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Narendra Modi holds meeting with BJP’s O...

Narendra Modi holds meeting with BJP’s OBC MPs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met 43 BJP MPs from the Other Backward Classes at his official residence, the first in a series of meetings with party MPs that he will be holding through the Parliament session. Sources present at the meeting said it had no specific agenda and was more of... read more »

Mumbai Rain Updates: Intermittent spells...

Mumbai Rain Updates: Intermittent spells of light to moderate rain in city ...

Mumbai rains, trains and weather Latest Updates: The toll in Ratnagiri district’s Tiware dam, which was breached earlier on Wednesday, has risen to nine with twenty four people still missing. The search and rescue operation is underway. Devendra Fadnavis has spoken to Ratnagiri Collector and... read more »

Over 5,500 Pilgrims Set Out For Amarnath

Over 5,500 Pilgrims Set Out For Amarnath

A batch of 5,522 pilgrims on Thursday left Jammu for the Himalayan cave shrine Amarnath, after 33,694 yatris completed paying obeisance before the ice stalagmite structure of Lord Shiva over the past three days. Two escorted convoys left for the valley, police said, adding that 2,520 were headed to... read more »

Mutual funds witness 60% fall in net inf...

Mutual funds witness 60% fall in net inflows in 2018-19: Economic Survey

During 2018-19, there was a net inflow of Rs 1,09,701 crore in the mutual fund industry, says Economic Survey. However, the net inflows are 60 per cent lower than last year. Net inflows in 2017-18 stood at Rs 2,71,797 crore. Lower net inflows were mainly due to rise in redemptions during the year.... read more »

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Arvind Kejriwal meets Lt Governor; action against Somnath Bharti?

New Delhi – Under intense pressure to sack Law Minister Somnath Bharti, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday met Lt Governor Najeeb Jung. Kejriwal... read more »

BJP under the leadership of Narendra Modi is expected to sweep Gujarat

BJP under the leadership of Narendra Modi is expec...

New Delhi – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) under the leadership of Narendra Modi is expected to sweep Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh... read more »

Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde calls Arvind Kejriwal...

Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde calls Arvind Kejriwal a 'mad' Delhi Chief Minister

New Delhi – After being under constant attack from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Wednesday called him a... read more »

My mother too strong to commit suicide: Sunanda Pushkar...

New Delhi – Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor’s son Shiv Menon has said she was too strong to commit suicide, and her death was an “unfortunate mix of... read more »

Partial success, but principles more important: AAP on ...

Partial success, but principles more important: AAP on compromise deal

New Delhi – The morning after Arvind Kejriwal accepted what many see as a face-saving formula and called off his 33-hour protest in the heart of Delhi,... read more »

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Devyani Khobragade case: US embassy asked to shut its club, follow traffic rules

Devyani Khobragade case: US embassy asked to shut its club, follo...

New Delhi –  India today asked the American embassy in New Delhi to stop all commercial activities and shut down a club on its premises by January 16, continuing its unrelenting diplomatic... read more »

Muzaffarnagar forgotten, Uttar Pradesh ministers and MLAs fly out on five-nation study tour

Muzaffarnagar forgotten, Uttar Pradesh ministers a...

Lucknow –  At a time when Uttar Pradesh is struggling with the aftermath of the Muzaffarnagar riots and allegations of mismanagement, eight... read more »

Brutal arctic chill means parts of US colder than Mars

Brutal arctic chill means parts of US colder than Mars

Chicago –  A deadly chill had much of the United States and Canada in its wintry grip on Tuesday, as a record-breaking cold snap brought temperatures... read more »

Russia launches security clampdown for Winter Olympics

Russia launches security clampdown for Winter Olympics

Four weeks before the start of Winter Olympics in Russia’s Sochi, authorities have launched an unprecedented security operation, sealing off a vast area... read more »

Spanish princess accused of corruption, summoned to tes...

Spanish princess accused of corruption, summoned to testify in court

A Spanish court summoned King Juan Carlos’ youngest daughter Cristina as a suspect over tax and money-laundering crimes on Tuesday, a first for a direct... read more »

Successful Mars mission helps ISRO end year on high note

Isro successfully launches Astrosat, six other satellites

SRIHARIKOTA: Isro on Monday successfully launched India’s first astronomy satellite Astrosat, eleven years after the government cleared the project. A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle... read more »

In a first, France launches air strikes on Islamic State training camp in eastern Syria

Paris: Six French jet fighters targeted and destroyed an Islamic State training camp in eastern Syria, President Francois Hollande said on Sunday, making good on a promise to go after the... read more »

PM Narendra Modi to Indian Diaspora: ‘India is waiting for you’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the Indian diaspora in California that it is time the brain drain became a “brain gain” for India. “India is waiting for you,” he... read more »

Hajj stampede: Death toll of Indian pilgrims in Mecca rises to 18

Mina: The death toll of Indian pilgrims has risen to 18 in the grisly stampede at the Hajj which has so far claimed the lives of 717 people, the worst tragedy to hit the annual pilgrimage... read more »

Silicon Valley to give PM Narendra Modi ‘rock-star’ t...

SAN FRANCISCO: For a change, Silicon Valley is buzzing about something besides a sleek new device, mind-bending breakthrough or precocious billionaire. A rare visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra... read more »