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Jharkhand can become number one state, says PM Modi

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Chaibasa, Nov. 25 (ANI): Urging the people of Jharkhand to give the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) an absolute majority in the assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the state has potential to become the number one and drive the nation’s progress forward.

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Sushma, Aziz shake hands in Kathmandu

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Kathmandu, Nov 25 (IANS) Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Tuesday briefly met and shook hands with top Pakistani official Sartaj Aziz on the eve of the Saarc Summit beginning here Wednesday.

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JD-U leader criticizes Centre over Mamata issue flip-flop

November 25, 2014 0

New Delhi, Nov. 25 (ANI): Janata Dal (United) leader K C Tyagi on Monday took pot shots at Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government for criticizing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and recalled how the former had praised the TMC supremo during his Lok Sabha election campaigning.

Modi gives Buddha a miss as SAARC leaders flock to Nepal

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India's Prime Minister Modi enters the House of Representatives to make a speech in Australia's Parliament House in Canberra

By Frank Jack Daniel KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Visiting Nepal for a South Asia summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dropped plans to hold rallies at the birthplaces of the Buddha and Hindu goddess Sita, after controversy over whether he was gaining too much prominence inside Nepal. Suspicion of India is common among South Asia’s smaller nations, and the sensitivities shown in Nepal would be a small reminder for Modi as he seeks to show leadership in a region scarred by ethnic and religious divides. …

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Sharif, Modi won’t meet in Kathmandu: Pakistan

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Kathmandu, Nov 25 (IANS) Prime Ministers Narendra Modi of India and Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan won’t meet on the sidelines of the Saarc Summit here, a senior Pakistani official said Tuesday.

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India calls for collective response to terrorism at SAARC

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Kathmandu, Nov 25 (IANS) India Tuesday said that terrorism is the biggest challenge the South Asian region faces and called for collective response to it. India also reiterated its “sincere and abiding commitment” towards regional peace, prosperity and development in South Asia.

Insight – In Modi’s India, green shoots of reform from Rajasthan

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CM of Rajasthan Raje speaks during an interview with Reuters at her office in Jaipur

By Rajesh Kumar Singh and Douglas Busvine JAIPUR (Reuters) – The reformist government that many Indians and free-market flag-bearers had hoped would emerge after this year’s election isn’t in New Delhi – at least not yet. It’s a dusty day’s drive to the southwest. Rajasthan, derided as a poverty-stricken laggard, has taken the lead on structural reforms that, their backers argue, could also help Asia’s No.3 economy as a whole to attract business and employ a fast-growing workforce. …