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New Delhi, Jun 17: Four non-BJP Chief Ministers met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 17 at the meeting of the NITI Aayog’s fourth general council meeting here and urged him to immediately resolve the problems of the Delhi government. The four Chief Ministers — West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee, Kerala’s Pinarayi Vijayan, Karnataka’s H.D. Kumaraswamy and Andhra Pradesh’s N. Chandrababu Naidu — have

New Delhi, Jun 17: Agencies probing the alleged USD 2-billion PNB fraud have detected that absconding diamond merchant Nirav Modi possessed at least half-a-dozen Indian passports and a fresh FIR is being mulled against him for this offence, officials said today. Modi has been traced to Belgium by Indian intelligence agencies and his frequent travels, despite the revocation of his passport, have

New Delhi, Jun 17: In more trouble for liquor baron Vijay Mallya, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is set to soon file a fresh charge sheet against him and his companies on charges of money laundering and allegedly cheating a consortium of nationalised banks to the tune of Rs 6,027 crore, officials said today. With this charge sheet (also known as the prosecution complaint), official sources told

Srinagar, Jun 17: Bullets with steel core -- It's a new addition into the ammunition of terror groups especially Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed that has triggered an alarm within the security establishment as it has the capability to pierce a static bulletproof bunker used during counter-terrorism operations, officials said. The first such incident noticed had happened on the new year eve when

New Delhi, Jun 17: Four non-BJP chief ministers today visited their Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal's residence to meet his family members amid his sit-in protest at the LG's office along with his three cabinet colleagues. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerejee and her Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Karnataka counterparts - Chandrababu Naidu, Pinarayi Vijayan and H D Kumaraswamy visited

New Delhi, Jun 17: The Centre today decided not to extend the suspension of operations against terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir announced in the beginning of Ramazan. "The operations against the terrorists to resume," the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said in a statement. The government commends the security forces for having shown exemplary restraint during Ramazan despite grave provocations, it

New Delhi, June 16: With Eid-ul-Fitr being celebrated across India today, a number of political leaders extended their greetings to the people of the country. Former Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad offered prayers at a mosque here on Parliament Street on the occasion of the Muslim festival. "Eid is an occasion to celebrate happiness and we should all do I

Poonch, June 16: Mohd Hanif, the father of Rifleman Aurangzeb, who was abducted and later killed by terrorists in Pulwama's Gusoo, made an emotional appeal to the Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir government to eliminate militancy from the state, as he laid his son to rest. Speaking to ANI, Mohd Hanif said his son sacrificed himself for the nation and added that not only Jammu and Kashmir, but the

New Delhi, Jun 16: The sit-in by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his three cabinet colleagues today entered its sixth day as impasse between the AAP dispensation and the Lt Governor over IAS officers' "strike" continued. Health minister Satyendar Jain and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who along with Kejriwal and Development Minister Gopal Rai have stayed put at L-G office since

Srinagar, Jun 16: One person was killed during clashes between protesters and security forces in Kashmir today even as men, women and children dressed in their best-thronged mosques and Eidgah across the Valley for Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations. Sheeraz Ahmed was hurt during the clashes at Brakpora in Anantnag and he later succumbed to injuries, police said, adding another person was injured in the