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  'PM Modi should thank Akhilesh-Rahul for BJP’s good show in UP'

  March 10, 2017 16:48 IST

  Expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh today flayed the Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh for corruption and non-development and hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking courageous decisions.

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  Assembly polls 2017: Bookies bet on BJP in UP, hung verdict in Punjab

  March 10, 2017 13:36 IST

  Ahead of the results of Assembly polls in five states that are to be declared tomorrow, the satta bazaar is betting high on the BJP, all thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s wave in UP.

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  Rahul Gandhi rejects UP exit polls, says they proved wrong in Bihar

  March 10, 2017 13:53 IST

  Rejecting the exit poll results for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today said that the actual results will be entirely different.

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  BSP adopts wait and watch policy, says ‘not thinking of alliance with anyone’

  March 10, 2017 11:49 IST

  The BSP, however, has said that it was not thinking of alliance with anyone to form the government.

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  UP may get hung assembly, AAP frontrunner in Punjab: Exit polls

  March 10, 2017 11:30 IST

  Uttar Pradesh is likely to get a hung assembly with the BJP at the head of a splintered verdict while the AAP may finish on top of a three-way fight in Punjab, most exit polls said on Thursday.

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  Delhi LG rejects AAP govt’s Rs 1- crore aid to OROP suicide victim’s kin, Kejriwal cries foul

  March 10, 2017 9:08 IST

  Delhi LG and Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government again confronted each other on Thursday, this time over city government’s decision to award Rs 1 crore ex-gratia to the family of an ex-serviceman who had committed suicide.

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  BJP chief Amit Shah asks party cadres to be active on social media

  March 10, 2017 9:07 IST

  Underlining the need for Baharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers to reach out to people using modern communication tools, party President Amit Shah on Thursday asked BJP workers to remain active on social media.

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  EC announces dates for various Lok Sabha, assembly by-polls

  March 09, 2017 23:38 IST

  The Election Commission on Thursday announced the schedule for by-polls to three parliamentary and twelve assembly constituencies. In Jammu and Kashmir, by-polls to the parliamentary constituency of Srinagar will be held on April 9 while

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  Parliament passes bill raising maternity leave from 12 to 26 weeks

  March 09, 2017 23:22 IST

  The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed a new bill which will raise the maternity leave for all working women from 12 weeks to 26 weeks for the first two children. The new law will apply

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  Would prefer joining hands with Mayawati over President’s rule in UP: Akhilesh Yadav

  March 09, 2017 21:52 IST

  Hours before the announcement of the results of state Assembly elections 2017, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has dropped a big hint saying he would prefer joining hands with his Bua and BSP Supremo

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  Goa heading for hung house, ‘Others’ may hold key to govt formation: exit poll

  March 09, 2017 21:34 IST

  India TV-CVoter exit poll predicts 15-21 seats for BJP and allies, 12-18 for Congress and allies and upto 4 for Aam Aadmi Party

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  Sonia Gandhi flies abroad for ‘routine’ check-up

  March 09, 2017 19:28 IST

  Congress president Sonia Gandhi has gone abroad for a “routine check-up” and is expected to return after Holi on Monday, party sources said. Though they did not let in on where Gandhi has gone for

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  Big gains for BJP in Manipur, may emerge single largest party: exit poll

  March 09, 2017 21:54 IST

  In the 2012 assembly polls, the ruling Congress had won 42 seats in a House of 60, with 'Others' winning 18 and BJP 'nil'

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  Both BJP, Cong to fall short of majority in U'khand, projects exit poll

  March 09, 2017 21:56 IST

  In the hilly state of Uttarakhand, India TV -CVoter exit poll predicts that both the BJP and Congress are neck and neck, and may fall short of majority. The projection range was: 29 to

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  India TV-CVoter exit poll predicts AAP win in Punjab

  March 09, 2017 21:53 IST

  the Aam Aadmi Party is projected to form a government getting majority in a projection range of 59 to 67 out of a total of 117 assembly seats

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  India TV-CVoter exit poll predicts hung assembly in UP

  March 09, 2017 21:52 IST

  The crucial Uttar Pradesh election is going to throw up a hung assembly, with both BJP and SP-Congress combine locked in a close contest and the BSP coming third

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  Govt has taken serious view of hate crimes against Indians in US: Rajnath Singh

  March 09, 2017 16:32 IST

  The past few weeks have seen at least two Indians killed in incidents of alleged hate crime in the US

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  India TV-CVoter exit poll predicts hung assemblies in UP, Uttarakhand; AAP win in Punjab

  March 09, 2017 21:51 IST

  The much awaited exit poll for the Assembly polls in five states – Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur – will be announced today at 5:30 pm. While the most populous state voted in

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  Congress MP creates scene in Lok Sabha after denial of permission to raise a question

  March 09, 2017 15:32 IST

  Congress MP Kantilal Bhuria today created a scene in the Lok Sabha after he was barred from raising a query during ‘Question Hour’ in the House. Protesting against the denial of permission, Bhuria , who

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  On Women’s Day, Shiv Sena activists threatened couples with canes at Kochi's Marine Drive

  March 09, 2017 14:20 IST

  In yet another incident of moral policing, a group of Shiv Sena activists wielding canes allegedly threatened and manhandled couples sitting at Kochi’s Marine Drive on Wednesday evening.

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  Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day after obituary references

  March 09, 2017 13:24 IST

  The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day on Thursday after paying homage to five of its members, one of them sitting, who have passed away.

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  ‘Kejriwal has a strange obsession for me’: Robert Vadra hits back at Delhi CM

  March 09, 2017 13:07 IST

  Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra today came down heavily on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for continuously targeting him, saying the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader has a ‘strange obsession for me’.

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  Govt proud of Saifullah's father: Rajnath Singh in Parliament

  March 09, 2017 16:00 IST

  Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today informed Parliament that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) will be probing both the Lucknow encounter case and the Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train blast.

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  Budget Session: Hopeful of a breakthrough on GST in this session, says PM Modi

  March 09, 2017 11:29 IST

  With the second leg of the Budget Session beginning today, the Prime Minister today expressed hope of a break in deadlock over the Goods and Services Tax (GST), which the government aims to rollout from July 1.

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  Lucknow encounter: Rajnath likely to make statement in Parliament today

  March 09, 2017 11:30 IST

  The opposition Congress has said that it will raise issues like attacks on Indians in the US and the anti-terror operation in Lucknow on the first day of the second-half of Budget Session starting today.

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  State funding of polls may not be popular once rolled out, says Arun Jaitley

  March 09, 2017 8:22 IST

  Jaitley said that there is “no guarantee” that outside money will not find its way into campaign financing even after stand funding is put into place.

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  Uddhav Thackeray happy to get BJP support in BMC Mayoral poll, maintains silence on alliance fate

  March 09, 2017 7:56 IST

  The Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday expressed happiness over the BJP extending support to Shiv Sena candidate in BMC Mayoral poll.

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  Kejriwal keeps focus on health and education in Delhi govt’s Rs 48,000 cr budget

  March 08, 2017 19:19 IST

  The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party government today presented its third budget for Delhi that focusses on improving transport, health, water distribution and education infrastructure.