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New Delhi, Jun 19: The BJP today pulled out of its alliance with the PDP in Jammu and Kashmir, saying it has become impossible to continue in the government in view of the growing radicalism and terrorism in the state. The decision to withdraw was taken after consulting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party chief Amit Shah, the party's general secretary Ram Madhav announced at a press conference

New Delhi, Jun 19: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and his colleague Satyendar Jain, who were on a hunger strike at the lieutenant governor's office and hospitalised after their health deteriorated, were discharged from the LNJP Hospital today, an official said. Health Minister Jain was admitted to the hospital on Sunday night after his condition had deteriorated. Sisodia was rushed to

New Delhi, Jun 19: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today greeted Congress president Rahul Gandhi on his birthday, wishing him a long and healthy life. "Birthday greetings to Congress President Shri @RahulGandhi. I pray for his long and healthy life," the PM tweeted this morning. Rahul, who had taken over as the Congress vice-president in January 2013, was elected unopposed as the party president on

Mumbai, Jun 19: BJP veteran L K Advani's former aide Sudheendra Kulkarni on Monday said India needs a leader who can solve "big problems" such as the Kashmir issue and therefore he would like to see Congress chief Rahul Gandhi as the future prime minister. Listing disputes with Pakistan and China, he said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has "failed" to solve the big problems. Speaking at a panel

New Delhi, Jun 19: Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar has directed CBSE to continue conducting the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) in the 20 Indian languages as earlier. The directive by Javadekar came following criticism of CBSE's decision to remove 17 languages including Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Gujarati and Bengali from the list of options for CTET. "CTET examination will be

Mumbai, Jun 19: ICICI Bank named group veteran Sandeep Bakhshi as its interim head, and said Chief Executive Chanda Kochhar would go on leave pending the completion of a probe over an alleged conflict of interest that has led to months of controversy for the lender. Bakhshi, who currently heads ICICI's life insurance arm, will take up a newly created position of chief operating officer at the bank

Washington, Jun 18: An Indian-origin couple have been arrested for allegedly running a high-end prostitution ring in the US by luring at least five actresses from Tollywood and advertising them for sex at Indian conferences and cultural events across the country, according to a media report. The prostitution scheme was masterminded by Kishan Modugumudi, 34, an Indian businessman who rose to become

New Delhi, Jun 18: Bilateral ties between India and China can't take the strain of another Doklam episode, the Chinese envoy to India Luo Zhaohui said on Monday, emphasising on the need to find a "mutually acceptable solution" on the boundary issue through a meeting of the Special Representatives. The Chinese envoy said at an event here that "some Indian friends" had suggested a trilateral summit

Kathmandu, Jun 18: Decades of commercial mountaineering have turned Mount Everest into the world's highest rubbish dump as an increasing number of big-spending climbers pay little attention to the ugly footprint they leave behind. Fluorescent tents, discarded climbing equipment, empty gas canisters and even human excrement litter the well-trodden route to the summit of the 8,848-metre (29,029-foot

Bhopal, Jun 18: The Bahujan Samaj Party on Sunday said that it was not in talks with the Congress for an alliance for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls slated for later this year. A senior state leader of the Mayawati-led party added that it would, as things stand today, contest all 230 Assembly seats in the state. Talking to news agency, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) state president Narmada Prasad