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  Modi government asks SC not to interfere in executive decisions

  India | February 12, 2015 8:01 IST

  New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government, on Wednesday, offhandedly told the Supreme Court that the latter should not interfere in the executive domain and suggested that the judiciary should better look into devising ways to

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  Trinamool Congress to protest 'anti-people' ordinances

  Politics | February 02, 2015 19:04 IST

  Kolkata: Accusing the Narendra Modi government of promulgating several “anti-people ordinances”, Trinamool Congress today said it would organise state-wide protest rallies against them.“The BJP government at the Centre has kept both Houses of Parliament in

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  Ganga revival in Varanasi: High on promises, low on action

  India | February 01, 2015 18:31 IST

  Varanasi: Nearly nine months after the Narendra Modi government laid out an elaborate plan to revive the river Ganga here and clean up the ancient city, there appears a huge gap between his vision and

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  Decoding why Modi govt replaced Sujatha Singh with S Jaishankar as India's Foreign Secretary

  India | January 29, 2015 14:12 IST

  New Delhi: In a surprise move, the NDA government has appointed India's ambassador to the United States, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar as the new Foreign Secretary, replacing Sujatha Singh, the country's highest ranking diplomat, about seven months

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  India, China to hold talks during Sushma Swaraj's visit

  Politics | January 22, 2015 11:40 IST

  New Delhi: India and China would hold bilateral talks when External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj visits China next month for the Russia-India-China trilateral.Sushma Swaraj will hold talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during her

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  Muslim population on a growth by 24%, lesser than the previous decade

  India | January 22, 2015 9:44 IST

  New Delhi: A census data on population of religious groups, soon to be released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi government, shows a 24% growth in the number of Muslims between 2001 and 2011.The data which

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  Modi govt to present Union Budget on February 28

  Politics | January 21, 2015 15:00 IST

  New Delhi: The Budget Session of Parliament will begin on February 23 and the Union Budget would be presented on February 28.The first part of the session will continue till March 20. The second part

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  NCW 'paralysed' under Modi government: Mamata Sharma

  Politics | January 20, 2015 6:25 IST

  Bundi (Rajasthan): National Commission for Women has become "paralysed" under the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre, its former chairperson Mamata Sharma has alleged."NCW at New Delhi is now a deserted and isolated place as

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  Centre committed to development of minorities: Naqvi

  Politics | January 18, 2015 7:19 IST

  Mumbai: The Central government yesterday said that it was committed to overall socio-economic development of minorities and asked Maharashtra government to speed up implementation of schemes for them in the state and also utilisation of

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  Vibrant Gujarat Summit: US planning to invest $41 bn in India in next 3-4 yrs

  January 12, 2015 10:26 IST

  Ahmedabad: The US business delegation of 127 individuals and 60 firms attending the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2015 has plans to invest around $41 billion in the next 3-4 years in India. This has come

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  CWC meet on Tuesday, likely to discuss roadmap to revamp party

  Politics | January 11, 2015 12:42 IST

  New Delhi: A crucial meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) will be held on Tuesday which is expected to deliberate on the roadmap to revamp the party in the wake of its worst debacle

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  Yamuna activists to protest in Indian capital

  India | January 10, 2015 12:15 IST

  Agra/Mathura: Green activists plan to stage protests in the Indian capital Feb 1 to demand that the Narendra Modi government act fast to clean up the highly polluted Yamuna river.The activists say that Modi government

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  Will boost investment in infrastructure, manufacture in 2015: Jaitley

  January 01, 2015 8:47 IST

  New Delhi: The government will encourage public and private investment in infrastructure and manufacturing sectors, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday making his New Year resolution on a social networking website."Infrastructural spending has to

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  2014 was India's year of 'breakthrough diplomacy': Sushma Swaraj

  Politics | January 01, 2015 6:24 IST

  New Delhi: The government has placed special significance on India's foreign policy and diplomatic outreach, making 2014 a year of "breakthrough diplomacy". But 2015 promises to take foreign policy to a higher level with 'diplomacy

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  Government asks its wings to procure 'Made in India' goods

  December 28, 2014 8:15 IST

  New Delhi: The Cabinet Secretariat has asked all government agencies to give preference to domestically produced goods in its procurement programme in a bid to push Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ‘Make in India' campaign."A committee

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  Relationship of India-US to strengthen under Modi govt: Envoy

  India | December 27, 2014 8:53 IST

  Varanasi: Acting US Ambassador Kathleen Stephens today expressed hope that relationship between America and India will further strengthen under the present Narendra Modi dispensation and open new avenues to achieve peace and harmony.Stephens arrived here

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  Lok Sabha records highest productivity in last five years

  Politics | December 25, 2014 8:09 IST

  New Delhi: The Winter Session of the Parliament that ended on Tuesday saw the Lok Sabha recording its highest productivity in the last five years, working more than 105 percent of its scheduled time.According to

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  Modi success result of clever shepherding of perceptions: Book

  Politics | December 23, 2014 8:16 IST

  New Delhi: Narendra Modi's success so far has been a "clever shepherding" of instilling negative images of his rivals within BJP and an "oversell" of his accomplishments besides a general poor perception of Rahul Gandhi,

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  Regrouped Janata Parivar parties to stage demo against government

  Politics | December 21, 2014 14:32 IST

  New Delhi: In a precursor to their grand merger plan, six political constituents of the erstwhile Janata Parivar will share a common platform tomorrow to corner the Narendra Modi government over various issues including its

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  BJP chief Amit Shah to be in Kerala for two days

  Politics | December 18, 2014 12:31 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: With the BJP consistently failing to make an electoral breakthrough in Kerala, the party's national president Amit Shah will be in the state for two days from tomorrow to gear up the organisation for