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BJP under its PM candidate Narendra Modi is trying to bring back rebels such as B.S. Yeddyurappa, Jayalalitha and Chandra Babu Naidu and others to its fold to consolidate its position in the states ahead of the 2014 general elections.

Giving a more storied picture of rural India, the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) released on Friday says that a staggering 92% of rural households reported their maximum income below Rs 10,000 per month. Nearly three quarters of all rural household said that the income of the highest earning member was Rs 5,000 or less.

On completion of 30 days in office, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said he had no luxury of `honeymoon` period as a "series of allegations" started in less than 100 hours but he feels there are "areas where surely we need to improve".

There has been no change in individual tax rates or slabs while corporate tax rate will be cut from 30% to 25% over the next four years. While delivering his first full Budget speech in Parliament on Saturday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said individual tax payer will benefit to the extent Rs 4,44,200 per year from several exemptions announced.

Union minister Salman Khurshid describedNarendra Modi as "impotent", a remark that invited a sharp condemnation from the BJP.

Four days after Bishada village on Delhi`s outskirts in Uttar Pradesh was rocked by the brutal killing of Mohammed Iqlakh, it witnessed an unending parade of politicians, who sympathised with the victim`s family and sought to cool frayed tempers as communal tension smouldered.

Shiv Sena mouthpiece 'Saamna' has made an explosive claim that the Congress is making a fake sex CD of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

The government unveiled a reformist railway budget on Thursday focused on modernisation of the colonial-era network and massive investment aimed at making the railways more passenger-friendly without increasing fares. "I have not increased passenger fares. We are directing our efforts to make travel on Indian Railways a happy experience with a mix of various initiatives," said Prabhu, a CA-turned-politician who was handpicked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to head the railways.

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Narendra Modi touched down in San Jose around noon on Saturday, to begin a two-day visit to Silicon Valley. The Indian prime minister's whirlwind tour of the world's top technology companies had much of the San Francisco Bay Area excited about the tech sector's role in an increasingly influential country.