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Islamabad, Jun 6: Pakistan Premier Nawaz Sharif is "not too happy" with the way India handled his visit to New Delhi to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister, a media report claimed today quoting an unnamed leader of the ruling PML-N party. A senior PML-N member told Dawn News that Sharif felt belittled when there was no joint press conference after the one-on-one

New Delhi, Jun 6: Eight-term member Sumitra Mahajan was on Friday unanimously elected Speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha, becoming the second woman presiding officer of the lower house after her predecessor Meira Kumar. 71-year-old Mahajan, the longest-serving woman MP, was elected after a motion moved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and seconded by BJP veteran L K Advani was adopted by voice vote

New Delhi, Jun 6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday thanked his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif for sending a sari for his mother. "Nawaz Sharif ji has sent a wonderful white Sari for my Mother. I am really grateful to him ~~amp;amp; will send it to my Mother very soon," Modi tweeted. This is not the first time Modi has spoken about Sharif on his Twitter handle. Immediately after being

Amritsar, Jun 6: At least seven people, including a child, were injured in a clash between task force volunteers of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and radical Sikh activists Friday on the 30th anniversary of the army's Operation Bluestar at the Sikh shrine complex here. Swords and sticks were openly used as scores of men from both sides chased each other outside the Akal Takht

Bhopal, June 5: Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Babulal Gaur today landed in a controversy with his remarks that no government can ensure rape is prevented and action can be taken only after the act, triggering angry reaction from Congress which said he has no right to continue in office. "It is a social crime which depends on the man and the woman. It is sometimes right and sometimes wrong. Unless a

New Delhi, Jun 5: Unlike yesterday, BJP veteran L K Advani did not occupy the seat next to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha today. Instead, he was occupying the front row seat along with senior Union ministers Sushma Swaraj, Rajnath Singh and Ram Vilas Paswan. In fact, Advani was seen apparently telling Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu that he be allowed to sit in the

New Delhi, Jun 5: Union Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde on Tuesday died of cardiac arrest after being injured in a car accident while on his way to the airport. Delhi Police sources said an Indica slammed into the Munde's official car, a SX4, after his driver jumped the traffic light at Aurobindo Chowk near India Gate. His car was running a speed of 60-70 km/ph and as the car apparently

New Delhi, Jun 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several of his Cabinet colleagues and Congress President Sonia Gandhi were prominent among those who took oath as members of the 16th Lok Sabha today. Attired in spotless white, the Prime Minister was the first to take oath amid thumping of desks. He took oath in Hindi in the name of God and was followed by BJP veteran L K Advani. Several Union

Lucknow, Jun 5: The postmortem report of the two Badaun cousins who were raped stated they were hanged from a tree while they were still alive, said Badaun SSP Alok Saxena on Wednesday. The barbaric nature of the sexual assault on the teens could be gauged from the fact that apart from innumerable abrasions, scratches and contusions on the arms, waist and upper abdominal area, the vital organs of

Mumbai/New Delhi, Jun 5: India could allow global online retailers such as Amazon.com Inc to sell their own products as early as next month, removing restrictions that have held back competition in one of the world's biggest, and most price-sensitive, retail markets. The decision, which is likely to be announced in or alongside the budget, is one of the first tangible signs of economic reform by