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  'Modicare' significant step towards universal health coverage in India: US think tank

  May 11, 2019 16:53 IST

  India's ambitious health insurance scheme, Ayushman Bharat, marks a significant step towards universal health coverage but the government should ensure that it is sustainable and delivers the high-quality care that Indians need, a top American think-tank said on Friday.

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  Delhi polls: 16 women trying their luck, some just to prove a point

  May 11, 2019 16:40 IST

  "Why females are told that their life is in kitchen? Why women are not encouraged to think? For women to step out, we need to improve the thinking," she added.

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  60 thousand personnel to be on toes on polling day in Delhi tomorrow

  May 11, 2019 16:39 IST

  More than 60,000 security personnel, including the Home Guards and paramilitary forces, have been deployed across the city a day before the Lok Sabha elections here.

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  Punjab CM slams Modi over Time magazine comment

  May 11, 2019 16:01 IST

  Addressing a rally here in support of the Congress party's Gurdaspur candidate Sunil Jakhar, the Chief Minister contrasted Modi's poor international reputation, as endorsed by Time magazine, with the respect that leaders like Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and even Atal Bihari Vajpayee had earned for the nation at global forums such as the UN.

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  My father paid 6 crore to Kejriwal for a ticket: Son of AAP's West Delhi candidate

  May 11, 2019 18:17 IST

  The allegation has been made in a video posted online. Balbir Singh Jakhar, AAP candidate from West Delhi, has dismissed his son Uday Jakhar's allegation.

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  BJP, RSS & Modi have hatred for my family: Rahul Gandhi

  May 11, 2019 15:28 IST

  Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged the BJP, RSS and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had hatred in their hearts for his family, but he would continue to hug the PM as hate could only be defeated by love.

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  Akhilesh accuses Congress of spreading rumours on alliance, questions 'Red Cards' to SP-BSP

  May 11, 2019 14:30 IST

  "Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Samajwadi Party is assisting other parties and is not with the BSP and now we have come to know that the Congress is also spreading similar rumours," Akhilesh Yadav said.

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  Sidhu stirs fresh controversy, compares PM Modi to 'a bride who only pretends to work'

  May 11, 2019 13:53 IST

  The EC on Friday had issued a fresh show cause notice to Sidhu for violating the model code of conduct after he had allegedly passed disparaging remarks against PM Modi.

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  Flower business blooms as poll season peaks in UP

  May 11, 2019 16:58 IST

  According to sources, an estimated 1,000 kg of rose petals are used in one roadshow. Besides, there is a demand for garlands and bouquets.

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  West Bengal to vote on eight Lok Sabha seats in sixth phase

  May 11, 2019 12:45 IST

  In this phase, polling will be held in Jangal Mahal - the forested region of Bankura, West Midnapore, Jhargram and Purulia districts, which used to be a Maoist hotbed, during the erstwhile Left Front government.

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  Haryana will give apt reply to BJP or Congress's propaganda: INLD Gurugram candidate Virender Rana

  May 11, 2019 13:07 IST

  In an exclusive interaction with India TV, Rana explained why he thought neither the BJP nor the Congress party was a safe bet for the development of the country.

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  Phase 6: Key constituencies where polling will be held

  May 11, 2019 10:43 IST

  Polling for the sixth phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2019 will be held on May 12.

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  Rahul Gandhi's Instagram post shows him fix helicopter in Himachal Pradesh’s Una

  May 11, 2019 14:01 IST

  Describing the image, Gandhi wrote the helicopter had encountered a problem which was later fixed due to good teamwork.

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  Did not violate poll code: Rahul Gandhi asks Election Commission to maintain fair, non-discriminatory approach

  May 11, 2019 11:05 IST

  Rahul Gandhi told the poll panel that his words, in Hindi, were used in a "free flow of a political speech" and there was no intention of "misleading, misrepresenting or stating false and non-existent facts".

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  Lok Sabha polls, May 11: As it happened

  May 11, 2019 22:43 IST

  The Lok Sabha polls are just a few days away and the parties are leaving no stone unturned to garner as much as attention and affection from the crowds as possible. To this end, PM Modi will address two rallies in UP's Sonbhadra and Ghazipur today.

