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Srinagar, Jan 13: In a new political twist in Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference today formally offered support to PDP in a letter to Governor N N Vohra for forming a government that could break the logjam of over three weeks. "@JKNC_has written to Governor Vohra Sahib reiterating our offer of support to @jkpdp and asking him to call us before deciding the assembly viability," National

New Delhi, Jan 13: Swadeshi Jagran Manch, the economic wing of the RSS, has come out against the land acquisition ordinance and today urged the Narendra Modi government to amend the measure keeping interests of farmers in mind. SJM has especially opposed in the ordinance the scrapping of social impact assessment (SIA) and food security measures, which were part of the land acquisition Act passed

New Delhi, Jan 13: BJP today slapped a show cause notice on party's Unnao MP Sakshi Maharaj asking him to explain why action should not be initiated against him for his controversial remarks in the recent past. The notice has been sent on the direction of BJP president Amit Shah and Sakshi has been asked to respond within 10 days his position on why he continued to make "controversial statements

New Delhi, Jan 12: Election Commission of India on Monday held a press meet to announce the dates for Delhi Assembly elections. The national capital will go to the polls on Feb 7 and the counting of votes will take place on Feb 10. Chief Election Commissioner Sampath while giving the details of the polls, said the code of conduct comes into force with immediate effect in Delhi. He also said

Warangal, Jan 12: Greasing the palms of officials to get your work done is seen as a natural process in India but Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao made a firm statement that his government won't tolerate any corruption. He even shocked everyone when he said he will kill anyone who pays a bribe. As quoted in the Times of India, KCR said "Do not bribe anyone. If you bribe officials, I will kill you

Gandhinagar, Jan 11: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday at Vibrant Gujarat Summit took on his detractors and said hype is good as it helps to expedite the process of decision making. PM Modi said "hyping things help to create a momentum. It forces the government officials to quicken the decision making process, besides it helps to do away with red-tapism." PM Modi's critics always ridicule him

Gandhinagar, Jan 11: Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani today announced Rs 100,000 crore investment across businesses in the next 12-18 months and said India was on the path to become the world's fastest growing economy. The investments will be in expanding petrochemical production capacity as well as in launch the much-awaited 4G broadband services while contributing to Make in India and

New Delhi, Jan 11: President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday asked the governors to be vigilant against efforts to disturb peace and tranquility in the country. Alluding to incidents that have led to tension, Mukherjee reminded the governors that they were the first citizens of their states and they draw their authority from the Constitution and are oath-bound to protect, preserve and defend the

New Delhi, Jan 10: Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his "anarchist" comment, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal today said the BJP was rattled ahead of the Delhi assembly elections and was resorting to personal attacks since it had no "positive agenda". Attacking the BJP for making "personal" remarks against him, Kejriwal said, the saffron party in Delhi is a "ship without a captain" which

New Delhi, Jan 10: Kickstarting BJP's poll campaign for Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today wooed voters with a host of promises as he singled outAAP leader Arvind Kejriwal for attack and asked people to punish him for "wasting" one year. Without naming Kejriwal or his party, Modi said at a rally here that if the AAP leader wants to be an "anarchist" as he has claimed to be, he should go to