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  Gorakhpur hospital tragedy: BRD college principal has been made a 'scapegoat', says Mayawati

  August 13, 2017 17:26 IST

  Mayawati today said BRD college principal Dr Rajeev Mishra has been made a "scapegoat", after he was suspended following the death of 30 children at the hospital within a span of 48 hours.

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  For Independence Day address, PM Modi receives suggestions on education, cleanliness, environment

  August 13, 2017 17:14 IST

  The suggestions have been made by the people in response to the prime minister's invitation to them to share their ideas and inputs to be included in his Independence Day address, according to official sources.

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  Nobody can 'give' away a mosque, says Asaduddin Owaisi on Shia Waqf Board stand

  August 13, 2017 16:30 IST

  The Shia Board had told the apex court on August 8 that a mosque can be built in a Muslim area at a reasonable distance from the site of the temple-mosque dispute.

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  Sharad Yadav faction claims support of 14 state units, set to present itself as real JD(U)

  August 13, 2017 16:53 IST

  Sharad Yadav is set to present his faction as the "real" JD(U) claiming that many of its state units are with him while the support for party president Nitish Kumar is confined to Bihar.

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  Vande Mataram India TV: Manish Tewari targets govt on appointment of Gen Bipin Rawat as Army Chief

  August 13, 2017 19:31 IST

  The BJP-led NDA government had last year appointed General Bipin Rawat as the 27th Army Chief superseding two Generals -- Praveen Bakshi and PM Hariz, both of whom accepted to serve under him.

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  No Congressman would have supported ‘anti-national slogans’ in JNU had Indira Gandhi been alive: Jaitley

  August 13, 2017 19:37 IST

  Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said that had former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi been alive, no Congressman would have gone to the JNU to support students who raised anti-national slogans.

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  Gorakhpur tragedy: Guilty will not be spared, assures CM Yogi after visit to hospital

  August 13, 2017 15:55 IST

  Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today said strict action will be taken against those found guilty in the death of children at BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur.

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  ‘India fully equipped to face any challenge’: Jitendra Singh on Dokalam standoff

  August 12, 2017 23:43 IST

  The MoS PMO was responding to a question about the recent 'threat' by China through its official media asking India to withdraw troops from the Sikkim sector.

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  Gorakhpur tragedy: Adityanath rules out oxygen lack as cause, assures stern action

  August 12, 2017 22:06 IST

  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday that a committee has been set up under the Chief Secretary to go into the gas supplier's role and other lapses.

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  Ram Vilas Paswan bats for JD(U) joining Union Cabinet

  August 12, 2017 21:59 IST

  Ram Vilas Paswan today batted for JD(U) to join the Union Cabinet, saying it was a misfortune that for 27 years the party which ruled Bihar was not part of the government at the Centre.

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  ‘One or two member cannot divide JD(U)’, says KC Tyagi

  August 12, 2017 21:50 IST

  Meanwhile, BJP president Amit Shah today said in a tweet that he had invited Kumar to formally join the NDA.

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  JD(U) to decide on joining NDA on August 19

  August 12, 2017 21:40 IST

  JD(U) spokesperson K C Tyagi said the party will approve the proposal in the meeting in Patna.

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  ‘Modi govt making hollow and false promises’: Rahul Gandhi

  August 12, 2017 21:26 IST

  Rahul Gandhi today hit out at the Modi government over farmer and unemployment issues, accusing it of making "hollow" and "false" promises".

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  Sharad Yadav faction is real JD(U), Nitish one is ‘Bharatiya JD(U)’: Ali Anwar

  August 12, 2017 20:43 IST

  Ali Anwar Ansari said the faction led by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has become a ‘Sarkari JD(U)’.

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  Gorakhpur tragedy: Dirty surrounding, open defecation behind children's deaths, says CM

  August 12, 2017 20:25 IST

  Meanwhile, the Uttar Pradesh government suspended principal of the Baba Raghav Das Medical College RK Mishra for alleged negligence and callousness over the deaths of 63 children in five days.

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  Sharad Yadav attacks Nitish Kumar, says 'JD(U) is my party too'

  August 12, 2017 23:51 IST

  Sharad Yadav refused to say anything on the JD(U) decision to replace him as the parliamentary party leader on Saturday. Yadav said when he had "not been afraid of Indira Gandhi, what do others matter".

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  Lalu questions doctors posted at Health Minister's residence

  August 12, 2017 17:57 IST

  Lalu showed an official letter dated August 1 purportedly putting doctors in rotation at the new health minister's residence in support of his charges.

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  Maharashtra: Shiv Sena minister Subhash Desai offers to quit, CM Fadnavis declines request

  August 12, 2017 17:52 IST

  The development comes a day after Fadnavis announced a probe by Lokayukta against Housing Minister Prakash Mehta, who has been accused by the opposition of impropriety in a slum redevelopment project here. He belongs to the BJP.

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  Sharad Yadav removed as leader of JD(U) in Rajya Sabha

  August 12, 2017 16:17 IST

  Differences between Nitish Kumar and Sharad Yadav surfaced after the former snapped ties with the Congress and the RJD, and allied with the BJP to form a new government in Bihar last month.

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  Lalu demands CBI probe into Rs 500 cr scam involving Sushil Modi

  August 12, 2017 15:47 IST

  So far, seven people have been arrested -- including Prem Kumar, PA of Bhagalpur District Magistrate, on Friday -- in connection with the scam in the last three days.

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  National Conference creating fear psychosis over Article 35A: BJP

  August 12, 2017 15:37 IST

  The Supreme Court had last month asked the Centre to file a reply within three weeks to a writ petition filed by an NGO seeking that Article 35A be struck down.

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  Gorakhpur children death: Those found guilty will face strict action, says Deputy CM Keshav Maurya

  August 12, 2017 14:28 IST

  At least 63 children have died in last five days due to various reasons in the BRD Medical College Hospital.

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  Amit Shah invites Nitish Kumar to join NDA, offers co-convenor's post to Bihar CM

  August 18, 2017 19:46 IST

  The invitation comes after the JD(U) joined hands with the BJP to form the government in Bihar after it walked out of alliance with Lalu Prasad’s RJD.

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  Defence Minister Arun Jaitley rejects reports about ammunition shortage

  August 11, 2017 22:27 IST

  A question was also asked in reference to a CAG report which had stated that the defence forces have ammunition that can last for 20 days in an event of a war, instead of the minimum requirement of 40 days.

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  JD(U) suspends Ali Anwar Ansari from parliamentary party for attending opposition meet

  August 11, 2017 22:28 IST

  Ansari had criticised JD(U) president and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's decision to walk out of the Grand Alliance in Bihar and form government with the BJP.

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  PM Modi to stay with coalition agenda, Article 35(A) stays: Mehbooba Mufti

  August 11, 2017 20:01 IST

  Mehbooba Mutfi, who arrived here on Thursday, met PM Modi in the backdrop of a raging debate over the continuity of articles 370 and 35(A) of the Constitution that give Jammu and Kashmir its special status.

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  Nitish's alliance with BJP an ‘unholy alliance’: Congress

  August 11, 2017 19:36 IST

  Scindia asserted that the party would vehemently oppose the unholy alliance of BJP and Janata Dal (United).

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  Rift in Opposition widens, NCP skips opposition meeting called by Sonia Gandhi

  August 11, 2017 18:17 IST

  Sharad Pawar's NCP was one of the 18 parties invited by Sonia Gandhi. However, no one from the party turned up to attend the meeting.