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Haridwar, Jan 25: Voices against terrorism do rise from time to time in Pakistan but successive governments in that country have failed to curb the scourge, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today. "I don't think everyone in Pakistan is a terrorist. Voices against terrorism do rise from time to time in that country too. But the intentions of successive governments in Pakistan regarding

New Delhi, Jan 25: US President Barack Obama today arrived here on a three-day visit during which both sides will seek to break the deadlock in operationalising the civil nuclear pact, firm up a defence cooperation agreement besides broadening ties in areas like trade and investment. In a departure from protocol, Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Obama, who was accompanied by his wife Michelle

New Delhi, Jan 24: Vice President Hamid Ansari Saturday will lead the Indian government delegation at the funeral of king Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud who died early Friday. The government has declared a day's mourning Saturday and flags are being flown at half-mast. An official statement said "the government and people of India have received with deep sadness and shock" the news of King

New Delhi, Jan 24: The chief ministerial candidate of the AAP and former Delhi chief minister Saturday said he has not been invited to attend the Republic Day parade Jan 26, where the US President Barack Obama will be the chief guest. The AAP chief said he has not been invited, though he wants to attend the celebrations. Kejriwal said: "I am not invited to attend the Republic Day celebrations, I

Washington, Jan 24: US President Barack Obama will leave Andrews Air Force Base this evening for his highly anticipated three-day landmark trip to India on an invitation by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Obama will be accompanied by a sizable delegation that will include several top officials, as well as First Lady Michelle Obama, when he arrives in New Delhi tomorrow morning, the White

Jan 23: US president Barack Obama on Friday gave a clarion call to fight against terrorism and said safe havens within Pakistan was not acceptable. "I've made it clear that even as the United States works with Pakistan to meet the threat of terrorism, safe havens within Pakistan are not acceptable," US president said in an interview to India Today. He also observed that Indians and Americans are

New Delhi, Jan 23: Reacting indignantly to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's charges that some former prime ministers had "compromised the country's deep assets", Congress leader Manish Tewari on Friday said if the former has evidence to prove his claims, he should make it public, or else tender a public apology. "If the Defence Minister has evidence to prove that an ex-PM had compromised on

Patna, Jan 23: Three people, including a woman, a police constable and an undertrial prisoner were killed and more than half a dozen injured in a bomb blast in a Bihar court Friday, police said. A district police officer said a crude bomb exploded within the premises of Ara civil court in Bhojpur district, about 60 km from the state capital. The injured were rushed to the local civil hospital for

Hyderabad, Jan 23: Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh today took potshots at BJP's chief ministerial candidate in Delhi Kiran Bedi, wondering how she joined a party which she had "attacked just a year ago". The AICC general secretary in-charge of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh affairs sought to know whether the IPS officer- turned-politician had "realised the truth about BJP in just one year"

New Delhi,Jan 23: The presence of US President Barack Obama as the chief guest during the Republic Day parade and the heightened security plan requires a section of ticket seekers for the mega event to deposit an identity proof at the ticket counter – a condition introduced for the first time. While officials claimed that the stipulation of depositing a government document to prove identity