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  Sasikala seeks appointment with Governor to prove majority

  February 11, 2017 14:25 IST

  Tamil Nadu CM-designate and AIADMK supremo VK Sasikala today sought an appointment with state’s acting Governor Vidyasagar Rao to prove her majority.

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  OPS camp gains strength as two AIADMK LS MPs, state Minister extend support

  February 11, 2017 14:03 IST

  Tamil Nadu’s caretaker Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, who had revolted against AIADMK supremo and CM-designate Sasikala, today gained strength when two Lok Sabha MPs announced that they are joining the OPS camp to stop ‘Chinnamma’ from taking over t

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  UP Polls: BJP candidate Sangeet Som’s brother detained for carrying pistol inside polling booth

  February 11, 2017 12:01 IST

  Gagan Som, brother of BJP candidate from Sardhana Assembly constituency Sangeet Som, was today detained for carrying pistol inside a polling booth in Faridpur.

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  UP Polls: Red roses for women casting vote in Baraut

  February 11, 2017 11:51 IST

  In a unique experiment, the Election Commission has asked its officials to give a red rose to all the female voters at polling booths in Baraut of Uttar Pradesh.

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  PM Modi likes 'peeping in bathrooms', Google searching: Rahul Gandhi

  February 11, 2017 16:10 IST

  Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today ridiculed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for ‘peeping into others' bathrooms’ and said he was a complete ‘failure’ at the job.

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  Kairana ‘exodus’: BJP MP Hukum Singh does a U-turn, says it is law and order issue

  February 11, 2017 11:46 IST

  Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Hukum Singh, who had flagged the alleged exodus of Hindus from Kairana due to ‘fear of another community’ last June, today does a complete U-turn from his previous stand that it was a ‘communal issue’ and not related t

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  In talks with US on H1B Visa issue, says government

  February 11, 2017 10:35 IST

  Amid concerns raised by the Indian IT firms over changes proposed by the Donald Trump administration in the H1B Visa programme, the government on Friday said that it was in talks with the US administration and hopeful of finding a solution soon.

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  Tamil Nadu crisis: Guv appears waiting for SC verdict in Sasikala DA case

  February 11, 2017 9:08 IST

  Tamil Nadu Governor Vidyasagar Rao is understood to have made it clear that he will await the judgement of the Supreme Court in disproportionate assets case against AIADMK general secretary and CM-designate VK Sasikala before taking any decision on t

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  Nitish Kumar does a U-turn, joins opposition in questioning govt over demonetisation

  February 11, 2017 9:09 IST

  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday took a complete U-turn from his previous stand on demonetisation drive and sided with the opposition parties in questioning the BJP-led NDA government’s November 8 last year decision.

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  UP polls: 64 pc voter turn out in first phase

  February 11, 2017 20:47 IST

  Polling for 73 assembly constituencies spread across 15 districts in western Uttar Pradesh began at 7 am today amid tight security. A total of 2.6 crore people will exercise their franchise in the first phase of polling.

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  BJP has realised mistake, but no post-poll pact in BMC: Uddhav Thackeray

  February 10, 2017 19:11 IST

  Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray today said that though the BJP has realised its mistake, there will be no post-poll alliance in BMC.

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  Had expelled Sasikala even before she expelled me: AIADMK presidium chairman

  February 10, 2017 18:52 IST

  Reacting to his expulsion from AIADMK by the interim general secretary V K Sasikala today, party presidium chairman E Madhusudanan said that she could not expel him as he had already expelled her from the

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  If Modi has CBI, we have RTI: Manish Sisodia

  February 10, 2017 18:47 IST

  Manish Sisodia, Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, today filed an RTI seeking details about the expenditure incurred on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s digital and other social media campaigns.

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  Would pass women’s quota bill when we have ‘majority’ in RS: Naidu

  February 10, 2017 17:02 IST

  Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said that the NDA government would pass the bill to provide reservation to women in Parliament "once we get majority in Rajya Sabha". "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has this

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  Beware of families that looted UP and country: Modi on SP-Cong tieup

  February 10, 2017 16:25 IST

  Taking up issues of dynastic politics and law and order to target the Samajwadi Party and Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called the alliance a tie-up between two families who have "looted" Uttar Pradesh

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  If Tamil Nadu Governor has woken up to his duties, he should swear in Sasikala as CM: Subramanian Swamy

  February 10, 2017 15:12 IST

  Senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today took a dig at Tamil Nadu Governor Vidyasagar Rao saying that if he has woken up to his duties as a constitutional authority, he should swear in Sasikala as the new Chief Minister of the state.

