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New Delhi, Nov 01: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday said India's history of unity in diversity was in danger due to communal ideology and the "incidents of hatred" in the country were the outcome of the "planned conspiracy". "The country's honour is at stake, as India's glorious history of unity in diversity is in danger due to some communal ideology," she said while addressing the 29th

Patna, Nov 1: Voting began this morning for 55 Assembly seats in the fourth and penultimate phase of Bihar election amid tight security arrangements. Polling is being held from 7 AM to 5 PM in 43 constituencies, while it has been shortened by one hour in 8 seats and voting would end at 3 PM in four seats, said R Lakshamanan, Additional Chief Electoral Officer. Both the warring groupings NDA and

Mumbai, Oct 31: Shiv Sena has sacked party workers who blackened the face of a Right to Information (RTI) activist in Latur in Marathwada region, Yuva Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray said here today. “Heard of the unfortunate incident in Latur. The party strongly condemns the disgraceful act. Those involved have been removed from the party,” Aaditya, son of Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray

New Delhi, Oct 31: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today flagged off the 'Run For Unity' in New Delhi to mark the 140th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, and urged people to take inspiration from his life and work for the country's unity and integrity. "Unity is our biggest strength," he said addressing the crowds that had gathered at Rajpath, and asserted that unity, peace and harmony

Patna, Oct 31: Voting will be held in 55 seats tomorrow in the penultimate phase of Bihar election, with stakes high for BJP as it had along with its then ally JD(U) bagged majority of seats in last Assembly polls. BJP had won 26 out of 55 seats spread across seven districts of Muzaffarpur, East Champaran, West Champaran, Sitamarhi, Sheohar, Gopalganj and Siwan in 2010 Assembly polls. Its then

Thane, Oct 30: BJP-Shiv Sena ties today hit a new low with Uddhav Thackeray threatening to pull out of NDA if BJP "continues with its arrogance" even as one of his party ministers in Maharashtra government offered to quit, but it was dismissed as "drama" by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Sena Minister Eknath Shinde, who holds Public Undertaking portfolio, made the offer to resign at a civic

Ranchi, Oct 30: The RSS today hit back at those who have returned their awards, saying it was a "politically motivated" move by a "handful of pseudo-secularists" who were using the Sangh as a 'punching bag' out of frustration. "A handful of people returning awards are losing ground... It is indeed a political, desperate, frustrated act of these people to keep their shop running...They feel they

Mumbai, Oct 30: A special women's court here today awarded death sentence to Chandrabhan Sanap, prime accused in the rape and murder of a Andhra Pradesh-based software engineer in suburban Kurla here last year. "The case falls under the category of the rarest of rare, hence the accused is awarded death sentence...he must be hanged by his neck till he is dead," said Special Women's court judge

New Delhi, Oct 30: Mahatma Gandhi and former prime ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and his daughter Indira Gandhi today came in for fulsome praise by many top African leaders as they recalled the historic ties Africa shared with India. South African President Jacob Zuma and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe were among those who mentioned, during their speeches at India-Africa Forum Summit here, the

New Delhi, Oct 30: In a move which may further fuel the debate over slaughtering of certain bovines in the country, the defence ministry has asked the army to stop the practice of ritual killing of buffaloes carried out by some of its units. According to an ET report on Friday, the ministry has instructed the army to put an end to the practice of beheading a male buffalo (Rango) during Dussehra