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BJP to get highest tally from northeastern states: Jitendra Singh

New Delhi; The BJP will get the highest tally from the northeastern states, thus opening a new chapter in the history of electoral politics of northeast India, Union minister Jitendra Singh claimed on Saturday. This tally will get further added on by the seats to be won by BJP allies under the North East Democratic […]

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Three ex-CMs failed to do any significant works for native Santhal pargana: Shah

Pakur (Jharkhand): BJP president Amit Shah Saturday alleged that though the Santhal pargana region has given three chief ministers to Jharkhand they failed to do any significant works for tribals whereas the present government of Raghubar Das has done a lot for them. Shah said this without taking names of ex-CMs- Shibu Soren, Hemant Soren […]

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Rahul asks PM Modi to explain about Rafeal deal

Rahul asks PM Modi to explain about Rafeal deal

Sirsa (Har)- Congress president Rahul Gandhi Thursday renewed his attack over alleged corruption in the Rafale aircraft deal, this time in response to Narendra Modi calling his late father and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi Bharashtachari No 1 . He also took on the prime minister over unemployment, taunting Modi for a remark that selling […]

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Indian, Pakistani journalist join hands to tell ‘the Truth about Neighbours’

New Delhi: A book, to be published later this year, will provide a contemporary understanding of India and Pakistan and their thoughts about one another, written together by an Indian and a Pakistani. Titled “The Truth About Neighbours”, the book is co-authored by journalist Hindol Sengupta and Pakistani lawyer Huma Ijaz Zaman. Beginning the discussion […]

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SC to hear Babri Masjid land dispute case today

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Friday the issues relating to the Ayodhya’s Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case. A notice in this regard was put up on the apex court website which said that the matter will be hard by a five-judge Constitution bench comprising Chief justice Ranjan Gogoi and […]

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Don’t vote for Mahamilavati opposition, PM Modi tells people

Azamgarh (UP): Accusing the mahamilavati opposition parties of putting the nation’s security in peril, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday urged people not to vote for a “khichdi” coalition that will only bring in anarchy and instability . These are the parties indulging in politics of vote bank and caste equations, these ‘mahamilavatis’ had put the […]

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EVM’s to face litmus test as EC prepares for bigger VVPAT count on May 23

New Delhi: As it prepares for the mammoth exercise of counting of votes for Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission has stated that in case of a mismatch between EVM and VVPAT machine counts, the latter will be held valid. Though the exercise of matching EVM results with paper trail machine (VVPAT) slips was being […]

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Suicide attack outside Sufi shrine in Pakistan’s Lahore left 10 dead

Suicide attack outside Sufi shrine in Pakistan’s Lahore left 10 dead

LAHORE: A teenage Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up outside one of Pakistan’s oldest and most revered Sufi shrines in Lahore on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people, including five police commandos, and injuring 25 others as the country marks the Muslim holy month of Ramazan. The powerful blast took place around 8:45 am (local […]

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Indian diplomat summoned over ‘ceasefire violations’

Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday summoned India’s Deputy High Commissioner Gaurav Ahluwalia and condemned the “unprovoked ceasefire violations” by the Indian security forces along the Line of Control which resulted in the death of three civilians. The Foreign Office (FO) said: “the Indian forces along the Line of Control (LoC) and the Working Boundary (WB) are […]

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Dates of religious festivals will be decided scientifically: Pak

Islamabad: Pakistan has set up a committee to determine lunar dates of religious festivals through a scientific method and end confusion in dates related to moon-sighting by clerics. “The five-member committee will finalize the calendar to indicate the exact dates of Ramadan, Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Azha and Moharram for the next five years with 100 per cent […]