'Had these leaders known that Jinnah was dying...'
India will find a place among the world powers with Narendra Modi at the helm and the 'real competition' for the country will be the United States and China, former National Democratic Alliance convener and Telugu Desam party chief Chandrababu Naidu said on Tuesday as he hailed the prime minister-elect.
After launching a book on experiences of Naidu during his first year as vice president of India and chairman of Rajya Sabha, Modi said he always provides visionary leadership whenever he gets a responsibility.
UP's representation in the government could diminish, given the BJP's decreased seat count in that state.
The rejection of the notice comes a day after Naidu held the consultations with such experts to determine the maintainability of the motion.
In a statement, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said the airport and emergency teams responded swiftly and effectively after a full emergency was declared at 18.05 hours.
But filmmakers should respect the sentiments of people while engaging them, Naidu said.
Naidu met Congress president Rahul Gandhi and discussed with him the possibilities of all opposition parties uniting and forging a joint opposition alliance.
He, however, cited the sensitivity of information due to the ongoing probe into the matter to decline to share more details, sources said.
In Geneva, Bagchi would succeed Indra Mani Pandey who is set to return to New Delhi.
Naidu is a fitting candidate for the office of vice president, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.
Ramoji Rao lived as the interface between business and politics and was an active participant in both for most of his remarkable life.
Vidya Balan paid tribute to legendary singer M S Subbulakshmi on her 108th birth anniversary by recreating some of her iconic looks.
He charged KCR with using 'abusive language' in campaigning and claimed that it showed signs of his nervousness and insecurity.
The preferred format would be for the top BJP leadership in the government to reach out to the alliance leaders on a case-to-case basis.
Protocols for the Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC), convened in the event of a bomb threat call to an aircraft or airport, have been tweaked to better tackle the spate of the ongoing 'random' Internet-based threats being made to various Indian airlines, official sources said Tuesday.
'Airlines are aware that during peak times like Diwali, demand will be high, so prices remain steep even for tickets purchased 90 days ahead.'
Modi was born on September 17, 1950 in a small town in Gujarat.
The meeting also discussed possibilities of forming a non-BJP government including regional parties with the support of the Congress.
Naidu, a former BJP ally, said he will meet non-BJP political leader and convince them about the need to fight collectively against the BJP.
After a marathon polling process to elect the 18th Lok Sabha that lasted for a month and a half, the results were declared on Tuesday.
Jaganmohan Reddy will be sworn in as chief minister on May 30.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday assured Chief Minister-designate N Chandrababu Naidu that all commitments made to residual Andhra Pradesh will be fulfilled.
Airports across the country witnessed chaotic scenes on Friday after dozens of flights were either delayed or cancelled after a widespread global computer outage that also hit operations like cash withdrawal at some banks, and impacted functioning of some brokerages. Globally, the Microsoft cloud outage led to US airlines cancelling flights, but the tech giant later reportedly said its cloud services outage in the Central US region has been resolved.
'The karyakartas who wanted to contest were disappointed and it took some time to explain to them why we needed an alliance.'
Rao exuded confidence that his party will win 90-plus seats in the 119-member assembly and will not take support from other parties.
'He keeps reminding me he is senior. There is no debate in this. I have never shown any disrespect to you since you are a senior,' the PM said.
'All my wealth I earned in the US. It is all money earned transparently. I have paid all taxes.'
'The people of India have shown immense faith in the Tata group as they have never broken the trust of Indians.'
'There is also a possibility that Andhra Pradesh may demand a similar package. But as of now, we are only working on a package for Bihar.'
Naidu broke the fast by taking a glass of coconut water following intervention by Communist Party of India-Marxist general secretary Prakash Karat, CPI general secretary A B Bardhan, Janata Dal-United chief Sharad Yadav, Rashtriya Lok Dal president Ajit Singh and other leaders who prevailed upon him to end the fast.
Naidu was an ABVP activist during the Emergency and was arrested and jailed.
Modi has proven to be a past master in the art of political survival. This means that learning to navigate the choppy waters of coalition government will be an art he will not take long to master, argues Shyam Parekh.
Known for his witty one-liners, Naidu said "after all, the culture of India is agriculture."
The Nightingale of India's 135th birthday is celebrated with a doodle on Google's home page.
Vande Mataram means praising the mother, the vice president further said while referring to the people who are seeking to define nationalism.
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