India was home to the largest number of poor in 2012, but its poverty rate was one of the lowest among those countries with the largest number of poor, according to a new World Bank report....
A clear victory is predicted for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in the Bihar assembly polls, with it set to win 147 seats in the 243-member house, according to a survey by Zee News and "Janta Ka Mood"....
Violence erupted in the temple town of Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of prime minister Narendra Modi, on Monday when saints and Hindu religious groups taking out a 'Pratikar Yatra' to protest against a lathi charge and ban on immersion of idols in Ganga, turned violent....
The Congress on Monday accused the Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh and the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre of turning a blind eye to the plight of minorities....
Bharatiya Janata Party's state spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak told reporters in the state capital that it would have been "prudent" that the minister first spoke on the issue to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav before taking it to international fora....
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