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New Delhi, Oct 19: Congress today latched on to Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar's remarks that the Army had carried out "target specific, limited-calibre, counter- terrorist operations" across LoC in the past too, to "expose" the BJP and Modi government's "lie" on the recent surgical strikes. The party's chief spokesman Randeep Surjewala hoped that Jaishanker would not get "axed" like his

Beijing, Oct 19: India has "outmanoeuvred" Pakistan by effectively branding it as a "regional pariah" during Goa BRICS-BIMSTEC summit where the country presented itself as a "bright spot", strengthening its case for the NSG membership and a permanent seat in UNSC, state-run Chinese media said today. "Given the uneasy background of Indo-Pak tension, which escalated last month, India's inclusion of

Kolkata, Oct 19: Activist Irom Sharmila on Tuesday began her political journey by announcing a new political party. The party, People’s Resurgence and Justice Alliance ( PRJA), will contest the Assembly polls in Manipur in 2017. Making the announcement at the Imphal Press Club, Ms Sharmila said she would contest from two constituencies - Thoubal and Khurai. While Khurai is her home constituency

New Delhi, Oct 19: Delhi High Court is likely to deliver on Wednesday its decision on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's plea to stay the proceedings before a trial court in a criminal defamation case filed against him and other AAP leaders by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. The high court had reserved its verdict on 25 July on Kejriwal's plea challenging the trial court's 19 May order by which it

New Delhi, Oct 18: In a relief to Smriti Irani, a Delhi court today dismissed a complaint against her for allegedly giving false information on her educational qualification to the Election Commission, saying it was filed to "needlessly harass" her as she was a union minister. Metropolitan Magistrate Harvinder Singh said there was a "great delay of around 11 years" in filing the complaint as it

Mandi, Oct 18: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today likened the army's anti-terror surgical strikes to Israel's exploits and said the Indian forces have shown they are no less than anybody. "Our army's valour is being discussed across the country these days. We used to hear earlier that Israel has done this. The nation has seen that Indian army is no less than anybody," he said. Israel is known for

New Delhi, Oct 17: A day before the crucial hearing on Cauvery dispute in the Supreme Court, a high level panel today suggested doing away with "outdated and unscientific water application techniques" to resolve the wrangle, saying both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu were facing water shortage, creating unemployment and financial hardship for the people. The apex court-appointed Supervisory Committee

New Delhi, Oct 17: Former J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah said he was stopped at a New York airport for two hours on Monday for extra immigration checks. "Another `random' secondary immigration check upon landing in the US. Thrice in three visits, the randomness is growing tiresome now," Abdullah, 46, tweeted shortly after midnight. "I just spent TWO hours in a holding area and this happens EVERY

Bareilly/Badaun (UP), Oct 17: BJP will not project a chief ministerial candidate for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections which are a few months away, party's state unit chief Keshav Prasad Maurya said today. "All political parties are waiting for the chief ministerial candidate of BJP...It is clear policy of our party that we will contest the Assembly elections without projecting anyone as our CM

Beijing, Oct 17: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Pakistan a "mothership of terrorism", China today strongly defended its all-weather ally, saying it is against linking any country or religion with terror and asked the world community to acknowledge Pakistan's "great sacrifices". In a sharp reaction to a question about Modi's characterisation of Pakistan at the BRICS Summit in Goa