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Ridiculing the meeting of 14 parties in Delhi to give formal shape to a "third force", BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain Wednesday said it was only a gathering of outfits who would finish third in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. "The third front, what is this? Those ...

In a setback to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, ruling Janata Dal-United candidate from the Muslim-dominated Kishanganj parliamentary constituency, Akhtarul Iman, on Tuesday announced that he would not be contesting the Lok Sabha polls. Kishanganj will go to polls on April 24. "I will not contest the polls to stop the split of secular votes and to ensure defeat of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Kishanganj,” Akhtarul said. Akhtarul, who resigned as a Rashtriya Janata Dal ...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 12 The Left Front appears calm, while dissent is brewing in the Congress -led United Democratic Front (UDF ) in Kerala, just two days after the state voted to elect 20 Lok Sabha members. Infighting and differences of ...

The 'secular versus communal' debate's inanity is explicit in the fact that none among those trying their luck with the people are above sectarian politics. Look at the number of Ms held aloft by claimants to the electorate's ear: M for ...

Rajdeep Sardesai, Apr 5, 2014 : He is an expert in turning a lie into the truth. It is the BJP's principle to divide the nation and rule. Wherever the BJP government is in power, there is more corruption. Narendra Modi has started thinking that by ...

Winnipeg police have arrested two men after a house was shot up in West Kildonan. Detective Sgt. Natalie Aitken said police were called to the 500 block of Seven Oaks Avenue just after 4 a.m. Tuesday, when an SUV was spotted leaving after shots ...

Rahul Kanwal New Delhi,March 29, 2014| UPDATED11:54 IST Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi languishes near the bottom of the India Today Group Ranking of India's Best and Worst MPs. Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has spent only ...

Asked why he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after the Gujarat riots, Arif Mohammad Khan , a superb mind, said, You cannot fight civil society. I thought of that when I read the news of M.J. Akbar , the brilliant editor and founder of The ...

Countercurrents.org We, the undersigned express our deep shock at the rejection of the anticipatory bail application of Teesta Setalvad and four others in what is being called the Gulberg Embezzlement Case, by the City sessions court of Ahmedabad.