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New Delhi, Jan 5: Stepping up his attack on the Modi government over the Rafale deal issue, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday urged all Indians to ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ministers the questions he posed in Parliament on the fighter jet agreement with France. "RM (Raksha Marti) spoke for 2 hrs in Parliament, but she couldn't answer the 2 simple questions I asked her,"

Nagpur, Jan 5: More than one Maharashtrian would occupy the prime minister's post by 2050, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Friday. The chief minister was asked whether India will see a Maharashtrian prime minister by 2050 as no Maharashtrian leader has become prime minister of the country yet. "Why not, of course we will see...If anyone has really ruled India, the entire India, in real

Chennai, Jan 4: Actor turned Politician and Makkal Needhi Miyam (MNM)President Kamal Hasan said "though Prime minister Narendra Modi has invited us for an alliance with BJP, it is for us to decide on it". It may be recalled that a couple of days ago in an interview to a news agency, Modi said that his party welcomes both Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan if they are willing to join their alliance

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 4: As many as 1,369 people have been arrested so far in connection with the Thursday's dawn-to-dusk hartal related violent incidents in Kerala. About 717 people were taken into preventive custody and the police registered 801 cases in hartal related violent incidents so far, sources said here. As clashes between CPI(M) and BJP workers continue in many districts, police

New Delhi, Jan 4: Raj Babbar, the Uttar Pradesh Congress chief, said on Friday that BJP MLA Vikram Saini should be arrested and investigated for terror links for threatening to bomb people who said they feel unsafe in India. Babbar said that the BJP legislator's remarks were akin to that of a terrorist and he should, therefore, be punished. "Chief Minister (Adityanath) says 'thok do'. The MLA who

New Delhi, Jan 4: Hitting back at the Congress on the Rafale fighter jet deal, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday alleged that the party had stopped the deal when it was in power as it "didn't get the money" and ignored national security. Replying to a debate on the Rafale issue in Lok Sabha, Sitharaman alleged that the Congress is only shedding crocodile tears on the HAL not getting

New Delhi, Jan 4: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi be investigated for corruption and for weakening national security by giving the Rafale contract to "his friend". Gandhi cited a media report on Swedish Telecom major Ericsson filing a contempt plea in the Supreme Court against Reliance Communications chief Anil Ambani and demanding that he

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 4: Prohibitory orders have been imposed in Palakkad town and Manjeswaram Taluk of Kasargod district in northern Kerala late Thursday night after widespread protest erupted over the entry of two women in their menstrual age in to Sabarimala temple. Palakkad District Collector D Balamurali issued the order for Palakkad Town after considering the reports filed by various

Jan 4: Ongoing efforts to reach victims of a mining disaster in the northeast have exposed what campaigners say is poor enforcement against such illegal mines, where undocumented workers risk injury or death. At least 15 people were trapped when an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya state flooded on Dec. 13. Rescue efforts continue, although relatives said this week they had lost hope that the miners

New Delhi, Jan 4: Vikram Saini, BJP MLA from Muzaffarnagar, in a controversial statement said that those who feel unsafe and threatened in India should be bombed. In an apparent reference to actor Naseeruddin Shah, who said that he is concerned about the safety of his children in the prevailing situation in the country. Saini said, "My personal view is that those who say they feel unsafe and