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November 4, 2015 8:43 PM

PM Modi ranks 9th in Forbes' World's Most Powerful Person

Prime Minister Narendra Modi emerges as World's ninth Most Powerful Person in the Forbes annual ranking of 73 persons list. Russian President Vladimir Putin retained his position as the World's most powerful person, followed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Barack Obama.

November 4, 2015 8:41 PM

BJP accuses Congress of projecting negative image of country

BJP today accused the Congress of projecting negative image of the country by making political stunt on the pretext of alleged growing intolerance. <br/><br/>Talking to AIR, party spokesperson GVL Narsimha Rao said the opposition party is hurting the economic interest of the country just...

November 4, 2015 8:35 PM

BJP disapproves of MP Yogi Adityanath's remarks against Shah Rukh Khan

BJP today disapproved of its MP Yogi Adityanath's controversial remarks comparing Shah Rukh Khan with Pakistani terrorist Hafiz Saeed. <br/><br/>Party spokesperson Nalin Kohli termed the remarks as incorrect and uncalled for saying such comments do not reflect in any way the core be...

November 4, 2015 8:28 PM

Govt dismisses Moody's report, calls it opinion of junior analyst

Government has dismissed reports on Moody&apos;s Analysis published in a section of media as irresponsible and distorted. <br/><br/>In a statement, Information and Broadcasting Ministry regretted that the personal opinion of a Junior Associate Economist employed with Moody&apos;s Analyti...

November 4, 2015 8:03 PM

CVC summons Wal-Mart India head over graft charges

Central Vigilance Commission has summoned Walmart India's head in relation to allegations of paying bribes to government officials to get customs clearances and obtain permits to set up stores in India. <br/><br/>Vigilance Commissioner T M Bhasin said observations have been made tha...

November 4, 2015 8:03 PM

Bihar polls: EC asks parties to take pre certification before publishing ads

Election Commission has asked all political parties not to publish advertisements in newspapers of Bihar tomorrow without prior certification. The direction came following publication of advertisements by BJP in today's newspapers related to cow and complaint by JD(U) and Congress in this regar...

November 4, 2015 8:01 PM

Govt to launch three gold schemes

The government will launch three gold related schemes, Gold Monetisation, Sovereign Gold Bond and India gold coin in New Delhi tomorrow to cash in on festival fervour. The Gold Monetisation Scheme is aimed at tapping part of an estimated 20,000 tonnes of idle gold worth about 5,40,000 crore rupees i...

November 4, 2015 7:37 PM

BJP MP Tarun Vijay facilitated at function in Sri Lanka

Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Sabha MP Tarun Vijay was facilitated at a function in Kandy in Sri Lanka last evening. Mr Vijay was on a private visit to the country to spread the scholarship related to Tamil classic Thirukkural.<br/><br/>Speaking at the function, Mr Vijay said that both Th...

November 4, 2015 7:21 PM

PM asks States to expedite fencing on India-Bangladesh border

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the Chief Secretaries of States bordering Bangladesh to work towards early completion of fencing on the India-Bangladesh border. Mr. Modi today reviewed the progress of the project during the meeting of PRAGATI - the ICT-based, multi-modal platform for Pro-Acti...

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