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  Making all efforts for release of Father Tom Uzhunnalil: UAE church

  December 30, 2016 20:34 IST

  The Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia said it has got "strong indications" that Father Tom Uzhunnalil, the Indian priest who was kidnapped by Islamic State terrorists in Yemen earlier this year, is alive. The church

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  What next for SP? Mulayam, Akhilesh to lock horns over control of party, its symbol

  December 30, 2016 20:30 IST

  It is only matter of time when the Samajwadi Party, which has ruled UP for decades, will be split between founder - father Mulayam Singh Yadav and son and the new face of the party

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  Don't assume that patient people are not angry: Chidambaram hits back at PM Modi

  December 30, 2016 19:16 IST

  Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram launched a scathing attack on Narendra Modi shortly after the Prime Minister taunted him over his "khoda pahad, nikli chuhiya" remark at an event in Talkatora Stadium today.

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  Key government documents believed missing in Manish Sisodia's office burglary

  December 30, 2016 19:14 IST

  Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's office was burgled late night on Thursday. According to reports, several important documents including computers, letterheads and files were stolen by unidentified miscreants from Sisodia’s Patparganj offi

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  Tapas Pal's arrest ‘political atrocity’ against those opposing demonetisation: TMC

  December 30, 2016 19:11 IST

  Trinamool Congress today accused the BJP-led NDA government of resorting to ‘political atrocities’ against those opposed to demonetisation. The reaction comes in the backdrop its Lok Sabha MP Tapas Pal’s arrest in connection with Rose Valley chit fun

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  BJP wins Chhattisgarh civic polls, Raman Singh calls it ‘endorsement of demonetisation’

  December 30, 2016 19:10 IST

  The ruling BJP received a shot in the arm today in Chhattisgarh where the party won the Bhilai-Charoda and Sarangarh mayoral posts in the civic polls held on December 27.

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  Sidhu declined AAP's Deputy CM offer for Congress’ CM offer, claims Arvind Kejriwal

  December 30, 2016 19:07 IST

  Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal today claimed that cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu turned down his party’s offer to be their Punjab Deputy Chief Minister candidate because the Congress offered him to make their CM candidate.

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  Sidhu declined AAP's Deputy CM offer for Congress’ CM offer, claims Arvind Kejriwal

  December 30, 2016 19:07 IST

  Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal today claimed that cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu turned down his party’s offer to be their Punjab Deputy Chief Minister candidate because the Congress offered him to make their CM candidate.

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  Power tussle: Bad blood in SP will add dark chapter to its history, says Azam Khan

  December 30, 2016 19:03 IST

  Amid SP staring at a possible split due to open rebellion by Akhilesh Yadav, Uttar Pradesh minister and SP leader Azam Khan today said that the bad blood between members of the ruling family will

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  CBI carries out searches at office of Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain's OSD

  December 30, 2016 18:20 IST

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today conducted raids at Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain's Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Dr Nikunj Aggarwal office and Anup Mohta, Director Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalya.

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  Apologise for demonetisation ‘blunder’ in New Year eve address, Kejriwal tells PM Modi

  December 30, 2016 17:26 IST

  Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said that the former should apologise to the countrymen during his New Year eve address for demonetisation ‘blunder’.

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  Reveal amount of black money recovered post demonetisation: Rahul Gandhi

  December 30, 2016 16:59 IST

  Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today sought to know from Prime Minister Narendra Modi the amount of black money recovered after the November 8 decision of demonetisation.

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  SP split imminent: MSY expels Akhilesh, Ram Gopal from party; showdown likely on Jan 1

  December 30, 2016 20:58 IST

  Amid hectic efforts to save the ruling party in Uttar Pradesh from a possible split, its supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav has called a meeting of all the candidates who were allotted tickets. It was late

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  PM Modi launches BHIM app, says 'your thumbprint is now your bank'

  December 30, 2016 20:39 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi is speaking at the Digi-Dhan Mela at Talkatora Stadium in capital. Earlier, the Mela was organised at Dehradun, Panaji, Gurugram and Ludhiana. As many as 100 such fairs will be organised throughout the country till April

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  CBI arrests Trinamool MP Tapas Pal in Rose Valley chit fund scam

  December 30, 2016 16:14 IST

  In a big setback for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the ruling party in the state Trinamool Congress, the Central Bureau of Investigation today arrested party MP Tapas Pal for his alleged role in the Rose Valley chit fund scam. The Lo

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  Congress may project a CM face in Gujarat for 2017 Assembly polls

  December 30, 2016 16:12 IST

  The Congress has said that it can’t rule out the possibility of projecting a chief ministerial candidate in the upcoming Assembly elections in Gujarat.

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  Arunachal BJP to support ‘only’ Pema Khandu as Chief Minister

  December 30, 2016 15:56 IST

  The Arunachal Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has made it clear that it will ‘only’ support Pema Khandu for the post of Chief Minister.

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  Samajwadi Party’s Agra Cantt candidate dies of heart failure

  December 30, 2016 14:28 IST

  Chandrasen Taplu, whose name was in the list of election candidates announced by the Samajwadi Party on Wednesday and was considered the party’s strongest candidate from Agra cantonment seat, passed away on Thursday morning due to heart failure

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  Demonetisation a ‘complete failure’, PM Modi ‘must’ resign: TMC

  December 30, 2016 13:55 IST

  Calling demonetisation drive a ‘complete failure’, West Bengal’s ruling party, the Trinamool Congress, today asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to own up responsibility for the adverse effects of his November 8 decision and resign from the top post.

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  Takam Pario likely to be new Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh

  December 30, 2016 13:22 IST

  Arunachal Pradesh’s ruling Peoples’ Party of Arunachal (PPA) today said that Takam Pario, the richest MLA in the Assembly, is likely to succeed Pema Khandu who was suspended temporarily for alleged anti-party activities.

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  Manish Sisodia's office burgled; computers, documents go missing

  December 30, 2016 12:17 IST

  Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's office in Vinod Nagar area of his Patparganj constituency in east Delhi was burgled on Thursday night. The thieves have decamped with computers, documents, CCTV camera DVR among others, police

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  Govt plans world-class institutes for minorities with 40pc reservation for girls

  December 30, 2016 11:56 IST

  In a bid to provide better traditional and modern education to students belonging to minority communities, the government has said that it will be setting up world-class educational institutions across the country.

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  Not afraid of any probe but also get Sahara diaries investigated: Kejriwal

  December 30, 2016 11:45 IST

  With the CBI filing an FIR into the appointment of city Health Minister Satyendar Jain’s OSD, the Delhi chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today dared the Centre to get all the appointments made by his government

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  Frequent rule changes was to stay ahead of our enemies, says PM Modi

  December 30, 2016 16:32 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi has strongly defended his move to demonetise higher currency denominations, calling it a "difficult" but apolitical decision

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  UP Polls: RLD, allies declare Jayant Chaudhary as CM candidate

  December 30, 2016 7:37 IST

  RLD leader and former MP Jayant Chaudhary was today projected as chief ministerial candidate for the party and its allies at a rally at Abairani crossing here.

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  Arunachal Pradesh: CM Prema Khandu suspended from his party along with six others

  December 30, 2016 7:25 IST

  Arunachal Pradesh has yet again plunged into a political turmoil with state's ruling Peoples’ Party of Arunachal (PPA) temporarily suspending chief minister Pema Khandu, deputy CM Chowna Mein and five other legislators from the primary

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  AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi acquitted in 2005 case of obstructing public servant

  December 29, 2016 23:58 IST

  A court in Telangana's Sangareddy district acquitted AMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, his brother and MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi and others in connection with a 2005 case against them for allegedly obstructing the then district collector and

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  PariWar intensifies? Defiant Akhilesh releases own list of 235 candidates for UP polls

  December 29, 2016 23:20 IST

  In a virtual rebellion against his father and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav late on Thursday released his own list of 235 candidates for the 2017 assembly