Lok Dal

Haryana police's hall of shame keeps getting bigger

Chandigarh, Nov 8 (IANS) A student coming home from a party, a teacher protesting peacefully for a salary hike, a youth who did not stop at a police barricade. . all killed by a trigger-happy Haryana Police that seem to fire...

54 file nominations in Delhi Friday

New Delhi, Nov 7(IANS) Fifty-four candidates of various parties, including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Friday filed their nominations for the Nov 29 Delhi assembly election. Four candidates of the Samajwadi Party, 23...

Emphasis on irradiation of perishable commodities

Photo: G. Krishnaswamy Accent on reforms: Finance Minister K. Rosaiah, RLD leader Ajit Singh and Union Minister Renuka Chowdary at the FAPCCI seminar on Friday. HYDERABAD: Union Minister of State for Women and Child Welfare...

SEZ should come up on wastelands: Renuka Choudary

The special economic zone (SEZ) policy in the country should have been such that industries could come up in wastelands, Union Minister of State for Woman and Child Development Renuka Choudary said here today. Industries have...

‘A.P. adding to confusion at national level politics’

PHOTO: Satish H. cementING TIES: TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao greeting former Union Minister and RLD chief Ajit Singh at his residence in Hyderabad on Thursday. HYDERABAD: Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) president Ajit Singh...

Abdullah Sr. sings for peace

Rampur (Uttar Pradesh): Former Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah sang a bhajan , “Kis gali gaye mere Ram?….” (Where has my Ram gone?), and left a huge audience moved at Kalki Nagar in ...

Gloom, protests in Bhiwani

Encounter a mistake, admit authorites Government orders magisterial inquiry CHANDIGARH: Commercial and educational establishments were forcibly shut down as students took to the streets in Bhiwani in Haryana to protest against...

Student’s ‘killing’ sparks violent protest in Bhiwani

Policemen staging a flag march in Bhiwani on Monday. Photo: PTI CHANDIGARH: A college student was killed on Monday by the Hansi police near Bhiwani in an “encounter” triggering protest by students who came out on the streets of...

U.P. countdown for RS polls begins

BSP meet on Tuesday may finalise candidates SP has 96 MLAs and is likely to win two seats LUCKNOW: The countdown for the biennial polls to the 10 Rajya Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh began on Monday, with the Election...

Assembly elections: a snapshot

New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) As five states and Delhi go to the polls this month, a snapshot of the political profile of the assemblies: * Rajasthan Total seats: 200 Present Chief Minister: Vasundhara Raje (Bharatiya Janata Party)...