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Kathmandu, Nov 26: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday recalled the horror of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack at the Saarc summit and stressed on the need to combat "terrorism and trans-national crimes". "Today, as we remember the horror of the terror attack in Mumbai in 2008, we feel the endless pain of lost lives," said Modi said at the opening of the two-day Saarc summit here. "Let us work

Kathmandu, Nov 25: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here today with an aim to inject new momentum to regional bloc SAARC during its two-day summit beginning tomorrow as he said development of close relations with neighbours was a key priority for his government. On his arrival here to attend his maiden SAARC Summit, Modi was accorded a warm welcome. He was given a guard of honour and a group

New Delhi, Nov 25: The CBI was today asked by a Special Court as to whether it has examined former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was then holding coal portfolio, during its probe in the coal blocks allocation scam case involving top industrialist KM Birla, former coal secretary P C Parakh and others. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar asked the agency,"Don't you think examination of the then

Srinagar/Ranchi, Nov 25: Voting began on a brisk note today in 15 constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir going to polls in first of the five-phased state elections. Braving cold weather, voters today lined up at polling stations much before the start of the voting. Twelve sitting MLAs, including seven ministers, are among 123 candidates trying their luck in the 15 constituencies that are going to

New Delhi, Nov 24: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today voiced hope that the opposition will cooperate in Parliament to make it a "fruitful and result-oriented" winter session, despite several parties making it clear they will resist reform measures. "People of the country have given us responsibility to run the government, but they have also given the responsibility to all those sitting in

New Delhi, Nov 24: Union Minister Smriti Irani, who rose to fame as a popular TV actor, said she quit acting after becoming an MP to focus on her responsibilities as a politician. "When I came to politics and became an MP, I gave up my job as an actor. If you want to be taken seriously for your political contributions, then you need to give it that much time. "Only after I settled in my office as

Patna, Nov 24: Speculation is rife in Bihar's political circles over the possible ouster of Jitan Ram Manjhi as the chief minister after he said his days in the office are numbered. The speculation gained strength a day after Manjhi said his days in office were numbered as his detractors in the party were making every effort to remove him from the chief minister's post. Manjhi said: "I know

Mumbai, Nov 24: Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Murli Deora passed away in Mumbai on Monday morning due to cancer. He was 77 and is survived by his wife and two sons, including former MP Milind Deora. Murli bhai as he was known as died at around 3.25 am. He had been unwell and admitted to a hospital. He had come home two days ago, family sources said. Deora's mortal remains would

Lucknow, Nov 23: Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "copying" his schemes of adopting villages and constructing toilets. "He (Modi) is talking about adopting villages. I have adopted villages in 1990. The Prime Minister is copying me. I have done all this. I have initiated construction of toilets in 1990," Yadav said while addressing a

New Delhi, Nov 23: Taking on her critics, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani today dismissed charges that education was being saffronised even as she turned down demands that Sanskrit be made compulsory in the curriculum. "Those who accuse me of being a RSS mascot or RSS representative possibly want to deflect the attention from the good work that we have done... this agenda