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A billionaire entrepreneur and founder of the country's leading biotechnology firm Biocon, Mazumdar gave this suggestion to the Congress during the party's 'manifesto consultation meeting on IT and BT Economy', chaired by P Chidambaram in Bengaluru.

In the last one week, the state has been shaken by two high-profile murders in Indore and Mandsaur. The police, too, faced attacks at some places.

Mamata, whose speech lasted for nearly 25 minutes, also claimed that the BJP does not give respect to many of its own senior leaders and people like Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj and Nitin Gadkari are ignored in the saffron party.

CM Kumaraswamy thinks that the Mahagathbandhan will sustain, but it requires time to develop consensus and faith among regional leaders

Mamata Banerjee's heavily accented Bangla may not resonate in the national scene. But she hopes to make up for it with her image of a fighter, who unseated the once thought to be invincible Left.

The meeting assumes significance following attempts by the Congress to reach out to its disgruntled MLAs, who are allegedly ready to jump ship to the BJP side.

Compared to last year, BJP has seen a decline in the total donations to the party, although its share in the total amount of donations has seen an increase

Rahul Gandhi cited an incident when an Afghan lawmaker had told him that arguments that take place in Indian Parliament, are carried out with guns in that country.

The Gandhis decided to skip the event after the West Bengal unit of Congress told the top brass they were not in favour of the Congress chief sharing the stage with Banerjee, as per sources.

Gowda said the Kumaraswamy government would collapse on its own due to squabbling and that the Congress-JDS 'friendship" was on the "brink of divorce".

Out of the 13 Lok Sabha seats, the SAD usually contests on 10 seats while its ally the BJP field its nominees on three seats.

The PM also said that the Congress party has multiple stands on the Sabarimala issue.

The protocol book prescribes that the CM of a state should accompany the PM during official visits. However, it is not a must if the premier is on a private visit.

Congress spokesperson R P N Singh said the BJP wanted the secular parties to remain divided in the politically crucial Uttar Pradesh before the 2019 Lok Sabha election and contest independently so that their votes could be split. Its attempts have proved...

A three-member high-powered committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a 2:1 decision removed Alok Verma as CBI director, making him possibly the first chief in the history of the agency to face such action.

Prasad's remarks came in the backdrop of mob violence and cow vigilantism reported in many parts of the Hindi heartland.