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LUCKNOW: Senior Congress leader Akhilesh Pratap Singh MLA who is also a spokesman of the party said that Rahul factor will help the Congress winning more seats this time in Lok Sabha elections.

Doubtless, Narendra Modi is a powerful orator whose speeches held the audience spellbound. But one wonders, deliberately or unknowingly, why he distorts facts of history and, as a result of which, impact of his oration is diluted. The BJP’s prime ministerial candidate may not be a scholar of history but he must have learnt history in school. Even a primary level student knows that “brave biharis” did not defeat Alexander the great on the banks of the Ganga. He was turned back from Punjab.

New Delhi: It will yet another occasion for India and China to exchange views on whole gamut of bilateral issues including boundary issue, trade and investment. The Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid will meet his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi at the sidelines of the 12th meeting of the foreign ministers of Russia, India and China (RIC) here on Sunday

New Delhi: India and Kuwait signed five pacts including a bilateral agreement on the Trans of Sentenced Persons.

Call it a kind of hysteria or euphoria that has gripped the country’s US$ 15-billion media and entertainment industry over master blaster Sachin Tendulkar’s retirement from cricket, more than anything else it is a reflection of frustration of India’s 1.3-billion star-starved people in search of icons who would put the nation’s name firmly on the world-beaters’ list in the fields of youth activities and entertainment such as sports, cinema, music, art, literature, fashion, modeling, photography and adventure.

Politics or Economics, the Congress-led UPA, having enjoyed a decade of power in a politically fragmented country, has little to show up to beget the trust of an overwhelming mass of the electorate for a third consecutive mandate in 2014. Whether scandals in administration, weak governance, or ineffective security within and at the borders, the cup of misery is full.

New Delhi: India and Czech Republic have agreed to sign a bilateral agreement for multiple entry visas with a view to facilitate hassle free movement of the business community on both sides.

New Delhi: India is likely to discuss with Kuwait on matters of social security of expatriate Indians, maritime security, promoting bilateral investment opportunities and trade. India will also urge for a sustained supply of oil on a long-term basis.

A heated debate has begun after the EC proposed that opinion polls be banned from the day the Commission announces poll dates for the Lok Sabha and Assemblies till the final phase of polling. Currently, the publication and broadcast of any polls are prohibited during the period of 48 hours before conclusion of polling.

New Delhi: The President of India Pranab Mukherjee has said that the country’s foreign policy should be an extension of national policy.