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Muzaffarnagar, Dec 29: On a visit to relief camps of riot victims here, RJD chief Lalu Prasad today blamed both the BJP and the SP for the communal violence here even as he heaped praise on Rahul Gandhi, saying Narendra Modi and Arvind Kejriwal were nothing in front of the Congress Vice President. "Kejriwal and Modi are nothing in front of Rahul. Rahul Gandhi is Rahul Gandhi. You guys have put

Ghaziabad, Dec 29: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal today sought ten days time to formulate a system to address grievances and problems of the people in Delhi. He said that he would accept the applications of the people visiting him only after a system is in place. "I don't want to give you false assurances. I will take the application when we put a system in place to resolve the problems," he

Chennai/Colombo, Dec 29: Tamil Prabakaran (24), a Tamil Nadu-based journalist arrested in Colombo on Thursday reached Chennai on Saturday after he was deported by the Sri Lankan government. "I was tortured psychologically by the Lankan army personnel," Prabakaran said soon after landing in Chennai. Speaking to reporters at the airport, Prabhakaran denied violating any rules while visiting

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 29: Haneef Maranaveetil, a native of the northern district of Kannur, and his wife Aseena have been caught in this agonizing situation because of the delay on the part of the Indian High Commission in Pakistan to issue passports to the children aged three years and 18 days. Haneef, who had gone to Karachi along with his wife six years ago, to dispose of the property owned

New Delhi, Dec 29: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal had called upon the Aam Aadmi (common man) come to the Ramlila Maidan in large numbers for the oath taking ceremony of his cabinet and they surely didn’t disappoint him. It was a sea of white caps and Tricolour at the Ramlila Maidan which was packed to its capacity as Kejriwal and his ministers came to take oath. The Ramlila Maidan, which was witness

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 28: Rosamma Punnoose, who was the first person to be sworn in as legislator soon after the first assembly polls in Kerala in 1957, passed away in the Sultanate of Oman Saturday morning, her family said. She was 100. Incidentally, Punnoose was also the first pro-tem speaker of the Kerala assembly, as she had also administered the oath to other legislators at that time

New Delhi, Dec 28: Congress today questioned the timing of Narendra Modi's expression of "pain" and "anguish" over 2002 Gujarat riots, accusing him of doing it as part of an "image makeover" before the Lok Sabha elections. "This is just an attempt of an image makeover," party general secretary Ambika Soni told reporters here. "I do not want to cast any aspersions...but the question does come up to

New Delhi, Dec 28: After taking oath as the seventh Chief Minister of Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal said “The struggle was to give power to the people of Delhi.” In his first speech as the Chief Minister, Mr. Kejriwal said “We don’t have solutions to all problems. We don’t have a magic wand to solve problems immediately.” Mr. Kejriwal also added that the fight is very long and said

New Delhi, Dec 28: Around 1,600 Delhi Police personnel will keep tight vigil at Ramlila Ground on Saturday where Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal will be sworn in as seventh chief minister of the national capital. The security wing will secure the stage where Delhi lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung will administer the oath of office and secrecy to Kejriwal and six other ministers, only the

Raigarh, Dec 28: A BJP leader was axed to death by his neighbour in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district on Friday, police said. The 45-year-old Jeevanram Gabhel, former chief of Kharsiya mandal unit of the ruling party, was killed allegedly by Mukesh Gabhel (18) at village Tiur in Kharsiya area, Raigarh Superintendent of Police Rahul Bhagat said tonight. The incident took place when the accused, the