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New Delhi, Jan 31: Doordarshan has transferred one of its assistant directors from Ahmedabad to Andamans after the national broadcaster's Gujarati channel aired a news item on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's estranged wife Jashodaben. VM Vanol, 58, who has just over a year to retire, was transferred in January second week while the less-than-two minute item was aired by DD Girnar on January 1. The

New Delhi, Jan 31: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday asked the people of Delhi to vote for a BJP government as it can work in tandem with the centre. "Elect a government with whom I can work shoulder to shoulder towards making a positive difference in your lives," Modi said at a rally in east Delhi's Karkardooma. Making an indirect attack on the Aam Aadmi Party, he said: "People can make a

New Delhi, Jan 31: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Saturday released its manifesto for the Feb 7 Delhi assembly elections, focusing on full statehood, women's safety and reducing electricity tariff. The AAP intends to enhance women's safety by installing CCTV cameras. The manifesto also promised to open 20 new colleges, a 50 percent reduction in power tariff, clean drinking water at affordable prices

Odisha, Jan 31: India on Friday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed, intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear capable ballistic missile "Agni-5", which has a strike range of over 5000 kms and can carry a nuclear warhead of over one tonne, from Wheeler's Island off Odisha coast. The three stage, solid propellant "missile was test-fired from a mobile launcher from the launch

New Delhi, Jan 31: Axed from the post of foreign secretary two days ago, a "deeply pained" Sujatha Singh on Friday hit back saying that stories were being "planted" in the media to tarnish her reputation after having served for 39 years. "The commentary that I have seen over the past two days has pained me deeply. I believe it was not necessary to get low and dirty," she said. Affirming that she

New Delhi, Jan 30: Mahatma Gandhi was today fondly remembered on his 67th death anniversary with President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi leading the country in paying homage to the Father of the Nation. Mukherjee laid a wreath at Gandhi's memorial at Rajghat. Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Narendra Modi accompanied by Union Urban Development Minister

New Delhi, Jan 30: As former Union Minister Jayanthi Natarajan targeted Rahul Gandhi, Congress today rallied behind him, dismissing as "completely baseless" the allegations of his interference in the work of Environment Ministry and accused her of having "ulterior motives". Jairam Ramesh, who was Natarajan's immediate predecessor in the Ministry, said her allegations against Gandhi were "not just

New Delhi, Jan 30: To successfully implement e-governance, the country must think about 'mobiles first' and give importance to mobile governance, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday. Addressing the 18th National Conference on e-Governance through Twitter, Modi said: "I urge you to explore ways to provide as many services as possible through mobiles. Let us bring the world into our mobile

New Delhi, Jan 30: Senior party leader Jayanthi quit Congress on Friday after launching a fierce attack on Rahul Gandhi. In a letter to the Congress President Sonia Gandhi she said after she was unceremoniously removed as Minister of Environment in December 2013, Rahul Gandhi’s office planted negative stories about her. Talking about her resignation, Natarajan wrote, "The next day my resignation

New Delhi, Jan 30: A criminal complaint was today filed in a Delhi court seeking action against AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal for exhorting voters in his election speeches to take bribes from BJP and Congress but vote for his party. The complaint filed in the court at Tis Hazari by Arun Kumar, a practicing lawyer, accused Kejriwal of deliberately abetting bribery. Kumar alleged that Kejriwal, despite