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Amar Singh, Jaya Prada join RLD

New Delhi, March 10 (ANI): Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, former Samajwadi Party leaders Amar Singh and Jaya Prada on Monday joined Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal. will contest the Lok Sabha elections from Fatehpur and Jaya Prada will fight from Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh. Singh and Jaya Prada were expelled from the Samajwadi Party in February, 2010 for leading "a capitalist and communalist invasion. Mar 10, 2014
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Ajit Singh seeks division of Uttar Pradesh

Amroha, March 10 (ANI): Civil Aviation Minister, Ajit Singh, sought the division of the most densely populated Uttar Pradesh into four parts for better governance. Singh, who is also chief of Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), said that the state was so huge in terms of population that it could easily be called the sixth largest country in the world. The RLD chief hit out at BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. Mar 10, 2014
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D Purandeswari decided to join BJP over AP bifurcation

New Delhi, March 08 (ANI): Former Union minister Daggubati Purandeswari met BJP leader L K Advani and decided to join the BJP in protest against the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. The former minister had earlier, said that the situation was such that a painful decision has to be taken. Meanwhile, BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu, reacted to Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's comment in which he had blamed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for the assassination of the father of the nation, Mahatama Gandhi. He also opined that both in Telangana and Seemandhra, BJP hopes to win a good number of seats in the 2014 national elections. Mar 8, 2014
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RSS moves Election Commission against Rahul Gandhi

Bangalore, March 08 (ANI): The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), moved the Election Commission against Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, who accused them of killing Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. While addressing a rally, Gandhi alleged that RSS people had killed Mahatma Gandhi in 1948. RSS Spokesperson Ram Madhav urged the election panel to take action against Gandhi and restrain him from indulging in such malicious and false propaganda. The RSS also contemplates legal action against Gandhi. Mar 8, 2014
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TRS not to merge with Congress

Hyderabad, Mar 4 (ANI): Telangana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS) Chief K Chandrashekar Rao, has denied merger with Congress party. Congress leader Digvijay Singh had earlier hinted that the TRS will merge with the Congress. He had said that the consultation process between the two parties was over. However, ending days of speculation and dashing the hopes of Congress, the TRS ruled out any merger with the Congress. K Chandrashekar Rao had joined hands with TDP against Congress for the 2009 elections. But his party had suffered a serious setback and won only two Lok Sabha seats and 10 Assembly seats in the region. Mar 4, 2014
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Lalu Prasad Yadav vows to stop communal forces from coming to power

Patna, March 03 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav exhorted secular parties to fight in solidarity against communal forces coming to power taking a dig at BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. RJD chief pointed out that if secular forces come to power, following the upcoming general elections, there would not be any peace in the country. He also accused Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, for bringing communal political parties back to the state. Mar 3, 2014
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Kashmir: Soldier shoots dead 5 colleagues, kills self

Ganderbal, Feb 27 (ANI): An army jawan of 13 Rashtriya Rifles shot dead five of his colleagues at point blank range when they were sleeping and killed himself in Kashmir's Ganderbal district Thursday morning, said army official. The deaths of the jawans took place inside the army camp of 13 Rashtriya Rifles at Safapora. An army court of inquiry will investigate the deaths. According to sources, the soldier, who was posted on sentry duty at the camp, entered one of the barracks at around 2:00am and opened indiscriminate firing on his sleeping colleagues. Feb 27, 2014
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Kashmir: Army kills 7 militants, recovers arms and ammunition

Kupwara, Feb 26 (ANI): Indian Army recovered large quantities of arms and ammunition from seven militants who were killed during an encounter between the Indian Army and militants in forest area of Kashmir. Security has been beefed up as more militants are believed to be hiding in the forest area. Major General, General Officer Commanding (GOC) Kilo Force, SK Saini said that seven AK series weapons were recovered. On specific information, 18 Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operation Group of Jammu and Kashmir Police launched a cordon and search operation in Dardpora forests of Lolab, Saini added. Saini added that the documents recovered from the dead militants indicated that they belonged to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Feb 26, 2014
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BJP, JD (U) conspiring against RJD: Lalu

Patna, Feb 25 (ANI): RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday alleged that the Janata Dal (United) and the Bharatiya Janata Party are conspiring to split his party. Baffled ahead of Lok Sabha elections, Lalu said that what Nitish Kumar has done is similar to America's Watergate scandal. RJD Chief has called for an emergency meeting of his party leaders and is expected to meet all the 13 MLAs. On Monday, 13 of Lalu's 22 Bihar legislators announced that they had split away from the Rashtriya Janata Dal. They met Bihar Assembly Speaker Uday Narain Choudhary and sought to be recognized as a separate group; the Speaker immediately declared them "unattached" from the RJD. However, within an hour six of the prodigals were back in the RJD Feb 25, 2014
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Huge cache of arms and ammunition recovered from Maoist hotbed

Giridih, Feb 23 (ANI): Police busted a Maoist operation in red corridor of Giridih district in Jharkhand and recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition. The district police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) launched a special joint operation from February 18 to February 22 to look out for any Maoist activity in the nearby hills. The team raided a bunker of the Maoists located over the area’s highest hill, forcing the latter to flee from the spot. Police seized 200 detonators, rifles, material used to make bombs, four belts, six uniforms, axes to cut through iron, tear gas grenades, Chinese grenades and a drill machine. Feb 23, 2014
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RSS does not need certification from Shakeel Ahmad to prove itself: Meenakshi Lekhi

New Delhi, Feb 9 (ANI): Commenting on Congress leader Shakeel Ahmad's tweet about the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, BJP Spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi on Sunday said that the RSS did not need certification from Ahmed to prove itself. Ahmad had earlier tweeted that BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi represented the ideology RSS which had killed Mahatma Gandhi. Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi too had made the same statement while addressing a rally in Gujarat on Saturday. Feb 9, 2014
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Badalta Manzar (Oct 24, 2013): An independent news report on Jammu and Kashmir

In order to boost agriculture, the govt. is spending 16 crore on the construction of four new dams in the border area of Lolab in Kupwara District. The dams will provide water for irrigation purposes to at least 10,000 Kanals of paddy fields. Other side sportspersons in Udhampur lack basic sports facilities and they are hoping that things will take a turn for the better. Beyond this the govt. has promised quality education to everyone, including the poor in far-flung areas, under various schemes like Sarva Siksha Abhiyan and Rashtriya Madhyamik Siksha Abhiyan (RMSA), but these promises remain on paper in the state. One such example is the govt. middle school Kalas in Rajouri District. Jan 24, 2014
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Badalta Manzar (Nov 07, 2013): An independent news report on Jammu and Kashmir

The 27th edition of the All India Postal Cricket Tournament was held in Srinagar recently for the first time ever. Beyond this Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan is a centrally sponsored scheme in the education sector, which aims at providing basic infrastructure like buildings and maintenance of schools in the rural areas. Other side work on the OPD has been suspended for some unknown reason for many years at SDH Tral in Pulwama district. Jan 23, 2014