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Surat, May 25: Police have arrested the owner of the Surat coaching centre in which a massive fire had erupted on Friday claiming lives of 20 persons, mostly teenage students. Two builders of the commercial Takshashila Complex in Sarthana area, the site of the inferno, are on the run, Surat Police Commissioner Satish Sharma told reporters Saturday. "Police registered an FIR under various sections

Washington, May 25: President Donald Trump on Friday telephoned Prime Minister Narendra Modi to congratulate him on his sweeping victory in the country's general elections. "Just spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi where I congratulated him on his big political victory," Trump said via Twitter. "He is a great man and leader for the people of India - they are lucky to have him." PM Modi steered

Bhopal, May 25: After losing to the BJP's Pragya Singh Thakur in Bhopal Lok Sabha seat, Congress veteran Digvijay Singh said that ideology of the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi has triumphed in the country. Thakur, a Malegaon blast accused, had created a stir during the campaign when she called Nathuram Godse, Gandhi's assassin, a "patriot". Later she apologized for the remark. "According to the

New Delhi, May 24: The Congress can never die and the country needs it, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot asserted on Friday and said the party will again reach out to people to ascertain the reasons for its drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls. The senior Congress leader said the BJP played on emotions and sentiments of the people and never fought on real issues. During the election campaign, the

New Delhi, May 24: After a humiliating defeat in the Lok Sabha polls, top Congress leaders will deliberate on party losses at a meeting of the working committee slated on Saturday where party chief Rahul Gandhi is likely to offer his resignation. According to sources, the party has convened a meeting of the Congress Working Committee, the highest decision making body of the party at 11 AM tomorrow

Islamabad, May 24: Two people were killed and 25 others injured in a blast inside a mosque in Pakistan's Quetta city during the Friday prayers. The explosion took place in the Rehmania mosque located in the city's Pashtoonabad area, reports Dawn news. No one has claimed responsibility for the incident yet. Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani condemned the blast and ordered a report on

New Delhi, May 24: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday thanked world leaders and personalities as their congratulatory messages kept pouring in after he led his Bharatiya Janata Party to a super-sized victory for a second term in office. Thanking American vice president Mike Pence, who congratulated him saying he looked forward to working with India, Modi said it was a victory of democracy which

London, May 24: British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday she would quit, triggering a contest that will bring a new leader to power who is likely to push for a more decisive Brexit divorce deal. May set out a timetable for her departure — she will resign as Conservative Party leader on June 7 with a leadership contest beginning the following week. “I will resign as leader of the

Gandhinagar, May 24: Not a single student from as many as 63 schools managed to clear the Secondary School Certificate examinations conducted by the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, the results of which were declared here on Tuesday. The overall pass percentage was 66.97 per cent, slightly lower than 67.5 per cent of last year. The exams were held in March. In a press

New Delhi, May 24: He combined BJP's core Hindutva plank with a hardcore nationalism agenda and set up a huge ground-level organisational setup to execute it the BJP's 'Chanakya' Amit Shah blazed such a trail that the 'Modi Wave 2.0' surpassed its own original avatar with a much bigger saffron surge. Known as an astute strategist whose non-political interests range from playing chess and watching