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New Dehli, August 7: Former BJP leader Keshubhai Patel on Monday announced the name of his new party -- Gujarat Parivartan Party. Keshubhai Patel, one of the founder-leaders of the BJP in Gujarat, on Saturday resigned from the party to float a new party to contest the coming assembly elections in Gujarat. Patel is considered as the most powerful leader of strong 'Patel' community in the state

Chandigarh, August 7: The Sunday shootout at a gurdwara in the United States that claimed six lives has invited sharp reactions from various Punjabi and Sikh organisations, especially from North America. They criticised the U.S. administration as well as the Indian government for allegedly ignoring security concerns that were voiced repeatedly. President of the California-based North American

New Delhi, August 6: As many as 787 members of parliament will vote Tuesday to elect India's 14th vice president. In the poll, UPA nominee and incumbent Hamid Ansari appears to have a clear edge over his rival Jaswant Singh, backed by the opposition NDA, according to sources. The result will be out Tuesday evening. The sources claimed the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) nominee has

New Delhi, August 6: Apparently paving the way for the formation of a political party, Anna Hazare on Monday disbanded Team Anna and decided not to have any more talks with the government on Lokpal issue. The dissolution of Mr. Hazare’s team came three days after it ended its indefinite fast at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi with plans for formation of a political alternative to fight the 2014 Lok

New Delhi, August 6: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) patriarch L?K?Advani has said that the idea of a non-Congress and non-BJP candidate for the highest job, who has support of the two principal parties was “feasible”. Noting that such a development has taken place in the past, the BJP patriarch, however, cautioned that it would not be a stable one. “As the Prime Ministership of Charan Singh

New Delhi, August 6: More than three months after the release of an explosive book on the 1995 abduction of six western backpackers by militants in Kashmir, neither the Army nor the Centre has responded to the authors' allegations that the government did not rescue the hostages despite having intelligence on the movement of the captors. TOI's attempts over a period of two weeks to get a reaction

New Delhi, August 5: Priyanka Gandhi may be heading for an active role in politics and is said to be set to take charge of her mother and Congress President Sonia Gandhi's Rae Bareli Parliamentary constituency. There was no official word on the issue but AICC office bearers including party general secretaries insisted today that Priyanka has always interacted with the people of the constituency in

Dehradun, August 5: As many as 40 people, including 19 labourers at a project, are missing after flash floods and cloud bursts ravaged Uttarakhand. The government Sunday asked the ITBP, police and army for help. Twelve people have already died in the calamity, said officials. The government asked the army, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and state police to search for the 19 labourers who went

Mumbai, August 5: Union agriculture minister and NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday blasted state home minister R R Patil for his "inept handling of the law and order situation, particularly the serial blasts in Pune". Pointing out that Pune and certain cities in the state were on the terrorists' hitlist, Pawar said, "It appears our intelligence gathering network is poor. This situation is

New Delhi, August 5: BJP has assured BIhar CM Nitish Kumar that it would decide on its prime ministerial candidate in consultation with NDA allies. Party chief Nitin Gadkari gave this assurance to Kumar when he recently sought a guarantee from the saffron partner that the BJP would not project Gujarat CM Narendra Modi in the 2014 parliamentary polls. According to sources, Kumar sought the specific