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New Delhi, Aug 13: Hindus who have migrated to India from Pakistan will have to go through the usual process to get Indian citizenship and no special provisions are being made for this, the government said Wednesday. Responding to a question in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said the migrants are being given long term visa. "The process of getting citizenship in India

New Delhi, Aug 13: As an election campaigner, Narendra Modi promised sweeping market reforms to revive India's economy and put the country to work. As prime minister, he has dismayed admirers, apparently reverting to the script of the hapless government he defeated. To some of the economists and business leaders who as his campaign cheerleaders dared to dream of a Thatcherite revolution, he seems

New Delhi, Aug 13: A day after hitting out at Narendra Modi-led government for spurt in incidents of communal violence across the country, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said that he party will attack the government over the issue. She also reiterated that there has been an increase in sectarian violence since the new government took over. At the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) meet

New Delhi, Aug 13: Congress President Sonia Gandhi Wednesday accused Modi government of imitating UPA schemes and following a policy of minimum governance. "Nothing new to offer the country, "they are welcome to steal our ideas...imitation is the best form of flattery". She said the BJP, since coming to power, has implemented the policies that were introduced by the government her party led till

New Delhi, Aug 13: President Pranab Mukherjee has made an emotional appeal to lawmakers to maintain Parliament's dignity, honour and prestige, after a row erupted between members of the Trinamool Congress or TMC and the Telugu Desam Party or TDP over a room in Parliament. "Please, for God's sake, except you nobody can do it. It is our responsibility, we the elected members of both houses including

New Delhi, Aug 12: Indian Internet users will surpass the number in the US by the end of this year and around 500 million people will be online by 2018, Rajan Anandan, managing director, Google India said here Tuesday. "Even at the current growth rate, we will have 500 million Indians on the Internet by 2018. By the end of this year, India will become larger than the US in terms of number of

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 12: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre saying that ever since the party came to power there has been a spurt in communal violence across the country. Taking on the BJP, the Congress president asserted that ever since the party came to power there has been a significant rise in communal violence in many

Leh, Aug 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today condemned the "continuing proxy war by Pakistan". Addressing soldiers at Leh, Modi said that the "neighbouring country has lost the strength to fight a conventional war, but continues to engage in the proxy war of terrorism". He said that the Indian military are suffering more casualties from terrorism than from war. There was a time when prime

New Delhi, Aug 12: It was an anguished cry by Chief Justice of India RM Lodha against "attempts" to bring the judiciary into disrepute. "For God's sake, do not shake the people's confidence in the judiciary. If there is a concerted campaign to bring judiciary to disrepute and defame it, then it is a big disservice to the nation," he said in court on Monday. Justice Lodha also reacted sharply to

Hyderabad, Aug 11: Police have registered a case against TRS MP and daughter of Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhara Rao, K Kavitha, for her alleged comments on Jammu and Kashmir and Telangana. The case was registered two days back under Sections 124-A (sedition) and 505 (statements leading to public mischief) of IPC following directions from a local court, said a South Zone police official