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New Delhi, Jan 13 (UNI) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Monday accused the BJP of attempting to contest the Delhi elections through fraud and dishonesty. Addressing a press conference, Kejriwal said, “The vote of the AAP candidate from Patparganj, Awadh Kumar Ojha, was registered in Greater Noida, he applied to transfer…

New Delhi, Jan 13 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch ‘Mission Mausam’ on Tuesday to gaming to make India a ‘weather-ready and climate-smart’ nation. As per a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office, Modi will also participate in the 150th Foundation Day celebrations of India Meteorological Department (IMD) at Bharat Mandapam here. He will…

New Delhi, Jan 13 (UNI) The field evaluation trials of indigenously-developed Nag Mk 2, the third-generation anti-tank guided missile, were successfully conducted at the Pokhran field range. During the three field trials, the missile systems destroyed precisely all the targets – maximum and minimum range, thus validating its firing range, a Defence Ministry statement said….

New Delhi, Jan 13 (UNI) Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Monday said that the situation along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh remains “stable but sensitive” and the number of troops currently deployed there will not be reduced. Addressing a press conference at the Manekshaw Centre here, General Dwivedi said there have…

New Delhi, Jan 13 (UNI) Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Monday said that India is not looking at any military presence in Afghanistan in the “near time frame”. General Dwivedi said, “The emotional connect between India and Afghanistan is always high and it will remain so. But as far as military presence as of…

New Delhi, Jan 13 (UNI) The Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam will be on a State visit to India from January 14-18, in his first visit to India as president. He will be accompanied by a high-level delegation, including Ministers, Members of Parliament and officials, a statement said. President Tharman will be accorded a ceremonial welcome…

New Delhi, Jan 13 (UNI) Terming Pakistan as the epicentre of terrorism, Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Monday claimed that violence has substantially dropped in Jammu and Kashmir with more and more terrorists neutralised, and an increase in troop deployment. Addressing the customary annual press conference at the Manekshaw Centre here, Gen Dwivedi said,…

New Delhi, Jan 13 (UNI) Outgoing US Ambassador Eric Garcetti said today that his term served in India has helped him witness and appreciate how “compelling, consequential and comprehensive” the India-US relationship has become. In what was one of his last addresses in India before he signs off, ahead of the inauguration of the Donald…