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Sonia, Rahul, Nilekani in Congress' first list

New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi (Rae Bareli) and vice president Rahul Gandhi (Amethi) figure in the first list of party candidates for the Lok Sabha elections released

Modi well advised not to meet Kejriwal, says Jaitley

New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) BJP leader Arun Jaitley Saturday said that party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was "well advised to deny an audience" to AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal as

Sonia, Rahul, Nilekani in Congress' first list of 194 candidates

New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi (Rae Bareli) and vice president Rahul Gandhi (Amethi) figure in the first list of party candidates for the Lok Sabha elections released

AAP likes to create scenes: Jaitley

New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) BJP leader Arun Jaitley Thursday accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of having the "routine strategy" to gather their cadre and "create a scene".His attack came a day after

Navjot Sidhu skips Modi rally

Jagraon (Punjab), Feb 23 (IANS) The BJP's lone Lok Sabha member from Punjab, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, Sunday gave a miss to BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra

Nilekani says joining Congress, to contest LS polls

Bangalore, Jan 10 (IANS) Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, whose net worth is estimated at over $1 billion, Friday ended speculation about his foray into politics, saying he is joining the

Nilekani wants to contest LS polls, Congress willing

Bangalore, Dec 28 (IANS) Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani is likely to become the first IT czar to contest Lok Sabha elections. He has told the Congress of his interest -- and the party is

School Teacher arrested in Rajasthan for raping a student

A school teacher has been arrested for allegedly raping a Class 10 student repeatedly and forcing her to have an abortion in Bhilwara district of Rajasthan.