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New Delhi, Feb 23: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday made a strong re-election pitch to corporate India as he drew contrasts between the governance styles of Congress and his party, saying competition for corruption in the previous regime had been replaced by highest growth rate and lowest inflation of post-liberalisation era. Addressing the Economic Times' Global Business Summit here, Modi

Tindivanam, Feb 23: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) MP S Rajendran, died in a car accident on Saturday morning near Tindivanam, Tamil Nadu. The accident took place when Rajendran, 62, who represented Villupuram parliamentary constituency, was on his way to Tindivanam and his car hit the road divider. Severely injured Rajendran died on the spot, police said. The injured driver was

Washington, Feb 23: Asserting that there is a lot of problems between India and Pakistan, US President Donald Trump has said New Delhi is looking at something "very strong" in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack. Forty CRPF personnel were killed and five injured on February 14 in one of the deadliest terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir when a suicide bomber of Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e

Guwahati, Feb 23: Country liquor laced with toxic chemicals has killed at least 29 people, including 16 women, in villages inhabited by tea plantation workers across eastern Assam’s Golaghat and Jorhat districts. Officials in these two districts said more than 45 people had been admitted to hospitals, with the condition of four being critical. The hooch tragedy first struck Salmara Tea Estate in

Feb 22: Months before the nation goes to polls, the Civil Aviation Ministry has "requested" airlines flying on domestic routes to give their passengers a letter written by Suresh Prabhu that enlists various "achievements and initiatives" of the Narendra Modi government in the aviation sector. The airlines operating on the domestic routes have been sent a note along with the letter written by

Lucknow, Feb 22: The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested two alleged Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists from Deoband in Saharanpur district, Director General of Police O.P. Singh said on Friday. The two men arrested are Shahnawaz Ahmad Teli from Kulgam and Aquib Ahmad Malik from Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir. Both were involved in recruiting members for the JeM, the DGP told

Seoul, Feb 22: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday joined the illustrious club of the likes of Kofi Annan, Ban Ki-moon and Angela Merkel as he was honoured with the prestigious Seoul Peace Prize. Mr Modi received the 14th Seoul Peace Prize for the year 2018 at a ceremony organised by the Seoul Peace Prize Cultural Foundation "in recognition of his national and international contributions". "I

New Delhi, Feb 22: Continuing its tough stance in the wake of Pulwama terror attack, India on Thursday decided to stop its share of water from the three eastern rivers - the Beas, Ravi and Sutlej - to Pakistan. "Under the leadership of (Prime Minister Narendra Modi), our government has decided to stop our share of water which used to flow to Pakistan. We will divert water from eastern rivers and

Abu Dhabi, Feb 22: The UAE on Thursday issued a statement clarifying news reports regarding export and import of goods to and from Qatar at ports in the emirates. The UAE Federal Transport Authority - Land & Maritime has stressed in a circular that there is no change in its policy regarding access to Qatar at UAE ports and border crossings. The circular is one of the periodic ones issued from time

Islamabad, Feb 22: Pakistan on Thursday banned the 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-led Jamat-ud-Dawa and its charity wing Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation, amid intense global pressure to rein in the militant groups following the Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 CRPF soldiers. A spokesman of the interior ministry said that the decision to ban these groups was taken during a meeting of the