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Ghaziabad, Feb 19: In his first public interaction after becoming the Delhi chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal today held a janta darbar at party's Kaushambi office in Ghaziabad where he heard greviances of people. Unlike last time, when the darbar was marred with problems of mismanagement and over-crowding, this time it was a well-organised affair. "Around 200 people turned up today and Arvind

Mumbai, Feb 18: Pitching for relaxing "administrative controls" to improve ease of doing business, top industry leader Deepak Parekh has said that impatience has begun creeping in among businessmen as nothing has changed on ground in first nine months of the Narendra Modi government. He said the industry is still optimistic about the changes it expects from the Modi government, but optimism is not

New Delhi, Feb 18: The central government Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) foreign funds were investigated and nothing was found in violation of the law. A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice R.S Endlaw also asked the ministry of home affairs to submit its revised or up-to-date report with regard to its findings in the matter, in a sealed cover

Bengaluru, Feb 18: The 10th edition of the biennial aerospace exhibition — Aero India 2015 — will take off in a flurry of fascinating aerial displays at the Yelahanka Air Force Station here on Wednesday. Breaking tradition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will formally inaugurate the show instead of the defence minister. With a record 623 participating companies and 72 aircraft, the show gets bigger

Islamabad, Feb 17: Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar may visit Pakistan in March for talks and all issues including Kashmir will be part of the dialogue, Pakistan Prime Minister's Foreign Affairs Advisor Sartaj Aziz has said. Aziz, while speaking on a Geo news programme, said it was possible that the Indian Foreign Secretary may visit Islamabad next month. In an ice-breaking move after a six-month

New Delhi, Feb 17: The Centre would ensure “complete” freedom of faith for all to have an “undeniable” right to practice any religion without “coercion”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday. “I condemn all incidents of violence where religious minorities were targeted,” Mr. Modi told an event organised by the Christian community to celebrate the beatification of Kuriakose Elias Chavara

New Delhi, Feb 16: The death toll from swine flu this year has soared to 585 with 100 more casualties reported across the country in three days since Feb. 12, prompting the Centre to order additional stocks of medicines and diagnostic kits. While the total number of swine flu deaths had stood at 485 till February 12, the latest official data released today says 100 more people succumbed to the

New Delhi, Feb 16: Taking the ties to a new level, India and Sri Lanka today inked a civil nuclear pact besides deciding to expand defence and security cooperation. This was announced after the talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena during which both the leaders expressed commitment to find a solution to the emotive fishermen issue by adopting a

Kolkata, Feb 16: Trinamool Congress today retained both Bongaon Lok Sabha and Krishnaganj Assembly seats with huge margins in the bypolls seen as a litmus test for its popularity in the wake of CBI arresting several of its leaders in Saradha scam and murmurs of dissidence. The convincing victory of TMC candidate Mamatabala Thakur in the Bongaon (SC) Lok Sabha seat with a margin of more than 2,11

Bengaluru, Feb 16: Infosys, India's third largest IT firm, on Monday announced a definitive agreement to fully acquire Israel-based Panaya, Inc. for an enterprise value of $200 million. Panaya, a leading provider of automation technology for large scale enterprise software management, helps Infosys to bring automation to several service lines through a software-as-a-service model, reducing risks