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  1984 tragedy caused tremendous pain, Sam Pitroda must apologise: Rahul Gandhi

  May 11, 2019 7:47 IST

  Earlier, Pitroda had apologised for his recent remarks about 1984 anti-Sikh riots and said that his "misrepresented" remarks were intended just to be about "moving on".

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  Fresh trouble for Sidhu as EC issues show cause notice for his remarks against PM Modi

  May 11, 2019 7:01 IST

  Earlier in April, the Election Commission had censured Sidhu for allegedly warning the Muslim community that efforts were on to divide their votes in Bihar, and barred him from campaigning for 72 hours. 

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  Lok Sabha Polls 2019: BJP, Congress to have tough battle on 373 seats, says report

  May 11, 2019 6:48 IST

  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress are contesting 435 and 420 seats in this Lok Sabha elections, respectively, and they are in a direct fight with each other in 373 seats, according to PRS India, an NGO.

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  Robert Vadra visits Mumbai temple, greeted by 'Modi' chants

  May 11, 2019 0:00 IST

  BJP workers raised the slogans, some even tried to heckle Robert Vadra. However, he had tight police security.

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  Phase 6: With Rs 347 crore, Jyotiraditya Scindia is the richest in fray, Gautam Gambhir distant 2nd

  May 11, 2019 13:12 IST

  We bring to you a list of the richest candidates whose fate will be sealed on Phase 6.

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  Delhi turns dry for 48 hours, all liquor shops closed till Sunday

  May 10, 2019 20:04 IST

  All liquor shops, clubs, bars and other such establishments will remain closed in the city from Friday evening to 6 pm on Sunday, the Delhi excise department has announced.  

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  Rajiv Gandhi in the Lakshadweep archipelago: What the world has been saying

  May 10, 2019 20:01 IST

  So many questions and nobody to answer. But the two biggest political parties of the country are still sparring over former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's purported vacation in 1987 in the Lakshadweep archipelago.

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  High-pitched poll campaign in Delhi ends as city votes on Sunday

  May 10, 2019 19:53 IST

  As many as 164 candidates, including 18 women, are in the fray in for the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi which goes to polls on Sunday. It is expected to be three-cornered fight involving the BJP, AAP and the Congress in all the seats.

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  With 139 cases, Uttar Pradesh tops model poll code violations

  May 10, 2019 19:07 IST

  Uttar Pradesh ranks at the top when it comes to violation of the model code of conduct in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

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  Mamata has stood strong against the ‘atrocities of Modi regime’: Chandrababu Naidu

  May 10, 2019 19:00 IST

  TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu also said that Opposition will come to a consensus about their Prime Minister candidate post the election results. Counting of votes in Lok Sabha Election 2019 will begin on May 23.

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  Prime Ministerial contest now a 'one-horse race': Jaitley

  May 10, 2019 18:50 IST

  "The Prime Ministerial contest is almost becoming a one horse race... The electorate is clear that it wants a five year Government and not a five month one. It is thus confronted with the choice of a Modi vs. Chaos. Obviously, the electorates’ wisdom has to be trusted when he makes a choice. The ‘Modi mandate’ could be larger than 2014," Jaitley said.

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  Harsimrat Kaur dribbles on assembly turf in LS battle

  May 10, 2019 18:49 IST

  It might be Modi versus Rahul Gandhi at the national level, in Bathinda, the rivalry between the Badals and Captain Amarinder Singh is playing to the hilt despite the general street-talk about under the cover bonhomie between the two key political families of Punjab.

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  Sam Pitroda apologises, insists his comments on 1984 riots were only about moving on

  May 11, 2019 0:00 IST

  Congress leader Sam Pitroda has apologised for his recent remarks about 1984 anti-Sikh riots and said that his "misrepresented" remarks were intended just to be about "moving on". In view of Pitroda's earlier statement, Congress party had issued warning to leaders to be "careful and "sensitive" in their statements. It distanced itself from Pitroda's earlier statement that had created controversy.