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Srinagar, Sep 4: A day after Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti invited them to meet the all-party delegation, the separatist leaders today said it cannot be an alternative to a transparent, agenda-based dialogue to address the "core" issue. One "fails to understand" what hope to attach with a delegation which has not "spelled out its mandate for any engagement on a clear agenda"

Hangzhou, Sep 3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today flew into this Chinese city for the crucial G20 summit and talks with top world leaders, including one with Chinese President Xi Jinping on irritants in bilateral ties like India's NSG bid and the CPEC, which runs through PoK. Modi, who reached here after a two-day maiden visit to Hanoi, begins his programme tomorrow morning by holding talks with

New Delhi, Sep 3: A day before demitting office, Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan today said the RBI's ability to say 'no' to highest echelons of government has to be protected as the country needs a strong and independent central bank. Delivering a lecture on 'independence of the central bank' at the St. Stephens College here, the outgoing governor said the central bank cannot be free of all

Fatehgarh Sahib (Pb), Sep 3: In fresh trouble for Bhagwant Mann, the AAP's Sangrur MP was today booked along with some of his party activists by Punjab Police on a complaint alleging that they had misbehaved with mediapersons at a rally in Bassi Pathana here. "After receiving the report of the DSP to whom an inquiry had been marked and after getting legal opinion in this regard, we registered a

New Delhi, Sep 3: CBI today carried out searches at the residences of former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and a sitting UPSC member along with 18 other locations in a case of alleged irregularities in acquisition of land in Gurgaon in which farmers were cheated to the tune of Rs 1,500 crore. CBI sources said besides Hooda's residence, premises of the then Principal Secretary M L

Hanoi, Sep 3: India today extended USD 500 million Line of Credit to Vietnam for facilitating deeper defence cooperation with the south east Asian nation, as the two countries elevated their ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership to respond to emerging regional challenges. "Our decision to upgrade our Strategic Partnership to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership captures the intent and

New Delhi, Sep 3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held “self-appointed guardians” of the Scheduled Castes responsible for building, what he said, was a chorus that the BJP was anti-Dalit. In an interview to a private channel, which was aired on Friday, Modi said his reaching out to the Dalits has disturbed “those who see this as an obstruction to their politics” and “this is why they are

New Delhi, Sep 1: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has warned those with black money to declare it before the given deadline of September 30, adding that stern action might be taken after that. “The first decision my government took was to make a SIT (Special Investigation Team) on black money. It is working and the Supreme Court is monitoring it. We have also made laws so that no one dares to send

New Delhi, Sep 2: Supreme Court today asked the Sahara Group to come clean by disclosing its sources from where it had raised Rs 25,000 crore and paid its investors in cash, observing that it is "difficult to digest" as such a huge amount "cannot fall from the heavens." "You (Sahara Group) tell us what is the source of this money? Did you get the money from other companies or other schemes to the

New Delhi, Sep 2: Ahead of next year's assembly polls in Punjab, former BJP MP Navjot Singh Sindhu has floated a new front called "Awaaz-e-Punjab." "Along with Pargat Singh and Bains brothers, we have formed a front," Navjot Kaur Sidhu, wife of Navjot Singh Sindhu, said. The front formed by Navjot Singh Sidhu, Pargat Singh and Bains brothers willl be called "Awaaz-e-Punjab". The 'Awaaz-e-Punjab'