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Telangana protests reach Delhi's Andhra Bhavan

Around 20 students Wednesday barged into the Andhra Bhavan in the capital and shouted slogans against the state government, demanding the creation of a separate Telangana state, police said.8:04 PM on December 09

Social workers held trying to enter Badal's residence

Over 80 'anganwadi' workers (village-level social workers) were arrested here Wednesday trying to enter the official residence of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to submit a memorandum, police said.8:04 PM on December 09

BJP rakes up China threat, asks if India is safe

Raising the spectre of an 'aggressive' China, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday asked the government to forge relations with influential international players who could help India in case of a confrontation with Beijing.8:04 PM on December 09

Club Babri cases, move apex court, says CPI-M

The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) demanded Wednesday that all cases related to the Babri mosque razing must be clubbed before the Supreme Court and it should be urged to give an early verdict.8:02 PM on December 09

Close shave for President Patil's chopper

President Pratibha Patil Wednesday had a narrow escape when the rotor blades of her military helicopter grazed an abandoned building while landing at the airport here, a spokeswoman for the president said.8:01 PM on December 09

Sonia Gandhi to visit Rae Bareli Friday

Congress president Sonia Gandhi will go on a two-day tour of her constituency Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh from Friday to evaluate the developmental schemes there, party officials said here Wednesday.8:01 PM on December 09

Government misleading country over Chinese incursions: BJP

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday accused the government of misleading the country over reported Chinese incursions and said India is facing a 1962-like situation when China fought a war with India.6:03 PM on December 09

Liberhan report is a 'national joke', says Arun Jaitley

The Liberhan Commission report on the Babri Masjid demolition was a 'national joke', Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley said Wednesday and wondered if it had been outsourced to some other people to be written.6:02 PM on December 09

Day after clash, Agra MP on 'long march' reaches Haryana

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentarian from Agra, on a 'long march' to Delhi with a charter of demands, finally crossed over from Uttar Pradesh into Haryana Wednesday, a day after his supporters clashed with police and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) activists in Mathura.6:01 PM on December 09

Koda, former colleague shifted to hospital

Jailed former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and his ex-cabinet colleague Kamlesh Singh were Wednesday shifted to a Ranchi hospital from jail for medical check-up, an official said.4:04 PM on December 09

Koda diary will be looked into: Mukherjee

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday said that the names figuring in the seized diary of jailed former Chief Minister Madhu Koda will be examined.4:04 PM on December 09

India hopes to end secondary school dropouts from 2020

The government hopes to end dropouts from schools at the secondary level by 2020, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Wednesday.4:04 PM on December 09

Lok Sabha concerned over KCR's health

The Lok Sabha Wednesday expressed concern over the deteriorating health of Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) leader and MP K. Chandrasekhara Rao, who has been on a fast-unto-death for 11 days demanding a separate Telangana state.4:03 PM on December 09

KCR refuses medication, condition worsens

Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao's condition is worsening as he is not taking medicines and intravenous fluids, doctors said Wednesday.4:03 PM on December 09

Pranab and co. cut cake on Sonia Gandhi's birthday

The lady might have been missing but members of her party, including union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, duly celebrated Congress president Sonia Gandhi's birthday by cutting a cake and wishing her all the best.4:02 PM on December 09