The President talked about demonetisation, electoral reforms and disruptions in Parliament.
Tens of thousands of people on Sunday braved heavy rains to bid a teary adieu to Singapore's founding leader Lee Kuan Yew in a grand funeral attended by many world leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi
'I want to show that we are also part of this society and want to participate just as much, whether it is for security or whatever community work there.'
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his first trip to New York as leader of the world's most populous democracy, will draw perhaps the largest crowd ever by a foreign leader on US soil when he takes the stage on Sunday in Madison Square Garden before a crowd forecast to total more than 18,000 people.
In a tweet, the party said Ram Temple was not on the agenda of Shah during his one-day trip to Hyderabad.
The attack was claimed by the outlawed Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) which said it would not tolerate 'any Chinese military expansionist endeavours on Baloch soil'.
'Many enter the civil services with the desire to do good work but get beaten by the system, step back or become part of it.' 'Ten fantastic officers out of 100 can completely change the game.'
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In a first-of-its-kind initiative in the country, the Mumbai Police has started tracking public views and sentiments on social media platforms to step-up its preparedness in handling sensitive issues and protests.
40,000 security personnel guard every nook and corner of New Delhi as US President Barack Obama arrives.
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Modi government must push reforms at a fast pace to restore growth.
Modi said the wave in favour of the BJP was stronger this time than in 2014.
In some ways, Jyotiraditya parting ways with the Gandhis was similar to the saga of the Gandhis and the Bachchans, largely a story of friendship that turned sour. A fascinating excerpt from Rasheed Kidwai's The House Of Scindias: A Saga Of Power, Politics And Intrigue.
Singh said his priority would be ensuring unbiased policing.
'The Gita was propounded on a battlefield and regards the use of force to establish Dharma or righteousness, as not only legitimate but one's highest duty,' says Colonel Anil Athale (retd).
In a precarious mission, Wing Commander Charles Simon and Squadron Leader S Venkatramanan and crew rescued a woman in labour from atop a water tank in Chennai. She delivered twins! Archana Masih/Rediff.com spoke to the pilots about that dramatic day.
How China's all powerful Communist party bungled the response to the coronavirus crisis.
Three men from Brooklyn have been arrested and charged with conspiring to provide material support to ISIS, with two of them threatening to carry out attacks within the United States and against the American President and FBI agents if ordered by the terror group, authorities said.
Nawaz Sharif's appointment of a new army chief will influence India-Pakistan relations
'Yogiji has neither been successful in reducing crime in the state nor has he been able to make the people feel that they are safe,' says one UP minister.
The Bharatiya Janata Party president also accused successive Congress government's of having alienated the region from the rest of the country.
The order also prevents all persons from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia or Yemen from entering the country for 30 days.
'This is a historic juncture when the US is in great need of an alliance with India to strengthen its hands in the fierce struggle with China in the Asian theatre,' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
About 78 per cent respondents said they were also satisfied with the steps taken by their own state government, according to the findings of the survey.
By undertaking medical mercy missions, the Indian Air Force will win immense political and national goodwill.
Any city that imposes a ban on food of any kind to appease the sensibility of a particular religion has lost any right to be called cosmopolitan and progressive, feels Tanmaya Nanada
Using the Jinnah portrait as an issue, and by demonising AMU and consequently Indian Muslims, the politics of communal polarisation is sought to be played out ahead of the Kairana Lok Sabha by-poll and to sustain it till the next Lok Sabha election, says Mohammad Sajjad.
During the day, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan held a meeting to review preparedness for COVID-19 management, through video conference with health ministers, chief secretaries of all states and UTs, central ministers and representatives from the related organisations and stressed on the need for keeping testing and quarantine facilities, isolation wards, and labs in active readiness.
On December 15, Mohammed Mustafa, an MBA student and IAS aspirant from Jamia Milia Islamia University, was among the students who were dragged out of the library and lathi-charged by policemen. In a conversation with Rediff.com's Divya Nair, the 26 year old recounts the ordeal he faced for a protest he says he didn't participate in or volunteer for.
Seeking a peaceful and secure neighbourhood amidst threat of terrorism and extremism, India and Kyrgyzstan on Sunday signed four agreements including one on bolstering defence cooperation and holding annual joint military exercises.
The judge asked the concerned deputy commissioner of police (DCP) to monitor the probe to ensure fair investigation as police have failed to point out what investigation has been carried out so far regarding the involvement of the rival faction.
'Doklam was almost like a trailer to what is happening in Ladakh today.' 'Modi failed to take note and failed to act,' observes Harishchandra Dighe.
President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday addressed the nation on the eve of the 68th Independence Day.
Violence erupted on Monday following which police imposed curfew in the Theldeniya area.
The army said it was targeting 'criminals around Mugabe' who have sent the nation spinning into economic despair.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who held extensive talks with Egyptian leadership on Monday, proposed to step up exchange of information and coordination to combat terrorism, both at the regional as well as global level
No nation is fully sovereign to do what it wants to do in the face of opposition from others, points out Aakar Patel.
Defending his controversial executive order on banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering America, United States President Donald Trump has insisted that it is "not a Muslim ban" as is "falsely" reported by the media.
'The Kashmiri wants freedom, the dignity that comes from it and the intellectual versatility that flows from the combination of the two,' says political historian Siddiq Wahid.
Belgian jihadist Abdelhamid Abaaoud may have committed suicide during the pre-dawn raids on Wednesday, said French Ambassaador to India Franois Richier.
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