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Bhabhar (Guj), Dec 9: Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused suspended Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar of giving 'supari' (contract) while on a visit to Pakistan to get him "removed" from the way to ensure peace between India and the neighbouring country. Targeting the diplomat-turned politician for the second time in two days after the Congress leader's 'neech aadmi'(lowly person) jibe at him

Ahmedabad, Dec 9: Voting for the first phase of the crucial Gujarat assembly polls began today on 89 seats of Saurashtra and South Gujarat regions. After a campaign that often turned vituperative, around 2.12 crore voters would be exercising their franchise in Modi's home state to choose between the ruling BJP and the Congress. A total of 977 candidates are in fray for the first phase polls

Beijing, Dec 8: China on Friday warned its nationals in Pakistan of plans for a series of imminent "terrorist attacks" on Chinese targets there, an unusual alert as it pours funds into infrastructure projects into a country plagued by militancy. Thousands of Chinese workers have gone to Pakistan following Beijing`s pledge to spend $57 billion there on projects in President Xi Jinping`s signature

Dec 8: In August, he criticised the BJP-led Maharashtra government for the way it was implementing the farm loan waiver scheme. Maharashtra BJP MP Nana Patole on Friday said he has resigned from the party and the Lok Sabha. In August, Mr. Patole criticised the BJP-led Maharashtra government for the way it was implementing the farm loan waiver scheme. He had also claimed that it was insensitive to

Islamabad, Dec 8: Pakistan today said it will allow convicted Indian death row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav to meet both his wife and mother on December 25, months after Indiasought a visa for his mother on humanitarian grounds. Jadhav, 47, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court in April on charges of espionage and terrorism. The International Court of Justice in May had halted his

New Delhi, Dec 8: Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Friday said he would accept any punishment if the party suffers damage in the Gujarat polls because of his comments. Aiyar was suspended on Thursday from the party just because he criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "If the Congress suffers any damage in the Gujarat polls because of my comments, then whatever punishment the party deems

New Delhi, Dec 8: In a significant development, elite export control regime Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) on Thursday decided to admit India as its new member, which is expected to raise New Delhi's stature in the field of non-proliferation besides helping it acquire critical technologies. The decision was taken at the two-day plenary meeting of the grouping in Vienna. "Wassenaar Arrangement

New Delhi , Dec 8: "If not your mother, who would you salute, Afzal Guru," Vice President Venkaiah Naidu today asked, apparently questioning why there were objections to saying 'Vande Mataram', which meant salute to the motherland. "Vande Mataram mane maa tujhe salam. Kya samasya hai? Agar maa ko salam nahi karenge to kya Afzal Guru ko salam karenge? (Vande Mataram means salute to mother. What is

New Delhi , Dec 8: "If not your mother, who would you salute, Afzal Guru," Vice President Venkaiah Naidu today asked, apparently questioning why there were objections to saying 'Vande Mataram', which meant salute to the motherland. "Vande Mataram mane maa tujhe salam. Kya samasya hai? Agar maa ko salam nahi karenge to kya Afzal Guru ko salam karenge? (Vande Mataram means salute to mother. What is

New Delhi, Dec 8: A woman who helped the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) and police to bust an illicit liquor racket in outer Delhi's Narela, was allegedly beaten and her clothes torn by other women of the locality who apparently were involved in bootlegging, police said. Terming the incident as "shocking and shameful", Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today urged Lt Governor Anil Baijal to