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Srinagar, Oct 23: After receiving Prime Minister Narendra Modi here Thursday, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah chose to stay away from Modi's engagements at the Raj Bhawan. Abdullah, however, attended an official briefing given to Modi in the technical area of Srinagar airport. Informed sources said the chief minister left for his official residence in the high-security Gupkar Road

Srinagar, Oct 23: The strike called by separatist groups against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jammu and Kashmir today evoked a partial response in the Valley. Although most shops in and around the city centre of Lal Chowk –- the commercial hub of the summer capital here -– were closed, establishments had opened for business in other districts of Kashmir, officials said. Markets in Lal

Mumbai, Oct 23: After days of stand-off, Shiv Sena and BJP today struck a conciliatory note following last night's talks between their leaders in Delhi, reviving hopes of a saffron coalition government in Maharashtra. In an apparent attempt at rapprchement, Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray had despatched Rajya Sabha MP Anil Desai and party's leader in the outgoing Assembly Subhash Desai to the national

New Delhi, Oct 22: Congress today reacted sharply to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's remarks that the Opposition party will be embarrassed once names of people holding illicit foreign accounts are made public, daring him to "name the traitor". The party also accused Jaitley of "bluffing" people on the issue."A traitor is a traitor. He is neither a Congressman nor a BJP man. What is stopping

Nagpur, Oct 22: Amid talk that BJP Maharashtra unit chief Devendra Fadnavis could be party's chief ministerial choice, Nagpur-East MLA Krishna Khopde today offered to quit and vacate his seat to pave way for his mentor Nitin Gadkari, after voices grew louder on bringing back the Union Minister to the state to don the mantle. Khopde, a second term MLA, told media persons that he was willing to

New Delhi, Oct 22: Jet Airways and SpiceJet on Tuesday launched yet another fare war in the domestic market ahead of Diwali, announcing limited-period one-way all-inclusive economy fares starting Rs 899. Both airlines said the low-priced tickets were on offer for travel between November one and December 15. While SpiceJet's sale began today and would be on till October 26, Jet's offer would start

Mumbai, Oct 21: Amid continuing stand-off with Shiv Sena, BJP's Maharashtra Assembly poll in-charge Om Mathur today said his party was the new "big brother" in the state and others should not think themselves as bigger when "the people's verdict is otherwise". "The people of Maharashtra have given us the mandate (to form government). A person or political party cannot think of themselves as bigger

Mumbai, Oct 21: The Bharatiya Janata Party appears in no hurry to form the next government in Maharashtra and the process may be initiated only early next week after the Diwali festival is over, party sources said here Tuesday. Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who as and party observer was expected to arrive in Mumbai along with senior colleague J.P. Nadda to crown the next Maharashtra chief minister

New Delhi, Oct 21: The possibility of terror attack in the country cannot be ruled out, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today. "No possibility can be ruled out. We cannot ignore terror activities. Hence alerts are issued," he told reporters on the sidelines of a function here. Singh was replying to a question on whether there is a possibility of a terror attack during the festival season. Asked

New Delhi, Oct 21: Money power seems to have emerged the winner again in this round of Haryana assembly elections with an overwhelming 83% of the winning candidates part of the crorepati club. About 75 of the 90 newly elected MLAs in Haryana are crorepatis with BJP leading the pack. Forty of its legislators boast of assets in excess of Rs 1 crore. Though the total number of criminal netas winning