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  Feeling lonely in the absence of Jayalalithaa, says Sasikala

  February 23, 2017 14:59 IST

  On the eve of the late J Jayalalithaa's 69th birthday, AIADMK chief V K Sasikala today said she was feeling "lonely" in the absence of her predecessor and long-time friend.

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  TN trust vote: Stalin leaves for Delhi, to seek President’s intervention

  February 23, 2017 13:02 IST

  DMK working president MK Stalin today left for New Delhi to meet President Pranab Mukherjee to apprise him of the incidents that unfolded during the February 18 trust vote, won by Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami.

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  Akhilesh unfit for CM post, should look for job in MNCs: Uma Bharti

  February 24, 2017 18:21 IST

  Firebrand BJP leader Uma Bharti has declared incumbent Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav an ‘unfit’ candidate for the top job.

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  Former Delhi BJP MLA Vijay Jolly booked for rape

  February 23, 2017 11:51 IST

  Former Delhi BJP MLA Vijay Jolly has been booked in a case of rape after a woman alleged that he drugged and assaulted her, police said today.

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  Sasikala seeks better facilities in jail; asks for table fan, mattress and cot

  February 23, 2017 9:41 IST

  With her chief ministerial ambitions being crushed by the Supreme Court, jailed AIADMK supremo VK Sasikala is now seeking better facilities at Bangaluru jail in view of her age and poor health.

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  Should have fielded Muslim candidates in UP, says Rajnath Singh

  February 24, 2017 18:21 IST

  Muslims are not considered the traditional vote bank of the BJP, thus the party has not given ticket to even a single Muslim candidate in Uttar Pradesh which has some 19 per cent population. But senior party leader and Union Home Minister Rajnath Sin

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  Economic blockade will not impact Manipur poll process: EC

  February 24, 2017 18:24 IST

  The Election Commission is confident that the economic blockade in Manipur will not impact the poll process in the state.

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  Modi govt should repeal AFSPA: P Chidambaram

  February 23, 2017 7:10 IST

  Chidambaram today said he regrets the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) was not repealed while Congress was in power and hoped the Narendra Modi government, with its absolute majority in the Lok Sabha, scraps it.

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  UP Assembly polls: 60 pc voter turnout in 4th phase, says Election Commission

  February 23, 2017 22:08 IST

  The fourth phase polling in Uttar Pradesh will be held today in 53 Assembly constituencies spread over 12 districts.

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  Congress slams Modi govt for 56 per cent increase in NPAs

  February 23, 2017 0:00 IST

  The Congress today slammed the Narendra Modi government for fooling the people, saying Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) have increased 56 per cent in the last 12 months between December 2015-16.

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  A day after remark on Rohith Vemula suicide, Varun Gandhi removed from BJP's list of star campaigners

  February 22, 2017 23:46 IST

  BJP MP Varun Gandhi was on Wednesday removed from the list of party’s star campaigners for sixth and seventh phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

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  Sonia Gandhi's absence in UP clear sign of generational shift, says Congress

  February 22, 2017 23:42 IST

  Playing down questions raised over Sonia Gandhi's absence from poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress today said that it was a clear sign of generational shift in the Grand Old Party.

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  Sushma Swaraj coordinates rescue mission on Twitter, Navy reveals warship’s rough location

  February 22, 2017 23:21 IST

  External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday coordinated a rescue mission with Indian Navy on Twitter today.

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  BMC polls: BJP not averse to post-poll alliance with Shiv Sena

  February 22, 2017 23:14 IST

  On the eve of the counting of votes for the fiercely-fought Maharashtra civic elections, Maharashtra BJP president Raosaheb Danve today said that his party was not averse to a post-poll tie-up with Shiv Sena in cash-rich BMC

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  Narendra Modi not suitable for Prime Minister's post, says Lalu Prasad Yadav

  February 22, 2017 23:00 IST

  ​Rashtriya Janata Dal(RJD) Supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav today said that Narendra Modi is not fit to be the Prime Minister of the country.

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  UP polls: Akhilesh Yadav refuses to take 'donkeys' fight further

  February 22, 2017 19:14 IST

  Refusing to take “donkeys” fight further, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister today said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "out to change his course" as he "knows he has lost the (electoral) battle".

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  UP Assembly elections: 53 seats to go for polls tomorrow

  February 22, 2017 18:25 IST

  Fifty-three constituencies will see polling on Thursday in the fourth phase of staggered assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.

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  KASAB: After SCAM, BJP coins another fancy acronym for Congress, SP and BSP

  February 23, 2017 6:45 IST

  BJP President Amit Shah on Wednesday said the people of Uttar Pradesh should get rid of KASAB, in reference to the Congress, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party.

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  Akhilesh Yadav admitted SP-Congress alliance ‘opportunistic’: Venkaiah Naidu

  February 22, 2017 17:09 IST

  Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister has acknowledged that the tie-up is an "opportunistic" one.

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  Guns over gold: 10 ‘dabang’ female politicians from UP who own firearms worth lakhs

  February 22, 2017 16:23 IST

  In the affidavit submitted to election commission for the ongoing state assembly elections, a few of them declared ownership of more than one arm.

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  Telangana CM KCR offers gold worth Rs 5 crore to Tirumala temple as ‘thanksgiving’ for fulfilling statehood dream

  February 22, 2017 17:49 IST

  Telengana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today offered gold ornaments worth around Rs 5 crore to Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala temple.

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  PM Modi targeted as he is from a poor family: Uma Bharti

  February 22, 2017 15:52 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being targeted as he comes from a poor family, Union minister Uma Bharti said today and lashed out at the political rivals for accusing him of being "intolerant".

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  UP polls: Shivpal hints he won’t compromise his ministerial berth if SP retains power

  February 22, 2017 15:43 IST

  Senior Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav today dropped ample hints that he won’t campaign for the ruling party’s electoral ally -- the Congress in the remaining three-phase.

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  BMC Results: Shiv Sena single largest party, BJP close second, Cong wiped out

  February 23, 2017 23:59 IST

  The results of the cash-rich Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and nine other civic bodies across Maharashtra will be declared tomorrow where the ruling BJP and Shiv Sena are pitted against each other after a gap of 20 long years. The results

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  Shurhozelie Liezietsu sworn in as Nagaland CM

  February 22, 2017 13:47 IST

  Shurhozelie Liezietsu was today sworn in as the Chief Minister of Nagaland by Governor P B Acharya here.

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  Serial killer Mallika, Sasikala’s neighbour at Bengaluru jail, shifted

  February 22, 2017 13:57 IST

  Authorities have shifted a serial killer convict to Hindalga prison in Belagavi of northern Karnataka, after reports suggesting that AIADMK supremo CK Sasikala’s life was under threat from other inmates of the Parappana Agrahara jail.

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  Telangana CM KCR offers Rs 5 crore gold ornaments to Tirupati temple

  February 22, 2017 13:05 IST

  With the view to fulfill his vow for a separate state, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao offered gold ornaments worth Rs 5 crore to Lord Venkateswara on Wednesday. More than two-and-a-half years after

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  ‘Pained to see Modi govt working against its own people’: Sonia Gandhi writes ‘personal’ letter to voters of Amethi and Raebareli

  February 22, 2017 13:21 IST

  Congress President Sonia Gandhi has written a ‘personal’ letter to the people of Amethi and Raebareli asking them to vote for the Congress candidates in the ongoing UP Assembly elections.