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  Jairam Ramesh’s ‘existential crisis’ remark riles Congress, says ‘should have discussed at party forum’

  August 08, 2017 12:29 IST

  Randeep Singh Surjewala on Tuesday said that he doesn’t agree with the remarks, and that Ramesh should have discussed the matter within the party forum before speaking out in public

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  Why no security for Rahul during foreign trips? Rajnath to Congress on Gujarat stone-pelting

  August 08, 2017 12:56 IST

  The Home minister said the nation as well as the House want to know what Rahul Gandhi wants to hide by not taking SPG protection along, when he left India on six occasions totalling 72 days

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  'Rahul Gandhi missing' posters come up in Amethi

  August 08, 2017 17:03 IST

  Gandhi has not visited his parliamentary constituency for six months now, leading to anger and disappointment among the voters, people in Amethi said

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  Gujarat RS polls: Cross-voting casts shadow on Ahmed Patel’s bid; Vaghela, 6 supporters vote for BJP

  August 08, 2017 10:58 IST

  While Amit Shah and Smriti Irani are set to emerge victorious in these elections, Ahmed Patel’s fate has been hanging in balance after internal bickering in the Congress

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  As it happened: Congress leader Ahmed Patel retains Rajya Sabha seat from Gujarat

  August 09, 2017 2:22 IST

  Besides Shah and Irani, the BJP has fielded Congress turncoat Balwant Singh Rajput for the third seat. While Shah and Irani are set to emerge victorious, Patel’s fate has been hanging in balance after internal bickering in the Congress.

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  Article 35A row: PDP joins ranks with oppn to counter ally BJP, separatists call for shutdown on Aug 12

  August 08, 2017 11:20 IST

  A section of the saffron party has criticised the provision asserting that it encourages alienation, deepens the concept of a separate identity and creates a political gap between the state and the rest of India

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  Gujarat RS polls today: Amit Shah, Smriti Irani set to win; Ahmed Patel in trouble after NCP MLA’s support to BJP candidate

  August 08, 2017 8:36 IST

  While Amit Shah and Smriti Irani are set to emerge victorious, Ahmed Patel’s fate hangs in balance after NCP MLA Kandhal Jadeja claimed that his party has asked the two party MLAs to support the BJP candidate.

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  BJP makes inroads in Left-ruled Tripura with induction of six sacked TMC MLAs

  August 07, 2017 21:31 IST

  Six sacked TMC MLAs from Tripura Sudip Roy Burman, Ashish Kumar Saha, Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl, Biswa Bandhu Sen, Pranjit Singha Roy and Dilip Sarkar joined the BJP today.

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  Gujarat RS polls: Have been asked by party to vote for Ahmed Patel's rival, says NCP MLA

  August 07, 2017 21:10 IST

  NCP MLA Kandhal Jadeja said he has been asked by the party leadership to vote for Balvantsinh Rajput, Ahmed Patel's rival in tomorrow's RS polls.

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  Ahmed Patel confident of win in high-stakes Gujarat RS polls

  August 07, 2017 20:19 IST

  Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel today expressed confidence on winning Rajya Sabha election from Gujarat.

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  LPG subsidy for poor will stay, assures Dharmendra Pradhan

  August 07, 2017 19:27 IST

  Union Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today assured that the subsidy on LPG cylinder for domestic use for the poor will continue.

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  Chandigarh Stalking case: BJP MP seeks Subhash Barala's resignation on moral grounds, party says no

  August 07, 2017 18:50 IST

  Rajkumar Saini, BJP MP from Kurukshetra, today said Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala should resign on moral grounds.

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  Will see who is with us during 'bad times', says Akhilesh as Samajwadi Party battles defections

  August 07, 2017 16:42 IST

  Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav today said those who wanted to go, should go without offering any excuse, so that he could ascertain who were with him in bad times.

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  Congress facing 'existential crisis', old formulas won't work against Modi, Shah: Jairam Ramesh

  August 07, 2017 16:11 IST

  Jairam Ramesh said that business as usual approach will not work against Modi and Shah.

