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New Delhi, May 27: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday remembered first prime minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and paid tribute to him on his 54th death anniversary. Taking to Twitter, the Prime Minister said, "Tributes to our first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary." Meanwhile, Congress president Rahul Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh also paid

Lucknow, May 27: Hinting that she’s not ready for any compromises seat sharing, BSP supremo Mayawati has warned the non-NDA parties that her party would prefer to go alone in 2019 Lok Sabha polls if alliance aspirants hesitate to give respectable number of seats. Addressing the party’s national executive meeting, Mayawati said though talks on alliance with parties in UP and other states were on

Bengaluru, May 26: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday congratulated the BJP-led NDA government on completing four years in office. Asked whether Modi and his government had fulfilled the people's expectations, Kumaraswamy said, "Let's see, it is for the people to decide." "They have made several promises through speeches, they have discussed big things, but they have not been

New Delhi, MAY 26: On the fourth anniversary of his government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today listed its achievements, saying that over the last four years, development had become a "vibrant mass movement". "On this day in 2014, we began our journey of working towards India's transformation," he wrote on Twitter. "Over the last four years, development had become a vibrant mass movement, with

New Delhi, May 26: A sub-committee set up by the National Commission for Minorities will meet on June 14 to hear all stakeholders in connection with a plea seeking granting of minority status to Hindus in seven states and a Union Territory (UT). Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the sub-committee is currently consulting and studying issues as raised in the plea and that no final

Gangtok, May 26: The Sikkim health department has issued an advisory urging the people of the state to take precaution against Nipah virus. "Though there is minimal possibility of Nipah virus in Sikkim, but the people need to take precaution," it said in an advisory on Friday in the wake of Nipah outbreak in Kerala. The symptoms of the virus include fever, headache, vomiting and fainting. Some may

New Delhi, May 26: The BJP will launch a fortnight-long programme to mark the fourth anniversary of the Modi government, with its president Amit Shah leading an exercise to reach out to one lakh personalities from different walks of life to highlight its achievements. The programme will start on May 27, in which all ministers -- both from the Centre and BJP-ruled states, MPs, MLAs, mayors and all

New Delhi, May 25: Some passengers of an Air India Delhi-Rajkot flight were left aggrieved on Friday at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here after the airline denied boarding to them on the ground that the flight was overbooked. The airlines did not allow some passengers to board the Rajkot-bound flight scheduled for around 5 pm from here. Confirming the incident, an Air India spokesperson

Samba, May 25: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday announced that the state government will provide jobs to family members of those who lost their lives in recent ceasefire violations by Pakistan. Talking to media, the Chief Minister expressed her grave concern over the killings of civilians in cross-border shelling and said that the discussions are on, to build Border Bhavan

New Delhi, May 25: BJP president Amit Shah on Friday said the Modi government's welfare schemes in its four years have benefitted 22 crore poor families and set an example of how a pro-people dispensation is run. In his brief address to the media on the fourth anniversary of the BJP-led NDA government, Shah claimed that the current dispensation has taken the country's self-pride to the highest