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Srinagar: As the deadlock over government formation in Jammu and Kashmir continued, the state unit of Congress today backed PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to lead the new dispensation to respect the people's verdict in the just-concluded…
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Varanasi: Taking forward his Swachh Bharat campaign, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today revisited his constituency and lauded people for helping rid the Assi Ghat of mounds of soil and garbage to restore the historical site to its old…
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New Delhi:  BJP today denied reports that its leadership had held discussions with National Conference (NC) on government formation in Jammu and Kashmir. Amid media reports that the outgoing Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had met BJP…
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Chennai: DMK President M Karunanidhi today welcomed the Centre's decision to confer Bharat Ratna on former Prime Minister A B Vajpayee and demanded that the honour also be conferred on Dravidian veteran E V Ramasamy, popularly known as…
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Varanasi: Asserting that development and good governance are the only ways ahead, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today visited his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi as part of nation-wide Good Governance Day celebrations being held by his…
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Ayodhya: The oldest litigant in the Babri Masjid case, Mohammad Farooq, died at the age of 100 in Ayodhya, officials said today. Farooq, a resident of Ayodhya, was one of the seven main litigants from Muslim side in the 1949 Babri Masjid…
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Guwahat:  The toll rose to 78 today in attacks by NDFB(S) and retaliatory violence in lower Assam with Adivasis setting afire houses of Bodos as the backlash to the Tuesday massacre continued for the second day. In worst affected Sonitpur…
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Hyderabad: The Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre (ITEWC) will conduct a national workshop on the 10th anniversary of the devastating tsunami that killed lakhs of people on December 26, 2004. The Workshop, to be held tomorrow in the city,…
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today extended Christmas greetings to everyone around the world and hoped the festival will enhance the spirit of harmony, peace and brotherhood in the society. "Merry Christmas to everyone around…
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New Delhi:  On 'Good Governance Day?, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said efforts are being made for "re-engineering" of government processes as part of the promise to provide an "open and accountable administration". He said his…
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