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New Delhi, Oct 25: Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a brief media address Saturday said the members of the fourth estate were doing a service to the nation by writing about a clean India. "I am reading so many articles on clean India. Electronic and social media is also doing a comprehensive debate on it. This is a service to the nation. This is a good example of how the media can play a

Jammu, Oct 25: Ahead of announcement of elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress Minister Sham Lal Sharma, who has been facing criticism over handling of recent floods, has tendered his resignation from the Omar Abdullah ministry. Citing alleged sabotage of regularisation of daily wagers as a reason for tendering his resignation, Sharma, who is Minister for Public Health Engineering and Flood

Mumbai, Oct 25: After all the shadow-boxing and public posturing, the BJP appears to have succeeded in getting the Shiv Sena exactly where it wants it: as part of the Maharashtra government, but without undue clout. Soon after the assembly results made the BJP the single largest party with 122 seats — 22 short of the half-way mark — the Sena had started playing hard-to-get, but its game went awry

Maharashtra, Oct 24: In a gruesome incident similar to the Khairlanji killings, three members of the Jadhav family who belonged to a Dalitcaste were found murdered in Pathardi town of Maharashtra's Ahmednagardistricts on Tuesday . The police are investigating the case. However, the culprits are still at large and motive behind the murder is not known. The incident took place in the Jadhavwadi in

Srinagar, Oct 23: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday announced Rs.745 crore relief for rebuilding damaged homes and hospitals in flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir. Speaking to some media persons at Raj Bhavan here, Modi said the central government would do everything possible to help rebuild the lives and livelihood of people who suffered in last month's floods in the state. Modi said the loss

Srinagar, Oct 23: After receiving Prime Minister Narendra Modi here Thursday, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah chose to stay away from Modi's engagements at the Raj Bhawan. Abdullah, however, attended an official briefing given to Modi in the technical area of Srinagar airport. Informed sources said the chief minister left for his official residence in the high-security Gupkar Road

Srinagar, Oct 23: The strike called by separatist groups against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jammu and Kashmir today evoked a partial response in the Valley. Although most shops in and around the city centre of Lal Chowk –- the commercial hub of the summer capital here -– were closed, establishments had opened for business in other districts of Kashmir, officials said. Markets in Lal

Mumbai, Oct 23: After days of stand-off, Shiv Sena and BJP today struck a conciliatory note following last night's talks between their leaders in Delhi, reviving hopes of a saffron coalition government in Maharashtra. In an apparent attempt at rapprchement, Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray had despatched Rajya Sabha MP Anil Desai and party's leader in the outgoing Assembly Subhash Desai to the national

New Delhi, Oct 22: Congress today reacted sharply to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's remarks that the Opposition party will be embarrassed once names of people holding illicit foreign accounts are made public, daring him to "name the traitor". The party also accused Jaitley of "bluffing" people on the issue."A traitor is a traitor. He is neither a Congressman nor a BJP man. What is stopping

Nagpur, Oct 22: Amid talk that BJP Maharashtra unit chief Devendra Fadnavis could be party's chief ministerial choice, Nagpur-East MLA Krishna Khopde today offered to quit and vacate his seat to pave way for his mentor Nitin Gadkari, after voices grew louder on bringing back the Union Minister to the state to don the mantle. Khopde, a second term MLA, told media persons that he was willing to