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New Delhi, Mar 31: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was Sunday inducted into the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentary board that will lead the party in the general elections of 2014. BJP president Rajnath Singh announced his new team Sunday. Gujarat's former home minister Amit Shah, Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Varun Gandhi have been made general secretaries of the party. Smriti Irani and Uma

Mumbai, Mar 31: Slamming anti-corruption crusaders, judicial activism, caste-based voting, former Supreme Court justice and press council chairman Markandey Katju tackled everything from Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal’s activism against corruption, to India’s place in the world and its moral code at a talk on Saturday. Speaking at the inaugural Justice MC Chagla Memorial Lecture at Mumbai

Lucknow/ New Delhi: , Mar 31: Union Minister and Congress leader Beni Prasad Verma kicked up another controversy on Saturday by saying that the next general election will witness the “Samajwadi Party’s (SP) funeral procession”. Verma’s comment comes close on the heels of his remarks linking SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav with terrorists. Understandably, the SP was not amused and renewed its demand

Allahabad, Mar 30: After SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, his son and UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today launched a blistering attack on the Congress, alleging anybody who does not act according to its wishes faces "persecution" through CBI. Akhilesh claimed that the UPA will suffer heavily in the next Lok Sabha elections due to "widespread dissatisfaction" among the people of the country

Chicago, Mar 30: Organisers of a US delegation to India who met Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi had canvassed for participants in the trip at prices ranging from $3,000 to $16,000, said a media report. The business delegation includes four US members of the House of Representatives, all Republicans. The organisers had canvassed in the Indian American community for participants in the trip

New Delhi, Mar 30: Anna Hazare tonight visited Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal at his indefinite fast site here and urged him to call off his fast citing his deteriorating health. The meeting between Hazare and Kejriwal took place at around 10:50 PM. This is the first time that both Hazare and Kejriwal came on a common platform since they parted ways in September last year. Kejriwal had

New Delhi, Mar 29: SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, who has been breathing fire against the government, today said he has no plans now to withdraw support to UPA, a day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh acknowledged such a possibility. "Relations have not soured. I do not know on what basis the Prime Minister made these remarks. Right now withdrawing support has not been discussed in the party. Now

Etawah, Mar 28:: Amid speculation that his party might withdraw external support to UPA, Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav launched yet another tirade yesterday against the Congress, accusing it of "cheating and being clever" and taking the people for a ride. Addressing SP workers at his native place Saifai on Wednesday, Mr Yadav said Congress always does things keeping in mind

Rome, Mar 27: One of two Italian marines who face homicide charges in India has urged Italian politicians to show a united front on their behalf. "Right now, it doesn't help us to know who to blame, because it doesn't lead us anywhere, and political parties bouncing responsibility off each other is even less useful," Massimiliano Latorre wrote to a journalist, Toni Capuozzo. "What we ask for now

Durban, Mar 27: The controversial Kudankulam Unit I of the atomic power reactor in Tamil Nadu will become operational by next month, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said. He gave this assurance to Russian President Vladimir Putin when the two met here late last night on the sidelines of the BRICS summit. "I am pleased to inform you that Kudankulam I will become operational and critical by next