Our support will depend on issues’: DMK ready to back Delimitation Bill if its concerns are addressed

Chennai,20/7: In a clear departure from its earlier stand, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which has 22 and 8 MPs in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha respectively, is assessing the political fallout of supporting the Delimitation Bill in Parliament, provided the Modi government agrees to address its demands for a uniform increase in seats…

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TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu vows to step into Assembly again only after becoming CM

AP, 19/11:Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday vowed to step into the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly again only after returning to power. In an emotion-filled tone, the Leader of the Opposition said in the House that he was pained by the continuous slur on him by the ruling YSR Congress members. “For…

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R G Kar verdict: Kolkata court pronounces Sanjay Roy guilty of rape-murder of on-duty medic

Kolkata, 18/2: A Kolkata court on Saturday declared Sanjay Roy “guilty” of raping and murdering an on-duty doctor at the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, a heinous crime that sparked nationwide outrage and prolonged protests. The Sealdah court, where Roy’s trial was held, will declare his sentence on Monday, Anirban Das, the…

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Father-daughter duo run over by truck on Cuttack-Paradip highway

Bhubaneswar: A man and his nine-year-old daughter were run over by a truck on Cuttack-Paradip highway in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district today. The deceased have been identified as Raj Kishore Biswal and his daughter Lori Biswal of Sandhapur under Kujang police limits.The incident took place while the father-daughter duo was returning home from a private school…

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India should have attacked Pakistan after Mumbai strikes: Manish Tewari

New Delhi, 23/11:After senior leader Salman Khurshid, senior MP Manish Tewari has put the Congress in a tight spot in an election season with his yet-to-be released book that triggered a controversy following his observations that the Manmohan Singh government should have attacked Pakistan after the 2008 Mumbai terror attack and that restraint was not…

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IT raids at 10 locations in Odisha, New Delhi and Jharkhand in Anil-Hansita fraud case

Bhubaneswar: The Income Tax Department is carrying out raids on the house of Hansita Abhilipsa in the fraud case. Simultaneous house raids at 10 locations in Odisha, New Delhi and Jharkhand are being carried out.On January 6, Anil’s wife was enquired for around 5 to 6 hours by the officials. During the enquiry that extended…

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Air India considering buying 300 aircraft in one of the largest deals in history

New Delhi, 20/6: Air India Ltd is considering ordering as many as 300 narrowbody jets, according to people familiar with the matter, in what could be one of the largest orders in commercial aviation history as the formerly state-run airline looks to overhaul its fleet under new ownership.   The carrier may order Airbus SE’s…

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