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  BJP running away from Gujarat polls, EC should declare schedule: Congress

  October 23, 2017 17:57 IST

  Congress said that BJP was trying to delay Gujarat assembly polls for its last-minute efforts to woo the people of the state with sops announced by the prime minister.

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  Centre to begin dialogue on J-K, ex-IB chief Dineshwar Sharma to be interlocutor

  October 23, 2017 18:21 IST

  The Home Minister informed that the outreach process will begin soon, with a special focus on the youth of Kashmir.

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  Weather in Himachal, flood restoration works in Gujarat key in deciding election dates: EC

  October 23, 2017 17:12 IST

  CEC Achal Kumar Joti said that political parties in Himachal had requested the EC to organise polls before mid-Nov due to probability of snowfall in three districts.

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  Rajasthan ordinance row: Assembly adjourned amid din; Cong leaders detained

  October 23, 2017 16:14 IST

  The ordinance seeks to protect public servants from being investigated for on-duty action, without its prior sanction and bars the media from reporting on such accusations.

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  Rahul Gandhi in Gandhinagar: GST means 'gabbar singh tax', says Congress VP

  October 23, 2017 17:15 IST

  Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi began his three-day visit to poll-bound Gujarat on Monday as the grand old party prepares to take on the BJP which has ruled the state for 22 years.

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  ‘Gujarat is priceless, can never be bought’: Rahul Gandhi on bribe charge against BJP

  October 23, 2017 12:04 IST

  Rahul Gandhi's comments come on a day the Gujarat unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has been rocked by allegations of bribery to lure Patidar leaders.

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  Another blow to BJP in Gujarat, Patidar leader Nikhil Sawani resigns days after joining party

  October 23, 2017 11:29 IST

  Nikhil Sawani said that he is now resigning from the BJP because the party has failed to fulfil its promises, and alleged that the party is offering bribes to other Patidar leaders to shift loyalty.

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  Today's India different from 1962; won't spare anyone on terrorism: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

  October 23, 2017 12:33 IST

  Shivraj Singh Chouhan's comment on China was an apparent reminder of the then defence minister Arun Jaitley's remarks during the standoff.

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  'BJP offered Rs 1 crore to switch loyalty, got Rs 10 lakh in advance', claims Hardik Patel’s aide

  October 23, 2017 8:23 IST

  A senior member of the Hardik Patel-led group campaigning for reservations for the Patel community has alleged that he was offered Rs 1 crore to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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  Himachal polls: Congress announces second list, CM's son doesn't figure

  October 22, 2017 23:17 IST

  Except for Shimla Rural and Mandi, the party has declared candidates for all the other assembly seats.

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  Gujarat polls: Congress invites Hardik Patel, Jignesh Mevani to meet Rahul Gandhi

  October 22, 2017 23:13 IST

  Rahul Gandhi will take part in `Navsarjan Gujarat Janadesh' rally organised by the party in Gandhinagar where OBC leader Alpesh Thakor will join the Congress.

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  BJP MP from Assam compares Nehru-Gandhi with garbage, Congress hits back

  October 22, 2017 22:45 IST

  BJP MP Kamakhya Prasad Tass's remark triggered a row with the Assam unit of Congress party demanding the Lok Sabha MP's arrest.

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  Modi in Gujarat: PM slams opposition for criticising Election Commission

  October 22, 2017 21:53 IST

  PM Narendra Modi also warned state governments who are ‘Vikas virodhi’ (opposition to development) and said that the Central government would not dole out a single penny to such states.

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  Yogi Adityanath faces tough civic polls test in Uttar Pradesh

  October 22, 2017 20:00 IST

  The Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress, which forged an alliance in run up to the 2017 UP state polls, have decided to contest these elections separately.

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  3 years of BJP govt in Jammu and Kashmir brought prosperity: Poonam Mahajan

  October 22, 2017 19:35 IST

  However, the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Mocha president said, there were certain elements who wanted to throw a spanner in the works done by the BJP.

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  When Sonia Gandhi said 'will miss tantrums' of Pranab Mukherjee

  October 22, 2017 18:27 IST

  The former president's third political memoir gives several accounts of how the UPA chairperson remained reluctant to approve his name for the country's top constitutional post

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  BJP caricature of Rahul Gandhi not working any more: Shashi Tharoor

  October 22, 2017 18:19 IST

  Shashi Tharoor said the narrative had 'changed very, very clearly' in the past few months and people were now openly expressing doubts and misgivings about the performance of BJP govt.

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  It’s 2017, not 1817: Rahul Gandhi to Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje

  October 22, 2017 16:45 IST

  The move by the state government has met with large-scale criticism, with politicians and rights bodies terming it as unconstitutional and a move to shield the corrupt.

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  J&K: Karan Singh's son Vikramaditya resigns from PDP due to differences over Jammu-centric issues

  October 22, 2017 14:41 IST

  Vikramaditya Singh resigned from the PDP due to differences with his party over Jammu-centric issues.

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  Will decide future role in consultation with Congress leadership, says Azharuddin

  October 22, 2017 13:41 IST

  Azharuddin has been invited by the Telangana Congress to contest the 2019 elections from the state.

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  BJP, Congress spar over Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter popularity as report suggests bot connection

  October 22, 2017 12:53 IST

  A war of words on Saturday broke out between the BJP and the Congress over Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter resurgence after news agency ANI suggested ‘bots’ or web robots that can produce automated mass retweets were behind it.

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  Rajasthan govt trying to shield corrupt officials: Congress

  October 22, 2017 11:33 IST

  Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot said the BJP government wants to protect the corrupt officials with its new ordinance.

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  Modi in Vadodara: PM launches several projects, holds road show

  October 22, 2017 21:26 IST

  On his third visit to Gujarat in a month, PM Modi inaugurated the first phase of the Rs 615-crore Ghogha-Dahej 'roll-on, roll-off (ro-ro)' ferry service.

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  Hardik Patel's two key aides join BJP ahead of Gujarat Assembly polls

  October 22, 2017 10:24 IST

  Hardik Patel's two key aides - Varun Patel and Reshma Patel - joined the ruling BJP on Saturday.

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  Congress gets booster shot as Gujarat OBC leader set to join party ahead of Assembly polls

  October 22, 2017 8:20 IST

  Alpesh Thakor, the convenor of the Gujarat OBC Ekta Manch and leader of the local Thakor Sena, met with Congress VP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday.

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  Congress, Lalu come together on first Bihar CM's birth anniversary

  October 22, 2017 7:47 IST

  RJD supremo Lalu Prasad was the chief guest at the 130th birth anniversary programme of Bihar's first chief minister Sri Krishna Singh, which was organised by the Congress.

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  PM Modi in poll-bound Gujarat today, to inaugurate slew of projects in Bhavnagar and Vadodara

  October 22, 2017 8:22 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today inaugurate and lay foundation stones for a number of projects in Bhavnagar and Vadodara districts.

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  Sushma Swaraj on two-day visit to Bangladesh from Sunday

  October 21, 2017 22:28 IST

  This is Sushma Swaraj's second visit to Bangladesh and comes after recent trip of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.