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TNI Bureau: The 86-year-old Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray is critical. He has been put on a life support system. Over 10,000 Shiv Sena cadres have gathered outside his residence 'Matoshree' since the morning. Earlier last night, Bal…

TNI Bureau: Even though the Shiv Sena sources continue to dispel speculations about Bal Thackeray's health conditions, latest reports suggest that the 86-year-old Sena patriarch is on Oxygen and not taking foods. Bal Thackeray's nephew…

TNI Bureau: The agitation by sugarcane farmers in Maharashtra has taken an ugly turn, as the protesters set a police vehicle ablaze in Karvir in Kolhapur. Several policemen are said to be injured in stone-pelting. Violent incidents were…

TNI Bureau:Last night, President Asif Ali Zardari hosted a special dinner in Islamabad for Bihar Chief Minister Nitish kumar on the occasion of Diwali, the festival of lights. At dinner, Mr Zardari appreciated Mr Kumar's "Bihar model of…

TNI Bureau: A beleaguered Congress Party reached out to the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ahead of the Winter Session of the Parliament, which holds much importance to the government in terms of issues related to FDI in…

TNI Bureau: The much-hyped 2G Spectrum auctions is getting a poor response after the end of the third round with key circles such as Delhi and Mumbai finding no bidders. The government, which had hoped to raise about Rs. 40,000 crore in…

TNI Bureau: In a shocking development, Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's uncle and senior National Conference (NC) leader Sheikh Mustafa Kamal made seditious remarks against India, calling it the "enemy" of Kashmiris. He…

TNI Bureau: In a recent development, Pakistani authorities have admitted that Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) trained those involved in 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. Key-witnesses belonging to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and ISI of…

TNI Bureau: Afghan President Hamid Karzai met Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and sought more cooperation between India and Afghanistan in the investment sector. India and Afghanistan signed four MoUs in fertlizers, mining, small projects…

TNI Bureau: The Congress received a major jolt in Andhra Pradesh, as its 14-year-old ally Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) has withdrawn support to the Kiran Kumar Reddy government over the issue of communal tension. MIM accused the…