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  I have faced a lot of racial abuse in India, says Mizoram CM Lal Thanhawla

  April 25, 2017 14:41 IST

  Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla today said that he himself was a victim of such slurs in various corners of the country.

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  Remove Sasikala’s portraits from AIADMK HQ, says OPS faction

  April 25, 2017 14:06 IST

  The AIADMK faction headed by former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam today demanded that VK Sasikala's portraits be removed from the party headquarters in Chennai.

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  J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti chairs security meet amid spiralling protests

  April 25, 2017 14:03 IST

  Kashmir is in the grip of increased violence since the April 9 by-poll for the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency. The security forces are under intense pressure as they are faced with almost daily protests and stone-pelting, especially by students.

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  Sukma attack a cold blooded murder; will revive strategy, says Rajnath Singh

  April 25, 2017 13:47 IST

  Addressing the media here along with Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh, the Home Minister said that the ‘government will take strong action against those responsible’.

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  Rajnath Singh pays homage to 25 CRPF men killed in Sukma naxal attack

  April 25, 2017 12:48 IST

  Chhattisgarh Governor Balramji Das Tandon, Chief Minister Raman Singh, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir and senior state and paramilitary officials were also present on the occasion.

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  TN bandh: MK Stalin arrested in Tiruvarur during farmers’ protest

  April 25, 2017 11:55 IST

  DMK’s working president and Leader of Opposition in Tamil Nadu Assembly MK Stalin along with several leaders have been arrested as they held a strike in Tiruvarur in support of farmers.

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  Alwar lynching: No regret over ‘cow smuggler’ Pehlu Khan’s death, says BJP MLA Gyandev Ahuja

  April 25, 2017 11:35 IST

  Targeting the opposition for raising the matter in the House, Ahuja said that Khan was a ‘cow smuggler’ and that the opposition ‘wanted to reward traitors and insult patriots’.

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  RSS leader Indresh Kumar dubs All India Muslim Personal Law Board as ‘un-Islamic’ and ‘illegal’

  April 25, 2017 10:58 IST

  Kumar, who is a patron of RSS affiliate-Muslim Rashtriya Manch, said that according to the Islamic philosophy, the AIMPLB ‘is not a legal institution and does not represent Muslims in the country’.

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  Sukma attack: Rajnath Singh to visit Raipur today, vows to avenge killings of CRPF men

  April 25, 2017 10:48 IST

  Singh said that the government has taken as a challenge the killing of CRPF personnel as he termed the attack a ‘sad and an unfortunate incident’ and vowed that no one will be spared.

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  BJP trying to lure away AAP legislators, says Alka Lamba

  April 25, 2017 8:57 IST

  Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Alka Lamba on Monday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trying to lure away legislatords of her party.

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  Sharad Pawar rules himself out of race for President post

  April 25, 2017 7:42 IST

  Pawar, however, said that there could be a ‘consensus candidate’ from both the opposition and the ruling coalition, if Prime Minister Narendra Modi opts for it.

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  AIADMK symbol row: Delhi Police grills TTV Dinakaran for 7 hours, accepts meeting middleman Sukesh

  April 25, 2017 6:48 IST

  Dinakaran made this disclosure before the Delhi Police during interrogation yesterday, the third day in a row. Personnel grilled him for almost seven hours.

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  AIADMK merger: Rival factions blame each other for 'delay' in talks

  April 24, 2017 23:22 IST

  Days after the two factions of AIADMK announced panels for the merger talk, both sides today blamed each other for the delay in taking the proposal forward.

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  Prepare for 'movement' if exit poll results predicting BJP sweep in MCD come true: Kejriwal to partymen

  April 24, 2017 23:03 IST

  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today warned of launching a movement if the MCD exit poll results, which have predicted a BJP sweep, come true.

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  Telangana CM KCR meets PM Modi, seeks constitutional safeguard for Muslim quota bill

  April 24, 2017 20:52 IST

  Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao today sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention to ensure a constitutional safeguard for the state's new legislation offering 12 per cent reservation for Muslims.

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  Bihar becomes second state after Telangana to pass GST Bill; Nitish terms it 'a historic moment'

  April 24, 2017 20:28 IST

  Bihar on Monday became the second state to pass the GST Bill after Telangana, paving the way for roll out of the new tax regime from July 1.

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  Appeasement politics will ruin Trinamool Congress, says BJP

  April 24, 2017 15:15 IST

  The BJP today warned the Trinamool Congress that its appeasement politics will totally ruin the party.

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  Talks not possible in Kashmir amid stone-pelting and bullets: Mufti

  April 24, 2017 18:56 IST

  Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said that talks cannot be initiated in the state amid stone-pelting and bullets.

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  Bihar Assembly passes GST Bill

  April 24, 2017 13:56 IST

  The Bihar Assembly today unanimously passed the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill, 2017.

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  Kashmir unrest: No option but to talk, Mehbooba Mufti tells PM Modi

  April 24, 2017 11:55 IST

  Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today met Prime minister Narendra Modi amid deteriorating law and order situation in the state.

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  PM Modi urges states to consider January-December financial year

  April 24, 2017 9:19 IST

  PM Narendra Modi asked the states to consider advancing the financial year to January-December, saying that in a country where agricultural income is exceedingly important, budget should be prepared immediately after its receipt for the year.

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  Reach out to them: PM Modi tells states over violence against Kashmiri students

  April 24, 2017 7:44 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked all Chief Ministers to stay in touch with the Kashmiri youth in their states and take care of their interests.

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  Ahead of Mehbooba Mufti’s meeting with PM Modi, BJP denies any differences with PDP

  April 24, 2017 7:13 IST

  The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday said that there were no differences between coalition partners in the state and the PDP-BJP govt was “working well”.

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  GST great illustration of cooperative federalism, says PM Modi

  April 23, 2017 16:51 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the consensus on Goods and Services Tax (GST) reflects the spirit of 'one nation, one aspiration, one determination'.

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  Yogi Adityanath gives instructions for installing biometric attendance system in all UP offices

  April 23, 2017 15:24 IST

  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday night gave instructions for installing biometric attendance system in all offices of UP, upto the block level.

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  MCD polls: 'What is SEC doing,' asks Kejriwal as voters face problems due to faulty EVMs in some wards

  April 23, 2017 15:13 IST

  Complaints of voters facing problems trickled in from some municipal wards as EVMs at some polling booths did not work properly.

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  Grand reception awaits PM Modi in 'Queen of Hills'

  April 23, 2017 15:06 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to receive a grand reception in Shimla, the "Queen of Hills”, where he will arrive this week to launch an air connectivity scheme and sound the poll bugle in the state.

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  States need to work together to realise vision of 'New India', says PM at NITI meet; Kejriwal, Mamata absent

  April 23, 2017 14:13 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that vision of New India can be realised only through combined efforts of all states and chief ministers need to work together for it.