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  Lok Sabha passes Bill to ensure cashless payment of wages

  February 07, 2017 19:20 IST

  The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill under which specified industrial units will have to pay salaries and wages to workers only either through cheques or by electronic transfer to their bank accounts.

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  Former cricketer Vinod Kambli set to join Maharashtra BJP

  February 07, 2017 18:52 IST

  Former cricketer Vinod Kambli is all set to join Maharashtra unit of the BJP in the next couple of days.

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  Arun Jaitley moves demonetisation bill for passage in Lok Sabha

  February 07, 2017 18:46 IST

  Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today moved the ‘demonetisation’ bill in the Lok Sabha to formally make the banning of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes a law.

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  Shake-up in top bureaucracy ahead of Sasikala’s appointment as CM

  February 07, 2017 18:22 IST

  At least 4 top aides of Jayalalithaa have been removed by the Tamil Nadu government within a week.

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  Hardik to be party’s face if Sena contests Guj elections: Uddhav

  February 07, 2017 18:23 IST

  Patidar quota stir leader Hardik Patel will be Shiv Sena’s face in Gujarat if the party contests the upcoming Assembly elections at the end of this year, Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said today.

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  Online petition against Sasikala’s elevation as Tamil Nadu CM receives more than 1.5 lakh signatures

  February 07, 2017 14:29 IST

  The online petition against VK Sasikala’s elevation as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has received 1, 55,273 signatures so far.

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  Sasikala doesn't deserve to be Chief Minister: AIADMK veteran Pandian

  February 07, 2017 13:50 IST

  Two days after VS Sasikala was elected AIADMK Legislature Party leader, paving the way for her appointment as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, senior AIADMK leader and former Assembly Speaker PH Pandian strongly opposed her anointment, saying she do

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  Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's driver added strength to India's freedom struggle, says PM Modi

  February 07, 2017 12:44 IST

  Paying tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s driver Colonel Nizamuddin, who passed away on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that he added strength to India’s freedom struggle.

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  Demonetisation was right step at the right time: PM Modi tells Parliament

  February 07, 2017 18:25 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi is replying to the discussion on motion of thanks to President address to the joint sitting of the Parliament in the Lok Sabha.

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  Sasikala’s swearing-in delayed as Governor seeks legal advice

  February 07, 2017 12:08 IST

  AIADMK supremo VK Sasikala’s swearing-in as the third woman Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu will not be held today.

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  UP polls: Mayawati counters SP’s free laptops, smartphones schemes with her ‘cash offer’

  February 07, 2017 9:19 IST

  Taking a dig at the Samajwadi Party's (SP) free laptops and smartphones schemes, BSP supremo Mayawati on Monday said that ‘if her party gets an overwhelming majority in the upcoming polls, she will distribute cash

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  BMC polls: Uddhav Thackeray slams PM Modi for making ‘false’ assurances

  February 07, 2017 9:08 IST

  Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray has said that he was waiting for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally to be held in the city ahead of the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls.

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  200 multi-millionaires, 91 with criminal cases contesting Uttarakhand polls

  March 02, 2017 17:08 IST

  As many as 200 multimillionaires and 91 persons with declared criminal cases, including charges of murder and rape, are among the 637 candidates in the fray for Uttarakhand Assembly Election. According to the Association for

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  PIL in SC to stop Sasikala from taking oath as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister tomorrow

  February 06, 2017 20:13 IST

  A Public Interest Litigation was today filed in the Supreme Court seeking to restrain the swearing-in of AIADMK leader VK Sasikala as the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister tomorrow.

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  Provide adequate security to ensure fair elections in Kairana, Allahabad HC tells UP govt

  February 06, 2017 19:06 IST

  The Allahabad High Court today directed the Uttar Pradesh government to provide adequate security in communally tense town of Kairana to ensure free and fair elections.

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  UP Polls: BJP accuses SP of misusing state machinery to manipulate elections; urges EC to remove Chief Secretary, DGP

  February 06, 2017 18:49 IST

  BJP today urged the Election Commission to immediately remove the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police of the poll-bound state accusing them of partisan conduct.

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  Congress seeks Parliamentary probe into Ahamed's death

  February 06, 2017 17:25 IST

  New Delhi: Days after the death of IUML leader and Kerala MP E Ahamed, the Congress party today upped its ante against the government accusing it of deliberately hushing up the news of the leader’s

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  Row over Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge's controversial statement in Lok Sabha

  February 06, 2017 17:05 IST

  Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday made a controversial statement in the House apparently questioning the BJP over its record of sacrifices made for the country.

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  Triple talaq not a political matter, stop politicising sub-judice issue: Venkaiah Naidu to Opposition

  February 06, 2017 15:55 IST

  Union minister Venkaiah Naidu on Monday asked leaders to stop politicising the matter which is currently sub-judice.

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  Lucknow: In fight for 'samman', BJP's Swati Singh looks to script history in UP polls

  February 06, 2017 14:53 IST

  The entry of Swati Singh, wife of expelled BJP leader Dayashankar Singh, has made the Sarojini Nagar Assembly seat of Lucknow a quadrangular battle with two rebels in the fray.

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  SC verdict in DA case involving CM-designate Sasikala, Jaya likely next week

  February 06, 2017 13:45 IST

  As AIADMK supremo Sasikala prepares to take over as the third woman Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court today said that it will pronounce its verdict within a week on pleas challenging the acquittal of late CM Jayalalithaa and her close c

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  Political epicenter Lucknow buzzed as nation witnessed India TV’s ‘Chunav Manch UP’

  February 06, 2017 12:42 IST

  The second edition of India TV’s Mega-Conclave Chunav Manch UP came out a notch higher as compared to its hugely successful predecessor.

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  Governor accepts Panneerselvam's resignation, asks him to function 'until alternate arrangements' are made

  February 06, 2017 12:32 IST

  Tamil Nadu Governor C H Vidyasagar Rao on Monday accepted the resignation of Chief Minister O Panneerselvam who quit yesterday to make way for AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala.

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  UP polls: Shivpal won’t launch new party, all well in family, says Mulayam

  February 06, 2017 13:51 IST

  the SP patriarch today said that he would begin campaigning in the state tomorrow and predicted a clear win for the for the Congress-SP alliance.

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  O Panneerselvam: The eternal 'seat warmer'of Tamil Nadu politics

  February 06, 2017 10:23 IST

  O Panneerselvam on Sunday tendered his resignation as chief minister of Tamil Nadu to Governor C Vidyasagar Rao paving way for AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala to take charge of state's top job. This is

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  Just like Bihar, PM will stop talking about UP after defeat: Rahul Gandhi

  February 05, 2017 19:30 IST

  Taking a jibe at Modi for BJP’s defeat in Bihar Assembly elections in 2105, Rahul said PM will never speak about UP after defeat just like he stopped speaking about Bihar.

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  Sasikala, long time aide of Jayalalithaa, to become Tamil Nadu's third woman CM

  February 05, 2017 17:57 IST

  VK Sasikala was today elected as AIADMK leader of legislature party, setting the stage for her elevation to the post of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister.

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  May take step to ban triple talaq after UP polls, says govt

  February 05, 2017 20:42 IST

  Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said the govt will take action to ban triple talaq after UP polls.