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Mumbai, Nov 18: Actor Rahul Roy on Saturday joined the BJP in presence of Union Minister Vijay Goel at the party headquarters here. He said it was a significant day for him and thanked the party. "The way Narendra Modi ji and Amit Shah ji have been taking the country forward and the way the perspective of the world towards India has changed in the past two years is remarkable. I am elated to have

Lucknow, Nov 17: Microsoft founder Bill Gates on Friday met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and discussed the repercussions of lack of clean water. On the sidelines of the meeting, Principal Secretary Information Avnish Awasthi said the two leaders spoke about the consequences of encephalitis and water-borne diseases on the natives. To this effect, Awasthi said a Memorandum of

New Delhi, Nov 17: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said his government kept under check the mushrooming of private schools by setting up state-run institutions that imparted quality education to poor children free of cost. The AAP dispensation has completely changed government schools where the standard of education was earlier in a bad state, he claimed at the launch of a web portal

New Delhi, Nov 17: The BJP on Friday released its first list of candidates for the Gujaratelections, to be held in two phases on December 9 and 14. The party has named Chief Minister Vijaybhai Rupani as its candidate from Rajkot West. Deputy Chief Minister Nitinbhai Patel will contest from Mahesana and state party president Jitubhai Vaghani from Bhavnagar West. The names were finalised by BJP's

New Delhi, Nov 17: A West Asian dust storm has been identified as the chief trigger behind the recent air pollution crisis in Delhi. While stubble burning was said to be a key cause for the toxic smog in the national capital, prompting a spat between Delhi government and governments of neighbouring states, a Centre-run monitoring agency said the particulates from the dust storm that entered the

New Delhi, Nov 17: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today termed the upgrade of India's credit rating by Moody's after a gap of 13 years as a "belated recognition" of reforms in the last few years and vowed to continue them while maintaining fiscal discipline. Commenting on Moody's upgrading India to Baa2, from Baa3, he said it is a recognition that India continues to follow the path of fiscal

New Delhi, Nov 17: Microsoft founder Bill Gates on Thursday met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and discussed with him various welfare initiatives of the American philanthropies in India. The meeting assumes significance as registration of one of the Indian NGOs, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), which has been working in the field of public health, was cancelled by the home ministry in

New Delhi, Nov 17: Pinning faith in the continued progress on economic front backed by institutional reforms, Moody`s Investor Services lifted the Government of India`s local and foreign currency debt ratings to Baa2 from Baa3. The rating agency said that the reforms will improve the business climate in the country and raise productivity. Moody`s also changed its rating outlook to stable from

Ahmedabad, Nov 16: Panic gripped Muslim families in some pockets of a Hindu-dominated area here after they found red "cross marks" on the main gates of their societies last Sunday. An investigation, however, revealed that the marks were painted by the civic body's sanitation staff. The residents wrote in the letter that they feared it (putting the marks) was done with a "clear purpose to identify

Kannur, Nov 16: Retired Supreme Court judge V. Khalid died here on Wednesday. He was 95. Justice Khalid had also served as judge in the Kerala High Court and as Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. He is survived by wife and daughter. A native of Kannur, Khalid began his career as a lawyer at the Kannur munsiff court in 1948 and moved to the Thalassery bar in 1949. He served at the