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  BJP state office attacked in Kerala capital

  July 28, 2017 11:35 IST

  Local BJP workers have alleged that activists of CPI (M) were behind the attack

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  Bihar floor test: CM Nitish wins trust vote with 131 votes, RJD gets 108 ; Tejashwi cries conspiracy

  July 28, 2017 13:49 IST

  131 MLAs voted in favour of Nitish Kumar while 108 MLAs voted against his trust vote.

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  Bihar CM Nitish Kumar to seek trust vote at 11 am today

  July 28, 2017 7:24 IST

  The numbers are in favour of the JD(U)-NDA government headed by Nitish Kumar but the RJD has reportedly decided to create ruckus in the House during the trust vote.

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  Three Gujarat Congress MLAs resign to join BJP ahead of Rajya Sabha polls

  July 27, 2017 22:19 IST

  3 Congress MLAs considered close to former opposition leader Shankarsinh Vaghela resigned from the assembly to join the BJP today.

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  India raised stapled visa issue with China at every level, not silent on Tibet: Sushma Swaraj

  July 27, 2017 21:44 IST

  India has raised the issue of stapled visa to Arunachal Pradesh residents by China has been raised in every bilateral meeting at various levels, Sushma Swaraj said in Rajya Sabha.

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  Nitish Kumar did not consult party before joining hands with BJP, say JD(U) leaders

  July 27, 2017 20:59 IST

  Senior JD(U) leaders today said that Nitish Kumar did not inform or consult with the party before taking the decision to join hands with the BJP.

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  6 Gujarat Congress MLAs quit within 2 days: How Shankersinh Vaghela could roil Ahmed Patel's RS bid

  July 28, 2017 15:02 IST

  Two more Congress MLAs quit the party to join BJP today, taking the count of MLAs quitting the grand old party to five since yesterday. The development makes the road tougher for Ahmed Patel's entry to the Rajya Sabha

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  Will not allow Bihar Assembly to function, says RJD

  July 27, 2017 17:04 IST

  The monsoon session of the Bihar Assembly begins on Friday. Nitish Kumar, who along with the BJP formed a new government, will have to prove his majority in the next two days.

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  Day after Nitish Kumar ditches RJD, ED books Lalu and family in money laundering case

  July 27, 2017 16:44 IST

  The ED has registered a money-laundering case under the PMLA Act against RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family members in connection with allotment of railway hotels to a company.

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  Rahul Gandhi, LK Advani talk in Lok Sabha as BJP-Congress spar over issues

  July 27, 2017 15:26 IST

  After talking to the former deputy Prime Minister for nearly five minutes, Rahul was also seen talking to Union minister Ramdas Athawale. Then the Congress leader went upto his mother Congress president Sonia Gandhi and talked to her for a while.

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  1.5 lakh die in 5 lakh accidents every year, Nitin Gadkari informs Parliament

  July 27, 2017 15:01 IST

  “Five lakh accidents take place every year in the country in which 1.5 lakh people lost their lives,” Gadkari said

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  Will not declare 39 missing Indians dead without solid proof, reiterates Sushma Swaraj

  July 27, 2017 14:41 IST

  "I repeat, I will not declare them (the missing Indians) dead until we have concrete evidence to that effect," she told Rajya Sabha.

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  All parties to give their objections on proposed Motor Vehicles Bill: Nitin Gadkari

  July 27, 2017 14:40 IST

  All parties in the Rajya Sabha will give their objections on the proposed Motor Vehicles Bill in writing before a decision can be taken on its fate, according to a decision taken at a meeting here today

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  Kerala JD-U rebels against Nitish Kumar for aligning with BJP

  July 27, 2017 14:31 IST

  The chief of the party's Kerala unit, M.P. Veerendra Kumar, a Rajya Sabha member, told reporters in Delhi that he was even ready to quit the Upper House to pursue his fight against "fascist forces".

