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OP Rajbhar, the chief of Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, has declared that he is joining the NDA, alleging that the opposition push in Uttar Pradesh has no steam in it.

The followers of Amritpal Singh, the Khalistani separatist currently on the run, had led the police on a merry chase, finally entering a market from where they had to be hunted out one by one.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 77th episode of his monthly radio programme "Mann Ki Baat" talked about the two cyclones -- Cyclone Tauktae and Cyclone Yaas -- that have affected the country in recent days.

Fifteen people have died in Hyderabad in rain-related incidents, following incessant rainfall that lashed the city and different parts of Telangana, leading to waterlogging on roads and inundation of some low-lying areas.

A week after a Hindu woman and a Muslim man were targeted by a group of right-wing activists and four policemen in Meerut for being friends, they seem no closer to getting justice.

A day after an expected merger between rival factions of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK party ran into last-minute turbulence, former chief minister O Panneerselvam, popularly known as OPS, kept hopes alive. "Talks are going on smoothly and in another two days, you can expect good news," he said, referring to the other camp led by his successor E Palan...

Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam wants posters and photographs of jailed party chief VK Sasikala to be removed from the AIADMK's office in Chennai's Royapettah, where merger talks will be held between two rival factions. Mr Panneerselvam or OPS leads one of the factions and has made a list of demands before discussions can begin to ...

Merger negotiations expected to begin at the ruling AIADMK's head office in Chennai this evening have again run into rough weather, with new tough talk by the faction led by former chief minister O Panneerselvam, provoked by what they described as "loose statements being made by leaders" of the rival camp of Chief Minister E Palaniswamy or EPS.

The rival factions of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK moved closer to a rapprochement today, with the faction led by VK Sasikala deciding to keep her and her nephew TTV Dinakaran away "from the government and the party". The decision meets the key demand of her political rival O Panneerselvam or OPS, who wanted their removal. Ms Sasikala, who is in pris...

In a campaign video for the by-election to former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa's RK Nagar assembly seat, the electric lamp symbol allotted to the O Panneerselvam faction of the AIADMK seems to settle in a green glow that resembles two leaves. The other faction headed by J Jayalalithaa's long-time companion VK Sasikala has complained tha...

After she was found guilty by the Supreme Court for corruption, VK Sasikala, who has been ordered to serve a four-year sentence, took care of some important business for her party, the AIADMK, which governs Tamil Nadu. At a meeting presided by her, the party picked a new leader, minister Edappadi K.Palanisamy, who is trusted by her. The gathering ...

Within an hour of O Panneerselvam declaring that he was coerced to quit as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, the habitually low-profile politician was having a bit of a social media moment. By midnight on Tuesday, OPS, as he is known, was the material of two trends on Twitter and it continued into the morning after, with #OPannerselvam a top trend.

This is not a week that BJP legislator OP Sharma is likely to forget in a hurry. On Monday, Mr Sharma was photographed in a menacing attack on a Left activist, for which he was arrested and granted bail yesterday. Today, a committee of the Delhi Assembly recommended that he be expelled for his sexist remarks against a woman legislator.

Amid a raging controversy over the mysterious deaths of people linked to the Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh, a former government official who is an accused in the case was sent back to jail on Tuesday after being briefly hospitalised.

OP Rajbhar, the chief of Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, has declared that he is joining the NDA, alleging that the opposition push in Uttar Pradesh has no steam in it.

The followers of Amritpal Singh, the Khalistani separatist currently on the run, had led the police on a merry chase, finally entering a market from where they had to be hunted out one by one.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 77th episode of his monthly radio programme "Mann Ki Baat" talked about the two cyclones -- Cyclone Tauktae and Cyclone Yaas -- that have affected the country in recent days.

Fifteen people have died in Hyderabad in rain-related incidents, following incessant rainfall that lashed the city and different parts of Telangana, leading to waterlogging on roads and inundation of some low-lying areas.

A week after a Hindu woman and a Muslim man were targeted by a group of right-wing activists and four policemen in Meerut for being friends, they seem no closer to getting justice.

A day after an expected merger between rival factions of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK party ran into last-minute turbulence, former chief minister O Panneerselvam, popularly known as OPS, kept hopes alive. "Talks are going on smoothly and in another two days, you can expect good news," he said, referring to the other camp led by his successor E Palan...

Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam wants posters and photographs of jailed party chief VK Sasikala to be removed from the AIADMK's office in Chennai's Royapettah, where merger talks will be held between two rival factions. Mr Panneerselvam or OPS leads one of the factions and has made a list of demands before discussions can begin to ...

Merger negotiations expected to begin at the ruling AIADMK's head office in Chennai this evening have again run into rough weather, with new tough talk by the faction led by former chief minister O Panneerselvam, provoked by what they described as "loose statements being made by leaders" of the rival camp of Chief Minister E Palaniswamy or EPS.

The rival factions of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK moved closer to a rapprochement today, with the faction led by VK Sasikala deciding to keep her and her nephew TTV Dinakaran away "from the government and the party". The decision meets the key demand of her political rival O Panneerselvam or OPS, who wanted their removal. Ms Sasikala, who is in pris...

In a campaign video for the by-election to former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa's RK Nagar assembly seat, the electric lamp symbol allotted to the O Panneerselvam faction of the AIADMK seems to settle in a green glow that resembles two leaves. The other faction headed by J Jayalalithaa's long-time companion VK Sasikala has complained tha...

After she was found guilty by the Supreme Court for corruption, VK Sasikala, who has been ordered to serve a four-year sentence, took care of some important business for her party, the AIADMK, which governs Tamil Nadu. At a meeting presided by her, the party picked a new leader, minister Edappadi K.Palanisamy, who is trusted by her. The gathering ...

Within an hour of O Panneerselvam declaring that he was coerced to quit as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, the habitually low-profile politician was having a bit of a social media moment. By midnight on Tuesday, OPS, as he is known, was the material of two trends on Twitter and it continued into the morning after, with #OPannerselvam a top trend.

This is not a week that BJP legislator OP Sharma is likely to forget in a hurry. On Monday, Mr Sharma was photographed in a menacing attack on a Left activist, for which he was arrested and granted bail yesterday. Today, a committee of the Delhi Assembly recommended that he be expelled for his sexist remarks against a woman legislator.

Amid a raging controversy over the mysterious deaths of people linked to the Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh, a former government official who is an accused in the case was sent back to jail on Tuesday after being briefly hospitalised.