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Ahmedabad, December 26: Narendra Modi Wednesday took oath as Gujarat's chief minister for the fourth time after leading the BJP to a sweeping win in assembly elections. Earlier, all 114 newly-elected BJP MLAs chose Modi as their leader at a meeting here, paving the way for his swearing-in as Chief Minister for the fourth time, in the presence of central party observer Arun Jaitley. Modi's name was

Mumbai, December 26: National carrier Air India flew a record number of passengers last Friday when it carried over 50,000 in a single day on its national and international routes, sources said here on Tuesday. “We carried a record 50,765 passengers across our network on December 21. This was the highest number of passengers ferried by the carrier on a single day as compared to the last year,” an

New Delhi, December 26: The Home Ministry today announced an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh to the next of kin of Delhi Police constable Subhash Chand Tomar, who died here. An ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh will be given to the family of Tomar in addition to the financial and other relief announced by the Delhi Police, a Home Ministry spokesperson said. The 47-year-old constable, who was injured during violent

Ahmadabad, December 25: An accused in the Sadiq Jamal fake encounter case, retired DySP I A Saiyed surrendered before the CBI court on Monday morning. Additional chief judicial magistrate H S Khutwad sent the retired cop to jail. Saiyed was posted as a police inspector with the DCB crime during the time of the encounter early in 2003. He was later transferred to the CID (crime). Saiyed told the

New Delhi, December 25: Dense fog continue to wreak havoc on the operations at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here for the third consecutive day and led to delay of over 100 flights, diversion of seven and cancellation of 10 others. Schedules of over 100 flights were badly affected after dense fog enveloped the airport late last night and early this morning. The flights were delayed from

New Delhi, December 25: After the blame game, an open war has broken out between chief minister Sheila Dikshit, who complained of "interference" by police officers in the recording of gang rape victim's statement, and Delhi Police which on Tuesday demanded a probe into the "leakage" of her letter to the home minister. Dikshit, who has been making a strong pitch of bringing the city police under

Shimla, December 25: Virbhadra Singh, who steered Congress to power in the Assembly polls, was today sworn-in as Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister for a record sixth time, heading a ten-member ministry. 78-year-old Singh, who has held the top office in Himachal five times in the past, was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Urmilla Singh at an open ceremony at the historic Ridge

Ahmedabad, December 25: Some 57 Members of Legislative Assembly elected by Gujarat in the December polls face criminal charges, including that of rape and murder, while nearly three-fourth of them are crorepatis, up from 31 per cent in the 2007 elections, according to data analysed by the Gujarat Election Watch. The data shows that one-third of MLAs belonging to the Congress as well as the BJP

New Delhi, December 25: The Delhi Police constable, Subhash Tomar, who was injured in the Sunday's clashes has died at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Delhi on Tuesday morning. The constable was injured after the protests at India Gate turned violent and the police lathicharged protesters. Some protesters also reportedly pelted stones at policemen. The police have registered a case in this

New Delhi, December 24: The condition of the 23-year-old gangrape victim deteriorated today with doctors saying that she is "not as good" as yesterday. "Her condition has deteriorated... She is very serious, very critical and still not out of danger," one of the doctors attending to her at Safdarjung Hospital said. Dr B D Athani, Medical Superintendent of Safdarjung Hospital, said last night, the