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  Haryana stalking case: CCTV footage goes missing, Congress calls it BJP’s ‘cover-up’ attempt

  August 07, 2017 12:31 IST

  Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala cornered Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the incident and accused the BJP pressurizing Chandigarh administration to protect Subhash Barala’s son Vikas

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  Gujarat RS polls: 44 Congress MLAs return from Bengaluru, taken to another resort in Anand

  August 07, 2017 9:32 IST

  The Gujarat Congress had sent 44 of its MLAs here on July 29 to fend off the "poaching" attempts by the BJP, ahead of the August 8 Rajya Sabha poll in that state

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  Rajya Sabha polls: Gujarat Congress MLAs, camping in Bengaluru for over a week, to return home on Monday

  August 07, 2017 0:01 IST

  Gujarat Congress legislators, camping at a private resort near here, will be flown to their home state tomorrow ahead of Rajya Sabha polls.

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  Chandigarh stalking case: BJP govt must punish the guilty, not collude with them, says Rahul Gandhi

  August 06, 2017 21:59 IST

  Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today condemned the Chandigarh stalking incident and urged the BJP government to "punish the guilty."

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  Gujarat Rajya Sabha polls: Amit Shah holds meeting with BJP leaders

  August 06, 2017 20:17 IST

  BJP chief Amit Shah today held a meeting with the party leaders in Gujarat ahead of Rajya Sabha polls.

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  Chandigarh stalking case: Can't punish Subhash Barala for son's crime, says Haryana CM

  August 06, 2017 19:04 IST

  Khattar said the arrest of state BJP chief Subhash Barala's son for allegedly stalking a young woman in Chandigarh was "individual issue" and the father should not be punished for the son's crime.

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  RSS activist murder: Political killings increase in Kerala whenever LDF comes to power, says Jaitley

  August 06, 2017 18:27 IST

  Union minister Arun Jaitley today alleged that incidents of violence always increased Kerala whenever the LDF came to power.

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  BJP-JD(U) alliance must reflect in allocation of funds to Bihar: Nitish Kumar

  August 18, 2017 19:47 IST

  Nitish Kumar today urged the Centre to allocate funds "liberally" to strengthen the subordinate judiciary in the state.

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  Kerala political killings: Arun Jaitley meets family of slain RSS worker, CPM stages dharna

  August 06, 2017 13:46 IST

  The family members of the victims, who belonged to the CPI-M and killed in different parts of the state, staged the dharna demanding that the Union minister visit their homes too and listen to their woes

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  Vice-presidential election: Concern for Opposition as over 20 of its MPs voted in Naidu’s favour

  August 06, 2017 8:15 IST

  Naidu secured 516 votes against the pledged support of around 495 as nearly two dozen MPs of Opposition defied their leadership and cross-voted in NDA’s favour taking the victory margin to 272 – the largest in the last 30 years

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  Yogi Adityanath has not resigned as Lok Sabha MP, clarifies UP government

  August 05, 2017 23:47 IST

  Reports earlier had indicated that Adityanath, who is a five-term MP from Gorakhpur, had submitted his resignation from the Lok Sabha, subsequent to voting in the vice-presidential election.

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  Former UP minister Gayatri Prajapati gets bail in farming of IPS officer, his wife in a rape case

  August 05, 2017 23:41 IST

  Chief Judicial Magistrate Sandhya Srivastava, while granting bail, directed that the accused be released on furnishing two sureties of Rs 20,000 each and a personal bond of the same amount.

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  Six Tripura MLAs to join BJP on Monday: Himanta Biswa Sarma

  August 05, 2017 23:33 IST

  MLAs Sudip Roy Barman, Ashish Kumar Saha, Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl, Biswa Bandhu Sen and Pranjit Singh Roy met BJP President Amit Shah in New Delhi on Saturday, he said.

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  Opposition hit by cross-voting, invalid and missing votes in vice-presidential poll

  August 05, 2017 22:13 IST

  Venkaiah Naidu secured 516 votes against the pledged support of around 495.