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Vijayawada, May 27: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he is a "campaign PM who has failed to deliver on promises" and said the BJP would "definitely not come to power in 2019". Inaugurating Mahanadu, the TDP's annual conclave here, he said the Telugu Desam Party played a key role in forming governments in the past and had the

New Delhi, May 27: If everything goes as expected Aishwarya Rai will contest upcoming 2019 Lok Sabha elections for Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) party from Chhapra constituency in Bihar. Aishwarya Rai is the granddaughter of former Bihar chief minister Daroga Prasad Rai. She married former minister Tej Pratap Yadav, son of RJD supremo and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav at a grand

New Delhi, May 27: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the first phase of Delhi-Meerut expressway here. The decision to build the expressway was announced in the 2006 budget speech by then Finance Minister P Chidambaram. Stretching from Nizamuddin Bridge in Delhi to Delhi UP Border, the14-lane highway will reduce the travel time between the two cities to only 45 minutes from the

New Delhi, May 27: Driving to work every day is set to burn an even bigger hole in commuters' pockets across the nation as fuel prices were hiked for a 14th straight day on Sunday. The revised petrol prices in metropolitan cities are- Delhi: Rs 78.12 per litre; Mumbai: 85.93; Kolkata: 80.76 and Chennai: 81.11. Meanwhile, the cost of diesel per liter has been increased to 69.06 in Delhi: 68.90; 71

New Delhi, May 27: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday remembered first prime minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and paid tribute to him on his 54th death anniversary. Taking to Twitter, the Prime Minister said, "Tributes to our first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary." Meanwhile, Congress president Rahul Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh also paid

Lucknow, May 27: Hinting that she’s not ready for any compromises seat sharing, BSP supremo Mayawati has warned the non-NDA parties that her party would prefer to go alone in 2019 Lok Sabha polls if alliance aspirants hesitate to give respectable number of seats. Addressing the party’s national executive meeting, Mayawati said though talks on alliance with parties in UP and other states were on

Muscat, May 26: Cyclone Mekunu which hit Oman’s coastal province of Dhofar claimed at least two lives and unleashed widespread destruction in the sultanate. On Friday, a 12-year-old girl died after wind swept her against a wall. A second citizen died on Saturday after his vehicle drifted away in Dhofar, Omani police said on Twitter. The police called on residents “to stay indoors” as the cyclone

New Delhi, MAY 26: On the fourth anniversary of his government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today listed its achievements, saying that over the last four years, development had become a "vibrant mass movement". "On this day in 2014, we began our journey of working towards India's transformation," he wrote on Twitter. "Over the last four years, development had become a vibrant mass movement, with

New Delhi, MAY 26: On the fourth anniversary of his government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today listed its achievements, saying that over the last four years, development had become a "vibrant mass movement". "On this day in 2014, we began our journey of working towards India's transformation," he wrote on Twitter. "Over the last four years, development had become a vibrant mass movement, with

New Delhi, May 26: A sub-committee set up by the National Commission for Minorities will meet on June 14 to hear all stakeholders in connection with a plea seeking granting of minority status to Hindus in seven states and a Union Territory (UT). Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the sub-committee is currently consulting and studying issues as raised in the plea and that no final