Raj Singh
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Budget 2016: Despite a hike of around 10%, 'defence' fails to find a mention in Jaitley's speech
Mar 01, 2016, 07:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a surprising move, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley did not mention allocation to defence sector in his budget speech delivered in Lok Sabha on Monday. Skipping ‘defence' in budget speech is somewhat unprecedented and
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Rail Budget 2016: Suresh Prabhu finds it difficult to meet revenue targets
Feb 25, 2016, 06:07 PM ISTNew Delhi: When Suresh Prabhu presented last year's Rail Budget, he had exuded confidence of achieving the revenue targets set for financial year 2015-16.However, the Rail Budget 2016-17 that Prabhu presented in Parliament today makes
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Will our MPs listen to President and allow Parliament to function?
National | Feb 24, 2016, 10:15 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Budget Session of Parliament has been set in motion with the President Pranab Mukherjee addressing the join sitting of the two houses Tuesday.Budget session, in one sense, is the most important session
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PCB chief unhappy with Shahid Afridi's comments
Cricket | Oct 14, 2014, 07:48 PM ISTIslamabad: Shahid Afridi could face disciplinary action for creating a controversy over the captaincy of Pakistan for the Cricket World Cup. Afridi, the 2011 World Cup captain, was stand-in skipper during the third one-day international
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Kohli-Shastri combine injects 'killer instinct' into Team India
Cricket | Sep 26, 2015, 02:50 PM ISTNew Delhi: The aggressive approach of Team India's new Test captain Virat Kohli has been widely debated of late in cricketing world. Be it his fascination with fast bowlers, preference for playing with 5 specialist
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Does Masood Azhar's reported detention reflect Pakistan's resolve to tackle cross-border terror?
World | Jan 15, 2016, 02:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: While neither India nor Pakistan have officially confirmed the detention of Jaish-e-Mohammad Chief Maulana Masood Azhar, the media reports emanating from our western neighbour suggests that the Nawaz Sharif government has taken JeM
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Nitish Kumar to challenge Narendra Modi in his own backyard
National | Sep 10, 2012, 05:29 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sep 10: JD (U) president Sharad Yadav has announced that his party will contest around 100 assembly seats in upcoming assembly elections in Gujarat. He further added that Bihar Chief Minister and Narendra
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Who is Mamata Banerjee?
National | Apr 30, 2014, 04:17 PM ISTOne woman army – this is how Mamata Banerjee, the mercurial Chief Minister of West Bengal, can be described in short. Mamata has the distinction of achieving what was supposed to be next to impossible
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Mamata caught in a Catch-22 situation
National | Sep 19, 2012, 09:41 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sep 19: So what is really going on in Mamata's mind? Why did she decide to pull the rug out from under the feet of Manmohan Singh led government and will she stick
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Ramdev hand behind Anna-Kejriwal split?
National | Sep 21, 2012, 06:45 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sep 21: After reports came in about Anna Hazare's meeting with Swami Ramdev on Wednesday night, hours after his decision to dissociate from Kejriwal, the speculation over Swami Ramdev's role behind Anna –Kejriwal
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Jairam Ramesh likely to be given Railway, Cabinet reshuffle next week
National | Sep 21, 2012, 10:50 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sep 21: Stage is all set for an imminent Union cabinet reshuffle next week in the wake of Mamata Banerjee's decision to withdraw support from the UPA government, according to reliable sources. In
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Amar Singh to rejoin SP?
National | Sep 23, 2012, 05:06 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sep 23: Former SP heavyweight Amar Singh signaled a change in his approach towards Mulayam Singh Yadav when he praised Mulayam for extending support to Manmohan Singh led UPA govt at a crucial
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Mulayam silently at work to revive third front, meets Sukhbir Badal
National | Sep 23, 2012, 05:05 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sep 23: Mulayam Singh will not accept it publically but he is trying his best to cobble up a non-Congress, non-BJP formation before 2014 general elections. He knows it very well that it's
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Cabinet may hike DA of Central Govt employees
National | Sep 24, 2012, 12:53 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sep 24: Hike in Dearness allowance of central government employees tops the agenda of the cabinet meeting slated to take place this evening. The move will result in direct benefit for over 52
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SC refuses to hear contempt petition against Mamata
National | Sep 24, 2012, 02:18 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sep 24: The Supreme Court of India today refused to hear the contempt petition against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for casting aspersions on the chastity of Indian judiciary. Mamata had reportedly
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Govt takes lesson from Modi, holds first press meet on Twitter
National | Sep 25, 2012, 05:52 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sep 25: Narendra Modi might be a political anathema for the Manmohan led UPA government but the govt missed no opportunity in learning from Modi's highly successful attempt to connect with the netizens.Sam
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A look at Narendra Modi and his Vivekanand Yuva Vikas yatra
National | Sep 27, 2012, 10:37 AM ISTNew Delhi, Sep 26: Narendra Modi has his own style of doing everything. Be it conveying his message to the Muslim community that has not so positive perception of him or be it launching an
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B'day spl: Know Mulayam Singh's compulsions behind supporting UPA govt
National | Nov 22, 2013, 11:57 AM ISTNew Delhi, Sep 27: Mulayam Singh Yadav can be easily termed as the shrewdest but pragmatic socialist politician of India. He swears in the name of maverick Ram Manohar Lohiya, who spent his entire life
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Birthday special: A look at Mahatma Gandhi's life and journey
National | Oct 02, 2015, 10:36 AM IST"Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them"... William ShakespeareHow would one describe Gandhi? Was he a born great or did he achieve greatness
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Can Congress stop Modi in Gujarat this time?
National | Nov 03, 2012, 05:33 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 6: with the EC announcing dates for Gujarat assembly elections, the political temperature has suddenly gone up not only in Gujarat but the entire country. The reason being that this is not