NEW DELHI, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party on Saturday regained power in the nation’s capital for the first time in 27 years, a boost for the Hindu-nationalist leader after a disappointing national election last year. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party won 48 of the 70 seats in the Delhi capital district,
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NEW DELHI, Feb 5 (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took holy dips in sacred river waters in the northern city of Prayagraj on Wednesday as he joined millions of people at the Maha Kumbh Mela, a week after dozens died in a stampede at the event. Authorities said 30 people were killed in
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NEW DELHI, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Indian and U.S. diplomats are trying to arrange a meeting in February between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, two Indian sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters. India, a strategic partner of the United States in its efforts to counter China, is
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Hyderabad, Jan 4 (PTI) AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday alleged that there is no benefit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi sending a ‘chadar’ to Ajmer Dargah and that the government should take steps to stop claims being filed in courts disputing the existing mosques or Dargahs. The message behind sending the ‘chadar’ is that
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