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  'Kaan dhore uth-bosh koro': Mamata Banerjee's reply to PM Modi's Vidyasagar grand statue offer

  May 16, 2019 15:08 IST

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has refused Prime Minister Narendra Modi's offer to install a grand metal statue of 19th-century reformer Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar at the same spot where it was vandalised a day back.

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  Akhilesh shares a meal with Yogi lookalike

  May 16, 2019 14:20 IST

  The man is Suresh Thakur, a lookalike of Adityanath who has been recently seen in all rallies of Akhilesh Yadav.

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  Amarinder Singh's career will end after Lok Sabha polls: Sukhbir Singh Badal

  May 16, 2019 13:17 IST

  Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal Wednesday accused Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh of "reneging" on poll promises and claimed the Congress leader's career will end after his party loses the Lok Sabha elections.

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  Rahul Gandhi is cannon, I am AK-47: Navjot Singh Sidhu

  May 16, 2019 13:16 IST

  Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu today said that the party president Rahul Gandhi is a cannon and touted himself as AK-47 rifle.

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  PM Modi promises metal statue of Vidyasagar at 'same spot'

  May 16, 2019 13:10 IST

  A bust of Vidyasagar was vandalised during the violence that took place during Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah's road show in Kolkata. The BJP and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) have since been blaming each other for the incident.

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  Mamata Banerjee thanks opposition leaders for backing her

  May 16, 2019 12:51 IST

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday thanked the leaders of opposition parties, who came out in her support as she protested against the Election Commission's decision to cut short the poll campaign duration in the state.

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  Rahul Gandhi meets Alwar gangrape victim, assures justice

  May 16, 2019 12:12 IST

  Rahul Gandhi was accompanied by Ashok Gehlot, Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot, party state incharge Avinash Pandey and Alwar Congress candidate, Bhanwar Jitendra Singh.

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  Modi government is on its way out: Sachin Pilot on Kolkata violence

  May 16, 2019 12:14 IST

  Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot Wednesday condemned the vandalisation of a bust of social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, saying it is a politically motivated step ahead of elections.

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  Election Commission asks Twitter to take down all exit poll-related posts

  May 16, 2019 10:28 IST

  The EC's move came after it received certain "complaint", sources aware of the development said on Thursday, adding that the user later removed the tweet.

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  'Modilie': Rahul Gandhi's tweet with 'new word in English dictionary' is a clever taunt at PM Modi

  May 16, 2019 11:27 IST

  "Modilie" -- a jibe at PM Modi -- is defined as "to constantly Modify the truth".

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  Lok Sabha election 2019: As it happened | May 16, 2019

  May 16, 2019 23:23 IST

  May 16 was full of political activities as expected. All political camps are gearing up to take a shot at government forming as counting day (May 23) approaches. Take a look at what happened.

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  Congress slams EC decision on poll campaigning in Bengal

  May 16, 2019 8:22 IST

  Party spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said the decision will allow Prime Minister Narendra Modi to campaign on Thursday while meetings of other leaders have been impacted.

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  Modi government first to have six women cabinet ministers: Sushma

  May 16, 2019 8:03 IST

  External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Wednesday that Modi government is the first government after Independence to have six women Cabinet Ministers with two of them as members of the Cabinet Committee on Security.

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  Mamata conducts protest march against vandalism

  May 16, 2019 8:05 IST

  Banerjee, also the chief minister, said she had never seen this type of EC which is "biased and full of RSS people".

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  'Paint an ugly picture of me, won't file FIR': PM Modi mocks Mamata over BJP worker's arrest for posting her meme

  May 15, 2019 23:07 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday took a swipe at Mamata Banerjee over the arrest of a young BJP activist for posting a meme of her, saying the West Bengal chief minister should make an "ugly" painting of him which he will heartily receive and preserve for life.  

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  BJP has crossed majority mark after sixth phase of Lok Sabha polls: Sushma Swaraj

  May 15, 2019 22:57 IST

  External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Wednesday said the BJP has already crossed the majority mark after sixth phase of Lok Sabha polls and appealed to voters here to re-elect Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a record margin.  

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  Modi should have taken Manmohan's advice before demonetisation: Rahul Gandhi

  May 15, 2019 22:55 IST

  Congress president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday contrasted Manmohan Singh who led the UPA government and Narendra Modi, saying the prime minister wouldn’t have “destroyed” the economy if he had taken advice from his predecessor.  

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  Clamping Article 324 in WB unconstitutional; it's EC gift to Modi, says Mamata

  May 15, 2019 22:52 IST

  Attacking the Election Commission for curtailing the campaigning for the last phase of polls in West Bengal, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said it is an "unprecedented, unconstitutional and unethical gift" to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by the poll panel.

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  Kamal Haasan seeks anticipatory bail in HC over 'Hindu extremist' remark

  May 15, 2019 21:43 IST

  Haasan moved the plea after the court earlier refused to quash an FIR against him, saying such pleas cannot be taken up as emergent petitions during the vacation and that if an anticipatory bail application was filed it could be taken up for hearing.

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  Modi govt is 'magroor' not 'mazboot', says Priyanka

  May 15, 2019 20:08 IST

  Addressing an election rally in Deoria in support of Congress' Salempur candidate Rajesh Mishra, Priyanka claimed that no development works were carried out in Varanasi, the constituency represented by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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  No BJP, NDA government after polls: Azad

  May 15, 2019 19:58 IST

  Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said that neither the BJP nor the NDA it leads will be able to form a government after the Lok Sabha elections.

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  In unprecedented action, EC cuts short campaign time in Bengal due to violence; Mamata calls it 'gift to Modi'

  May 15, 2019 23:09 IST

  No election campaigning will be held in nine parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal, the Election Commission of India announced on Wednesday in view of the widespread violence in the state.

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  2019 polls may not see much change in NOTA proportion: Experts

  May 15, 2019 18:58 IST

  With ballot option NOTA (None of The Above) seen to play a role in poll outcomes, especially in seats won by narrow margins, there is growing interest in its impact in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections results expected on May 23.

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  RSS-BJP systematically attacking Bengal: Sitaram Yechury on desecration of Vidyasagar statue

  May 15, 2019 18:55 IST

  Accusing the BJP-RSS of systematically attacking Bengal and its ethos, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury Wednesday said the saffron party was opposed to the very ideas propagated by social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, whose statue was desecrated in the violence during BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata.

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  BJP holds silent protest against Mamata government

  May 15, 2019 18:39 IST

  The BJP held a silent protest here on Wednesday against the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government in wake of violence during BJP President Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata which saw a bust of Bengali polymath Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar being destroyed.

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  PM Modi thinks only one person can run nation: Rahul Gandhi

  May 15, 2019 18:16 IST

  Congress President Rahul Gandhi Wednesday lashed out at Narendra Modi, saying the Prime Minister thinks "only person can run the country” while actually it is the people who run the nation.

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  BSP candidate Atul Rai goes missing, party campaigns for him

  May 15, 2019 18:15 IST

  As the heat of the Lok Sabha elections reaches its pinnacle, a BSP candidate has gone missing. An FIR registered in a Varanasi police station accuses him of sexual assault.

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  'Historic truth': Kamal Haasan refuses to back down from Hindu extremist remark

  May 15, 2019 18:18 IST

  Makkal Needhi Maiyam founder Kamal Haasan, who triggered a row after his "free India's first extremist was a Hindu" remark, has refused to back down from his statement. Haasan said he had only spoken about what was a "historic truth."