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Lahore has risen, says Imran, revolution near

Fresh from a surprisingly successful public rally in Lahore, Pakistani cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan on Monday said the gates for change were open. “There is a shift in public opinion. The gates for change are open now. The change will come,” Mr Khan, who heads the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf, said.

Crib deaths: Hospitals get clean chit

Union minister of state for health Sudip Bandopadhyay on Monday gave a clean-chit to the Mamata Banerjee government for the death of 17 new-borns at Dr B.C. Roy Memorial Hospital for Children in Kolkata. He also rubbished the reports of negligence into the death of 17 infants at Burdwan Medical College and Hospital in Burdwan.

TALKING global

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman and Infosys co-founder and UID Authority chairman Nandan Nilekani

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman and Infosys co-founder and UID Authority chairman Nandan Nilekani discuss globalisation at the launch of India Ink, the NYT’s first country-specific website, a

Advani admits graft problems in Karnataka

BJP veteran L.K. Advani finally admitted in public that unlike the nine other states where his party is in government, Karnataka’s BJP was facing a crisis.
Speaking to a 25,000 strong audience at Janchetana Yatra rally in Mangalore’s

Cong criticises BJP’s costly MP Foundation day

While the stage is all set for a mega-cultural event to be organised on an unprecedented scale by the Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state capital on Tuesday to mark the fifty-sixth Foundation Day of Madhya Pradesh, the main Opposition Congress has come down heavily criticising the costly extravaganza.

Uddhav, Athavale will share stage with Advani

Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani’s “Janchetana Yatra” will make its way into Mumbai on November 4. Interestingly, apart from several BJP leaders slated to speak at the rally, Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray and RPI leader Ramdas Athawale will also be amongst the people who address the crowd.

Decision on telangana after ID: PC

Union home minister P. Chidambaram on Monday said that a movement towards a decision on controversial Telangana statehood demand would take place after the Id-ul-Zuha festival, which falls on November 7. The announcement has been welcomed by Telangana Congress MPs.

Opp. plans no-trust vote in Winter Session

The Opposition is planning to keep the government on tenterhooks by moving a no confidence motion against it during the Winter Session of Parliament to expose the “fence sitters” ahead of crucial Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.

Arunachal CM steps down

Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Jarbom Gamlin on Monday submitted his resignation in order to authorise Congress president Sonia Gandhi to take a final decision in resolving the political stalemate in the state.

Woman, 80, killed; help prime suspect, say cops

An elderly woman was found strangulated to death at her Jangpura Extension residence in southeast Delhi on Monday morning. The K-7 residence of the woman was found ransacked and robbed, allegedly by a Nepalese domestic

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