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Congress Minister Joins BJP In Himachal, Another May Follow
Himachal Cabinet Minister Anil Sharma on Sunday resigned from the government and the ruling Congress and joined the opposition BJP along with his father and former Telecom Minister Sukh Ram.....
Police Unseals Hotel Room Where Pushkar Was Found Dead
Delhi Police told a court here on Monday that it has unsealed a room in the Leela Palace hotel where former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in 2014.....
Taj Mahal Important, Doesn't Matter Who Built It: Adityanath
In a move to stem controversy over the Taj Mahal, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said the 17th century marble mausoleum is an important tourist draw and it was immaterial who built it and for what reason. ....
41 Killed In Afghan Taliban Attack
Twin suicide bombings and gunfire on a police training centre in Afghanistan's eastern province of Paktia on Tuesday killed at least 41 people including the provincial police chief and wounded over 200 others, officials said.....
N.Korea Threatens US, S.Korea Over Naval Drills
North Korea on Thursday strongly condemned naval manoeuvers that the US is presently carrying out with South Korea on the peninsula, and threatened to launch an "unimaginable strike" against them.....
Obama, Bush Decry Deep US Divisions In Trump Era
Former US Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush have voiced concern about the current political climate in the US, urging Americans to reject the politics of "division" and "prejudice" in comments seen as a veiled rebuke of Donald Trump's leadership.....
PM Opens Ro-Ro Ferry, Calls It Landmark In South-East Asia
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the first phase of a 31-km Ghogha-Dahej 'roll-on, roll-off' (Ro-Ro) ferry service, a first-of-its-kind in India, saying it was "a landmark project for entire South-East Asia". ....
In Poll-bound Gujarat, Modi Opens Rs 650 Cr Ferry Service
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated a Rs 650-crore roll on-roll off (Ro-Ro) ferry service that reduces travel time by six hours between Saurashtra and South Gujarat in the election-bound state. ....
China Reveals Top Leaders, Xi's Successor Not Known
China on Wednesday announced its five new leaders who will join President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang in the elite Politburo Standing Committee which rules the world's most populous country of 1.3 billion.....
UP CM Launches Cleanliness Drive From Taj Mahal Gate
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday visited the Taj Mahal and wielded a broom to launch the 'swacchta abhiyaan' (cleanliness drive) at the western gate of the monument. He spent about 30 minutes there. ....
