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B'day Spl: 10 facts to know about Prime Minister Narendra Modi
National | Sep 17, 2015, 11:17 AM ISTNew Delhi: Narendra Modi, born on 17 september, 1950 to a family of grocers in Vadnagar, Mehsana district, is the 15th Prime Minister of India.Modi is both an ‘enigma' and an ‘open book' for his
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India's 10 most powerful female politicians
National | May 14, 2014, 05:44 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 8: Politics for long has been a bastion of males and it's not very easy for any woman to make her presence felt in Indian political arena. In a country like India,
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Why Gandhi opted for Nehru and not Sardar Patel for PM ?
National | Oct 31, 2015, 11:50 AM ISTNew Delhi: As Machiavelli wrote -" History is written by the victors". The official history of independent India was written and overseen by that faction of the Congress party which emerged victorious in the leadership
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Know Sunanda Pushkar “ wife of union minister Shashi Tharoor
National | Jan 18, 2014, 12:52 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 2: Sunanda Pushkar, wife of union minister Shashi Tharoor, has been found dead in a posh hotel of South Delhi under mysterious circumstances.Sunanda used to be in news all the time, sometimes
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A look at Rahul Gandhi's personal life and political journey
National | Jun 19, 2014, 07:34 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Congress president Sonia Gandhi had always wanted to pass on the baton of the grand old party to his son Rahul Gandhi.But Rahul Gandhi never looked like being comfortable in the leadership
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Sonia Gandhi and her family: A trip down the memory lane
National | Nov 24, 2012, 02:16 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 10: In last 65 years of independent India's history, if there is any one family which has played the most crucial role in deciding the destiny of this nation then it's Nehru-Gandhi
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Obama and Manmohan Singh: A study in contrast
National | Dec 15, 2012, 03:04 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 14: Barack Obama has won second term as US president and Manmohan Singh is about to complete his second term as Prime Minister of India. Both Obama and Manmohan are leading two
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Know Bal Thackeray and his family
National | Nov 24, 2012, 02:59 PM ISTNew Delhi: Bal Keshav Thackeray is known as a fiery right wing leader of Maharashtra. A cartoonist by profession, Thackeray formed ‘Shiv Sena' that espoused the cause of Maratha interest and Marathi language. After a
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Aam Aadmi Party: Know Arvind Kejriwal's new political team
National | Dec 04, 2012, 01:21 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 3: Activist-turned politician Arvind Kejriwal is trying his best to make a mark for his newly formed political party ‘Aam Party Party'. Kejriwal's new political team consists of people from different backgrounds.
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Why Narendra Modi is the only hope for BJP in 2014
National | Dec 26, 2012, 08:24 AM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 26: The emphatic win of BJP in Gujarat assembly elections has not only underlined Narendra Modi's supremacy in Gujarat but has also given the party a ray of hope for 2014 general
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Indian politics: Top newsmakers of 2012
National | Jan 01, 2013, 09:21 AM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 31: The year 2012 has finally come to an end. It was quite an eventful year from politics perspective as well. In this year, Arvind Kejriwal finally decided to wear the hat
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Top 15 worst political scandals of independent India
National | Aug 18, 2014, 07:23 AM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 22: India has witnessed a number of political scandals in recent times but a closer look at the history of Independent India reveals that scams and political scandals have been part and
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Major sex scandals involving Indian politicians
National | Aug 29, 2013, 08:50 AM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 7: Politics and sex always become an explosive cocktail, and there have been umpteen number of cases of politicians being involved in sex scandals across the world. Many politicians consider political power
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Know Akbaruddin Owaisi , his controversial speeches and his party MIM
National | Jan 08, 2013, 02:56 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 8: Akbaruddin Owaisi is not new to controversies. He comes from a political family that has always taken extreme political positions on purely communal lines. Akbaruddin is an MLA of Andhra Pradesh legislative
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Young politicians India is looking up to in 2013
National | Dec 31, 2013, 09:20 AM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 10: India is the world's second most populous country with a huge majority of young people but it is being governed by mostly over aged politicians. While 50 percent of India's population
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Raj Thackeray pits lion against Bal Thackeray's tiger
National | Jan 12, 2013, 06:28 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 12: Raj Thackeray is trying his utmost to occupy the void created in Maharashtra politics by his uncle Bal Thackeray.The latest attempt is a bit amusing but completely in sync with the
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'Rs. 100 Crore' club of India's richest politicians
National | Oct 18, 2014, 10:11 AM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 15: India may be a poor country but when it comes to politicians they can put to shame many politicians across the world. India has a long list of ‘Crorepati' politicians. In fact,
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India's famous political families
National | Feb 07, 2013, 07:22 AM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 6: Indian democracy has been a matter of envy for its neighbours as well as western powers that never trusted the wisdom and maturity of Indian electorate – so essential for running
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Know what is Suryanelli gangrape case that is haunting Rajya Sabha deputy chief P J Kurien
National | Feb 08, 2013, 07:01 AM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 8: The Suryanelli gang rape case of 1996 has become the proverbial thorn in the flesh for the Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, P J Kurien. Kurien belongs to Kerala and is
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Do Narendra Modi or Rahul Gandhi have the capability to run coalition govts?
National | Jun 10, 2014, 04:49 PM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 12: The stage looks all set for a Narendra Modi versus Rahul Gandhi clash in 2014 General elections. Congress has indirectly conveyed the message both to the party cadres and the electorate