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  NDA back in Bihar: Nitish Kumar sworn in as Chief Minister, Sushil Modi his deputy

  July 27, 2017 15:58 IST

  The NDA alliance had submitted a list of 132 MLAs yesterday to the Governor. These include 71 of JD(U), BJP 53, RLSP 2, LJP 2, HAM 1 and three Independents. In the 243-member Bihar Assembly, the RJD has 81 MLAs, the Congress 27 and the CPI-ML 03.

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  Will support BJP in both Houses of Parliament: JD(U) leader KC Tyagi

  July 27, 2017 14:20 IST

  The BJP and the JD(U) have now 129 MLAs in the 243-member House. The RJD has 80 MLAs whereas the Congress had 27 legislators.

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  How political leaders reacted to Nitish Kumar’s fresh stint as Bihar CM under NDA’s fold

  July 27, 2017 14:26 IST

  This is Nitish’s second innings in the last two years. He snapped ties late on Wednesday with Magagathbandhan partners RJD and the Congress over corruption charges against RJD leader and Deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav.

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  Former Karnataka CM Dharam Singh dies of heart attack

  July 27, 2017 14:08 IST

  Born on December 25, 1936, Dharam Singh, a Rajput, was the ruling party's state unit president from 1999-2004.

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  M K Stalin arrested enroute to Salem NEET protest on grounds of 'law and order'

  July 27, 2017 13:53 IST

  DMK leader M K Stalin was today arrested near here on grounds of "law and order," when he attempted to proceed to Salem to oversee the desilting work of a lake, over which his party men and AIADMK (Amma) workers had clashed

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  Considering to appeal in SC against Governor's decision: Lalu Yadav on Bihar crisis

  July 27, 2017 15:55 IST

  RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Thursday alleged that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had "conspired" with the BJP to get graft cases filed against his family by central investigation agencies

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  PM Narendra Modi congratulates Nitish Kumar on being sworn in as Bihar CM

  July 27, 2017 13:26 IST

  The Raj Bhavan here echoed with chants of "Nitish Kumar Zindabad" as Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi administered the oath to Nitish Kumar.

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  ‘Missing Amma, can feel the void’: PM Modi remembers Jayalalithaa during inauguration of Kalam memorial

  July 27, 2017 13:49 IST

  The memorial at Pei Karumbu was built by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) at an outlay of around Rs 16 crore in a year's time.

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  Nitish an opportunist, vicious greed for power will spell its own doom: Tejashwi

  July 27, 2017 12:49 IST

  Tejashwi, who is facing corruption charges, said that he had ‘entered politics with a clean slate and was eager to write a positive story’.

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  ‘Chanakya of Bihar politics’ Nitish Kumar stumps his friends and foes alike

  July 27, 2017 12:27 IST

  Often referred to as the ‘Chanakya of Bihar politics’, Nitish Kumar, 66, quit as the CM of the politically crucial state last evening and readily accepted BJP's support to continue in power.

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  Decision to join hands with BJP taken in interest of Bihar, says Nitish Kumar

  July 27, 2017 12:11 IST

  “As I said yesterday, whatever decision we have taken will be in the interest of Bihar and of its people. It will ensure development with justice,"Nitish Kumar said.

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  Sharad Yadav unhappy with Nitish’s return to NDA, says move sends ‘wrong message to people’

  July 27, 2017 11:14 IST

  Quizzed over the happenings in the political landscape in Bihar, Yadav refused to comment on the developments, but hinted that ‘it will send a wrong message among people of Bihar’.

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  Rahul Gandhi slams Nitish Kumar, says ‘he betrayed Congress party’

  July 27, 2017 12:34 IST

  Rahul said that Kumar has betrayed the Congress Bihar’s interest. The Congress scion even charged Kumar of not keeping him in loop before taking the decision.

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  ‘Na na karte pyar…’: Akhilesh Yadav takes dig on Nitish Kumar’s alliance with BJP

  July 27, 2017 10:22 IST

  Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today said that the former could not resist separation from his former ally – the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)