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?Targeting minorities will cost BJP dearly? BHUBANESWAR: The Bharatiya Janata Party is trying hard to make religious conversion the main issue across the country to strengthen its vote bank as the Ram temple matter is no longer helping it arouse communal passion, according to a top ... Sinha: NDA reserves the right to test ?We will re-negotiate deal if elected to power? Pawar: why no action against Hindutva groups? Alibaug, (Maharashtra): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Sunday suggested that the Hindutva groups like the Bajrang Dal could also be labelled as terrorists going by their actions and ... 3 killed as clashes erupt in Dhule Curfew imposed in Maharashtra town Trinamool leader?s violence ?threat? KOLKATA: Leader of the Opposition and senior Trinamool Congress leader, Partha Chatterjee, reportedly called up Commissioner of Police Gautam Mohan Chakravarty on Saturday night and allegedly threatened to ?set all of ... Advani: meagre benefits from nuclear agreement Bareilly: Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani on Sunday sought to ridicule the United Progressive Alliance government over the India-U.S. nuclear deal, saying the benefits of the agreement are ?meagre when compared to its huge ... Wakf Act needs more teeth: MP Urges government to take steps to retrieve Wakf land held by encroachers Gang of dacoits busted; three arrested Chandigarh: The Yamunanagar Police have busted a gang of dacoits by arresting three accused, Muraslin resident of Shivpuri B Colony, Sudesh alias Rinka resident of Amarpuri Colony and Kamal resident of Mandewari. These accused were ... AI flight aborts take-off, NRI couple arrested Amritsar: The pilot of Air India?s Amritsar- Birmingham flight was on Sunday asked to abort take off and an elderly NRI couple off-loaded and later arrested for allegedly carrying narcotic drugs. The passengers -- a 60-year-old ... State to mobilise funds for housing for the poor THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Minister for Forests and Housing Benoy Viswom has said that the government will mobilise the support of voluntary organisations and individuals to fulfil the objectives of shelter for all the poor. In an article ... India can achieve total sanitation by 2016 KOLKATA: West Bengal is well on its way to be the first State in the country to achieve open defecation free status by 2010 followed by Andhra Pradesh that is likely to achieve the target by 2013. Chhattisgarh is at the bottom of the list ... Plan to meet power demand of Gurgaon Chandigarh: In view of fast growing demand of electricity in Gurgaon district, Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam have prepared a plan to expand and augment power transmission and distribution system. ... Probe ordered into ?miss-and-found? treasury cash case Incident occurred in district treasury Command area development scheme to continue NEW DELHI:The Union Cabinet on Friday gave its nod for continuing the Command Area Development and Water Management (CADWM) Programme during the remaining period of the 11th Plan, till 2011-12, with an outlay of Rs. 1600 crore. It also ... Withdraw notification for evictions: Krishna Iyer THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The former judge of the Supreme Court V.R. Krishna Iyer wrote to Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan on Sunday demanding withdrawal of the notification for eviction of large number of people for the Vizhinjam International ... Cabinet approval for revised blindness control programme An outlay of Rs. 1250-crore to be provided during the 11th plan period to expand the scope of the scheme Foundation laid for new police headquarters JAIPUR: Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria laid the foundation stone for a new police headquarters here over the week-end. The new building will be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs.77.37 crore and completed by March ... Relief sought for cooperative banks Centre urged to exempt all banks in the cooperative sector from income tax BJP demands action against Gogoi government NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday demanded immediate action against the Tarun Gogoi government in Assam for what it called ?failure to protect lives and property of Bodos? in clashes with the alleged Bangladeshi ... Blown out of proportion: Sheila Dixit New Delhi: Facing flak for her comments on the murder of a TV journalist, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit has said her remarks were blown out of proportion and that she was ?enormously horrified? by the incident. She, ... Raj Thackeray now attacks Ribeiro Mumbai: After training his guns on Joint Police Commissioner K.L. Prasad over his remarks that ?Mumbai does not belong to any individual,? Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray is now gunning for former IPS officer ... Dual pricing policy for diesel under study: Deora He was speaking at a function to celebrate the golden jubilee of the first oil find in India IAF airbases to get a facelift NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force (IAF) has embarked on a plan to modernise its major air bases, Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Homi Major said here on Friday. The IAF had also installed surveillance devices to make air bases ... NIC meet on October 13 New Delhi: In the backdrop of continuing attacks on Christians in Orissa and Karnataka, a meeting of the National Integration Council (NIC) has been convened here on October 13 in an apparent move to evolve a consensus on tackling the ... If States fail, Centre should act: Minorities Commission ?Christians said their return was predicated on acceptance of Hindu religion?