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A crisis response campaigner with Greenpeace International was denied entry into India as his name figured in a Home Ministry "black list".

The Centre was accused of strong-arming IIT Madras to ban the group as the ban came after the HRD Ministry forwaded an anonymous complaint to the institution.

The source further said, "We have sought Additional Solicitor General's advice in this matter and he will appear on behalf of the government in NCDRC."

Naga insurgent outfit NSCN (K), with which the Centre abrogated ceasefire in March, has claimed responsibility for the ambush in Manipur.

Congress sources said Rahul and a sizeable section of the state Congress leaders have preferred Nitish Kumar as the chief ministerial candidate.

"All SAARC countries have responded positively to the proposal, but Pakistan. Everyone else has responded. It (Pakistan) said that their internal consultation process was still on," said a senior government official, noting that the government will go ahe...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday amended her itinerary to delay her return from Dhaka by a few more hours after Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina requested her to stay for the state banquet.

Modi announced a fresh $2 billion line of credit for Bangladesh and promised quick implementation of the earlier line of credit of $800 million and the full disbursement of $200 million.

Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said aircraft manufacturing major Boeing, which had invested $100 million in Air India's Maintenance Repair Overhaul (MRO) facility in Nagpur, has disassociated itself with the MRO citing financial constr...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday presented a hand-woven tapestry, that showed "Kalpavriksh tree and the Kamadhenu cow", to his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina.

The NIA, which was set up after the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, is mandated to probe all terror related cases anywhere in the country.

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Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu on Saturday mistakenly attributed the famous quote of Gopal Krishna Gokhale on West Bengal to Mahatma Gandhi.

Chief of Army Staff General Dalbir Singh who visited Imphal to review the situation saluted the brave soldiers for their sacrifice and expressed condolences to the grief stricken families.

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According to intelligence sources, the attackers came from Myanmar and more than one insurgent group could be involved.