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An interfaith marriage of a Muslim activist of the ruling CPI(M)'s youth wing has stirred a political storm after relatives of the Christian bride alleged "love jihad", with a senior left party leader supporting the charge, only to retract it later.

The Congress, in an embarrassing slip in Madhya Pradesh, elected a youth wing general secretary who has long left the party and is now in the BJP. The leader's "election" has now been cancelled but the blunder is being held up by Congress critics as symptomatic of the party's disconnect with ground realities.

Ahead of the first phase of polls for Jharkhand assembly on November 30 left wing extremists killed four state police personnel in Latehar district and gunned down two persons, including a local BJP leader in Palamau district, police said on Saturday.

Sushma Swaraj, whose death on Tuesday left the nation in grief, was one of the most respected leaders of the ruling BJP and will perhaps be best remembered for her tenure as External Affairs Minister till earlier this year. She died at Delhi's AIIMS hospital after being brought there by her family at around 10 pm. She was 67.

The murder of a CPI(M) youth wing leader in Kerala has led to a massive crackdown by police on activists associated with the radical Islamic organization, Popular Front Of India (PFI), and its political wing Social Democratic Party of India.

A member of CPI (M) student wing was stabbed to death and two others were injured in an attack allegedly by members of a pro-Islamic outfit at a college in Kochi, police said today.

Rahul Gandhi's leadership was questioned today by yet another leader of the Congress in Delhi, Barkha Shukla Singh, as she resigned as chief of the party's state women's wing. Unlike senior leader Arvinder Singh Lovely, who quit the Congress and joined the BJP earlier this week, Ms Singh has not left the party. Yet. But she seemed to prepare ground...

A top Maoist leader and his wife have surrendered to the police in West Bengal, dealing a severe blow to Left wing extremism that is one of India's biggest internal security threats.

The Centre today promised action against those involved in the murder of rationalist and Left leader in Maharashtra Govind Pansare after reports emerged that members of a right wing group allegedly had links with the killing.

Israeli assassination attempts may have left him badly hurt and driven him deep underground, but Mohammed Deif, the shadowy leader of Hamas' armed wing in the Gaza Strip, has emerged as a mastermind of the war with Israel.

Exactly 15 days ago, 23-year-old Sudipto Gupta, an activist of the CPM's student wing, the SFI, died in Kolkata. His friends allege he was fatally beaten by the police. The police claim Sudipto hit his head against a lamp post as he hung out of a bus while being taken to jail after he courted arrest.

A leader of the Trinamool Congress' youth wing has resigned from the party to protest against what he calls "dirty politics" over the death of Left student leader Sudipto Gupta.

A leader of Left party CPI-M's student's wing has died of injuries that he sustained while in police custody in Kolkata today.

The CPM's student outfit has dissolved its JNU unit for its refusal to back the party's decision to support Pranab Mukherjee's bid for President for India. The Students Federation of India or SFI has also expelled four student leaders from the membership of the body.

An interfaith marriage of a Muslim activist of the ruling CPI(M)'s youth wing has stirred a political storm after relatives of the Christian bride alleged "love jihad", with a senior left party leader supporting the charge, only to retract it later.

The Congress, in an embarrassing slip in Madhya Pradesh, elected a youth wing general secretary who has long left the party and is now in the BJP. The leader's "election" has now been cancelled but the blunder is being held up by Congress critics as symptomatic of the party's disconnect with ground realities.

Ahead of the first phase of polls for Jharkhand assembly on November 30 left wing extremists killed four state police personnel in Latehar district and gunned down two persons, including a local BJP leader in Palamau district, police said on Saturday.

Sushma Swaraj, whose death on Tuesday left the nation in grief, was one of the most respected leaders of the ruling BJP and will perhaps be best remembered for her tenure as External Affairs Minister till earlier this year. She died at Delhi's AIIMS hospital after being brought there by her family at around 10 pm. She was 67.

The murder of a CPI(M) youth wing leader in Kerala has led to a massive crackdown by police on activists associated with the radical Islamic organization, Popular Front Of India (PFI), and its political wing Social Democratic Party of India.

A member of CPI (M) student wing was stabbed to death and two others were injured in an attack allegedly by members of a pro-Islamic outfit at a college in Kochi, police said today.

Rahul Gandhi's leadership was questioned today by yet another leader of the Congress in Delhi, Barkha Shukla Singh, as she resigned as chief of the party's state women's wing. Unlike senior leader Arvinder Singh Lovely, who quit the Congress and joined the BJP earlier this week, Ms Singh has not left the party. Yet. But she seemed to prepare ground...

A top Maoist leader and his wife have surrendered to the police in West Bengal, dealing a severe blow to Left wing extremism that is one of India's biggest internal security threats.

The Centre today promised action against those involved in the murder of rationalist and Left leader in Maharashtra Govind Pansare after reports emerged that members of a right wing group allegedly had links with the killing.

Israeli assassination attempts may have left him badly hurt and driven him deep underground, but Mohammed Deif, the shadowy leader of Hamas' armed wing in the Gaza Strip, has emerged as a mastermind of the war with Israel.

Exactly 15 days ago, 23-year-old Sudipto Gupta, an activist of the CPM's student wing, the SFI, died in Kolkata. His friends allege he was fatally beaten by the police. The police claim Sudipto hit his head against a lamp post as he hung out of a bus while being taken to jail after he courted arrest.

A leader of the Trinamool Congress' youth wing has resigned from the party to protest against what he calls "dirty politics" over the death of Left student leader Sudipto Gupta.

A leader of Left party CPI-M's student's wing has died of injuries that he sustained while in police custody in Kolkata today.

The CPM's student outfit has dissolved its JNU unit for its refusal to back the party's decision to support Pranab Mukherjee's bid for President for India. The Students Federation of India or SFI has also expelled four student leaders from the membership of the body.