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Washington, Oct 10: The IMF today lowered India's growth projection to 6.7 per cent in 2017, 0.5 percentage points less than its previous two forecasts and slower than China's 6.8 per cent, attributing it to demonetisation and introduction of the GST. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) raised its current year growth forecast for China to 6.8 per cent, 0.1 percentage more than its two previous

After Chief Minister Siddaramaiah expressed his desire to contest the 2018 assembly elections from Chamundeshwari constituency in Mysuru, his friends-turned-foes in both the JD(S) and the BJP are learnt to have put their heads together to come up with a ‘game plan’ to “politically finish” their common arch-rival. In a politically significant development, former Minister V Srinivas Prasad from the

Amethi, Oct 10: BJP president Amit Shah today hit back at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for questioning what his party had done during its rule, saying it has "given a prime minister who speaks". Shah also slammed Rahul for mocking the development in Gujarat by asking the Congress leader what three generations of his family had done for Amethi. "He is mocking at the development in Gujarat

Amethi, Oct 10: BJP president Amit Shah today hit back at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for questioning what his party had done during its rule, saying it has "given a prime minister who speaks". Shah also slammed Rahul for mocking the development in Gujarat by asking the Congress leader what three generations of his family had done for Amethi. "He is mocking at the development in Gujarat

Vadodara, Oct 10: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today targeted the RSS and BJP alleging that they did not give any importance to women and asked how many of them were seen attending the Sangh's 'shakhas'. He said in contrast, women work at every level in the Congress. "The BJP's thinking is that till women are silent they are good, when they start speaking up they try to shut them (women)

New Delhi, Oct 10: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said allegations against BJP president Amit Shah’s son have no basis and there was no need for any investigation. Inaugurating the new headquarters of the National Investigation Agency in New Delhi, he said such allegations are levelled “from time to time.” “Such allegations have surfaced in the past too. They are levelled from time

Kannur, Oct 10: The Kerala police have recovered a huge cache of weapons from the office of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Kannur district following a raid. The police have seized steel bombs, swords, iron rods and other sharp weapons from the BJP office in Panoor area of Kannur. The raids were conducted after a tip-off from the local residents living in the area around the office. The development

Kannur, Oct 10: The Kerala police have recovered a huge cache of weapons from the office of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Kannur district following a raid. The police have seized steel bombs, swords, iron rods and other sharp weapons from the BJP office in Panoor area of Kannur. The raids were conducted after a tip-off from the local residents living in the area around the office. The development

New Delhi, Oct 10: Malala Yousafzai on Monday attended her first lecture at the Oxford University, five years after she was shot by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education. She took to Twitter to inform about her first lectures at Oxford. "5 years ago, I was shot in an attempt to stop me from speaking out for girls' education. Today, I attend my first lectures at Oxford," she tweeted

New Delhi, Oct 10: The government had transitioned from "Beti Bachao" to "Beta Bachao", Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said today in another swipe following a report alleging that a firm owned by BJP chief Amit Shah's son saw a huge rise in turnover after the party came to power. Gandhi's remark came after several Union ministers came out in support of Shah's son Jay Amit Shah. "Amazing