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Row over MP min's comments on Ladli scheme beneficiaries not attending govt events

India, Feb. 6 -- Madhya Pradesh revenue minister Karan Singh Verma sparked a controversy with his remarks about the Ladli Behna Scheme beneficiaries, suggesting that names of the beneficiaries who fai... Read More


'NPP govt has workers' blood' on its hands: Abhishek on Meghalaya coal mine explosion

Kolkata, Feb. 6 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee strongly criticised the ruling National People's Party (NPP) government in Meghalaya over a deadly coal mine ex... Read More


SIT has given 'clean chit' to former TTD chairmen, says ex-CM Reddy

Amaravati, Feb. 6 -- Under attack from NDA constituents in Andhra Pradesh over the issue of adulterated ghee supply to the TTD that was allegedly used in the making of laddu prasadam, YSRCP chief Y S ... Read More


Maoist couple with bounty of '1 cr, 17 others surrender; Odisha to be Naxal free, says CM

Bhubaneswar, Feb. 6 -- A Maoist couple, each carrying a reward of Rs 55.10 lakh on their heads, and 17 other red rebels surrendered before the Odisha Police on Friday, following which Chief Minister M... Read More


Iran open to working with India on Chabahar port, says Iranian envoy

India, Feb. 6 -- Iran remains open to working with India for operations at the Chabahar port, though there has been no official word from New Delhi on the facility following the allocation for the por... Read More


Smaller parties eye Budget debate in Lok Sabha as last chance to raise key issues

New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- The Opposition lawmakers in the Lok Sabha are set to participate in the General Budget debate next week, even as they washed out the discussions on President's speech and didn't a... Read More


Akhilesh Yadav calls for transforming PDA Pathshala into mass movement

Lucknow, Feb. 6 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) National President Akhilesh Yadav said on Friday that the symbolic movement of 'PDA Pathshala' must now be transformed into a real and grassroots mass movement.... Read More


Surcharge of resentment among Haryana youth over failed recruitment processes, says Randeep Surjewala

Chandigarh, Feb. 6 -- Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Randeep Singh Surjewala on Friday launched a scathing attack on the Haryana government, alleging that the Haryana Public Service Commiss... Read More


Bengal voter revision hit by software errors, EC officials accept

New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- Some of the problems in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal highlighted by the state's chief minister Mamata Banerjee in the Supreme Court on We... Read More


No questions asked

Nepal, Feb. 6 -- Nepal has a history of elections being fiercely contested over ideology, as well as political and economic programmes, especially among forces that have mobilised for change. Followin... Read More