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Patna, Jul 6: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today launched a 'virtual' election campaign in Bihar making a veiled attack against his bete noire Nitish Kumar saying those who 'betrayed' BJP will be defeated by people of the state. "There is a 1974-like anti-Congress wave prevailing in the country now. The mandate of the people of Bihar was for NDA. Like then (in 1974), those who betrayed the

New Delhi, Jul 6: Keen to find out “deliverables” before they meet in New York in September, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif have asked their special envoys to start informal talks, supplementing the structured dialogue between the officials of the two countries. Sharif’s special envoy Shahryar Khan is currently in New Delhi and is understood to have

New Delhi, Jul 6: Is this a case of diplomatic overkill or just the slow grind of the bureaucratic machinery? Five days ago, India withdrew all subsidy on cooking gas and kerosene being provided to Bhutan - arguably India's only unquestioned friend among its neighbours - creating a huge crisis in the tiny, landlocked kingdom and bringing the bilateral ties under strain. Gas and kerosene prices

Mumbai, Jul 5: Jewellers in India are banking on a growing appetite for diamonds in the country and resilient demand for gold among its non-residents to offset a slowdown caused by a government clampdown on imports of the precious metal. Leading jewellers such as Titan Industries and Gitanjali Gems are aggressively promoting diamond jewellery, which uses less gold, and opening more stores in

Singapore, Jul 5: India and China will not rush to resolve differences over their contested border even as there has been steady progress in the overall relationship, said External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid. "I think we have constantly, if not rapidly, made progress. I feel there is no reason why we should continue to feel a sense of alarm or discomfort. "But it helps to remain cautious and

Chennai, Jul 4: A dalit boy, whose marriage to a Vanniyar girl triggered anti-dalit violence in three villages of Tamil Nadu's Dharmapuri district in November last year, was found dead along a railway track in that town on Thursday, a day after his wife said she would never go back to him and would stay with her mother. Railway police said Ilavarasan was found along a track behind the government

New Delhi, Jul 4: A day after CBI told a court in Ahmedabad that it is probing the role of IB officers in Ishrat Jahan case, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Thursday said those guilty of carrying out the alleged fake encounter should be punished. “Facts are facts. Guilty should be punished,” Mr. Shinde told PTI when asked to comment on CBI’s submission to the court. Mr. Shinde’s statement

Raipur, Jul 3: Maoists have constituted 'Baal Action Teams' to deploy school children in different capacities in their attempt to regroup the child cadres and boost their perceived military strength. BAT, a specialised school children unit of Naxal which has started operating in Bastar region from past several months, would also help the Baal Sanghams (children associations) and Chhatra Sanghams

New Delhi, Jul 3: Finance minister P Chidambaram urged state-run banks on Wednesday to lend money at cheaper rates as he looks to stimulate consumer demand, the main driver of a sluggish economy that has been pulled down by high inflation and interest rates. The Reserve Bank of India ( RBI) has cut repo rates, the rate at which it lends money to banks, by 75 basis points since January this year

Kolkata, Jul 3: Armed Maoists killed Amarjit Balihar, Superintendent of Police (SP) of Pakur, his driver and three other policemen escorting his vehicle in an ambush on Tuesday at Kathikund, 36 kilometres from Dumka in Jharkhand. The three other cops, who sustained grievous injuries, were rushed to Sadar Hospital where one of them died, taking the toll to six. The incident took place when the SP