I will bow down to the truth, says Narendra Modi

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Close on the heels of the arrest of former minister Amit Shah, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi [ Images ] on Friday said the state has become a battleground for nationalist versus anti-nationalist forces.
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India’s surrogate mothers face new rules to restrict ‘pot of gold’

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Twins Kayan and Kalel who were carried for their Indo-American mother. Photograph: Massimiliano Clausi/LAIF/Camera Press Shabnum Nur Mohammed Sheikh’s reasons for bearing another woman’s child are straightforward: the 60 rupees her husband earns from his food stall each day buy dinner but little else.
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Convicts may be transferred to Guj

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First Published: 00:46 IST Last Updated: 00:49 IST Nine convicted in the Best Bakery case may be transferred to Vadodara Central Jail in Gujarat, provided the authority there gives an assurance that they would be made available for hearing in the Bombay High Court.
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Fake Air Force officer held for cheating

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First Published: 01:22 IST Last Updated: 01:24 IST A 73-year-old man, who allegedly posed as a former Air Force officer, was held for cheating a Gujarat-based man under the pretext of getting him a passport and visa for a job abroad.
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Guj HC rejects riot victims’ plea for transfer of Gulburg case

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First Published: 21:56 IST Last Updated: 21:57 IST Gujarat High Court on Thursday rejected the plea of some post-Godhra riot victims seeking transfer of their case from the special court set up on directions of the Supreme Court, alleging bias on part of the judge hearing the matter.
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Cameron calls for strengthening of India-U.K. economic ties

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British Prime Minister David Cameron here on Thursday said that it was time for the United Kingdom to strengthen its special relationship with India and take it to a higher level, which would translate into economic benefits for both the countries in the coming years.
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To go or not to go with Modi is BJP’s problem

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New Delhi, July 28: On the day the CBI was hot on Amit Shah’s trail, Narendra Modi is learnt to have told the BJP top brass: ‘ Aap log unke daawat pe jayeeye, hum Gujarat ko sambhalenge ‘. The Gujarat chief minister was alluding to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s lunch invite to L.K. Advani [...]

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Sohrab case: CBI to grill top cop Geetha

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The CBI on Thursday issued summons to Geetha Johri, the investigating officer in the fake encounter of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and killing of his wife Kausarbi, and asked her to appear before the agency by August 10.
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One more swine flu death in Surat

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The H1N1 virus has claimed one more life in the city on Friday. This is the fourth death since last week after the H1N1 virus resurfaced in the city.
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