Chowkidar Narendra Modi, PM flaunts prefix

New Delhi (IANS) A day after launching the "Main Bhi Chowkidar (I am a watchman too)" campaign on social media, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday changed the title of his Twitter account to "Chowkidar Narendra Modi".

BJP…

'Received gunman's manifesto 9 mins before attack': New Zealand Prime Minister

Wellington (IANS) Wellington, March 17 (IANS) New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday said she received the Christchurch gunman's 'manifesto' barely nine minutes before the attack.

Pakistan showed limited focus in Kartarpur talks

New Delhi (IANS) Pakistan showed narrow, limited focus during the talks on the modalities of the Kartarpur corridor on Thursday, informed sources said here on Saturday and noted that this was contrary to the perception that Islamabad had sought…

Consumers may get GST benefit through grammage increase

Kolkata (IANS) With a view to passing the benefits of tax rate reduction or input tax credit to consumers in the GST regime, consumers may get volume benefit in lieu of only price reduction as the National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAA)…

AAP's SC/ST arm chief quits party citing corruption

New Delhi (IANS) The chief of Aam Aadmi Party's SC/ST wing Karm Singh (Karma) here on Saturday quit the party citing "corruption" as the reason for his decision.

In his letter, Singh said he joined the AAP in October…

Congress stakes claim to form govt in Goa

Panaji (IANS) On a day when reports suggested that ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's condition has worsened, the Congress in Goa on Saturday staked claim to form the government in the coastal state.

In a letter addressed to Goa Governor…

Raman Singh's son-in-law charged with Rs 50-cr fraud

Raipur (IANS) Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh's son-in-law, Puneet Gupta, has been charged with misusing his post and committing financial fraud of Rs 50 crore during his tenure as the superintendent of a state government hospital…

Police woman shot dead in J&K's Shopian district

Srinagar (IANS) Militants killed a woman Special Police Officer (SPO) on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, police said.

The terrorists shot dead Khushboo Jan from close range while she was on her home village, Vehil.

Ahead of summer, 4,000 MP villages face acute drought

Bhopal (IANS) Even before the onset of summer, nearly 4,000 villages are staring at an acute drought in 36 out of 52 districts in Madhya Pradesh.

A lean monsoon last year has left in its trail a grave crisis for the third successive…

WhatsApp new beta checks images shared on app

San Francisco (IANS) To tackle the spread of fake news via its platform, WhatsApp's new beta version shows a test feature that would run Google-powered web-checks on images being shared on the app to verify their legitimacy.

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