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Tear my son’s clothes, take him to task if he does not deliver: Kamal Nath

Dhanora (Chhindwara), Apr 21: Tear my son’s clothes if he does not deliver, says Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath as he campaigns for his son Nakul who is fighting his first elections from Chhindwara. Invoking his 40-year-old association with the region, Nath says he has now entrusted the […]

Jet Airways faces imminent shutdown without emergency funds: sources

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI – Jet Airways Ltd will be forced to shut down as soon as Wednesday if it does not get emergency funding from its lenders, two sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Bankers and an Indian government official said lenders are trying to line up […]

AAP LS candidates to start filing nominations from Thursday: Gopal Rai

New Delhi, Apr 16: The AAP Tuesday said its Lok Sabha candidates would file their nominations from Thursday even as uncertainty remained over a possible alliance between the ruling party in Delhi and the Congress.  Senior AAP leader Gopal Rai said the party’s west Delhi candidate Balbir Singh Jakhar […]

Jet Airways operating 5 planes, seeks emergency funds: Kharola

New Delhi, Apr 16: Jet Airways has sought emergency funds from banks and is currently operating only five planes, Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola said Tuesday. The cash-strapped airline has already suspended its international operations till April 18. Separately, the civil aviation ministry would convene meetings of representatives […]

Attempt being made to destroy the Constitution: Priyanka

Silchar (Assam), Apr 14: Coming down heavily on the BJP, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday said the Constitution is not respected and an attempt is being made to destroy it by the present dispensation. Holding a roadshow in Silchar in support of Congress candidate and sitting MP […]

Modi “uttering lie” on Sabarimala issue, says Vijayan

Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 14: Sharpening its attack on the Prime Minister, the ruling CPI(M)-led LDF in Kerala Sunday accused Narendra Modi of “misleading” the country on the Sabarimla issue and dubbed his statement as “utter lie.”  Leading the onslaught, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan claimed Modi during his campaign meetings in […]

4-cornered contest on cards for Raiganj LS seat

Raiganj (WB), Apr 14: Once a Congress stronghold, the Raiganj Lok Sabha seat is set to witness a four-cornered contest this time, with the candidates of major political parties in the state pitted against each other in a neck-and-neck battle. Since 1952, Congress candidates have won the seat 13 […]

Will come to India soon: Robert Downey Jr

New Delhi, Apr 14: Indian members of Team Stark left Robert Downey Jr aka Iron Man overwhelmed by their love and adulation when they assembled in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Bengaluru to meet their favourite superhero early Sunday morning. Downey Jr, who has been playing the much-loved character since […]

Hundreds participate in march to commemorate Jallianwala Bagh massacre centenary

NEW DELHI – Hundreds of people holding candles and the national flag marched through the northern Indian city of Amritsar on Friday, on the eve of the centenary of the colonial-era Jallianwala Bagh massacre that British Prime Minister Theresa May has called a “shameful scar.” On April 13, […]

Amit Shah vows to throw illegal immigrants into Bay of Bengal

NEW DELHI – The head of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist party took his invective against illegal Muslim immigrants to a new level this week as the general election kicked off, promising to throw them into the Bay of Bengal. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President […]

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