assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry will be held between April 4 and May 16 and counting of votes on May 19, the Election Commission announced today. Assam will go to polls in two phases on April 4 and 11 while election in West Bengal will be held in six phases on April 4 and 11 (under Phase one), 17, 21, 25, 30 and May

New Delhi, Mar 3: JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar reached the Jawaharlal Nehru University premises today hours after being released from Tihar jail where he was lodged on the charge of sedition, triggering celebrations on the campus that had lately become a venue for vociferous protests. Students and teachers eagerly awaiting to catch a glimpse of Kanhaiya had gathered at the Ganga Dhaba from where

New Delhi, Mar 3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today reached out to the opposition, saying he needs their support for 'improvement' in his government, even as he attacked the Congress over disruptions in Parliament while skipping the raging issues like JNU and Dalit student's suicide. Modi, speaking in the Lok Sabha, used wit and barbs as he responded to the attack by Congress over various

New Delhi, Mar 3: In a major relief to JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar, the Delhi High Court granted him bail on Wednesday. He is likely to walk out of jail on Thursday after submission of all the bail related documents. The Delhi HC has granted him interim bail for 6 months on surety bond of Rs 10,000. Kanhaiya Kumar's lawyers are likely to process the bail related documents on Thursday. Before

New Delhi, Mar 2: Congress vice -predsident Rahul Gandhi launched a biting attack on Modi government on Wednesday. He said Modi had introduced a 'Fair and Lovely Yojna' to convert black money into white. In his response to the budget presented on Monday, Rahul took on the government on a wide range of issues – from black money to MGNREGA. He recalled that Modi had rubbished MGNREGA before becoming

New Delhi, Mar 2: BJP today alleged that the decision to change the affidavit in Ishrat Jahan encounter case was taken at the "political level" involving the then Home Minister P Chidambaram, then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi, and asked Congress to come clean on it. Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu charged that CBI was misused by the then UPA

New Delhi, Mar 2: Budget session: AIADMK members disrupted both houses of parliament on Tuesday demanding action against former home minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti over corruption charges. The protesting members shouted slogans in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha against the former Congress minister and his son. Soon after the Lok Sabha met for the day, AIADMK members trooped near the