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‘Nobody forms govt. by sweeping a road’: Omar Abdullah

November 20, 2014 0

Srinagar, Nov. 20 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday hit back at PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti over her remark that he wielded a broom to please Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying nobody forms a government on the back of sweeping a road.

Modi’s divide and rule weakens Coal India unions as strike looms

November 20, 2014 0
Labourers load coal on trucks at Bari Brahamina on the outskirts of Jammu

By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A rift between the five powerful labour unions at Coal India Ltd is set to clear the way for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to complete a stake sale in the state company that is critical to hitting budget targets. One of the unions, close to Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), says it has the backing of half of Coal India’s 370,000 workers and will not join a strike on Monday to oppose plans to sell 10 percent of the firm and let private firms to mine and sell coal. …