Nitin Nabin sole candidate in fray for BJP president’s post, all set to take over today | India News

NEW DELHI: Nitin Nabin will take over as BJP national president on Tuesday after emerging, as widely expected, as the sole candidate in fray, with the party’s leading figures from PM Narendra Modi, his cabinet colleagues and CMs, besides hundreds of electors from across country, endorsing his choice for the top organisational job.Modi, who signed…

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PM Modi welcomes UAE president, wife with traditional Indian gifts | India News

PM Narendra Modi on Monday extended a warm welcome to UAE president Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his family at his residence and presented traditional Indian gifts to them. He gifted a royal carved wooden swing, a beautiful item from Gujarat which is hand-carved with detailed floral and traditional designs, showing skilled craftsmanship, officials…

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YEIDA officials part of dubious land deals: SC | India News

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday found transactions between two real estate majors – Jaiprakash Associates and Gaursons Mega Projects (GMP) – to be dubious and said officials of Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) were “hand in glove” in the matter.The court was hearing YEIDA’s plea challenging an Allahabad high court order annulling its…

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No one stopped Pandits from returning to Kashmir: Farooq | India News

SRINAGAR/JAMMU: National Conference president and former J&K CM Farooq Abdullah said Monday that nobody is stopping Kashmiri Pandits from returning to Kashmir valley, but said he doubts most would come back to live permanently, triggering sharp criticism from BJP politicians as Pandit groups blocked the Jammu–Srinagar highway seeking a separate homeland.“When are they going back?…

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Gujarat: Mysterious ‘boiling’ of water reported in Arabian sea; probe under way | India News

NEW DELHI: Authorities and the fishing community have raised concerns over reports of unusual churning and bubbling of seawater off the Gujarat coast, officials in Maharashtra’s Palghar district told news agency PTI on Monday.Videos recorded by fishermen show vast stretches of seawater in continuous turbulence, appearing to bubble and churn as if “boiling”.Vivekanand Kadam, head…

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‘Anyone but BJP, Shiv Sena’: AIMIM claims Shinde’s party sought post-civic poll union; says open to ‘respectful offers’ from others | India News

Imtiaz Jaleel (File photo) NEW DELHI: Deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde–led Shiv Sena had approached the AIMIM for a post-poll alliance in a civic body in Maharashtra, senior AIMIM leader Imtiaz Jaleel claimed on Monday.Jaleel, a former Lok Sabha MP of the Asaduddin Owaisi-led party, added that it would consider “respectful proposals” from other parties…

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AI-171 crash: Air India begins process to return victims’ belongings; over 22,000 items listed | India News

NEW DELHI: Air India said on Monday it is in the process of returning personal belongings of the AI-171 crash victims, seven months after 260 people were killed in the country’s worst aviation disaster in nearly three decades.According to an Air India spokesperson, 22,000 belongings have been preserved and listed on a dedicated portal. Of…

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ECI to host India International Conference on Democracy from Jan 21-23; SIR to feature as key initiative | India News

NEW DELHI: The ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) exercise, with the declared intent of including all genuine electors and weeding out the ineligible ones, will be showcased as a key initiative of the Election Commission (ECI) to strengthen the electoral process, at an international conference to be hosted by the Election Commission here.Nearly 100 delegates…

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