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New Delhi, May 28: In its largest-ever recall, Maruti Suzuki called back over 77,000 of its top selling cars — Baleno and Swift DZire — for faulty airbag controllers and fuel filters. Maruti Suzuki India said in a statement it was recalling 75,419 Baleno cars, both petrol and diesel versions manufactured between August 3, 2015 and May 17, 2016, to upgrade the airbag controller software. Of these

New Delhi, May 27: BJP president Amit Shah steered clear of controversial issues like Ram temple and uniform civil code on Friday as he indicated that the party will fight the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls on development plank which, he insisted, has been the Modi government’s agenda. With RSS affiliates Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal raising the pitch for Ram temple construction, an issue

Washington, May 27: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the issue of reappointment of RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan was an administrative subject and it should not be an issue of interest of the media, in his first comments in the wake of continuing attack on the top economist in recent months. "I don't think this administrative subject should be an issue of interest to the media," Modi said.

Jalandhar, May 27: The Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president, Ajay Maken, on Thursday termed Aam Aadmi Party convenor and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as a “mini Modi”, charging him with spending large sums of money on advertisements at a time when residents of the National Capital were reeling under severe water and power shortage. “The way PM Modi is spending crores on advertisements

New Delhi, May 27: Strongly rebutting the charge that cases involving Congress functionaries were driven by political vendetta, finance minister Arun Jaitley said he was ready to present evidence regarding serving and former chief ministers and Congress heavyweights in Parliament so that the issues could be debated at the earliest opportunity. "In each of those cases, which have come to surface

Saharanpur, May 26: Citing shortage of doctors, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced raising the age of retirement of government doctors to 65 years and said the Union Cabinet will give its nod to the decision this week. In a rally to observe the second anniversary of his government, Modi said there is a need for more doctors across the country but it was not possible to fill the gap in

New Delhi, May 26: Top BJP leaders led by the party chief Amit Shah today highlighted the "achievements" of Narendra Modi government during its two years in office, claiming they included empowerment of the poor, infrastructure growth and youth-led devlopment. Top echelon of the government including Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and

Bengaluru, May 26: The Supreme Court today allowed Salvatore Girone's plea seeking relaxation of bail conditions, to enable him to return to Italy. His request was supported by the Government on humanitarian grounds. Two Italian marines, Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone are facing charges of murdering two fishermen in 2012 off the Kerala coast. Latorre was allowed to return to Italy after

New Delhi, May 26: States cannot keep an IAS or IPS officer suspended for more than a month, as per new procedures issued today by the Centre. Besides, state governments will have to inform the Centre within 48 hours about the suspension of an all India services officer--Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFoS). The new procedure assumes

New Delhi, May 25: Seeking to dispel the controversy over chanting of 'Om' during the World Yoga Day programme, Ayush Minister Shripad Naik today said there was "no compulsion" to say it. The ministry said there is no change even in "a full stop or a comma" in the protocol of exercises performed last year and that Surya Namaskar will also not be a part of the yoga day programme. However, this year