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New Delhi, Jun 11: By resigning from all party posts and indicating that he is more acceptable to the NDA than Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, BJP patriarch L K Advani has sought to halt in its tracks any more moves in the party featuring Modi. Following Advani's shock decision, JD (U) leaders said the NDA was on ventilator support and indicated that it would be difficult for the party to

Mumbai, Jun 11: India's rupee slid to a record low against the dollar yesterday as dealers moved into the US currency following robust US jobs data and growing concern about the South Asian nation's struggling economy. The partially convertible Indian currency ended the day at a new low of 58.15 to the dollar yesterday afternoon, sweeping past its previous low of 57.32 rupees hit on June 28. "This

New Delhi, Jun 9: The Central Information Commission has directed the Health Ministry to make public expenses incurred on the treatment of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee within 15 days. While hearing a petition of an RTI applicant who sought details of funds spent on treatment of the 88-year-old ailing BJP leader, Chief Information Commissioner Satyananda Mishra said the cost incurred

Panaji, Jun 9: Narendra Modi has been declared the Chairman of the BJP's campaign committee for 2014 general elections. This was announced by the BJP President, Rajnath Singh, at the end of the two-day executive committee meeting in Goa. "I have declared Narendra Modi Chairman of the BJP election campaign," Rajnath said today. "Whatever was done was done on the basis of consensus. Every party sees

New Delhi, Jun 9: A sum of over Rs 642 crore has been incurred on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's air travels abroad in the last nine years. This information has been made public by the PMO as part of obligations under the mandatory proactive disclosure clause of the Right to Information Act. The information reveals that Singh undertook 67 travels since 2004 when he took over as PM, of which bills

Panaji, Jun 9: Amid strong differences within the top leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over a role for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, an announcement on Sunday giving him a prominent position remains a possibility. There was no decision regarding the new responsibility for Modi on Saturday. However, it is said he may be made either the convener

Panaji, Jun 8: Perhaps for the first time in the BJP's history, L K Advani on Saturday skipped the party's national executive meeting against the backdrop of his pursued opposition to project Narendra Modi as head of the campaign committee for the next Lok Sabha elections. 85-year-old Advani cited "ill health" as the reason behind not attending the meeting. The national executive meeting is

Panaji (Goa), Jun 8: BJP is preparing to name Gujarat CM Narendra Modi as head of its campaign committee for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections - a likely precursor to declaring him a PM candidate — despite veteran leader L K Advani's vehement resistance. There is a large consensus over Modi even as Advani's absence from BJP deliberations on Friday sparked a fresh controversy. An announcement on Modi

Panaji, Jun 7: BJP president Rajnath Singh and the party's senior leader Narendra Modi dodged all questions about the latter's possible projection as BJP's prime ministerial candidate, after they arrived here for the party's national executive meeting today. Rajnath Singh who arrived at the national executive meeting venue from Dabolim airport waved at the fleet of journalists stationed at the

New Delhi, Jun 7: Gujarat Chief Narendra Modi's role in the next Lok Sabha election is expected to be the dominant theme of the BJP National Executive in Goa this weekend, amid a strong demand from some sections of the party for declaring him the campaign committee head. Ahead of the two-day conclave, Central office-bearers of the party will meet to discuss the agenda for the National Executive