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  Demonetisation: Opposition finding excuses to scuttle debate, says Venkaiah Naidu

  November 17, 2016 16:01 IST

  The government today accused the opposition parties of finding excuses to scuttle a debate on demonetisation as it had boomeranged and gone against them.

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  Kashmir will not remain part of ‘Hindu Rashtra’, warns Farooq Abdullah

  November 17, 2016 15:29 IST

  Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah has said that if India ever became a ‘Hindu Rashtra’, Kashmir will not remain part of that country.

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  Demonetisation has taken India 100 years back: Mamata Banerjee

  November 17, 2016 15:08 IST

  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee on Thursday jointly addressed a rally against demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes oraganised by the Aam Aadmi Party. "What do

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  Sushma Swaraj may have to wait for a month for a kidney donor: Sources

  November 17, 2016 14:29 IST

  External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who is admitted at AIIMS and undergoing treatment for kidney-related ailment, might have to wait for at least 15-30 days before she finds a matching kidney donor.

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  ‘Housing for All’: Govt restructures existing scheme, to construct 1 cr houses in three years under PMAY

  November 17, 2016 14:22 IST

  A scheme to construct one crore houses in next three years has been approved by the government with the objective of 'Housing for All by 2022', Lok Sabha was informed today.

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  Punjab Elections: 17 new faces in SAD’s first list of 69 candidates

  November 17, 2016 13:53 IST

  The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Wednesday released the list of 69 candidates, with 25 per cent new faces, for the Assembly elections due early next year.

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  Demonetisation: At Kejriwal’s rally in Delhi, pro-Modi slogans, black flags

  November 17, 2016 13:16 IST

  In an embarrassment of sorts for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, scores of people protesting near the dais ahead of the AAP supremo’s rally against demonetisation at Azadpur Mandi in the national capital began raising slogans in favour of Prime

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  The Big Fat Rs 500 cr wedding: Marriage ceremony of Janardhan Reddy’s daughter under I-T scanner

  November 17, 2016 13:08 IST

  The extravagant wedding of Karnataka mining baron and former BJP minister Janardhan Reddy’s daughter, which is estimated to have cost about Rs 500 crore, has raised a firestorm of controversies.

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  Demonetisation: Opposition stalls Parliament over PM's response

  November 17, 2016 15:34 IST

  Amid ongoing uproar over demonetisation, both houses in Parliament were adjourned repeatedly as a united opposition including the Congress, the Trinamool Congress and the Left parties, continued to protest and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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  Not against demonetisation, Uddhav tells Rajnath; questions implementation

  November 17, 2016 11:02 IST

  With Shiv Sena joining the TMC’s march to the Rashtrapati Bhawan against demonetisation move, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday evening spoke to the party chief Uddhav Thackeray to garner his support on the issue.

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  Mulayam Singh reinstates Ram Gopal Yadav in Samajwadi Party as general secretary, spokesperson

  November 17, 2016 11:31 IST

  In a major development, Samajwadi Party supremo today revoked six-year expulsion of his cousin and Rajya Sabha MP Ram Gopal Yadav.

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  Watch: Amid cash crunch, Janardhan Reddy's daughter ties marriage knot worth Rs 500 crore

  November 16, 2016 23:20 IST

  At a time when millions are queueing up outside banks and ATMs for cash, former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy's daughter tied the wedding knot in a lavish ceremony in Bangalore.

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  ‘I’m in total favour of the ban’: Nitish Kumar reiterates support for PM Modi's demonetisation move

  November 16, 2016 20:20 IST

  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, a fierce critic of the PM, openly came out in support of him and termed the note ban as correct.

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  SYL canal row: Pargat Singh, three other MLAs resign from Punjab Assembly

  November 16, 2016 18:26 IST

  In another political development in Punjab following the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal case, former SAD leader Pargat Singh, Navjot Kaur Sidhu, wife of former BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu,

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  Drastic fall in Naxalism, terrorism since demonetisation: Rajnath Singh

  November 16, 2016 18:03 IST

  Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that there has been a drastic decrease in Naxalism and terrorism across the country due to demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.

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  105 ‘successful’ infiltrations into J&K by terrorists till September this year: Govt informs RS

  November 16, 2016 16:57 IST

  The government today informed the Parliament that a total of 105 terrorists had managed to successfully infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir from across the border in the last nine months ending September 2016.

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  BJP MP from Mumbai ‘mocks’ deaths in bank queues, draws flak

  November 16, 2016 16:06 IST

  Gopal Shetty, a BJP MP from Mumbai North, on Wednesday drew flak from all corners for his insensitive comment on reports of people dying in bank queues.

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  Demonetisation: FIR against Amar Singh for 'derogatory remarks' against PM Modi

  November 16, 2016 14:55 IST

  An FIR has been registered against Samajwadi Party MP Amar Singh and an unidentified person for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in connection with demonetisation of high denomination currency notes.

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  Mamata leads opposition march to Rashtrapati Bhawan against demonetisation

  November 16, 2016 15:03 IST

  Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee today found support from leaders of NDA constituent Shiv Sena, Akali Dal, AAP and NC today and marched to the Rashtrapati Bhavan against the government’s decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.

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  Demonetisation: No action against ‘industrialist friends’ of PM Modi, alleges Rahul Gandhi

  November 16, 2016 13:56 IST

  Training his guns on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday charged that no action was being taken against the ‘real black marketeers’ and the ‘industrialist friends’ of the former.

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  Old 500, 1000-rupee notes will be accepted for land registration till Nov 24, says Akhilesh Yadav

  November 16, 2016 13:54 IST

  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday announced that old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 rupee notes will be legally accepted for land registration till November 24.

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  Temporary pain will yield long term gains, says Venkaiah Naidu on demonetisation in RS

  November 16, 2016 19:10 IST

  The Rajya Sabha is presently debating on the issue of demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.

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  ‘RSS killed Gandhi’: Maharashtra court grants bail to Rahul Gandhi in defamation case

  November 16, 2016 12:11 IST

  Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was today granted bail by a Bhiwandi court today in connection with a defamation case filed by an RSS functionary for blaming the Hindutva organisation for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.

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  Why Indian Muslims don’t speak out against violence on Hindus in Pakistan and Bangladesh, asks Ghulam Nabi Azad

  November 16, 2016 11:56 IST

  Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has rued the fact that though Hindus in India are vocal in their support for secularism, Indian Muslims don’t speak out against violence against minority community in countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh.

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  Sushma Swaraj suffers kidney failure, on dialysis at AIIMS

  November 16, 2016 17:28 IST

  External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today informed that she has been on dialysis at the All India Institute for Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after suffering from kidney failure.

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  Ready for debate on every issue in an open manner, says PM Modi

  November 16, 2016 10:47 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the government looks forward to debate every issue in an open manner during the month-long Winter Session of the Parliament.

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  Was Karnataka minister watching revealing pictures of Donald Trump’s wife Melania on his phone?

  November 16, 2016 10:42 IST

  Karnataka education minister Tanveer Sait, who is facing allegations of watching sleazy pictures of women on his cellphone at a Tipu Jayanti event, was reportedly surfing revealing photographs of Melania

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  Winter Session: Government braces for a rough start as opposition unites on demonetisation

  November 16, 2016 8:06 IST

  With a united opposition planning to corner government over demonetisation issue calling it a 'currency scam'that needs to be probed,, Government is bracing itself for a stormy Winter Session of Parliament beginning today. The opposition