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Chennai, July 12: As Congress intensified efforts for a consensus candidate for the Vice President's post, CPI(M) today said it is in favour of a person who does not belong to Congress. This was conveyed by CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who had recently contacted him as part of efforts to seek support of political parties in selection of a candidate in the

Mumbai, July 12: Legendary wrestler and actor Dara Singh passed away at his Mumbai home early on Thursday. He was 83. Dara Singh, who was admitted to Kokilaben Hospital last week after a cardiac arrest, was released from the hospital on Wednesday night after his condition failed to improve despite continuous medical effort. Doctors, on Wednesday, had said that chances of Dara Singh's recovery were

New Delhi, July 12: The Centre has cleared a package to the tune of Rs. 45,000 crore for Uttar Pradesh, conceding almost half of the demand made by the Akhilesh Yadav government. Though Uttar Pradesh had demanded release of funds to the tune of Rs. 93,000 crore, the state government officials termed the Rs. 45000 crore package as "no mean achievement". The Samajwadi Party and the Congress-led UPA

New Delhi, July 12: It's "absurd and laughable" to suggest that PV Narasimha Rao was indifferent to the December 6, 1992 demolition of Ayodhya's Babri Masjid and sequestered himself in his prayer room, a key aide to the then prime minister says of the events of the fateful day, whose repercussions are still being felt. "It is absurd and laughable. They cannot target anybody else, as only this

Gurgaon, July 12: Mahatma Gandhi was never formally conferred the title of Father of the Nation by the government. This was stated by the Home Ministry in reply to an RTI query. "Although Mahatma Gandhi is popularly known as Father of the Nation, no such title was ever formally conferred upon him by the government," Shyamala Mohan, Director and Central Public Information Officer (CPIO), said in a

Lucknow, July 11: NDA backed Presidential candidate PA Sangma on Wednesday said that presidential election were not held on party lines and every body has a right to vote according to their conscience. "Today I have come to appeal to all MPs and MLAs. Presidential election are not held on the basis of political parties, it is above political party," Sangma told reporters. He said that in

New Delhi, July 11: Home minister P Chidambaram, who may take charge of the finance ministry before Parliament's monsoon session begins early next month, on Tuesday indicated that the government has lined up measures to boost revenue collection and control unnecessary expenditure. "I think the prime minister-cum-finance minister is contemplating a number of measures to tighten revenue collection

Kolkata, July 11: Alliance partners Congress and Trinamool Congress on Tuesday continued to spar over Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's sharp indictment of the continuing political clashes in West Bengal. While state Congress chief Pradip Bhattacharya endorsed Chidamabaram's critical comments and challenged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to prove the veracity of the counter data presented by her

New Delhi, July 11: After his comments in an interview to national daily Indian Express, saying the Congress party was "directionless" and Rahul Gandhi is only playing a "cameo role" triggered a controversy, law minister Salman Khurshid on Tuesday clarified saying his comments had been "misinterpreted and misconstrued". Khurshid disowned the remark made about the party being "directionless" but

New Delhi, July 10: The government has bought thousands of letters, papers and photographs which shed light on the life of Mahatma Gandhi, days before they were to be auctioned at Sotheby's in London, a government official said on Monday. India paid around 60 million rupees or $1.1 million for the papers, which cover Gandhi's time in South Africa, his return to India and his contentious