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Aligarh, Oct 9: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday targeted both the Uttar Pradesh government and the BJP over the Muzaffarnagar riots and said politicians engineer riots to win polls. "Both Hindus and Muslims of Muzaffarnagar told me there is no enmity between people but politicians divide them," Gandhi told a rally here in western Uttar Pradesh. "These politicians know that if there

New Delhi, Oct 9: A day after Rahul Gandhi attacked her, BSP supremo Mayawati today slammed the Congress for adopting a "casteist" attitude towards her party founder Kanshi Ram by not declaring national mourning on his death. The Congress Vice-President had yesterday accused Mayawati of not allowing any Scheduled Caste leader to rise in Uttar Pradesh, as he said the Dalit community needs "escape

Hyderabad, Oct 9: Most parts of Seemandhra remained without power for the fourth consecutive day Wednesday with electricity employees continuing their indefinite strike to protest the Centre's decision to divide Andhra Pradesh. Majority of 13 districts of Seemandhra (Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra) were still in dark, causing severe hardships to people. Medical services were the worst hit with

New Delhi, Oct 9: In a move to pacify protesters in the coastal region of the state, the Centre on Tuesday signalled that it would slow the process of splitting Andhra Pradesh, setting up a group of ministers for the bifurcation but not giving it a deadline to submit a report. The Congress party has been caught off balance by the intensity of protests in Seemandhra, the part of Andhra left behind

New Delhi/Hyderabad, Oct 8: As protests continued in violence-hit Seemandhra region, the Centre today ruled out imposition of President's rule in Andhra Pradesh and also indicated that ESMA may be clamped after power outages worsened disrupting essential services and transportation. Talks between Electricity Employees' Joint Action Committee (JAC) and the state government to bring the ongoing

Hindon (Ghaziabad), Oct 8: Army chief Gen Bikram Singh today said the "desparate infiltration bid" by terrorists in Keran sector in Jammu and Kashmir has been foiled. He sought to clarify that the infiltration attempt was not an "intrusion" as the enemy was not occupying higher ground but sitting in a "nallah" (rivulet). "It was a desperate infiltration bid, which has been foiled," Gen Singh told

New Delhi, Oct 8: Suspended Gujarat cadre IPS officer D G Vanzara, who created ripples last month by declaring that he would expose those really responsible for "fake encounter" cases, has refused to follow through his sensational statement. The DIG, who is in jail for allegedly staging encounters, has refused to elaborate on his letter of September 1 where he threatened to call a spade a spade

New Delhi, Oct 8: India is set to roll out the red carpet for foreign tourists. The government on Monday cleared a slew of measures including extending visa on arrival (VoA) to 40 countries, establishing an online application system for visas and facilitating visa on arrival for pensioners and those attending conferences. The decision means foreign tourists will be able to apply for an Indian visa

New Delhi, Oct 7: Seeking to mount pressure, four Union Ministers from Seemandhra region today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh requesting him to accept their resignations over Telangana creation but got no assurance. HRD Minister M M Pallam Raju, Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi, Minister of State for Commerce D Purandeswari and Minister of State for Railways Surya Prakash Reddy, all Congress

New Delhi, Oct 7: As coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions continued to simmer with protests against the proposed bifurcation of the state, Congress today skirted questions on the possibility of imposition of President's rule in Andhra Pradesh. Congress also accused YSR Congress leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddy as also TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu of playing politics on the issue by opposing a