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New Delhi, Nov 2: Backing Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Sonia Gandhi, Congress today said "repeated hounding" of an individual is "not appropriate" and advised the media to avoid "unpleasantness" of shooting questions at private functions, like what happened to him. Taking a step further, the party also highlighted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s brush ins with the media and said the entire episode

New Delhi, Nov 2: The government was committed to bringing back "every penny" of black money stashed abroad and it will not be held back in its efforts, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. "I want to tell the people that please have faith in this pradhan sevak (chief servant) of yours...that this is an article of faith that every paisa that has gone will come back," said Modi in his

New Delhi, Nov 2: Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra today lost his cool and angrily pushed the microphone of a reporter away when he was quizzed about his controversial land deals in Haryana. A livid Vadra was seen on a video footage shown on TV channels asking the reporter four times as to whether he was serious about his land deal question. Vadra had earlier anwsered a

New Delhi, Nov 1: BJP today launched a membership drive amid Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pitch for making it all inclusive so that every section of the society feels that their "flower" is represented in this "wonderful bouquet" of diversity. Becoming the first person to get the party's membership in the renewed drive, Modi said the BJP workers should toil hard like during an election campaign

New Delhi, Nov 1: Using ATMs (automated teller machines) to withdraw money or for other purposes such as balance enquiry beyond five times in a month will attract a levy of Rs.20 a transaction from Saturday. According to the Reserve Bank of India’s new guidelines that come into force from Saturday, bank customers in six metros —Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bangalore — are allowed

New Delhi, Nov 1: Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh today stirred a controversy by saying that time has come for Rahul Gandhi to take charge of the party from his mother Sonia Gandhi, a statement that was described as his "personal views" by the party. "It's a general feeling of Congress workers that Congress has always encouraged younger people to lead the party. Therefore, now I think

Mumbai, Nov 1: Shiv Sena today cautioned new Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis against taking the people for granted and asked him to fulfil the expectations of the common man. "The new Government is like a newly-wed woman who initially pleases her mother-in-law. In this case the mother- in-law is the people of Maharashtra. You cannot take people for granted. They have the power to pull

Mumbai: Oct 31: Devendra Fadnavis was sworn-in as first BJP Chief Minister of Maharashtra at Wankhede Stadium on Friday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP patriarch L K Advani and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray were among the key leaders present at the glittering ceremony. Uddhav Thackeray agreed to attend the ceremony after a last-minute call from BJP president Amit Shah inviting him to the

New Delhi, Oct 31: Unveiling an austerity drive to cut non-plan expenditure by 10 per cent, the Narendra Modi government has barred bureaucrats from travelling first class on overseas visits and have been asked to use video conferencing as much as possible. With an aim to restrict fiscal deficit to 4.1 per cent of GDP in 2014-15, the Finance Ministry has barred officials from holding meetings in

New Delhi, Oct 31: Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the 'Run for Unity' here on Friday on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, which is being commemorated as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas. PM Modi paid floral tributes at the statue of independent India's first home minister at Patel Chowk, Parliament Street today morning. And thereafter addressed the participants of