BJD rally in Delhi seeking special status for Odisha
byNew Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Nearly 30,000 people from Odisha led by BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik gathered at Ramlila Maidan in…
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Jayalalithaa dumps Saravanaperumal as Rajya Sabha candidate
byChennai, June 12 (IANS) AIADMK general secretary and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has announced that K. Thangamuthu will replace S. Saravanaperumal as…
Gay lobby exists in Vatican government: Pope
byVatican City, June 12 (IANS/AKI) Besides corruption, there is a “gay lobby” inside the Vatican government or curia, Pope Francis admitted, saying “we will…
Oscar winner Benigni ‘hates’ Berlusconi
byRome, June 12 (IANS/AKI) Oscar winner Roberto Benigni, whose 1997 film “La vita e’ bella” (Life is Beautiful) won three Academy Awards, has unleashed…
Consensus needed on terrorism centre, says Shinde
byNEW DELHI, June 11 (IANS) Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Tuesday said there was need for a consensus on setting up a National Counter Terrorism…
V.C Shukla killed for revenge, say Maoists
byJagdalpur (Chhattisgarh), June 11 (IANS) Maoists here said Tuesday that they killed state Congress leader V.C. Shukla in revenge for the violence by state…
Nepal in democratic transition, says former PM Deuba
byNew Delhi, June 11 (IANS) Nepal’s former prime minister and Sher Bahadur Deuba Tuesday said his country was in a crucial phase of democratic…
Chhattisgarh mourns Shukla’s death
byRaipur, June 11 (IANS) The death of Vidya Charan Shukla, one of the leading political figures of central India, left his thousands of supporters…
Third front alternative to Congress, BJP: Naveen Patnaik
byNew Delhi, June 11 (IANS) A third front would be an alternative to the BJP and the Congress in the 2014 general elections but…
Advani relents after RSS intervenes; Modi hails decision
byNew Delhi, June 11 (IANS) A day after he quit key leadership posts and hit out at his colleagues, veteran L.K. Advani Tuesday made…