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PM Modi turns 76: The making of India's longest-serving prime minister over 25 years

New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- Eight months after a devastating earthquake reduced large parts of Kutch in Gujarat to rubble on January 26, 2001, Narendra Modi received a call from the Bharatiya Janata Party ... Read More


Maharashtra govt softens stand as Jarange refuses to budge on Mumbai protest tomorrow

India, Sept. 17 -- After maintaining a firm stand for nearly a week, the state government softened its position and sent a draft proposal to Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Wednesday, th... Read More


U.P. Goondas Act used as tool of oppression by bureaucrats: HC

PRAYAGRAJ, Sept. 17 -- The Allahabad high court has said that Uttar Pradesh Goondas Act is being used as a tool of oppression by UP bureaucrats and the state despite the court's consistent rulings on ... Read More


Lawyer moves SC against MDR, claims it will burden customers

New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, challenging the Centre's newly notified framework allowing Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on specified high-value commercia... Read More


6 students drown during immersion

Hyderabad, Sept. 17 -- Six students drowned in a lake during a Ganesh idol immersion ceremony near Patancheru in Telangana's Sangareddy district on Wednesday evening, police said. The incident happene... Read More


Retail onion prices stay near Rs.50 a kg despite intervention from Union govt

New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- Retail onion prices are refusing to budge from the Rs.50-per-kg mark despite government intervention, with supply constraints expected to keep the market firm through September ... Read More


Noida protest: HC seeks U.P. govt response on journalist's plea

PRAYAGRAJ, Sept. 17 -- The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday asked the state government to file counter affidavit on a habeas corpus petition filed by journalist Satyam Verma, challenging his preventi... Read More


PM chairs semiconductor roundtable, calls for close collaboration with govt

New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said India should aspire to be among the early leaders in emerging technologies and asserted that the government is committed to a pred... Read More


Revanth Reddy orders probe into farmhouse land held by KCR

Hyderabad, Sept. 17 -- Telangana CM A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday ordered an inquiry into the land held by BRS president K Chandrashekar Rao at his farmhouse in Erravelli, Siddipet district. Speaking i... Read More


SC allows child to take stepfather's name, alters custody terms

New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- A child's wish to bear the name of the man who lives with and cares for her became a decisive factor in an unusual intervention by the Supreme Court. The court rewrote the terms... Read More