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A lot has been written and even more spoken of the Gujarat Model of Development that has been praised the world over, including by the United Nations. But in India, the media narrative, disseminated mainly by people who view Prime Minister Narendra Modi – who authored this model as chief minister of Gujarat – solely through the prism of their opposition to everything he does, has been mixed.

I am so angry. I’ve just been shown the messages my sister-in-law received from ‘men’ on Shaadi.com. You would think the clue is in the name of the website – ‘Shaadi’ – marriage. Not ‘quick hook up for sex’. 

An eight-year-old girl was supposed to get a keyboard for Christmas, but the gift box she received included a row of up to 15 Stanley knife blades with a taped handle.

Tackling fly-tips is a 24-hour business. I’ve introduced a new service in Harrow that’s helping us to get out to reports of illegal dumps more quickly, even when most people are tucked up in bed.

Thousands of police officers will be asked if they want to be armed.

Huge protests followed as a 28-year-old man from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, was shot by police at junction 24 of the M62 near Huddersfield, after they received information that he was armed and carrying a gun in the Audi he was driving.