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  Swaraj denies seeking Tharoor’s help in drafting Parliament resolution on Kulbhushan Jadhav

  April 12, 2017 14:09 IST

  External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has denied media reports that she sought Congress leader Shashi Tharoor’s assistance in drafting a Parliament resolution condemning Pakistan for awarding death sentence to former Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan

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  Lok Sabha condemns BJYM leader’s Rs 11 lakh bounty offer on Mamata's head

  April 12, 2017 12:58 IST

  Raising the issue soon after the House assembled to take up the day's business, TMC member Saugata Roy said that a BJP youth wing leader had made the ‘announcement of giving the reward’ for beheading Banerjee.

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  Sharad Pawar invokes Savarkar to attack RSS on cow slaughter

  April 12, 2017 12:27 IST

  Recalling Savarkar, hailed by the Hindu right, Pawar said that he had termed cow as ‘just a useful animal’ and would found nothing wrong if bovine animals were killed for meat if they became a ‘burden’ on farmer.

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  Congress leader Veerappa Moily defends EVMs, slams party members for joining ‘defeatist’ mindset

  April 12, 2017 12:25 IST

  Coming out in support of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), senior Congress leader and former Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily on Tuesday said that only those who have been defeated in elections are blaming EVMs.

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  Bring me Mamata’s severed head, will reward Rs 11 lakh: BJYM leader

  April 12, 2017 12:04 IST

  The threat was issued by Yogesh Varshney after the police in Bengal used batons to disperse a rally raising slogans in praise of Lord Rama on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti.

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  UP govt to form task force to know Muslim women’s stand on triple talaq

  April 12, 2017 12:23 IST

  The task force will comprise of minister from the concerned department, along with all women ministers from the Cabinet. They will hold talks with women organisations to know the opinion of Muslim women on the matter.

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  Former Union Minister Akhilesh Das Gupta dies of heart attack

  April 12, 2017 17:00 IST

  Congress leader and former Union Minister Akhilesh Das Gupta passed away on Wednesday after suffering a heart attack.

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  Chaos outside CM Yogi’s residence during ‘janata darbar’

  April 12, 2017 11:30 IST

  A chaotic scene was today witnessed outside the official residence of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath here. The crowd gathered here to meet the CM had gone berserk to enter the compound of the house.

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  CM Yogi scraps ‘Samajwadi Pension Scheme’, cycle tracks may also face hammer

  April 12, 2017 10:28 IST

  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, during the second Cabinet meet on Tuesday, scrapped the ‘Samajwadi Pension Scheme’ of the erstwhile SP government and ordered a detailed review of its beneficiaries.

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  PM Modi calls meet to regulate use of red beacons by VIPs

  April 12, 2017 8:05 IST

  The decision on whether the VIP red beacon should be discarded or restricted to certain dignitaries is likely to come soon.

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  Kulbhushan Jadhav not a spy, Pakistan attempting 'pre-planned murder': Rajnath Singh

  April 11, 2017 23:38 IST

  Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday reiterated that Kulbhushan Jadhav was not a spy and accused Pakistan of attempting a pre-planned murder of the former Navy officer.

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  Parliament passes bill to grant equal rights to HIV, AIDS patients

  April 11, 2017 23:10 IST

  Parliament today gave its nod to a crucial bill to ensure equal rights to the people affected by HIV and AIDS in getting treatment, admissions in educational institutions and jobs.

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  Chhattisgarh to soon join Bihar, Gujarat; CM Raman Singh says state moving towards liquor prohibition

  April 11, 2017 22:27 IST

  Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh today said that his state has taken steps towards prohibition.

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  Congress asks Shiv Sena to explain u-turn on attending NDA meeting

  April 11, 2017 21:13 IST

  The Congress today asked Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena to come clean on its u-turn on the issue of attending the NDA meeting, which was held yesterday in Delhi under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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  Srinagar Lok Sabha by-elections: Election Commission orders re-poll in 38 polling stations

  April 11, 2017 20:00 IST

  Election Commission on Tuesday ordered repoll in 38 polling stations of the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency which witnessed large-scale violence during the April 10 by-election.

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  Sushma Swaraj trashes reports of Tharoor drafting statement on Kulbhushan Jadhav

  April 11, 2017 23:54 IST

  Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today helped External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to draft a resolution condemning death sentence handed to former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav by a Pakistani military court.

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  CWG scam: PAC gives clean chit to former PM Manmohan Singh

  April 11, 2017 18:14 IST

  In a big relief to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has given him a clean chit in 2010 Commonwealth Games scam.

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  India has 283 people with assets of over Rs 200 crore, govt informs Parliament

  April 11, 2017 18:12 IST

  The government today informed the Parliament that India had 283 people with gross assets exceeding Rs 200 crore, at the end of the Financial Year 2016-17.

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  137 police personnel for every one lakh people in country, govt informs Parliament

  April 11, 2017 18:00 IST

  The government today informed the Parliament that India has about 137 police personnel to protect every one lakh people in the country.

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  Govt removes cap on corporate funds to political parties

  April 11, 2017 17:56 IST

  The central government today informed the Parliament that the cap on maximum amount that a corporate can contribute to a political party has been removed.

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  118 people killed in 406 blasts in India last year, govt informs Lok Sabha

  April 11, 2017 17:47 IST

  118 people were killed in over 400 blasts in India last year, the government informed the Lok Sabha today.

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  Madhya Pradesh soon to go dry, hints CM Chouhan

  April 11, 2017 17:42 IST

  Toeing the line of Bihar and Gujarat, the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh has announced to close down all liquor shops across the state in a phased manner.

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  Chidambaram should step down from Parliamentary panel, says Subramanian Swamy

  April 11, 2017 16:46 IST

  Senior BJP Leader Subramian Swamy today demanded that former Union Minister P Chidambaram should resign from Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs as he was being “investigated” by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

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  CBI registers preliminary enquiry against Delhi Minister Satyendra Jain in money laundering case

  April 11, 2017 15:40 IST

  The CBI has registered a preliminary enquiry against Health Minister Satyendra Jain to inquire into allegations of money laundering against him.

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  Suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad's wife quits AAP, joins Congress

  April 11, 2017 15:16 IST

  Five months after she joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Poonam Azad Jha, the wife of suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad Jha, today switched to the Congress party.

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  Budget session was meaningful, successful: PM Modi tells BJP MPs

  April 11, 2017 15:13 IST

  Expressing satisfaction over a successful Budget session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today told BJP MPs that it was a "very meaningful and useful" session.

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  Declare Balochistan an ‘independent’ country if Pak executes Kulbhushan Jadhav: Swamy

  April 11, 2017 13:57 IST

  Senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today said that if Pakistan goes ahead with the execution of Kulbhushan Jadhav then India should retaliate by declaring Balochistan an independent country.

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  Will do everything to secure justice for Kulbhushan Jadhav, Rajnath Singh tells Parliament

  April 11, 2017 13:52 IST

  Rajnath Singh said that ‘New Delhi will do everything required to secure justice for Kulbhushan Jadhav’.