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  Ensure benami properties law don't hit common man: Shiv Sena tells govt

  December 28, 2016 13:12 IST

  With Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vowing to take on benami properties post-demonetisation, the Shiv Sena has asked the government to ensure that the proposed law against benami properties do not hit the common man.

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  Former Madhya Pradesh CM Sunderlal Patwa passes away

  December 28, 2016 12:44 IST

  Veteran BJP leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Sunderlal Patwa passed away here today after a brief illness.

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  UP Polls: PM Modi likely to make ‘headline grabbing’ policy in Lucknow rally, says report

  December 28, 2016 12:36 IST

  With an eye on upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to make a major announcement in a large political rally set to be held at Lucknow on January 2.

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  Cabinet clears ordinance to legalise note ban, four-year jail for holding scrapped currency

  December 28, 2016 13:25 IST

  The central government today approved an ordinance to legalise the government’s November 8 decision to ban Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes from economy.

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  Double MNREGA wages; deposit Rs 25,000 in account of BPL families: Rahul Gandhi tells govt

  December 28, 2016 12:57 IST

  Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today once again lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over demonetisation drive saying ‘he has caused inconvenience to people through this scheme which aims at benefiting only 1 per cent super-rich populatio

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  CBI summons Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Tapas Paul in chit fund case

  December 27, 2016 23:39 IST

  Two MPs of Trinamool Congress - Sudip Bandyopadhyay and Tapas Paul - have been issued summons by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in connection with the alleged Rose Valley scam, one of the cases

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  Rahul Gandhi’s ‘flop show’ was laughable: BJP mocks fractured opposition meet

  December 27, 2016 20:02 IST

  The bubble of opposition unity had burst before it could even take off, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today said, as it termed the the Congress-led meet of eight parties against demonetisation as Rahul Gandhi's

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  Sheila Dikshit dares PM Modi to order independent probe into Sahara dairies

  December 27, 2016 16:17 IST

  Senior Congress leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today dared Prime Minister to order an independent probe into Sahara diaries.

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  Shiva Sena takes a dig at PM Modi for greeting Nawaz Sharif on birthday

  December 27, 2016 16:07 IST

  Taking an indirect dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for wishing Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif on his birthday, the Shiv Sena today said that Chhatrapati Shivaji never extended such greetings to "the enemies of the nation".

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  Rahul, Mamata jointly attack PM Modi at Opposition meet

  December 27, 2016 19:59 IST

  The joint press conference called by the Congress to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi against his decision to scrap high denomination currency notes suffered cracks on Monday as most parties pulled out of it.

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  I was not chosen to cut ribbons, will fight black money: PM Modi

  December 27, 2016 18:00 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing a public rally in Dehradun today. The prime Minister also laid foundation stone of the 900-km CharDham highway project and said that the state of Uttarakhand

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  Casteist forces don’t want a Dalit woman to come up: Mayawati hits out at BJP after ED raid

  December 27, 2016 13:51 IST

  Mayawati on Tuesday asserted that the money detected by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in her party’s account was entirely accounted for and was deposited following all due procedures.

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  IT sleuths may quiz BSP leaders over Rs 100 crore deposits in banned notes: report

  December 27, 2016 11:10 IST

  Amid reports that over Rs 100 crore in outlawed currency was deposited into bank accounts of Bahujan Samajwadi party , the Income Tax department is planning to quiz BSP leaders over the unusually high deposit.

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  Miffed over Rahul Gandhi, Sheila Dikshit may pull out of UP election campaign: Report

  December 27, 2016 8:19 IST

  Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit is contemplating to withdraw from the state Assembly election campaign.

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  IT department sends notice to AAP over 'discrepancies in donors' list'

  December 27, 2016 6:41 IST

  The Income Tax department has issued a notice to Aam Aadmi Party, citing discrepancies in the donors' list submitted to tax officials and what had been put up on the party website. Terming the notice

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  Over Rs 100 crore deposited in accounts of BSP and Mayawati's brother post demonetisation

  December 27, 2016 6:02 IST

  Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has come under the scanner for some unusual activity in the party’s bank account for the past few days. From the day banks reopened after Prime Minister Narendra Modi banned

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  Mithun Chakraborty resigns from Rajya Sabha citing health reasons

  December 26, 2016 18:50 IST

  Actor-turned-politician Mithun Chaktaborty, who was elected to the Rajya Sabha by Trinamool Congress(TMC), today quit the Upper House citing health reasons. He has submitted his resignation to Rajya Sabha Chairman, sources in TMC said. Mithun,

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  AAP cries foul over ACB probe involving Elvis Gomes, BJP denies allegations

  December 27, 2016 11:51 IST

  AAP has claimed that Gomes was being victimised by the BJP-led government in Goa. Gomes also refuted the allegations during the ACB’s inquiry and raised doubts over its timing.

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  Opposition cracks: JD(U), Left dent Congress’ mega offensive against note ban

  December 26, 2016 16:38 IST

  The opposition's concerted campaign against demonetisation appears to have suffered a jolt with several parties pulling out of a joint press conference called by the Congress here on Tuesday over the contentious issue. Many important

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  ‘Paytm means pay to Modi’, Rahul’s latest swipe at PM’s note ban

  December 26, 2016 16:43 IST

  Continuing his tirade against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his demonetisation move, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today covered all possible facets to disapprove of the PM, from the planning of note ban to the corruption

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  BJP calling the shots in potential Congress-SP alliance, claims Mayawati

  December 26, 2016 16:21 IST

  Former UP Chief Minister Mayawati today claimed that the rumoured alliance between the Samajwadi Party and the Congress is awaiting a nod from the Bharatiya Janata Party. Mayawati said that BJP will be calling the shots in any potential alliance betw

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  Vajpayee ‘no more’? Aligarh Mayor’s faux pas embarrasses BJP

  December 26, 2016 15:27 IST

  controversial Aligarh Mayor Shakuntala Bharti left the party red-faced with her ignorance, when she referred to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee as “deceased”.

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  'No truth’ in Sahara diaries, says Sheila Dikshit, after Cong tweets list

  December 26, 2016 15:33 IST

  Days after the Cong party, unintentionally showed up former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit as a recipient of Rs 1 crore in ‘Sahara diaries’, the party veteran come out to deny the charges, saying there is no truth in the allegations.

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  Mamata ups the ante, directs state officials to skip central meetings

  December 26, 2016 14:06 IST

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, one of the fiercest critics of the central government’s demonetization move, has taken her confrontation with the Narendra Modi-led government a notch higher.

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  National Herald case: Delhi court dismisses plea seeking documents

  December 26, 2016 17:55 IST

  The Patiala House Court is expected to pronounce its order today in the National Herald case in which Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy filed an application seeking documents and ledger books from the Congress Party

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  Yadav ‘pari-war’ reignites, Akhilesh names 403 candidates against Shivapal’s 175

  December 26, 2016 15:31 IST

  The internal feud within Samajwadi Party (SP) doesn’t seem to end soon as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle and party president Shivpal Yadav are now at loggerheads over nomination of poll candidatures.

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  Sarabjit Singh's sister Dalbir Kaur joins BJP ahead of Punjab polls

  December 26, 2016 8:39 IST

  Dalbir Kaur, the sister of Sarabjit Singh, who died in a Pakistan jail in 2013, on Sunday joined the BJP.

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  ‘Dabangg’ music composers Sajid and Wajid Ali join BJP

  December 26, 2016 7:53 IST

  Bollywood music composer duo Sajid and Wajid Ali on Sunday joined the BJP in the presence of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in Mumbai.