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NEW DELHI: On the eve of the Lok Sabha election results, Congress leader Rashid Alvi on Wednesday suggested that all regional secular parties should come together and elect West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee as the leader to keep BJP out of power. Admitting that it may be difficult for...

WASHINGTON: Even as exit polls in India pointed to a prospective Narendra Modi-led NDA/BJP government, President Obama on Monday set the tone for continuity in US-India ties, saying he looks forward to the formation of a new government once election results are (formally) announced and to...

JAMMU: Pakistani troops again targeted Indian posts along the line of control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, drawing a retaliation from Indian troops. This was the fifth ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops in the last fortnight. "Pakistani troops resorted to firing from...

NEW DELHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is expecting to play at least six home and away Test series against India in the next eight-year FTP cycle between 2015 and 2023 which will also include an "off-shore" home series in the United Arab Emirates. According to an ESPN Cricinfo report...

CHENNAI: BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is a strong leader and an able administrator, Tamil superstar Rajinikanth said on Sunday. "My good wishes to him," Rajinikanth told reporters after his 30-minute meeting with Modi who called on him at his Poes Garden residence in Chennai...

NEW DELHI: BJP on Saturday made a five-point poser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi questioning them whether Cabinet files were shared with Gandhi and if Singh forfeited his prerogative to decide his cabinet as per disclosures in a book by a PM's former...

AMRITSAR: Accusing Rahul Gandhi of breaching the unstated code of Indian politics by making Narendra Modi's marriage a political issue, Arun Jaitley on Saturday launched a no holds barred counter-attack, saying how can Gandhi be disturbed by a disclosure of a "legitimate" relationship when...

BIJNOR: After his alleged hate speeches, senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Friday said Sanjay Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi were punished by Allah for "forcible" sterilization during the Emergency and 'shilanyas' at the disputed site in Ayodhya. "Rajiv Gandhi had ordered opening of the...

Aizawl: As India holds the latest round of its mammoth elections Friday, one man -- polygamist and sect leader Zionnghaka Chana -- has become the voter every local politician wants to know. With 39 wives and 127 children and grandchildren, Chana is a voter like no other in the remote...

LUCKNOW: Not perturbed by the controversy over his remarks on the Indian Army, SP leader Azam Khan on Thursday called BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi 'a big dog'. Referring to Modi's earlier statement that he felt as sad about the post-Godhra massacre as he would if his car were to...

NEW DELHI: Attacks on its leader Arvind Kejriwal appear to be a blessing in disguise for the Aam Aadmi Party. Donations to the party have registered a significant increase after four of the five attacks on Kejriwal. After Tuesday's attack, the party received contributions of over Rs 85 lakh from...

KOCHI: Polling in an election booth in Ernakulam constituency had to be stopped by 11.30am after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers protested alleged non-functioning of AAP symbol in the voting machine. AAP workers alleged that the voting machine in booth number 118 at Kalamassery polytechnic...

NEW DELHI: IAF used its aircraft including two Mi-17V5 choppers with huge buckets to control fire in forests near the Tirupati temple in Andhra Pradesh, defence ministry said on Thursday. "Two MI-17 V5 helicopters with 'Bambi buckets' with a capacity of 4,000 litres of water each, reached...

I thought this was worth sharing. JEDDAH: A 100-year-old woman in Saudi Arabia, who spent decades begging on the streets, has died leaving behind a secret fortune of gold coins, jewellery and a real estate portfolio worth a whopping $10,66,580. The blind woman had begged for 50 years on the...

SYDNEY/KUALA LUMPUR: Search aircraft are investigating two objects floating in the southern Indian Ocean off Australia that could be debris from a Malaysian jetliner missing for 12 days with 239 people on board, officials said on Thursday. Australian officials said the objects were spotted by...

MIRPUR: India gained the much-needed boost ahead of their ICC World T20 opener against Pakistan when they comfortably defeated England by 20 runs in their second and final warm-up game on Wednesday. Scorecard Riding on a cavalier unbeaten 73 off 47 balls from Virat Kohli and an equally...

India's reaction to the web publication of the Henderson Brooks report, the official study of its debacle in the 1962 Sino-Indian war, has been predictable. It has moved to block online access to the report, a curiously anachronistic response in the era of WikiLeaks when copies can be...

Indian naval officers pose for a photograph during a search for a missing Malaysian jet in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea. (AFP photo) NEW DELHI: India is all set to resume the search for Malaysian jetliner MH370, which mysteriously went missing en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur 11 days...

MONTREAL: Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton on Tuesday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of attempting to "rewrite the boundaries" of post-World War II Europe. It came as Putin signed a treaty claiming the Black Sea region of Crimea as Russian territory, as Ukraine warned the...

New Delhi: India will not support Western sanctions against Russia over the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, government sources have told NDTV. Yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin telephoned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and explained the situation over Crimea, just hours after...