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  Anandiben Patel takes oath as new Madhya Pradesh Governor

  January 23, 2018 11:04 IST

  Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court Justice Hemant Gupta administered the oath of office to Patel in a function at the Raj Bhavan.

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  Citing AAP case, Congress seeks disqualification of 11 BJP MLAs in Chhattisgarh

  January 22, 2018 21:38 IST

  The high court, which is yet to pass any order on Congress'petition, had earlier directed the state government to withdraw the power of all parliamentary secretaries.

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  2019 Lok Sabha polls: Mulayam Singh Yadav to contest from Mainpuri, Akhilesh likely to take up wife's Kannauj seat

  January 22, 2018 15:54 IST

  In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, the 78-year-old SP patriarch had contested from Azamgarh and Mainpuri and won both, but chose to retain Azamgarh to strengthen the party in eastern Uttar Pradesh.

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  "One nation one election" important, so is candidates' quality: Haryana CM Khattar

  January 22, 2018 14:55 IST

  Khattar was speaking on the second day of the national convention of think-tank Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini whose topic this time is "one nation, one election".

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  CPI yet to decide on tie-up with Cong, will discuss with CPI-M

  January 22, 2018 13:21 IST

  The Communist Party of India (CPI) said today that it has not taken a decision on an electoral alliance with the Congress, a day after the CPI(M) ruled out a tie-up with the Rahul Gandhi-led party.

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  Office of profit row: 20 AAP MLAs withdraw petition against dismissal from Delhi HC

  January 22, 2018 23:11 IST

  Aam Aadmi Party said that it will file a fresh petition in the high court.

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  AAP MLAs disqualification: Delhi CM Kejriwal attacks Centre for harassment

  January 21, 2018 20:49 IST

  Kejriwal also said that the almighty would have given the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) 67 seats keeping in mind that 20 AAP MLAs would be disqualified after three years.

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  Office of profit row: Disqualified AAP MLAs must return financial benefits, says BJP

  January 21, 2018 18:12 IST

  President Ram Nath Kovind today accepted the Election Commission’s recommendation to disqualify 20 MLAs of Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party for holding offices of profit.

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  Vinod Rai was a 'contract killer' to kill UPA-2 government, says A Raja

  January 21, 2018 7:19 IST

  The then comptroller and auditor general (CAG) Rai came out with a report in 2010 which pegged notional loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore to the national exchequer due to 2G spectrum allocation.

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  Office of Profit case: EC 'helped' AAP by delaying recommendation on 20 MLAs, says Congress

  January 20, 2018 22:29 IST

  According to highly-placed sources, in its opinion sent to President, the EC has said the MLAs were liable to be disqualified as legislators.

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  Rs 414 cr fine imposed by I-T dept on firm in Herald case: Subramanian Swamy to court

  January 21, 2018 0:00 IST

  Swamy submitted before Metropolitan Magistrate Ambika Singh that the I-T department had launched a probe against Gandhis, YI, and four other accused after taking note of his complaint in the case.

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  Trinamool warns of protest on issue of rail routes in Bengal

  January 20, 2018 19:07 IST

  "They are insulting the people of Bengal and depriving them of their right. We demand that the Indian Railways and Eastern Railway withdraw the letter sent to the state Chief Secretary," Parth Chatterjee said.

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  Office of Profit case: EC acting as poll agent of BJP, says AAP's Sanjay Singh

  January 20, 2018 19:01 IST

  Singh said the decision of the poll panel was one-sided as the appointment letter given to 20 lawmakers of the AAP specifically said that the office of the Parliamentary Secretary was not an office of profit.

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  Office of Profit case: AAP terms EC recommendation 'unconstitutional; asks President to hear MLAs first

  January 20, 2018 23:55 IST

  Congress party today released a document in media that shows Dwarka MLA Adarsh Shastri accepted payment of Rs 15, 479. Shastri was appointed as parliamentary secretary to Information and Technology Minister.

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  AAP MLAs disqualification: ‘Internal survey’ of party shows it won't win any of 20 seats, claims Kapil Mishra

  January 20, 2018 14:18 IST

  Mishra’s claim comes as uncertainty lurks over the fate of 20 AAP MLAs in the wake of the Election Commission recommending their disqualification in the “Office of Profit” case.

