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Srinagar, Sep 4: Separatist leaders on Sunday rebuffed attempts by five opposition members of the all-party delegation to reach out to them as they refused to talk to them, with hardline leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani even refusing to meet them. Four MPs — CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, CPI leader D. Raja, JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav and RJD’s Jay Prakash Narayan — went to meet Mr. Geelani

Hangzhou, Sep 4: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that sainthood for Mother Teresa is a "memorable and proud moment", after her canonisation at the Vatican. "Sainthood of Mother Teresa is a memorable & proud moment," Modi, who is in this east Chinese city for the G20 Summit, said in a tweet. In the same tweet, he also shared a link to the video of his 'Mann Ki Baar' radio address to the

Meerut, Sep 4: In yet another heart-rending incident, a woman ran from one hospital to another with her daughter's body and was forced to spend a night outside the emergency wing of the district hospital with the dead child after ambulance drivers allegedly refused to take them to their village as it was in another district. It comes just days after the disturbing incident reflecting hospital

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