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Patna, June 4: The JD(U) core committee met here on Sunday ahead of a meeting of the National Democratic Alliance scheduled later this week, after which a senior party leader said Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is the face of the NDA in Bihar. Kumar, also the JD(U) national president, held the core committee meeting at his residence. JD(U) national general secretaries KC Tyagi and Pavan Varma, who

Mumbai, Jun 4: In one of the sharpest attacks after the recently held Lok Sabha by-poll in Palghar, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday described BJP as its biggest "political enemy". The country "does not" want the duo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah, but could "accept" the Congress or JD(S) leader H D Deve Gowda, he said. "The Shiv Sena is the biggest political enemy

New Delhi, Jun 3: A VIP Embraer aircraft carrying External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to South Africa had gone incommunicado for 14 minutes, triggering a mid-air scare after the Mauritius Air Traffic Control pressed the panic button, an official statement said on Sunday. Contact could not be established with the Indian Air Force flight IFC 31 after it left Male ATC for Mauritius airspace on

New Delhi, Jun 3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday extended greeting to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president M Karunanidhi on his 95th birth anniversary. The Prime Minister took to Twitter to wish the DMK leader and prayed for his long and healthy life. "Best wishes to Kalaignar M.Karunanidhi Ji on his birthday. A prolific writer, poet, thinker and orator, Karunanidhi Ji is one of India

Srinagar, Jun 3: Two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were killed in cross-border firing by Pakistan Rangers along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir's Akhnoor sector. The incident took place on Saturday night. This comes days after India and Pakistan mutually agreed to undertake sincere measures to improve the existing situation ensuring peace and avoidance of hardships to

New Delhi, Nov 3: The Centre will give environment clearance (EC) to regularise illegal mining projects provided the companies pay penalty as directed by the Supreme Court, the environment ministry has said. The apex court in its August 2, 2017 order had said the mining companies in Odisha operating without EC will have to pay a 100 percent penalty to the state. In the latest directive, the

Bengaluru, Jun 2: Despite winning just 37 seats, constant protestations that he’s chief minister due to Rahul Gandhi’s benevolence and of him being beholden to the Congress and not to the people of Karnataka, HD Kumaraswamy has emerged from a protracted cabinet-formation exercise with a clear upper hand. The JD(S) has walked away with plum portfolios — finance, energy, excise and public works —

Lucknow, Jun 2: Uttar Pradesh was hit by another deadly dust storm that claimed 17 lives and left 11 persons injured last evening. An Uttar Pradesh government spokesperson today said that most of the deaths were caused due to the falling of trees and house collapse. Moradabad bore the maximum brunt of the storm, with as many as seven deaths reported from the district, followed by three deaths from

Singapore, Jun 2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Hindu and Buddhist temples and a mosque in Chinatown here, demonstrating the age-old people-to-people contact between India and Singapore on Saturday. The prime minister, who is here on a three-day tour, visited Sri Mariamman Temple and participated in prayers. Sri Mariamman is the oldest Hindu temple in the country. The priest of the temple

Srinagar, Jun 2: An innocent civilian, hit by a reckless CRPF vehicle during clashes outside Srinagar's Jamia Masjid, succumbed to his injuries on Friday night, becoming the first casualty since the Centre announced halting of operations in Kashmir 18 days ago. Kaiser Bhat, from Srinagar's Fateh-a- Kadal, succumbed to his injuries at SKIMS hospital, according to hospital officials. He came under