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Jaipur, Oct 28: Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over alleged corruption in the multi-crore Rafale jet deal with France, saying he should not fear a CBI probe if he is honest. Referring to the Union government's mid-night decision to send CBI chief Alok Verma on indefinite leave last week, Kejriwal claimed Verma was "suspended" as

New Delhi, Oct 28: Narendra Modi is the "favourite" prime ministerial candidate of Muslims for next year's Lok Sabha polls as he has dispelled the "fear" that several parties instilled in the community using his name, senior BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain said Sunday. He said the faith in Modi among Muslims had increased, especially among the women. "The favourite prime ministerial candidate for

New Delhi, Oct 28: Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was one of his most "dependable" friends and together with the Indian leader, he would like to strengthen bilateral cooperation to realise a free and open Indo-Pacific. In a message published in Indian newspapers on the day of the two leaders' summit meeting in Japan, Abe said India was driving the region

Kannur, Oct 28: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah has said that Kannur is a place of pilgrimage for party workers across the country as more that 120 BJP workers were ‘martyred’ here. Addressing party workers at a public meeting after inaugurating the BJP district committee office here on Saturday, Mr. Shah said BJP workers in the country would uphold the party ideology for which

Hyderabad, Oct 28: Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said India is a rich nation with a poor population as those who ruled the country earlier benefited their own families. "BJP is not one family's party. It is not a party which does politics on basis of caste, religion, language. Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ji was our tallest leader, but BJP was never identified with his or LK Advani Ji's

Panaji, Oct 28: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is suffering from pancreatic cancer and wants to be with his family, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Saturday said. "He has got pancreatic cancer, there is no hiding of this fact," Rane told reporters at Aldona in North Goa after inaugurating a state-run medical facility. Till now, the state government had not issued any statement or made any

New Delhi, Oct 28: The government Friday ordered telecom companies to stop using Aadhaar for electronic verification of existing mobile phone customers as well as for issuing new connections to comply with a recent Supreme Court order. The apex court had last month in a landmark verdict restricted the use of Aadhaar by private entities in the absence of a legal provision. To comply with the order

Tokyo, Oct 28: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said his meeting with Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe will add new vigour to the strong friendship between the two countries as he arrived in Tokyo to attend the 13th India-Japan annual summit. The two-day summit beginning today will seek to review the progress in ties and deepen strategic dimension of the bilateral relationship. "PM Narendra

New Delhi, Oct 28: Former Delhi chief minister Madan Lal Khurana passed away here Saturday after a prolonged illness, his family said. Khurana, who was 82, is survived by his wife, a son and two daughters. His another son had died last month. A veteran of the BJP, Khurana was the chief minister of Delhi from 1993 to 1996 and was appointed the governor of Rajasthan in 2004. "He breathed his last at

Srinagar, Oct 27: The historic Jamia Masjid remained closed for the second day on Saturday as a precautionary measure and a large number of Security Forces remained deployed to prevent people from entering the worship place. No Friday prayers could be offered for the third consecutive week, stronghold of Chairman of moderate Hurriyat Conference (HC) Mirwaiz Moulvi Omar Farooq, yesterday due to