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New Delhi, June 19: India Thursday said the 40 Indian workers abducted in Iraq were safe and told the distraught families that the "very best" efforts were on to have them freed. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told a delegation of families of seven of the abducted men that all 40 workers were safe but did not disclose where they were being held. The government was making all possible

Raipur, Jun 19: Chhattisgarh Governor Shekhar Dutt has resigned, official sources said Thursday, even as the BJP denied that governors appointed by the previous government had been told to go. A day after Uttar Pradesh Governor B.L. Joshi quit, Dutt submitted his resignation to President Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday, the sources in the Raj Bhavan at Raipur told IANS. But it was not immediately clear

New Delhi, Jun 19: Despite the Centre’s “nudge” to quit, some of the governors appointed by the UPA regime have put up a stiff resistance, indicating that they are ready for a confrontation with the Narendra Modi-led establishment. Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan said he was not considering stepping down from office while confirming that he received calls from the home secretary seeking

Bihar, Jun 18: Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad on Wednesday announced his party’s support to JD(U) candidates in the Bihar Rajya Sabha elections. On June 15, 2014, he had said he would decide on extending support to the JD(U) in the Rajya Sabha bypolls only after consulting RJD party legislators and well-wishers. “Nitish Kumar had telephoned me yesterday (Saturday) to seek support for

New Delhi, Jun 18: Even as Delhi continues to operate without an elected government, AAP MLAs on Tuesday said they have been approached by the BJP to break away from the party and help BJP form the government. Five AAP MLAs told Newsline that they were contacted either over the phone or through intermediaries and had been promised financial incentives for breaking away from the party. In May, AAP

Hazaribagh, Jun 17: BJP veteran L K Advani today met party colleague Yashwant Sinha in jail here and asked him to secure bail and lead the party in the Jharkhand Assembly elections later this year, describing him as the "right person" for the chief minister's post. 86-year-old Advani drove to the Hazaribagh Central Jail to meet Sinha, who was arrested two weeks back for ordering BJP workers to tie

New Delhi, Jun 17: The government today said it was in touch with the Indian nurses stranded in violence-hit Tikrit town in Iraq and assured every possible help to Indian citizens in the trouble-torn country. Following a request by the Indian government, a team of International Red Crescent contacted around 46 nurses in Tikrit and reported back to the Indian authorities about their well being

New Delhi, Jun 17: India is committed to easing bottlenecks that have caused inflation to spike, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said, blaming energy costs and "speculative hoarding" for a rise in wholesale prices that contributed to an investor selloff on Monday. The rupee sank below 60 rupees to the dollar and government bonds had their biggest single-day fall in a month on Monday as higher-than

New Delhi, Jun 17: Claiming that bad days are here, Congress on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was creating an alibi by blaming the UPA for leaving behind a poor economy because he did not want to fulfill his election promises. The party said "good days might have come for Modi and BJP but bad days have begun for the countrymen". Two days after Modi urged people to be prepared for harsh

New Delhi, Jun 16: Airport tariff regulator AERA has fixed Rs 1,368 and Rs 342 per international and domestic passenger as user development fee (UDF) and other charges for Bangalore's Kempegowda airport but the airlines have opposed the ''over 100 per cent'' hike in tariff. In a latest order, the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) also fixed charges for aircraft landing, parking