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New Delhi, Jun 19: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today greeted Congress president Rahul Gandhi on his birthday, wishing him a long and healthy life. "Birthday greetings to Congress President Shri @RahulGandhi. I pray for his long and healthy life," the PM tweeted this morning. Rahul, who had taken over as the Congress vice-president in January 2013, was elected unopposed as the party president on

Mumbai, Jun 19: BJP veteran L K Advani's former aide Sudheendra Kulkarni on Monday said India needs a leader who can solve "big problems" such as the Kashmir issue and therefore he would like to see Congress chief Rahul Gandhi as the future prime minister. Listing disputes with Pakistan and China, he said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has "failed" to solve the big problems. Speaking at a panel

New Delhi, Jun 19: Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar has directed CBSE to continue conducting the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) in the 20 Indian languages as earlier. The directive by Javadekar came following criticism of CBSE's decision to remove 17 languages including Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Gujarati and Bengali from the list of options for CTET. "CTET examination will be

Mumbai, Jun 19: ICICI Bank named group veteran Sandeep Bakhshi as its interim head, and said Chief Executive Chanda Kochhar would go on leave pending the completion of a probe over an alleged conflict of interest that has led to months of controversy for the lender. Bakhshi, who currently heads ICICI's life insurance arm, will take up a newly created position of chief operating officer at the bank

Washington, Jun 18: An Indian-origin couple have been arrested for allegedly running a high-end prostitution ring in the US by luring at least five actresses from Tollywood and advertising them for sex at Indian conferences and cultural events across the country, according to a media report. The prostitution scheme was masterminded by Kishan Modugumudi, 34, an Indian businessman who rose to become

New Delhi, Jun 18: Bilateral ties between India and China can't take the strain of another Doklam episode, the Chinese envoy to India Luo Zhaohui said on Monday, emphasising on the need to find a "mutually acceptable solution" on the boundary issue through a meeting of the Special Representatives. The Chinese envoy said at an event here that "some Indian friends" had suggested a trilateral summit

Kathmandu, Jun 18: Decades of commercial mountaineering have turned Mount Everest into the world's highest rubbish dump as an increasing number of big-spending climbers pay little attention to the ugly footprint they leave behind. Fluorescent tents, discarded climbing equipment, empty gas canisters and even human excrement litter the well-trodden route to the summit of the 8,848-metre (29,029-foot

Bhopal, Jun 18: The Bahujan Samaj Party on Sunday said that it was not in talks with the Congress for an alliance for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls slated for later this year. A senior state leader of the Mayawati-led party added that it would, as things stand today, contest all 230 Assembly seats in the state. Talking to news agency, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) state president Narmada Prasad

Gorakhpur, June 17: Suspended paediatrician Dr Kafeel Khan has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders - Kamlesh Paswan and Satish Nangalia - of having a role behind the attack on his brother Kashif Jameel on June 10. In this regard, Kafeel, while addressing a press conference here on Sunday, urged the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and a high court judge to initiate a probe in the

Ras Tanura, Jun 17: This port, on the calm blue waters of the Persian Gulf, operates with military-like precision. Black and red-hulled super oil tankers must ask for permission to load months in advance. Detailed records go back 30 years to trace any vessels that have broken the rules by dumping oil or using substandard equipment. High-tech radar constantly scan for potential troublemakers, like