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  EC orders FIR against Manipur BJP office-bearers over advertisements in newspapers

  March 04, 2017 9:24 IST

  The Election Commission has ordered registration of an FIR against office bearers of the BJP's Manipur unit for publishing an advertisements without the certification panel's approval.

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  Clash of titans: Varanasi to host PM Modi, Rahul-Akhilesh, Mayawati today

  March 04, 2017 9:21 IST

  Varanasi is set to witness a clash of titans as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, BSP supremo Mayawati and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will be in this temple town for campaigning.

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  60 per cent voters turnout in sixth phase of UP polls

  March 04, 2017 18:34 IST

  Polling for 49 seats in the sixth and penultimate phase of the Uttar Pradesh elections and first phase of Manipur (38 seats) began at 7 am amid tight security today.

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  PM Modi to hold rally in Varanasi today

  March 04, 2017 0:04 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be hitting the campaign trail in his parliamentary constituency today. "Modi will arrive here today morning at around 9 o'clock and offer prayers at Kashi Vishwanath and Kaal Bhairav temples

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  Rape accused Prajapati planning to flee country, airports put on alert

  March 03, 2017 23:27 IST

  Airports and exit points have been alerted about the possibilities of rape accused Uttar Pradesh minister Gayatri Prajapati trying to flee abroad. A Letter of Cancellation (LC) will soon be opened against him and all

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  BJP adamant on dismissal of Bihar Congress minister for insulting PM Modi

  March 03, 2017 20:32 IST

  The BJP legislators in Bihar Assembly disrupted the proceedings of the house for the third consecutive day today demanding dismissal of Congress minister Abdul Jalil Mastan.

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  RSS leader Kundan Chandravat retracts statement on Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s beheading

  March 03, 2017 20:23 IST

  Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Kundan Chandravat today retracted his statement in which he had announced a bounty of Rs 1 crore for beheading the Kerala Chief Ministe Pinarayi Vijayan.

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  Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal accuses Modi govt of manipulating GDP figures

  March 03, 2017 20:16 IST

  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today alleged that the Narendra Modi-led government was manipulating the GDP figures. He also said that these GDP figures were based on lies.

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  Akhilesh rubbishes PM Modi’s claim of ISI hand in Kanpur train mishap

  March 03, 2017 20:00 IST

  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today brushed aside Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claim that Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI had a role in the Kanpur train accident.

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  Attempts to take Jayalalithaa abroad for treatment were thwarted, claims Panneerselvam

  March 03, 2017 19:56 IST

  Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam today claimed that attempts to take Jayalalithaa abroad for treatment could not succeed as permission was not given for the same.

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  Kerala Budget focusses on women’s safety, proposes public registry of sexual offenders

  March 03, 2017 19:25 IST

  Giving more emphasis on women's safety, the Kerala government today set aside Rs 68 crore for various schemes to prevent atrocities against women, besides proposing a public registry of sexual offenders. While announcing the measures

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  UP poll results will give electric shocks to SP, BSP and Congress: PM Modi

  March 03, 2017 19:10 IST

  Sounding confident of the BJP forming the next government in Uttar Pradesh, Prime minister Narendra Modi today mocked rival political parties like the SP, BSP and Congress saying they would get electric shocks on March 11.

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  Maharashtra minister confident of Shiv Sena-BJP joining hands in BMC

  March 03, 2017 14:38 IST

  Today, a crucial meeting of the state BJP core committee will be held here where the party is expected to decide its strategy for the mayoral poll.

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  BMC polls: In fight for numbers, support for BJP from underworld don Arun Gawli’s daughter

  March 03, 2017 14:01 IST

  Underworld don Arun Gawli’s daughter Geeta, who won the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections from Byculla seat, has extended her support to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), taking the toll of corporators to 83 in 227-member House.

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  Nongthombam Biren – from national footballer, Congress minister to BJP face in Manipur Assembly elections

  March 03, 2017 13:15 IST

  56-year-old Biren is a person with multi-faceted talent and has worn different hats throughout his political and personal journey in life.

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  Kalikho Pul’s death: SC refuses urgent hearing on PIL seeking independent probe

  March 03, 2017 13:07 IST

  The Supreme Court today refused to urgently hear a PIL seeking independent probe into alleged suicide of former Arunachal Pradesh CM Kalikho Pul.

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  UP polls: BJP defends demand as Muslim organisations cry foul over check on burqa-clad voters

  March 03, 2017 12:22 IST

  The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) demand for examining burqa-clad women voters has apparently not gone down well with some Muslim organisations, who have accused the saffron party of deliberately indulging in ‘polarisation politics’.

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  EC asks BSP to explain money deposits post demonetisation

  March 03, 2017 6:49 IST

  Acting on a plea alleging that the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)deposited huge amounts of cash in its accounts post demonetisation, the Election Commission (EC) on Thursday sought response from the party.

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  Jaya admitted to hospital after being ‘pushed’ by someone: AIADMK leader

  March 02, 2017 19:17 IST

  The turmoil surrounding the Tamil Nadu politics and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s death doesn’t seem to be ending anytime soon.

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  Shoe hurled at Gujarat Home minister Pradipsinh Jadeja

  March 02, 2017 23:52 IST

  Gujarat Home minister Pradipsinh Jadeja today faced a shoe attack by a youth who claimed to be a state government employee. Pradipsinh was addressing the media outside the Gujarat legislative assembly complex in Gandhinagar. Mid

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  'You lied': Congress counters Modi for attributing 'coconut juice' remarks to Rahul Gandhi

  March 02, 2017 15:50 IST

  At a rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Maharajganj on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi mocked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his reported "coconut juice" remark. Now, he is under attack by the opposition party for "lying".

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  SP a party of gangsters and rapists, BJP will win with majority in UP polls: Amar Singh

  March 02, 2017 16:02 IST

  Expelled Samajwadi Party MP Amar Singh on Thursday predicted a win for the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections while hitting out at Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and the Samajwadi Party.

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  Both Samajwadi Party and BJP will lose in UP elections, says Asaduddin Owaisi

  March 02, 2017 16:03 IST

  As Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections head into the final stretch, AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi says he forsees both the ruling Samajwadi Party and BJP losing at the hustings.

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  I believe in freedom of expression within legal limits: Manohar Parrikar on Gurmehar Kaur row

  March 02, 2017 14:21 IST

  Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said that he believed in the freedom of expression within the legal ambit.

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  UP polls: All eyes on Azamgarh, Gorakhpur and Mau as campaigning for sixth phase ends today

  March 02, 2017 16:04 IST

  Campaigning in the 49 Assembly seats across seven districts of eastern UP that go to polls in the sixth phase of elections in Uttar Pradesh on March 4 will draw to a close today.

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  Modi, Jaitley flaunt GDP data; economists look sceptical

  March 01, 2017 21:41 IST

  The latest government data on GDP showing that demonetisation drive barely impacted India's economy has taken economists by surprise who look at the data sceptically. The government had yesterday pegged GDP growth at a higher-than-expected

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  'Pain deeper than ocean': Kiren Rijiju tweets jawan’s old video slamming Afzal sympathisers

  March 01, 2017 20:06 IST

  Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today tweeted an Army jawan’s video slamming Afzal Guru sympathisers.

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  Jamia dropped my name from speakers’ list, says BJP's Shazia Ilmi; varsity denies

  March 01, 2017 19:03 IST

  BJP leader Shazia Ilmi has accused Jamia Millia Islamia of putting pressure on organisers of an event to drop her name from a panel of speakers for a seminar on triple talaq.