Ex-BJP minister Yashvant Sinha has called upon Congress party to come out of their pride and stubbornness to form a joint front to defeat BJP in upcoming elections.
He said that pride and stubbornness is a dangerous thing in politics, and Congress should avoid it. Sinha’s statement follows Mayavati’s assertion to fight MP and Rajasthan elections on her own.
Hindi-speaking migrants are fleeing Gujarat after Gujarati mobs started attacking non-Gujaratis following alleged rape of a 14-month old girl.
Non-Guratis, mainly from UP, Bihar and Madya Pradesh have crowded the bus-stations waiting for buses which will take them to their native states.
Some landlords have also asked them to vacate their premises and leave.
KANPUR: A large number of girl students demonstrated at the Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj University’s main gate on Saturday protesting over the poor quality of the mess food supplied to the girl’s hostel. They even locked the gate.
It was not the first time that the lizard’s tail was found in the rice served to them. Similar odd things were also noticed during current academic year, said one of the girl representative.
DHAKA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh's apex court on Sunday dismissed the review petition filed by a death row convict in the murder case of Saudi diplomat Khalaf Al Ali.
A four-member bench of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain made the ruling, clearing the way for the execution of Saiful Islam Mamun Mamun who is now behind the bar.
The SC in November last year upheld the death sentence for Mamun and life terms for three others in the murder case of Saudi diplomat Khalaf Al Ali.
New Delhi, Oct 7; PTI: The BJP may lose power in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, an opinion poll has predicted, saying the Congress is best placed in Rajasthan, where its state president Sachin Pilot is the first choice of the voters for the chief minister's post.
New Delhi, Oct 7 (PTI) A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Uttar Pradesh government to amend the law to bring the office of Chief Minister under the purview of state ombudsman, Lokayukta.
The plea said that the existing status of the 'Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta and Up-Lokayukta Act, 1975' does not make the ombudsman "powerful enough to serve the purpose and object for which it was enacted".
New Delhi, Oct 6 (PTI) The Jamia Millia Islamia University administration has accepted the students' demand to appoint Turkish teachers, even as the students claimed they got only a 'verbal assurance' from the varsity, officials said Saturday.
A spokesperson from the administration said they have accepted the demands of the students.
The students have been sitting in protest against the absence of Turkish language teachers. On Friday, they had a meeting with the administration where they said the administration agreed with them on most of the issues.
New Delhi, Oct 7 (PTI) Within a day of the one-off excise duty cut and PSUs subsidising fuel, petrol and diesel prices are on the rise again and have hit a three week high.
Petrol and diesel prices were cut by a minimum Rs 2.50 on October 5 when the government's only second cut in excise duty of Rs 1.50 per litre and state-owned fuel retailers providing a Re 1 per litre subsidy came into effect. In BJP-ruled states, the reduction was higher as they matched the cut with a similar reduction local sales tax or VAT.
Hyderabad, Oct 7 (PTI) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has predicted a hung Assembly in the coming Telangana polls with no single party getting a majority, while promising a "Delhi model" government as its poll plank in the southern state.
AAP in-charge of the southern states and Delhi MLA Somnath Bharti claimed that an "unspoken anti-incumbency" prevailed against the K Chandrasekhar Rao government in poll-bound Telangana.
"This time, Telangana is going to give you surprising results. It will not be along the expected lines...we believe this.
Madhya Pradesh, Shivepuri: BJP MLA and ex-party President of the state Nandkumar Singh Chauhan refused to pay toll tax and smashed the workers for asking toll charges.
According to Punjab Kesari, Chauhan and his supporters’ cars were passing through the toll booth at Shivepuri on Agra-Mumbai national highway, when toll workers stopped their cars and requested them to pay the toll charges.
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