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  AIADMK crisis deepens, Sasikala sacks second-in-command E Madusudanan from party

  February 10, 2017 15:12 IST

  AIADMK supremo VK Sasikla today sacked presidium chairman and party’s second-in-command E Madusudanan from the party's primary membership, a day after he joined caretaker Chief Minister O Pannnerselvam's camp.

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  Controversy over PM Modi's 'raincoat' jibe unjustified: Rajnath Singh

  February 10, 2017 15:09 IST

  Union Home minister Rajnath Singh today slammed the Congress party for protesting over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘raincoat’ remark targeting former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

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  Sasikala holding AIADMK MLAs hostage? Madras HC seeks report

  February 10, 2017 14:22 IST

  Amid an escalating political crisis in the state following the rebellion by Tamil Nadu’s caretaker Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, the Madras High Court today asked the Tamil Nadu police to file an affidavit on the status of ruling party AIADMK MLAs

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  Got rapists tortured, made them scream for their lives as CM: Uma Bharti

  February 10, 2017 14:18 IST

  Uma Bharti on Tuesday said that she had got rapists tortured during her reign as the CM of Madhya Pradesh in front of the survivors and made them watch so they could have some closure.

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  BSP fighting ‘lost battle’, SP-Congress alliance ‘opportunist’: Rajnath Singh

  February 10, 2017 13:42 IST

  Predicting doom for the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Union Home minister Rajnath Singh today said Mayawati's party was fighting a "lost battle," and termed the SP-Congress alliance as "opportunistic".

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  Jayalalithaa’s soul will not forgive Panneerselvam: AIADMK

  February 10, 2017 13:42 IST

  Ruling AIADMK today kept up its attack on O Panneerselvam, saying Jayalalithaa's ‘soul will not forgive’ him for trying to split the party.

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  UP polls: Rahul, Akhilesh’s road show in PM Modi’s bastion Varanasi cancelled

  February 10, 2017 13:34 IST

  The much-awaited road show by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi in Varanasi, the Lok Sabha constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been cancelled.

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  Shahi Imam a blackmailer, taking undue advantage of his position: SP’s Abu Azmi hits back

  February 10, 2017 13:05 IST

  Slamming Jama Masjid Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari over his call for ‘boycotting the Samajwadi Party’, party leader Abu Azmi on Friday dubbed the Imam a ‘blackmailer’, adding that he was taking undue advantage of his position.

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  SC refuses urgent hearing on PIL seeking stay on Sasikala's swearing-in

  February 10, 2017 14:12 IST

  In a move that could pave way for the appointment of VK Sasikala as the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, the Supreme Court today refused to grant an urgent hearing to a petition seeking to restrain AIADMk supremo VK Sasikala from taking oath as the third w

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  Robert Vadra slams PM Modi for his 'raincoat' jibe on Manmohan Singh, calls it ‘extremely demeaning’

  February 10, 2017 12:03 IST

  Robert Vadra on Thursday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his 'raincoat jibe' on his predecessor Manmohan Singh and termed it "extremely shameful".

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  Congress to boycott PM Modi in Parliament for rest of Budget session over his ‘raincoat’ jibe

  February 10, 2017 11:37 IST

  Enraged over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘raincoat’ jibe at former PM Manmohan Singh , the Congress on Thursday announced that it will boycott PM Modi in Parliament for rest of the Budget session .

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  Tamil Nadu crisis: Big boost to OPS, AIADMK's second-in-command offers him support

  February 10, 2017 11:22 IST

  The ongoing power tussle in Tamil Nadu took another dramatic turn on Thursday when AIADMK's presidium chairman and second-in-command in the party, E Madusudanan pledged his support to the caretaker Chief Minister O Panneerselvam.