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Narendra Modi walks through PMO, posts picture

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday he "took a round" of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) here and posted his picture with other officials.



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Narendra Modi's advice to ministers: No relatives in personal staff

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a bid to stem any accusations of favouritism or corruption against his government, on Wednesday issued four directives to his ministers.



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Class XII CBSE results for Delhi, Dehradun declared, girls outshine boys

New Delhi: Girls have again outshone boys in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 examinations, the results of which were declared Thursday.



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PM Modi outlines priorities, asks ministers to fix 100-day agenda

New Delhi: At a meeting of his Cabinet today Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked his ministers to prepare a list of issues that they will take up in the first 100 days in office, with a focus on efficiency, delivery systems and implementation.



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Why Article 370 is so important for J&K?

New Delhi: Minister of state in the Prime Minister's Office, Jitendra Singh triggered a controversy after he pitched for a debate on BJP's stand demanding the repeal of Article 370 which guarantees special status for J&K. The minister's pitch was in line with the stand that Prime Minister Narendra Modi took while campaigning in J&K. Calling Article 370 a "psychological barrier" that has done "more harm than good ", the minister said, "His government is in the process of repealing Article 370. We are speaking to the stakeholders." The comment sparked a row in the political cir



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Shyama Prasad Mukherjee endorsed article 370: NC

Jammu: BJP ideologue and Jana Sangh founder Shyama Prasad Mukherjee had fully endorsed article 370 of the constitution which guarantees a special status to Jammu and Kashmir, the state's ruling National Conference said Thursday.



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John Kerry invites Sushma Swaraj to visit US

Washington: US Secretary of State John Kerry has invited External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to visit the US at the earliest for bilateral talks to continue broadening and deepening ties with India.



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Enough debate on Article 370, do what needs to be done: Shiv Sena

Mumbai: As the row over Article 370 of the Constitution continues, NDA ally Shiv Sena's president Uddhav Thackeray yesterday said there was no need for anymore debate on it, as people now wanted a solution.



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Opted for fresh election in Delhi as it was the only way out: Kejriwal

New Delhi: Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal sought to clarify that he opted for fresh elections despite having requested the Delhi Lieutenant Governor not to dissolve the Assembly after Najeeb Jung told him that the government formation was not possible due to technical reasons. "I agree that I wrote to the Lt Governor (last week) asking him not to dissolve the Assembly as I wanted to ask people on whether we should form the government," Kejriwal told volunteers at a meeting held here. "The next day when I met the Lt Governor, he said that government formation was not possible due to technical reaso



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Modi Government initiates process to hike defence FDI to 100%

New Delhi: In a major policy initiative, the Narendra Modi government is proposing to raise foreign direct investment (FDI) cap in defence sector to 100 per cent through the approval route, according to sources. The UPA government had pegged FDI in the defence sector at 26 per cent but allowed the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) to approve proposals entailing higher investments.



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