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Khadse has also been accused of receiving calls from underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's residence in Karachi on his mobile phone.

He also downplayed the maiden public rally conducted recently by Kejriwal in Goa.

Defending the deal, Khadse had claimed the land was never acquired by MIDC from its original owner.

At present not a member of either house of the state legislature and has to become one, within six months of being sworn in.

Rahul's crowning, said by top sources in the party to be imminent, will end one of the most debated topics in Indian politics in recent times. It will also herald a generational shift in the Congress that is struggling for relevance following a series of...

Kerala Excise Minister TP Ramakrishnan said, "Bars closed by the previous government will not be reopened."

"Congress has been reduced to a crowd around a family.... their problem is the one faced by a party which is centred around a family", he said.

Banerjee was administered oath of office and secrecy by state Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi.

Modi is expected to address three more rallies in different parts of the country in the coming days.

"The BJP need not rejoice beyond a point over its victory in Assam which has come due to stitching up alliance which the Congress has failed to do in the belief that it was capable to win the polls on its own," Kumar said.

Elated over the victory, 92-year-old Achutanandan, who spearheaded the LDF campaign, said it was an LDF wave and the victory was a reflection on the anger of the people on the "corrupt and anti-people policies of the UDF government".