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New Delhi, May 26: Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony as India's 15th PM at the Rashtrapati Bhavan forecourt on Monday evening is set to be a grand event. An unprecedented 4,000 guests, including heads of the government of eight countries (of which seven are from Saarc), all 777 MPs of both Houses, the outgoing PM and his council of ministers, all governors, CMs, ambassadors and other

New Delhi, May 25: Six rapes and 14 molestation cases have been reported every day in the first four months of 2014, according to Delhi Police figures. Police however claimed to have solved almost 90 percent of the cases and arrested the accused. According to a recent compilation of data by the Delhi Police, a copy of which is available with IANS, 616 rapes and 1,336 molestation cases were

Colombo, May 25: President Mahinda Rajapaksa has ordered the release of all Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan custody as a goodwill measure to mark the swearing-in of Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi. Mr. Rajapaksa has ordered the release of all Indian fishermen ahead of his visit to New Delhi to attend Mr. Modi’s swearing-in ceremony on Monday, a presidential spokesman said. This is the second

New Delhi, May 25: TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday met Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi as government formation talks continue before the swearing-in ceremony tomorrow. Amid reports that Mr. Naidu is seeking cabinet berths for his MPs, the TDP met Mr. Modi here in Gujarat Bhawan and the meeting lasted for over 30 minutes after which Andhra Pradesh’s Chief Minister-designate left

Karachi, May 25: In a goodwill gesture, Pakistan on Sunday freed 151 Indian fishermen, a day ahead of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit to India to attend Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony. Syed Nazir Hussain, the superintendent of the Malir jail in Karachi, told PTI that the Indian prisoners were released on written directives of the interior and foreign ministries.

New Delhi, May 24: The Aam Aadmi Party has decided to challenge the order of the Metropolitan Magistrate, who sent its leader Arvind Kejriwal to judicial custody for not furnishing a bond in a defamation case, in a higher court. "The AAP has decided to challenge the erroneous order of the learned Metropolitan Magistrate, who sent Kejriwal to judicial custody in the Tihar Jail despite the fact that

New Delhi, May 24: The BJP on Saturday expressed "delight" at the decision of Nawaz Sharif to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister while Congress asked the new government to raise issues such as cross-border terrorism, slow pace of trial of 26/11 attacks and handing over of Dawood Ibrahim with the Pakistan premier. "This is a delightful piece of news that Pakistan

New Delhi, May 24: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will be attending Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony here on May 26, Pak government sources said on Saturday. Pakistan PM House spokesperson confirmed that Sharif will be visiting New Delhi following Modi's invite. Pakistan foreign minister Sartaz Aziz would accompany Sharif during the visit. The Pakistani premier's attendance will be a

New Delhi, May 24: Congress leader JP Agarwal on Saturday said that Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi should have asked Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to get Dawood Ibrahim along with him in his oath-taking ceremony. "Modi should have asked Nawaz Sharif to get Dawood Ibrahim along, as well as the Pakistani soldiers who beheaded our soldiers. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was making a

New Delhi, May 24: Prime minister-designate Narendra Modi is giving final shape to a compact “right-sized” council of ministers, which may see the BJP offering its allies at least one Cabinet and two Ministers of State (MoS) berths, depending on their tally of Lok Sabha seats. Under this formula, big allies like the Shiv Sena and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), which won 18 and 16 seats respectively