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Modi becomes first BJP PM to return to power with full majority

Modi becomes first BJP PM to return to power with full majority

After Nehru and Indira, Modi is only PM to achieve this feat

After Nehru and Indira, Modi is only PM to achieve this feat

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Regional parties in WB, AP, Odisha, TN, Telangana resist saffron surge

New Delhi: Regional parties from West Bengal, Odisha, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu have somehow managed to hold on to their turfs, bucking the trend of a nationwide surge of the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls. The DMK appears to be sweeping Tamil Nadu and is set to bag 23 of the 23 […]

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Counting for high-stakes Lok Sabha polls begins today

Counting for high-stakes Lok Sabha polls begins today

New Delhi: The counting of votes for the seven-phase elections to India’s lower house of parliament, the world’s biggest democratic exercise, will take place on Thursday, bringing the curtains down on a bitterly-fought contest which the country rarely witnessed. Most of the exit polls have predicted that the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance […]

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SCO meet: Pulwama, Lanka attacks made us more determined to fight terror, says Sushma

SCO meet: Pulwama, Lanka attacks made us more determined to fight terror, says Sushma

Bishkek: India on Wednesday said the ghastly bombings in Sri Lanka at a time when the wounds of the Pulwama terror attack were still raw in people’s mind has made it more determined to resolutely fight against the menace. Addressing the meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Council of Foreign Ministers here in the Kyrgyz capital, […]

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For peace in S Asia conflict resolution a must: Qureshi

For peace in S Asia conflict resolution a must: Qureshi

Bishkek: Pakistan has delivered a “message of peace” by opening the Kartarpur Corridor for Sikh pilgrims from India, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Wednesday as he underlined the importance of “conflict resolution” for peace and stability in South Asia. Addressing the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Council of Foreign Ministers’ meeting here in the Kyrgyz capital, […]

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Swaraj, Qureshi sit next to each other at SCO meeting

Bishkek: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi Wednesday sat next to each other during a multilateral meeting here of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, amid strained ties between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. Swaraj and Qureshi attended the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation […]

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Want President’s rule to end in JK: Guv Malik

Srinagar: Governor Satya Pal Malik Wednesday said his administration wants the President’s Rule to end in the state at the earliest but the final call on the timing of assembly elections will be taken by the Election Commission. Asked if some officials within his administration were not keen on transfer of power to an elected […]

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Indian, Chinese armies hold border meet in Ladakh

Srinagar: Indian and Chinese armies held a border personnel meeting in eastern Ladakh sector of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesperson said on Wednesday. The Indian delegation was led by Major General Arvind Kapoor from the Fire and Fury Corps, while the Chinese delegation was led by Senior Colonel Gan Wei Han, said Colonel Rajesh […]

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Soldier killed, 7 others injured in blast along LoC: Officials

Jammu: An Army man was killed and seven others were injured in a blast during a “training activity” along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district on Wednesday, officials said. “On Wednesday at 0915 hours, during a training activity on a military post in Mendhar sector, one soldier was critically injured and later succumbed […]

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PaK, Russia join hands to prevent military confrontation in outer space

Bishkek/Islamabad: Pakistan and Russia Wednesday voiced concern over the weaponisation of the outer space and vowed to prevent it from becoming an arena for military confrontation, nearly two months after India shot down one of its satellites in space with an anti-satellite missile. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov […]