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  People overwhelmingly supported us on note ban: Amit Shah

  January 06, 2017 23:39 IST

  Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah today said that people have overwhelmingly supported Prime Minister Narendra Modi's note ban decision, despite facing hardships and the opposition's misinformation campaign Shah also asserted that the BJP's figh

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  Supporters of Akhilesh-Mulayam cause mayhem in Etawah over SP leadership crisis

  January 06, 2017 22:33 IST

  The battle of control over leadership of Samajwadi Party today caused a chaos in Etawah when supporters of both Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav indulged in violence. The tiff between the backers of both

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  Going viral: MP CM Shivraj Chouhan in soup, camera catches security man carrying his shoes in hand

  January 06, 2017 21:29 IST

  Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan appears to have got himself embroiled in a controversy over a picture doing rounds on the internet that show a man carrying a pair of shoes in his

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  Mulayam Singh Yadav seeks 3 days’ time from EC to share his stand

  January 06, 2017 20:13 IST

  As the battle for control over Samajwadi Party continued, party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav today sought three days from the Election Commission to put forth his stand on the issue of claim to the party

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  Incorrect to blame me for family feud, have nothing against Akhilesh Yadav: Amar Singh

  January 06, 2017 18:59 IST

  Caught in the cross-fire of a raging war between Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son Akhilesh Yadav, party leader Amar Singh today said that he was not against the progress of the Chief Minister and was being blamed for no rhyme o

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  Mamata seeks President’s intervention in ousting Modi, wants ‘national govt’ under LK Advani

  January 06, 2017 18:22 IST

  Escalating her fight against the central government for the demonetisation move to a personal one, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today sought President Pranab Mukherjee's intervention to ‘save the country from Prime Minister Narendra Mod

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  Shashi Tharoor, other Congress leaders detained during anti-demonetisation protest

  January 06, 2017 16:32 IST

  Kerala police today briefly detained senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor and others while they were protesting against demonetisation outside the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) office here. Kerala police today briefly detained senior Congress leade

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  Madras HC dismisses PIL seeking Bharat Ratna for Jayalalithaa

  January 06, 2017 16:12 IST

  The Madras High Court on Friday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction to the State to announce Bharat Ratna for late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, saying it does not wish to

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  Atal Bihari Vajpayee feared coup by LK Advani camp in 2002, claims new biography

  January 06, 2017 14:43 IST

  Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee feared a coup by a section of BJP that wanted to replace him by his deputy Lal Krishna Advani, a new biography has claimed.

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  AAP’s list of star campaigners in Punjab does not have Kumar Vishwas on it

  January 06, 2017 14:36 IST

  The Aam Aadmi Party has announced its list of star campaigners for the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections and party leader Kumar Vishwas is missing from it. Vishwas, known for his oratory skills, is believed to

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  Navjot Singh Sidhu to contest from Amritsar East constituency, confirms Congress

  January 06, 2017 13:50 IST

  Putting an end to speculation over the fate of the cricketer-turned-politician following his exit from the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Congress party today confirmed that Navjot Singh Sidhu will contest from Amritsar East constituency in the upcoming

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  'Aap toh Kishan Kanhaiya ho gaye hain’: PM Modi's friendly jibe at Lalu’s son and Bihar Health minister

  January 06, 2017 12:52 IST

  Bihar Health Minister and older son of RJD supremo Lalu Yadav, Tej Paratap Yadav was widely discussed on social media sites for his peculiar get up for new year celebrations. Not that attention is

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  Mulayam-Akhilesh deal in the works, Amar Singh offers to quit Samajwadi Party

  January 06, 2017 13:20 IST

  With the infighting in the Samajwadi Party having reached a flashpoint, a deal in the process of being thrashed pout could see Mulayam Singh loyalist Amar Singh ousted from the party, besides Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister’s uncle and a key proponent o

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  Gunmen attack house of NC legislator Showkat Ganai who hailed Burhan Wani as ‘martyr’

  January 06, 2017 11:40 IST

  Unknown gunmen last night fired at the security guards posted at the residence of National Conference (NC) leader and a Member of Legislative Council Showkat Ganai in Chitragam village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district.

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  BJP's two-day National Executive meeting in Delhi to begin today

  January 06, 2017 11:00 IST

  Ahead of the crucial assembly polls in five states including Uttar Pradesh, a two-day BJP National Executive meet will begin here today where the government's demonetisation move is likely to be hailed as an important step in its war against black mo

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  UP: SP, Cong may ink poll pact soon, Rahul to meet Akhilesh next week

  January 06, 2017 11:22 IST

  With Akhilesh faction gaining upper hand in the ongoing power struggle in the Samajwadi party, Congress may enter into a pre-poll allaince with Uttar Pradesh's ruling party for the upcoming assembly elections. The pact could

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  Sisodia dares Centre to arrest Kejriwal, alleges CBI's misuse

  January 06, 2017 6:35 IST

  Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has alleged that the central government is using the CBI to "implicate" Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a false case and planning to "arrest" him. Mr Sisodia added there

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  Defence Ministry eyeing enhanced allocation in upcoming budget

  January 05, 2017 23:44 IST

  Defence Ministry has pushed for enhanced allocation in the upcoming budget, Minister of State for Defence, Subhash R Bhamre indicated on Thursday.

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  Samajwadi Party bank accounts seized on Akhilesh Yadav’s request

  January 05, 2017 22:52 IST

  Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday got seized the bank accounts of party, thus stopping the faction led by his father Mulayam Singh Yadav to use any of the funds.

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  Disclosure of income sources by poll candidates be made mandatory, EC tells SC

  January 05, 2017 19:00 IST

  The Election Commission has told the Supreme Court that disclosure of sources of income along with that of their spouse and dependents must be made mandatory for the poll candidates at the time of filing nomination.

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  Karnataka Home Minister jumps to damage control, says ‘statement interpreted out of context’

  January 05, 2017 16:52 IST

  Under attack over his controversial remarks following incidents of mass molestations on New Year’s eve, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara today said that ‘he was extremely pained that his statement was interpreted out of context’ and ‘not taken

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  Nitish praises Modi on prohibition; PM returns compliment

  January 05, 2017 19:35 IST

  After Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s public support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on demonetisation move, both leaders were full of praise for each other for their respective actions taken for prohibition.

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  Rahul dares PM Modi to face probe over Income Tax order granting immunity to Sahara

  January 05, 2017 16:23 IST

  Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today demanded probe into the grant of immunity from prosecution to Sahara India by the Income Tax Settlement Commission (ITSC).

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  It’s Kiran Bedi vs Narayanasamy in Puducherry; LG nullifies CM’s order banning official communication on social media

  January 05, 2017 16:34 IST

  LG Kiran Bedi cancelled Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy’s order barring the use of social media for official communications.

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  Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking CBI probe into Jayalalithaa’s death

  January 05, 2017 14:32 IST

  The Supreme Court today refused to entertain pleas seeking directions to the government to order a CBI probe or a judicial investigation by an apex court judge into the ‘mysterious’ death of AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa.

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  Akhilesh gets 206 MLAs, 55 MLCs to sign affidavits in his support

  January 05, 2017 19:35 IST

  In a show of strength set to escalate into a full blown showdown, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today met loyalist party MLAs here and collected signed affidavits declaring him the president of ruling Samajwadi Party.

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  Kejriwal’s former secretary Rajendra Kumar alleges humiliation by CBI, seeks voluntary retirement

  January 05, 2017 13:31 IST

  Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's former Principal Secretary, Rajendra Kumar, who was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with a corruption case, has accused the premier probe agency of humiliating him on many occasions and h

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  Congress needs to give greater autonomy to regional leaders for its revival, feel experts

  January 05, 2017 13:02 IST

  After losing Assam and Kerala Assembly polls last year, the upcoming elections in five states, including politically crucial Uttar Pradesh, are important for the Congress party as it looks to revive its lost fortune.