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New Delhi, May 26: MDMK chief Vaiko, an NDA ally, today held a protest in the national capital against the visit of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa for Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony. Vaiko held a black-flag demonstration at Jantar Mantar here. The MDMK chief had opposed the invitation extended to the Sri Lankan President and had asked the Prime Minister-designate as well as BJP

New Delhi, May 26: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived in Delhi on Monday to attend Narendra Modi's swearing in as India's new Prime Minister, a historic first being seen as a step towards revitalizing ties that have been strained since last year. "I am carrying a message of peace. Dialogue is the only solution," he told reporters before leaving Lahore. Mr Sharif, 64, is among six South

New Delhi, May 26: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived here today with a delegation to attend prime minister-designate Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony. All arrangements for the swearing-in ceremony of 63-year-old Modi , who led BJP to an astounding victory in the Lok Sabha polls, have been made. It is expected that nearly 3,000 guests, including seven SAARC Heads of Government

New Delhi, May 26: Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony as India's 15th PM at the Rashtrapati Bhavan forecourt on Monday evening is set to be a grand event. An unprecedented 4,000 guests, including heads of the government of eight countries (of which seven are from Saarc), all 777 MPs of both Houses, the outgoing PM and his council of ministers, all governors, CMs, ambassadors and other

New Delhi, May 25: Six rapes and 14 molestation cases have been reported every day in the first four months of 2014, according to Delhi Police figures. Police however claimed to have solved almost 90 percent of the cases and arrested the accused. According to a recent compilation of data by the Delhi Police, a copy of which is available with IANS, 616 rapes and 1,336 molestation cases were

Colombo, May 25: President Mahinda Rajapaksa has ordered the release of all Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan custody as a goodwill measure to mark the swearing-in of Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi. Mr. Rajapaksa has ordered the release of all Indian fishermen ahead of his visit to New Delhi to attend Mr. Modi’s swearing-in ceremony on Monday, a presidential spokesman said. This is the second

New Delhi, May 25: TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday met Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi as government formation talks continue before the swearing-in ceremony tomorrow. Amid reports that Mr. Naidu is seeking cabinet berths for his MPs, the TDP met Mr. Modi here in Gujarat Bhawan and the meeting lasted for over 30 minutes after which Andhra Pradesh’s Chief Minister-designate left

Karachi, May 25: In a goodwill gesture, Pakistan on Sunday freed 151 Indian fishermen, a day ahead of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit to India to attend Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony. Syed Nazir Hussain, the superintendent of the Malir jail in Karachi, told PTI that the Indian prisoners were released on written directives of the interior and foreign ministries.

New Delhi, May 24: The Aam Aadmi Party has decided to challenge the order of the Metropolitan Magistrate, who sent its leader Arvind Kejriwal to judicial custody for not furnishing a bond in a defamation case, in a higher court. "The AAP has decided to challenge the erroneous order of the learned Metropolitan Magistrate, who sent Kejriwal to judicial custody in the Tihar Jail despite the fact that

New Delhi, May 24: The BJP on Saturday expressed "delight" at the decision of Nawaz Sharif to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister while Congress asked the new government to raise issues such as cross-border terrorism, slow pace of trial of 26/11 attacks and handing over of Dawood Ibrahim with the Pakistan premier. "This is a delightful piece of news that Pakistan