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  Kiran Bedi tweets posters portraying her as Hitler, puts Congress on mat

  July 21, 2017 23:38 IST

  Bedi also tweeted another picture in which she was depicted as "Goddess Kaali," albeit in a dubious manner. Bedi's tweets made the chief minister rush in to counsel restraint to his party workers.

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  SC rejects as premature Sasikala Pushpa's plea on immunity

  July 21, 2017 23:21 IST

  A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra said that her plea was "premature" after Pushpa claimed that she had not received any expulsion letter from the party and hence, it could not be said that she has been expelled.

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  FERA case: SC refuse to stay Madras HC order against TTV Dhinakaran

  July 21, 2017 23:17 IST

  Dhinakaran is facing two cases filed by the ED against him for alleged violations of the FERA, which has now been repealed.

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  Problems of Jammu and Kashmir legacy of Congress: BJP

  July 21, 2017 21:47 IST

  Hitting out at Gandhi, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said many problems of Jammu and Kashmir are the legacy of the Congress and its role in creating complications in the state is "too well known".

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  TR Zeliang wins trust vote in Nagaland Assembly

  July 21, 2017 20:42 IST

  Zeliang was sworn in on Wednesday replacing Liezietsu, who was dismissed from office by Governor PB Acharya. Liezietsu and his supporters failed to turn up in the Assembly to face the floor test.

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  Only BJP and Communists can claim internal democracy: Amit Shah

  July 21, 2017 20:22 IST

  BJP president Amit Shah, on a three-day trip of Rajasthan, traced the history of the party and tried to convey how the saffron party was different from all others.

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  Shun mindset of red beacon culture: PM Modi to BJP MPs

  July 21, 2017 19:50 IST

  Modi routinely meets party MPs from different states during Parliament's sessions to discuss governance and political issues.

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  Shankersinh Vaghela not expelled, hope he’ll work for party: Congress

  July 21, 2017 19:37 IST

  The Congress' reaction came after Vaghela claimed that he was expelled from the party "24 hours back" but made it clear that he had no plans to join the BJP or any other political party.

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  Tej Pratap Yadav's petrol pump in Patna sealed

  July 21, 2017 18:42 IST

  Two days ago, a court lifted its stay order on BPCL's termination order which was issued last month. The interim stay was issued after Tej Pratap Yadav challenged the BPCL's cancellation order.

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  Mamata accuses BJP of massive corruption, says ‘Modi will go in 2019’

  July 21, 2017 18:33 IST

  Mamata also threatened to slap defamation cases if the probe into the Saradha and Narada cases by CBI and other central agencies did not proceed in a genuine way.

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  US, China can help settle Kashmir issue, says Farooq Abdullah

  July 21, 2017 16:51 IST

  Earlier this week, China, the all-weather ally of Pakistan, had said that it was ‘willing to play a constructive role in improving relations between India and Pakistan’.

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  Karti Chidambaram moves Madras HC against CBI summons

  July 21, 2017 15:49 IST

  When the petition came up for hearing today on the question of maintainability, Justice P Velmurugan, after hearing arguments by both sides, adjourned it to July 28 without passing any interim order.

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  Yasin Malik arrested in Srinagar

  July 21, 2017 15:12 IST

  Police arrested Malik in Druggen area after the Friday prayers when Malik came out of a mosque to lead the march towards the headquarters of the UN Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) in Sonawar area.

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  Vaghela quits Congress, says 'won't return to BJP'

  July 21, 2017 18:16 IST

  Addressing a gathering here on his 77th birthday, Vaghela said the party has shown him the door, but said he will not quit.

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  Wrong policies of Narendra Modi and NDA burnt Kashmir, says Rahul

  July 21, 2017 17:28 IST

  “I have been saying it for a long time that wrong policies of Narendra Modi and NDA have burnt Kashmir,” Rahul Gandhi said.

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  President-elect Ram Nath Kovind’s vote share lowest since 1974, reveals EC data

  July 21, 2017 11:50 IST

  According to EC data, Kovind’s immediate predecessor Pranab Mukherjee (2012) secured 69.31% votes while Pratibha Patil (2007) got 65.82% of the total votes, marginally higher than the share secured by Kovind.

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  Cross-voting favours Kovind in maximum states except BJP-ruled Rajasthan where Meira gains

  July 21, 2017 8:56 IST

  The only exception was the BJP-ruled Rajasthan where the cross-voting favoured Opposition candidate Meira Kumar and it should be a matter of concern for Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia.

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  Lynching in the name of cow 'condemnable', no sympathy for such people: Govt

  July 21, 2017 8:56 IST

  Arun Jaitley pointed out that that the central government could not be blamed for violence by “some people” as it was the responsibility of the state governments to deal with such issues.

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  Doklam standoff: India and China committed to peaceful solution for border dispute, govt tells Parliament

  July 21, 2017 8:57 IST

  Union Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs Gen V K Singh said that the two countries are committed to a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable solution” to the boundary dispute.

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  Kerala BJP leader allegedly took Rs 5.60 cr for MCI approval to pvt college; Party plays down 'internal report'

  July 21, 2017 0:04 IST

  BJP's Kerala unit has come under a cloud following a purported internal report on alleged corruption by some leaders in the grant of MCI clearance for a private college.

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  'Conditions' over Kashmir dialogue will 'close the doors': PDP

  July 20, 2017 23:52 IST

  PDP today said that Union minister Hansraj Ahir's "putting conditions" over dialogue to address Kashmir issue amounts to "closing the doors" for negotiations and undermines the reality of the issue.

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  ‘My win is message to those discharging their duties with integrity’: 10 quotes of President-elect Ram Nath Kovind

  July 21, 2017 8:16 IST

  President-elect Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday said his election to the nation's highest post is a message to those discharging their duties with integrity.

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  Presidential election 2017: Kovind gets one vote in Kerala, Meira Kumar draws blank in AP

  July 20, 2017 22:20 IST

  Kovind received 2930 votes with a value of 7,02,044, while Meira Kumar got 1844 votes with a value of 3,67,314.

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  West Bengal CID summons BJP's Roopa Ganguly, Kailash Vijayvargiya in child trafficking case

  July 20, 2017 20:39 IST

  BJP Rajya Sabha MP Roopa Ganguly, party national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya and two other leaders were today summoned by the CID for questioning in connection with the Jalpaiguri child trafficking case.

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  Ram Nath Kovind first BJP leader to be President

  July 20, 2017 20:33 IST

  Ram Nath Kovind will be the first BJP leader to become President occupy the Rashtrapati Bhawan.

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  PM Modi discussed 'spirit' of H1B visas with Trump: Sushma Swaraj

  July 20, 2017 23:46 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the "spirit" of H1B visa with President Donald Trump during their recent meeting and made him agree on crucial contribution of the Indian skilled professionals to the US economy, External Affairs Minister Sushma

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  Opposition targets govt over lynchings; Congress attacks PM Modi

  July 20, 2017 20:20 IST

  The Opposition today targeted the government over the lynchings, with the Congress accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "creating such an environment" and indulging in "double speak" on the issue.

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  Battle of ideologies: Cross-voting in Kovind’s favour a body blow to Congress’ idea of ‘united oppn’

  July 20, 2017 19:44 IST

  The numbers of the Presidential election rolled out by EC reveal that the ‘battle of ideologies’ – something that the Congress christened the battle as – appears to be failing and has damaged its claims of a united opposition.