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India last week sent the 15th consignment of 2,500 MT (metric tonnes) of wheat to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan as humanitarian assistance via the Attari-Wagah border. ....
Twenty-seven newly elected Rajya Sabha members, including former Union ministers P Chidambaram and Praful Patel, cricketer Harbhajan Singh, took oath on Monday. One nominated member V. Vijayendra Prasad also took oath. Some of the prominent names who took oath are RJD's Misha Bharti, Congress' Rajeev Shukla, Ranjeet Ranjan, Randdep Singh Surjewala, Pramod Kumar, BJD's Dr Sasmit Patra and Independent Kapil Sibal. ....
The BJP on Wednesday accused the Aam Adami Party (AAP) for wasting peoples money on advertisements. ....
Traffic to popular tourist destinations Shimla, Manali, Chamba and Dalhousie that were cut off from the rest of Himachal Pradesh after snowfall were restored on Sunday after two days, officials said.....
The Syrian army on Friday officially accused Israeli warplanes of targeting a key airbase west of the capital Damascus, state Sana TV reported.....
Bangladeshi author and freedom of expression advocate Taslima Nasrin, who has been living in exile since 1994 after facing the ire of fundamentalists, said on Monday India urgently needed a uniform civil law.....
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday rejected the BJP's allegation that they had favoured industrialist Vijay Mallya in getting loans.....
Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday dubbed the Union Budget a "damp squib" saying that it lacked vision and did not address key issues like job creation and agrarian distress.....
Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Sunday said the BJP's landslide electoral wins in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand showed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi "is the most dominant political leader".....
Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Monday said that the party that came on second has no right to form government, and slammed the BJP for "stealing elections" in Goa and Manipur. ....