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NEW DELHI: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) general secretary Duraimurugan, who has been facing criticism for holding his granddaughter’s wedding with Vedic rituals and Sanskrit chants, has said she wanted to get married in a traditional ceremony.The wedding, held on November 1, was officiated by priests and drew prominent political figures and celebrities from across party…

Sonia recalled that the decision to impose the Emergency divided the family.  NEW DELHI: Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi has described the imposition of the Emergency as a mistake, saying she believes her mother-in-law and then prime minister Indira Gandhi eventually came to regret the decision.The Congress leader in her upcoming book “Belonging: A…

Yogi Adityanath takes aim at Akhilesh Yadav over his Ram Temple visit on Dec 12 NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said those who had ordered firing on Ram devotees and subjected saints to lathicharge should apologise before visiting the Ram Mandir, taking an apparent swipe at Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh…

Sonia Gandhi also criticised the shrinking space for opposition voices in Parliament under NDA government NEW DELHI: Congress Parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi has said publisher Penguin Random House India was “uneasy” with criticism of the government, in her first reaction to the controversy over the publication of her upcoming memoir, ‘Belonging: A Journey of…

Mamata protests against alleged attack on Abhishek Banerjee’s residence NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Saturday joined party workers in a protest outside the Kalighat residence of party national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee after an alleged attack on his house and office in the early hours of the day, triggering clashes in south…

NEW DELHI: Quashing an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) case against a Congress MLA and others, the Karnataka high court said the Enforcement Directorate (ED) “is not a super cop” empowered to investigate anything and everything that comes to its notice.The ruling came in a batch of petitions arising from an ED investigation into alleged…

Sibal challenges PM Modi and Rahul to sit together for an open debate on SIR NEW DELHI: Senior advocate Kapil Sibal on Saturday questioned the government’s changing stand on holding a discussion on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Parliament, suggesting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi…

She also alleged that permissions for traditional pujas had been revoked while new celebrations were being allowed NEW DELHI: Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday reacted to the alleged attack on Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s residence, accusing the BJP of disrupting traditional Kali Puja celebrations in the locality…

Offered, not taken: Why India still finds cancer late Cancer in India is often found late. By the time many patients are diagnosed, the disease has already advanced, when treatment is harder and the chances of survival are lower. Part of the explanation lies in how screening is organised in the country, and part lies…

Sonia Gandhi revisits Emergency, BJP hits back NEW DELHI: Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of causing significant damage to India’s democratic institutions over the past 12 years, expressing confidence that the country’s electorate would eventually bring about a return to proper governance.In an interview with…