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Apr 24: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, as the world's two most-populous countries seek to reduce tensions after a tense border dispute last year. The "informal summit" between Xi Jinping and PM Modiwill be held Friday and Saturday in Wuhan, the capital of the central province of Hubei, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Sunday at a news

New Delhi, Apr 23: Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that for the first time after the independence, a record number of Muslims from the country will go to Haj this year without any subsidy. Naqvi added this year a total of 1,28,002 pilgrims will go through Haj Committee of India which includes about 47 percent females. Speaking at a function in Mumbai, the Minister said

New Delhi, Apr 23: Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that for the first time after the independence, a record number of Muslims from the country will go to Haj this year without any subsidy. Naqvi added this year a total of 1,28,002 pilgrims will go through Haj Committee of India which includes about 47 percent females. Speaking at a function in Mumbai, the Minister said

New Delhi, Apr 23: Shares of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Monday surged over 4 per cent, following which the IT major became the first listed Indian company to hit market capitalisation of over USD 100 billion (Rs 6,80,912.10 crore). Shares of the company today opened at Rs 3,429, rising 4.39 per cent to touch an intra-day high of Rs 3,557 on BSE. Following the uptick in the counter, the

Mumbai, Apr 23: Shiv Sena leader Sachin Sawant was shot dead on Sunday night allegedly by two gunmen on a motorbike in suburban Kandivali in Mumbai, police said. The incident occurred around 8 pm when two men riding a motorcycle allegedly fired four rounds at Mr Sawant, an upa-shakha pramukh (deputy branch head of Shiv Sena), in Gokul Nagar area, a police official said. Mr Sawant was rushed to a

New Delhi, Apr 23: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday warned all elected members and ministers of the BJP to steer clear of making controversial statements to the media. He made the comments during an interaction with the party's MPs, MLAs and other representatives through the NaMo App. "We commit mistakes and give masala to media. The moment we see a camera, we jump to make a statement as if

Ballia, Apr 22: Claiming that Christian missionaries are a threat to the unity and integrity of the country, BJP MP Bharat Singh has accused the Congress party of working on their directives. "Christian missionaries control the Congress. Sonia Gandhi, the mother of Congress president Rahul Gandhi works on the directions of these missionaries. These missionaries are a threat to the unity of the

Ballia, Apr 22: Claiming that Christian missionaries are a threat to the unity and integrity of the country, BJP MP Bharat Singh has accused the Congress party of working on their directives. "Christian missionaries control the Congress. Sonia Gandhi, the mother of Congress president Rahul Gandhi works on the directions of these missionaries. These missionaries are a threat to the unity of the

Kabul, Apr 22: A suicide bomber killed at least 31 people and wounded dozens outside a voter registration centre in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, the health ministry said, in the latest attack on election preparations. The assaults underscore growing concerns about security in the lead-up to legislative elections scheduled for October 20, which are seen as a test-run for next year's

New Delhi, Apr 22: Fourteen Naxalites were today killed in an encounter with the police in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district. "Fourteen Naxalites were killed in the encounter. Combing operations are still on," said Sharad Shelar, Inspector General of Police. Two district-level "commanders" of the proscribed outfit, identified as Sainath and Sainyu, were among those killed in the encounter, the