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  Aroosa Alam, CM Amarinder Singh’s ‘close friend’: What rumours say about their friendship

  March 16, 2017 13:49 IST

  There was one face that caught the attention of the media at the ceremony. Aroosa Alam – Amarinder’s close friend from Pakistan was also present at the occasion.

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  Will governing UP be as comfortable as winning it? Key challenges the incoming BJP govt faces in Uttar Pradesh

  March 17, 2017 13:45 IST

  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may have conquered Uttar Pradesh with two-thirds majority, but the challenges that will fall in its path of governance will indeed make things difficult for its leaders to deliver.

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  Thankful to party leaders for refraining from making controversial remarks: PM Modi

  March 16, 2017 13:23 IST

  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Parliamentary Board met here today to felicitate Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah for the historic win it registered in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

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  Ahead of Goa floor test, Congress accuses PM Modi of taking India from 'democracy to dictatorship'

  March 16, 2017 12:43 IST

  Ahead of the crucial floor test in Goa Assembly today, the Congress alleged that the way the BJP formed the government in Goa indicated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was taking India from "democracy to dictatorship."

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  Uttarakhand polls: BJP tally rises to 57 after Lohaghat win

  March 16, 2017 12:12 IST

  The Bharatiya Janata Party’s tally in Uttarakhand Assembly rose to 57 after the party emerged victorious from Lohaghat constituency, the result of which was declared on Wednesday.

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  Navjot Singh Sidhu becomes Cabinet minister in Punjab

  March 16, 2017 12:56 IST

  Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu was on Thursday inducted as a Cabinet minister in the new Congress government in Punjab headed by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.

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  Major cabinet revamp in offing after Budget Session?

  March 16, 2017 10:59 IST

  Following the declaration of Assembly election results and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to shift former Defence minister Manohar Parrikar to Goa, there is buzz of a major rejig of the Union Cabinet.

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  Captain Amarinder Singh sworn-in as 26th Chief Minister of Punjab

  March 16, 2017 12:55 IST

  Senior Congress leader Captain Amarinder Singh was today sworn-in as the 26th Chief Minister of Punjab.

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  Congress MLAs blame party managers for Goa fiasco; to meet Rahul Gandhi

  March 16, 2017 9:38 IST

  A section of Congress MLAs in Goa has sought appointment with the party vice-president Rahul Gandhi to apprise him about the "mismanagement" by senior leaders which they blame for the botched bid to capture power.

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  CPEC project challenges India's sovereignty, govt tells Parliament

  March 16, 2017 11:31 IST

  The Ministry of Defence on Wednesday informed the Parliament that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, passing through Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, is a challenge to India’s sovereignty.

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  Goa CM Parrikar wins confidence vote in state Assembly with support of 22 MLAs

  March 16, 2017 13:16 IST

  The floor test of BJP-led Goa government, headed by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, is expected to be a smooth affair today as the combine is confident of the numbers at its command in the 40-member House.

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  Captain Amarinder Singh to take oath as Punjab CM today, suspense continues over Sidhu’s role

  March 16, 2017 11:01 IST

  Captain Amarinder Singh, who led his party to a resounding victory in the just-concluded Punjab Assembly elections, will today take oath as the state’s 26th Chief Minister.

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  75 arrested for alleged links with Islamic State, most from Kerala: Govt informs Rajya Sabha

  March 15, 2017 20:23 IST

  A total of 75 people were arrested by Central and local agencies from different states for alleged links with dreaded terror group Islamic State, the govt informed the Parliament.

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  Siddaramaiah offers sops to students, farmers in last full budget before Karnataka polls

  March 15, 2017 21:04 IST

  Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday rolled out a slew of populist schemes aimed at students and farmers.

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  Nothing wrong with EVMs, ballot papers will only push us back in time: Anna Hazare

  March 15, 2017 19:36 IST

  Anna’s comments come in the backdrop of several parties including the Aam Aadmi Party blaming EVMs for their poll debacle

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  Who will be the next UP CM? Here are the top three probables

  March 15, 2017 18:55 IST

  After registering a historic win in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is now in the process of zeroing in on a credible face for the post of the Chief Minster.

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  Sasikala nominates nephew Dinakaran to contest RK Nagar by-poll, will face Jaya's niece Deepa

  March 15, 2017 19:27 IST

  VK Sasikala has nominated her nephew TTV Dinakaran as the AIADMK’s candidate from the RK Nagar previously held by Amma.

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  ‘Murder of democracy’, says Shiv Sena on BJP forming govt in Goa

  March 15, 2017 18:24 IST

  Shiv Sena has come down heavily on the BJP for going ahead with government formation in Goa in alliance with smaller parties terming it as a murder of democracy.

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  AAP's HS Phoolka to be Leader of Opposition in Punjab

  March 15, 2017 18:20 IST

  AAP leader HS Phoolka was on Wednesday elected by the party as the Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab assembly.

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  UP Cong chief Raj Babbar offers to resign, could be first casualty after polls drubbing

  March 15, 2017 17:13 IST

  UP Congress president Raj Babbar has taken responsibility for polls defeat and has offered to resign from the post.

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  Modi degree row: Delhi University's SOL says no data of students passing out in 1978

  March 15, 2017 16:47 IST

  Delhi University's School of Open Learning (SOL), from where Modi is said to have passed out in 1978, says it doesn't have records for that year.

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  Shocked over massive defeat in UP Assembly polls, BSP to observe ‘black day’ on 11th of every month

  March 15, 2017 15:59 IST

  Finding it difficult to come to terms with the massive drubbing it got in the UP Assembly polls, BSP supremo Mayawati today said that her party will observe ‘black day’ on the 11th of every month.

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  Arvind Kejriwal is 'mentally unstable', says Union minister Harsimrat Kaur

  March 15, 2017 15:43 IST

  Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur today mocked Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for putting the blame of AAP’s defeat in Punjab on EVMs and said that the AAP supremo is “mentally unstable”.

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  10 questions that UP police asked rape-accused Gayatri Prajapati

  March 15, 2017 16:00 IST

  After days of hide and seek, gang-rape accused Samajwadi Party leader Gayatri Prajapati was finally arrested in Lucknow early this morning.

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  We lost as people of UP preferred BJP over SP, admits Ram Goal Yadav

  March 15, 2017 14:19 IST

  Senior Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav today conceded that his party lost the UP Assembly elections because the people of the state voted against it.

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  ‘Is Rahul Gandhi consulting Italian Constitution on Goa?’ asks Subramanian Swamy

  March 15, 2017 13:53 IST

  Mocking Rahul Gandhi over his ‘lack of constitutional knowledge’, senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today wondered whether the Congress vice president was consulting the Italian Constitution over the government formation row in Goa.

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  TN man claiming to be Jayalalithaa’s son stakes claim to her properties

  March 15, 2017 13:43 IST

  Over three months since the demise of AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa, the question on who inherits her properties still looms large with Amma leaving no will to settle claims. And there is a new twist in the story.

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  Sushma Swaraj returns to Parliament after prolonged illness

  March 15, 2017 13:25 IST

  Months after undergoing a kidney transplant surgery at the AIIMS here, External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj today attended the Parliament session and expressed grave concern over hate crimes against Indians living the US.