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  Congress gets slammed over its youth wing taking a 'sell tea' jibe at PM Modi

  November 21, 2017 21:56 IST

  BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra compared it with the 'Maut Ka Saudagar' jibe of Mani Shankar Aiyar made ahead of 2014 general elections and warned that the Congress will once again pay dearly for such acts.

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  'Padmavati' row: Haryana BJP leader booked for offering Rs 10 crore bounty on heads of Bhansali, Deepika

  November 21, 2017 19:08 IST

  Haryana's chief media coordinator Kunwar Surajpal Singh Ammu was booked under Section 506 of IPC at Gurugram's Sector 29 police station on the complaint by a fan of Deepika and Bhansali.

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  UP CM needs to do penance for children’s death in Gorakhpur hospital: AAP

  November 21, 2017 17:29 IST

  Lamba, however, said while Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has termed Padmavati as ‘rashtramata’, his Uttar Pradesh counterpart wants “gaumata” to be the ‘rashtramata’.

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  ‘Corrupt’ officials will face compulsory retirement, their properties will be seized: UP CM Yogi Adityanath

  November 21, 2017 16:56 IST

  Attacking the SP and BSP, he said that corruption was at its peak during the past 15 years in the state and all works in the civic bodies were decided from Lucknow.

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  Govt 'avoiding' Winter Session in view of Gujarat polls: Congress

  November 21, 2017 16:16 IST

  Sonia Gandhi had on Monday accused PM Narendra Modi of sabotaging the Winter Session on flimsy grounds by "locking the temple of democracy".

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  Yogi Adityanath mocks Rahul Gandhi, says his elevation as Congress president will make BJP job easier

  November 21, 2017 16:17 IST

  By becoming Congress president, Rahul Gandhi will make easier our task to make India ‘Congress-mukt’, Yogi Adityanath said.

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  Modi govt has 'zero tolerance' for terrorism, will flush out terrorists from Kashmir: MoS Defence

  November 21, 2017 16:17 IST

  Bhamre’s comments came two days after the security forces killed six Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants, including the nephew of Mumbai attack mastermind Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi, in Kashmir.

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  Bill to end Triple Talaq soon? Modi govt likely to introduce legislation in Winter Session of Parliament, ministerial panel formed

  November 21, 2017 18:27 IST

  A ministerial committee has been constituted to frame a law and the Union Government has proposed to bring this legislation in the forthcoming Winter Session of Parliament.

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  BJP's Bihar chief says fingers, hands raised against PM will be broken, chopped off, retracts later

  November 21, 2017 11:51 IST

  Rai, an MP from Ujiarpur, was speaking at a meeting organised by the Vanshi Chacha Samajik Vikas Parishad in Patna.

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  Congress also rescheduled Parliament sessions: Arun Jaitley hits back at Sonia Gandhi

  November 20, 2017 20:20 IST

  Jaitley said the opposition party, when in power, had also delayed a session in 2011 and even earlier because the sittings coincided with election campaigns.

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  Contest unlikely, Rahul Gandhi's elevation as Congress president may come before Gujarat elections

  November 21, 2017 8:37 IST

  With Rahul Gandhi tipped to be the sole candidate in the running for the post, his elevation as Congress president may come as early as on December 5, a day after nominations close.

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  Calculated plan to destroy freedom of expression: Mamata Banerjee on Padmavati row

  November 20, 2017 15:10 IST

  The makers of 'Padmavati' have deferred its release from the slated December 1 date, as protests and threats over the period drama continued unabated.

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  Modi govt sabotaging Winter session of Parliament: Sonia Gandhi at CWC meet

  November 20, 2017 13:54 IST

  "The Modi government in its arrogance has cast a dark shadow on India's parliamentary democracy by sabotaging the Winter session of Parliament on flimsy grounds," Sonia Gandhi told the party's highest decision-making body.

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  Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi dies at 72; PM Modi, Congress President Sonia Gandhi pay tribute

  November 20, 2017 15:22 IST

  He is survived by his wife Deepa Dasmunsi and son Priyadeep Dasmunsi.

