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New Delhi, Mar 21: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked BJP workers not to be diverted by "non-issues" raised from time to time by political detractors and focus on nation building by helping the poorer and weaker sections of people. "Our government is doing a good job. And our party workers should not get diverted by non-issues and we should focus on our own agenda," he said at the

Srinagar, Mar 20: Army teams today recovered the body of a soldier who had gone missing following an avalanche in Kargil area of Jammu and Kashmir. "Rescue teams of army on the third day of a gruelling search operation managed to recover the mortal remains of sepoy Vijay Kumar K from under 12 feet of snow," a defence spokesman said here. He said the search operation continued for three days

New Delhi, Mar 20: Rahul Gandhi today mounted a sharp attack on the Prime Minister and the BJP in the wake of the Uttarakhand crisis, saying it has exposed the "true face of Modiji's BJP" and declared that the Congress would fight this "demagoguery with democracy". Targeting the ruling party at the Centre over the issue, he said in a series of tweets, "Toppling elected Govts by indulging in horse

New Delhi, Mar 20: Amid a controversy over the recent JNU row, BJP today said freedom of expression does not give a right to call for the country's destruction, with the issue finding a pride of place in the political resolution adopted at its National Executive meeting here.The issue of nationalism continued to take the centre stage in the deliberations after party chief Amit Shah set the tone in

New Delhi, Mar 20: An average 77 per cent Indian students who returned with a foreign medical degree in the past 12 years failed to clear the mandatory screening examination conducted by Medical Council of India. Any citizen possessing a primary medical qualification awarded by any medical institution outside the country who wants provisional or permanent registration with MCI or any state medical

New Delhi, Mar 20: Following conclusion of a month-long series of lectures on "nationalism", the teachers of JNU, which is at the centre of a row over the Afzal Guru event, have now decided to hold a string of presentations on "azadi". After a controversy erupted over the event on campus against hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru during which anti-national slogans were allegedly

Meerut, Mar 19: There are more legal troubles in the offing for Jawaharlal University Students' Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar, who is currently out on interim bail. A Bajrang Dal activist from Bulanadshahr has filed a fresh case of sedition against Kumar for allegedly disrespecting the Indian armed forces. The court on Friday evening set March 28 as the first date of the hearing. Hemant

Dehradun, Mar 19: Beleaugered Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat, whose Congress government plunged into a crisis tonight with nine party MLAs revolting against his leadership, tonight claimed he has "full majority" and warned of disciplinary action against the rebels. "We have full majority. All our members are in tact. The figures being touted (about our government's strengh being reduced)

New Delhi, Mar 18: JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya walked out of Tihar jail today, over three weeks after their arrest on sedition charges in connection with a controversial event at the university where anti-national slogans were allegedly raised. They were greeted outside the Tihar jail by a group of JNU students. "Both Umar and Anirban were released from jail number 3 around 8

New Delhi, Mar 18: Efforts to revive the BJP-PDP coalition in Jammu and Kashmir have hit a roadblock with BJP making it clear that government cannot be formed on the basis of conditions. A day after Mehbooba Mufti met BJP chief Amit Shah here, her party sources also indicated that the back-channel talks between the two sides on formation of a new government have failed. However, BJP General