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Patil also said that the Congress favoured constructing a mosque in Ayodhya instead of a Ram temple.

The fast will begin at 7 am in the morning and continue till 7pm in the evening at Indira Gandhi Stadium in Vijayawada.

The government’s intent over the issue was articulated earlier this week by NDA ally and Lok Janshakti Party President Ram Vilas Paswan. The bill (the 117th Constitution Amendment Bill) was brought to Parliament in 2012 by the UPA government.

Congress candidate GB Malatesh, popularly known as Goni Malatesh, is a political ‘nobody’ compared to BS Yeddyurappa, claim his own party workers. The JD(S) has fielded a much stronger candidate, HT Baligar, who is a Lingayat.

However, the latest resignations have nothing to do with the Kathua rape case and party sources clarified that the move does not mean that they are pulling out of the PDP-BJP government in the state.

In the wake of Dalit resentment and violent protests during Bharat Bandh, the party could well choose Lal Singh Arya who represents this community.

The Congress did not announce a candidate for Shanthinagar, the seat of MLA NA Haris, who got embroiled in a controversy after his son Mohammed Haris Nalapad brutally assaulted a man at a prominent Bengaluru café.

Congress spokesperson Kapil Sibal alleged that Modi was "not serious" about rising crime against women in the country and cited National Crime Records Bureau's numbers to substantiate his charge that atrocities against women, including rapes, were "highes...

Objecting to the tweet, Chairman of the Shirdi Trust Suresh Haware said the devotees of Sai Baba were hurt by Gandhi's remarks.

DMK is planning to show black flags on Thursday when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Chennai to attend the Defence Expo.

The party alleged that Intercon Advisors Pvt Ltd, a company owned by Seema Goyal, with a paid-up capital of Rs 1 lakh, had ended up with earnings of Rs 30 crore -- earning Rs 30,000 per share of the total 10,000 allotted shares.

When Raut asked why Bal Thackeray's Hindutva ideology was forgotten by the BJP in 2014 when it snapped the ties with the Sena, Fadnavis blamed the estranged ally for being adamant for just four more seats.

Alleged widespread intimidation and violence by the ruling Trinamool Congress dispensation leading to obstruction and prevention of filing of nomination papers of prospective candidates formed the basis of that petition.

The BJP-led government came to power in the state in October 2014, while the Shiv Sena joined the government in December that year. A few months back, an unhappy Sena had announced that it would contest all the future elections alone.

Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan, too, has stepped up protests over the special status demand, launching an Andhra-wide padyatra.

Amit Shah also held the Congress and other opposition parties responsible for the deaths of nearly a dozen people in violence during a nationwide strike called by various Dalit outfits against the alleged dilution of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) A...