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New Delhi, Jul 13: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave from Delhi today for Brazil to attend the five-nation Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) summit slated to be held for two days, starting tomorrow. The meeting is expected to finalise the setting up of a development bank and seek reforms of the United Nations and international financial organisations. After a stopover in

New Delhi, Jul 12: Doing hunger strike did not help me and that is why I finally entered politics, AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal told protesting teachers who are sitting on fast unto death here, urging them to end their strike. A group of teachers from All Guest Teachers Association teaching in different government schools and paid on daily basis, have been sitting on a dharna for around

Kochi, Jul 12: Another batch of 29 nurses from Kerala returned to the state from war-torn Iraq on Saturday. The nurses, working at Baquba General hospital in Diyala in Iraq, travelled to Sharjah from where they emplaned to Kochi this morning, airport officials said. One of the nurses told media personnel at nearby Nedumbasery airport that they could hear bombs exploding, but did not have any

New Delhi, Jul 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accepted President Barack Obama's invitation to visit the US in September and said he looked forward to a "result-oriented visit" with concrete outcomes that impart new momentum to the strategic partnership between the two countries. Obama's formal invitation was conveyed by US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns who met Modi Friday and

Panaji, Jul 12: The 13 HIV-positive students whose admission to a Goa school has triggered protests from a parents teachers association (PTA) last week, have been accommodated in another school. The PTA now wants 23 non-HIV students, who live in the same Church-run children's home along with the 13 HIV-positive students, to be dropped from the school. Several members of the PTA were demanding that

Washington, Jul 12: A move to invite Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address a joint session of US Congress is gaining momentum with 36 lawmakers endorsing it in a letter to the Congressional leadership. Brad Sherman, a senior Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and an active member of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans, is spearheading the effort along with

New Delhi, Jul 12: An Indigo flight from Bagdogra came close to a descending Air India plane over Bagdogra in West Bengal on Friday afternoon, raising the spectre of a collision and giving scare to about 250 passengers on board the two aircraft. The Air Traffic Control (ATC) had given clearance to both the aircraft, according to Indigo airline spokesperson. The Air India flight 879, carrying 120

New Delhi, Jul 11: Delhi has become the world's second most populous city in 2014 after Tokyo, more than doubling its population since 1990 to 25 million, according to a UN report. The 2014 revision of the World Urbanisation Prospects launched yesterday said that India is projected to add the highest number of people to its urban population by 2050, ahead of China. The Indian capital is expected

New Delhi, Jul 11: Every few weeks farmer Jay Narayan Singh hauls onions and potatoes in a hired lorry to a wholesale market an hour's drive from his home in the country's northern plains, only to sell his vegetables at a quarter of the prices retail consumers pay. A law that dates back more than 50 years forces Singh and millions of other farmers to sell produce in regulated markets where

New Delhi, Jul 11: Extending a formal invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a visit to the U.S., President Barack Obama has expressed keenness to work closely with him to make the bilateral relations a “defining partnership” in the 21st century. Thanking Mr. Obama for the invitation, Mr. Modi said he looks forward to a result-oriented visit in September with “concrete outcomes” that