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  'Truth wins in the end': Kejriwal breaks silence on disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs

  January 20, 2018 12:56 IST

  "Hurdles do come when one walks on the path of truth and honesty. This is natural. But all the visible and invisible powers of the universe help you. God supports you, because you don't work for yourself but for the nation and the society," tweeted t

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  Office of Profit case: EC recommends disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs, no relief from Delhi HC

  January 20, 2018 7:26 IST

  The ECI recommended to the President the disqualification of 20 legislators who were appointed as parliamentary secretaries by the Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi.

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  Will feel proud to tell success story of 125 crore Indians in Davos: PM Modi

  January 19, 2018 22:27 IST

  The annual meet of the WEF would be beginning on January 22. Modi would address the opening plenary on January 23 at 11:30 am local time (3:30 pm IST)

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  Rahul Gandhi asks PM Modi to speak on rapes, unemployment and Doklam in ‘Mann Ki Baat’

  January 19, 2018 21:14 IST

  Rahul Gandhi's question to Modi came after the PM asked people to pitch ideas for the next 'Mann ki Baat' programme to be aired on January 28, the first one this year.

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  Former Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel to be next Governor of Madhya Pradesh

  January 19, 2018 22:55 IST

  Anandiben Patel will replace Om Prakash Kohli who is the Governor of Gujarat and has been given the additional charge of Madhya Pradesh.

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  Bihar CM Nitish Kumar should undertake a "paschatap yatra", says Tejashwi Yadav

  January 19, 2018 20:22 IST

  Notably, On January 12 last, the CM Nitish Kumar's convoy was pelted with stones during his tour of Nandan village in Dumraon block as part of his state-wide Vikas Samiksha Yatra.

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  Mamata Banerjee slams EC for recommending disqualification of AAP MLAs

  January 19, 2018 19:12 IST

  Mamata Banerjee also expressed support to AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal. "At this hour we are strongly with @arvindkejriwal and his team," she tweeted.

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  Office of Profit case: BJP, Congress seek Kejriwal’s resignation after EC recommendation

  January 19, 2018 18:34 IST

  Regretting that the EC allowed "undue" adjournments of hearings of AAP MLAs, which "dearly cost" the people, Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari said the party unit "stands prepared for elections any moment".

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  ‘CEC returning favour to PM Modi’: AAP alleges conspiracy by BJP in 'Office of Profit' case

  January 19, 2018 17:49 IST

  Speaking to media after EC’s recommendation to disqualify 20 AAP MLA in Delhi, Saurabh said that the Chief Election Commissioner AK Joti was “returning favour to PM Narendra Modi for appointing him”.

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  EC recommends disqualification of 20 Delhi AAP MLAs: Who said what

  January 22, 2018 19:42 IST

  "AK Joti, CEC is Gujarat cadre IAS officer. He will retire on Monday (Jan 23). He did not hear 21 MLAs even once on merits. He is only returning the Prime Minister favour for appointing him" said Bharadwaj.

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  20 Delhi AAP MLAs face disqualification: All you need to Know about 'Office of Profit' case

  January 20, 2018 16:07 IST

  In its opinion sent to President Ram Nath Kovind, the Election Commission reportedly said that by becoming parliamentary secretaries, they held office of profit and were liable to be disqualified as MLAs of the Delhi Assembly.

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  Former telecom minister A Raja questions Manmohan Singh’s ‘palpable silence’ on 2G policy

  January 18, 2018 23:44 IST

  A Raja claimed that he had got Manmohan Singh's "approval to go ahead" for allocating 2G telecom spectrum to new players after he explained the whole process and that there was enough spectrum available.

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  Karnataka: Siddaramaiah govt to distribute dhoti, saree to woo voters ahead of Assembly polls

  January 18, 2018 23:39 IST

  Under the ‘Indira Vasthra Bhagya’ scheme, the Siddaramaiah government will distribute a pair of dhoti and shirt pieces for men and a pair of saree and blouse pieces for women every year.