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  VK Singh becomes butt of sarcasm in Lok Sabha over age issue

  Politics | May 06, 2015 23:42 IST

  New Delhi: Minister of State for External Affairs General (retired) VK Singh, who as Army Chief was embroiled in a prolonged legal battle with the then government over his age issue, on Wednesday became a

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  Willing to combat terrorism in all its forms: India

  India | April 20, 2015 21:18 IST

  Jakarta: India today said it is committed to combat terrorism in all its forms and will engage with other countries on the matter both bilaterally as well as multilaterally.Terrorism is plaguing the entire world and

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  Yemen evacuation collective effort: Sushma Swaraj

  India | April 20, 2015 17:05 IST

  New Delhi: The successful evacuation of Indian nationals from Yemen was the result of collective effort of several ministries and agencies, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Monday.Making a suo motu statement in the

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  Modi heaps praise on Sushma Swaraj, VK Singh

  Politics | April 19, 2015 18:50 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was all praise for Gen (retd) VK Singh, who has faced attack from a section of the media over his “presstitutes” remark, as he hit out at the media

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  PM Modi attacks Opposition for projecting Land Bill as anti-poor

  Politics | April 19, 2015 16:48 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today addressed a workshop of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs on how to take the government's pro-poor welfare programmes to the people to counter opposition's claim that the Land

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  India | April 17, 2015 9:59 IST

  1. PM Modi to participate in wreath laying ceremony at Air India Memorial Site at TorontoPrime Minister Narendra Modi will today participate in wreath laying ceremony at Air India Memorial Site at Toronto before departing

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  Sending IPKF to Lanka was high level policy failure: V K Singh

  Politics | April 14, 2015 22:43 IST

  Raipur: Union Minister of State for External Affairs General (retd) V K Singh said here today that the decision to send the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) to Sri Lanka in 1987 was “a high

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  VK Singh opposes deploying army in Maoist-hit areas

  Politics | April 14, 2015 22:16 IST

  Raipur: Union Minister of State for External Affairs General (retd) VK Singh opposed deployment of the Army in Maoist-affected areas today, saying that the use of armed forces against "our own citizens" would "tarnish" its

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  ED registers money laundering case against Union Minister VK Singh aide

  India | April 12, 2015 18:12 IST

  New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a money laundering case against a close associate of Union Minister Gen. (retd) VK Singh over alleged financial irregularities in the supply of defence items. The criminal case

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  Media attack on me at the behest of arms lobby: VK Singh

  Politics | April 12, 2015 14:02 IST

  New Delhi:  Union Minister Gen (retd) V K Singh today alleged that an “insidious campaign” is being run against him by a section of media at the behest of the arms lobby that is “working

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  Operation Raahat in Yemen: Why India was forced to evacuate its citizens

  World | June 13, 2016 13:55 IST

  ‘Operation Raahat', that was the name given to the evacuation of Indian citizens from war-torn Yemen. Bombings, shelling, firing leading to destruction in all quarters of oil-rich country, but only one Indian causality and 5600

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  V K Singh apologises to media with a caveat

  Politics | April 11, 2015 20:36 IST

  New Delhi: Under fire for using the word “presstitutes” for the media, Union minister V K Singh today said he apologises to journalists barring a small section of media persons who were carrying out a

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  V K Singh apologises for 'presstitutes' remark in Rajat Sharma's show Aap Ki Adalat

  Politics | April 12, 2015 11:36 IST

  New Delhi: Union Minister of State for External Affairs retired General V K Singh today tendered his apology for his "presstitutes" remark made on social media Twitter, but added that his apology was only to

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  V K Singh should apologise to media: Rajeev Shukla

  Politics | April 09, 2015 23:30 IST

  Kanpur: Criticising Union Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh over his remarks dubbing newsmen as "presstitutes", Congress MP Rajeev Shukla said he should "better apologise to the media"."I strongly condemn his comments

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  India concludes air evacuation operations from Yemen, another 630 citizens rescued

  India | April 10, 2015 11:38 IST

  New Delhi: India today wrapped up its air evacuation operations from Yemen rescuing another 630 of its citizens from Sanaa, taking the total number of Indians brought home from the war-ravaged country to over 4,640

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  V.K. Singh Pushes For 'Effective Watchdog' for Media

  India | April 09, 2015 17:37 IST

  New Delhi: At loggerheads with media in recent days, Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh today pushed for a media regulatory body to function as an effective watchdog".Singh, who has been under

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  Nitish flays Singh comments on media

  Politics | April 08, 2015 23:01 IST

  Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today condemned Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh for his remarks dubbing newsmen as "presstitutes" and stressed on freedom of media for strengthening democracy."Media is the

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  Today's top 5 News Headlines that you might have missed!

  India | April 08, 2015 19:24 IST

  Narendra Modi launches Rs 20,000 crore MUDRA BankPrime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a bank with a corpus of Rs 20,000 crore to extend credit of up to Rs 10 lakh to small businesses and

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  V K Singh comments: BEA condemns, Congress demands his dismissal

  Politics | April 08, 2015 18:29 IST

  New Delhi: Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh has landed himself in another controversy over his remarks dubbing newsmen as “presstitutes”, evoking strong reaction today from a media association and the Opposition

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  BJP distances itself from minister's 'presstitute' tweet

  Politics | April 08, 2015 17:20 IST

  New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday distanced itself from Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh's "presstitute" tweet. The Congress demanded that he be sacked."Tweets are personal. The way (words have been used is)