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  Roadmap for Rahul Gandhi's elevation as Congress President gets CWC nod

  November 20, 2017 14:55 IST

  The CWC today virtually cleared the way for Rahul Gandhi's elevation as the party President. His coronation is all set for Dec 19, a day after the results to Assembly elections.

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  Gujarat polls: Jolt to Cong-Hardik deal as supporters clash over seat-sharing formula

  November 20, 2017 11:14 IST

  Hardik Patel's supporters targeted the Congress saying PAAS had not been given a proper representation in the seat-sharing formula.

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  Shashi Tharoor draws flak for calling Miss World 'chillar'

  November 20, 2017 0:00 IST

  The Twitteratti were quick to point out that there is difference between Manushi's surname "Chhillar" and the word "Chillar" - in spelling and meaning.

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  PM Modi may call Lok Sabha polls next year, says Lalu Prasad

  November 19, 2017 23:59 IST

  Lalu said that due to growing fear for being seen with cows and cattle, the Sonepur cattle fair, considered Asia largest cattle fair, had turned into a fair without cattle.

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  It's a shame India not celebrating Indira Gandhi's birth centenary: P Chidambaram

  November 19, 2017 18:17 IST

  Indira Gandhi, daughter of first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, was born on November 19, 1917.

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  Indira Gandhi opposed those dividing India over religion: Sonia Gandhi

  November 19, 2017 17:38 IST

  Indira Gandhi, daughter of first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, was born on November 19, 1917. She was Prime Minister from January 1966 to March 1977 and again from January 1980 until her assassination on October 31, 1984.

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  Modi govt likely to get corruption tag as UPA-II: P Chidambaram

  November 19, 2017 17:21 IST

  P Chidambaram said the Modi government could recover fake currency only to the tune of Rs 41 crore, which accounted for only 0.0027 per cent of the total currency that came back into the system following notes ban.

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  Farooq Abdullah reiterates his stand on autonomy for Kashmir

  November 18, 2017 21:59 IST

  Without naming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he lambasted the alleged overt and covert attempts being made to weaken Article 370 and said demand of autonomy was within the framework of the Constitution.

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  PM Modi seeks ideas for Mann Ki Baat on Nov 26

  November 18, 2017 21:18 IST

  Mann Ki Baat is a radio programme hosted by Modi on the last Sunday of every month to addresses people of the nation on All India Radio, DD National and DD News.

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  National Herald: Sonia, Rahul accuse Subramanian Swamy of delaying case

  November 18, 2017 21:04 IST

  Sonia and Rahul told Metropolitan Magistrate Ambika Singh that the application filed by the complainant "suffers from a series of infirmities and it needs to be rejected at the very outset".

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  Cannot spell out what happened due to UPA indecision on Rafale: Nirmala Sitharaman

  November 18, 2017 20:55 IST

  The Congress party recently raised several questions on the deal including the rates, and charged the government with compromising national interest and security while promoting "crony capitalism" and causing a loss to the public exchequer.

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  Padmavati row: Union Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot asks censor board to cut ‘objectionable’ scenes in the movie

  November 18, 2017 20:37 IST

  Union minister Thawar Chand Gehlot today said the Central Board of Film Certificate (CBFC) should cut “objectionable” scenes in the Bollywood film “Padmavati” whose release is being opposed by certain Rajput groups.

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  ‘Shameful your boss silencing you’: Rahul slams Sitharaman on Rafale deal

  November 18, 2017 20:13 IST

  India had inked an inter-governmental agreement with France in September last year for procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets at a cost of around Rs 58,000 crore.

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  Sonia calls CWC meet on Monday, Rahul may be elevated as Cong President before Gujarat polls

  November 18, 2017 19:36 IST

  Since Rahul Gandhi is likely to be the only candidate contesting for the Congress president’s post, he may be elected unopposed if no other leader files nomination within the stipulated time.