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  HC quashes Kejriwal's plea to dismiss defamation case against him

  October 19, 2016 18:26 IST

  In a major setback to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi High Court today dismissed his plea seeking stay on a court trial in a defamation case against him and other AAP leaders filed

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  AFSPA a political issue, will fight it politically: Irom Sharmila

  October 19, 2016 17:47 IST

  Rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu has said that the issue of AFSPA in Manipur, against which she had protested by fasting for 16 years, is a political one and she will fight it politically.

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  Panneerselvam holds first Cabinet meet following Jayalalithaa’s illness

  October 19, 2016 17:54 IST

  Tamil Nadu Finance Minister O Panneerselvam today presided over a meeting of the state cabinet, first since Chief Minister Jayalalithaa was hospitalised three weeks ago.

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  ‘BJP will unite Hindus, divide minorities in UP’: Subramanian Swamy stirs new controversy

  October 19, 2016 15:47 IST

  Subramanian Swamy today said that his party would unite the Hindu community in UP by resolving the Ram Temple issue and divide the minorities as much as possible to win the upcoming Assembly elections

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  S. Jaishankar’s remarks have exposed Modi govt’s ‘lie’ on Surgical Strikes: Congress

  October 19, 2016 15:49 IST

  Congress has latched on to Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar’s remarks that the Army had carried out “target specific, limited-calibre, counter-terrorist operations” across LoC in the past too, to “expose” the BJP and Modi govern

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  ‘Ram Temple' part of 2014 manifesto, BJP can’t run away from it: Subramanian Swamy

  October 19, 2016 14:41 IST

  Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy today said that the BJP can’t run away from the ‘Ram Temple’ issue as it is part of the manifesto that the party released ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

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  Wish Karan Johar had expressed solidarity with Indian Army right after terror attacks, says BJP

  October 19, 2016 13:15 IST

  Reacting to film-maker Karan Johar’s statement that he will not work with Pakistani talent in future, the Bharatiya Janata Party today said that it would have been better had the director expressed solidarity with India's armed forces right after ter

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  ‘Can make tea, dress properly and play drums': SP leader Azam Khan says he is ‘fit candidate for PM’

  October 19, 2016 12:00 IST

  Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Tuesday pitted himself as candidate fit for the post of the Prime Minister of India as he shares many of incumbent PM Narendra Modi’s traits.

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  MJ Akbar persuaded Rajiv Gandhi to override Shah Bano ruling: Former CIC

  October 19, 2016 11:14 IST

  MJ Akbar, the current MoS for External Affairs in the BJP-led NDA government, had played a key role in the decision of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi’s to oppose the Supreme Court’s Shah Bano judgement in 1985.

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  No plan to stop people-to-people contact: Govt on Indo-Pak ties

  October 19, 2016 11:21 IST

  With various film bodies imposing a ban on Pakistan actors after the Uri attack, government on Tuesday said people-to-people contact would continue and there was no plan to stop it.

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  RSS gets govt nod for introducing own annual ‘Nobel awards’

  October 19, 2016 12:00 IST

  Sanskar Bharti, the cultural unit of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) is all set to introduce its own ‘Nobel awards’ after the Union Culture Ministry gave its go-ahead on Tuesday.

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  Defamation case: Delhi HC to pronounce verdict on Kejriwal’s plea today

  October 19, 2016 7:49 IST

  Delhi High Court is likely to deliver on Wednesday its decision Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's plea to stay the proceedings before a trial court in a criminal defamation case filed against him and other AAP leaders by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

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  Need to isolate terror, not nations, says Aung San Suu Kyi

  October 19, 2016 10:39 IST

  Laying down a principle that all surgical strikes must be treated on ‘case to case basis’, Myanmar’s Foreign Minister and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday said that terrorism in any form is unacceptable.

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  RSS provides training to take risks: Subramanian Swamy throws weight behind Parrikar’s reference to surgical strikes

  October 19, 2016 6:40 IST

  BJP firebrand leader Subramanian Swamy has said that there was no point in holding talks with Pakistan in the current scenario.

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  Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee injured in road accident, taken to hospital

  October 18, 2016 21:46 IST

  TMC MP and Abhishek Banerjee was today injured when his vehicle met with an accident on NH-2 near Singur, while he was returning to Kolkata from Murshidabad.

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  My office running 'archaeology department' to excavate ‘missing’ files, says PM Narendra Modi

  October 18, 2016 19:19 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that his office is running an "archaeology department" to excavate all those files that went missing in the last 30 to 40 years.

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  Irom Sharmila launches her own political party, to contest 2017 Manipur Assembly polls

  October 18, 2016 18:52 IST

  Irom Sharmila, Manipur’s “Iron Lady”, today launched her own political party in Imphal. The name of her new party is “People’s Resurgence Justice Alliance”.

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  'My head hangs in shame over Dalit atrocities', says PM Modi

  October 18, 2016 18:53 IST

  PM Modi today said his head hangs in shame over incidents of atrocities on dalits that take place even after 70 years of Independence.

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  Ramayana museum only a 'lollipop', says BJP MP Vinay Katiyar

  October 18, 2016 17:56 IST

  The Centre’s decision to build a Ramayana museum in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh has triggered a fresh Ram Mandir debate with ruling Bhartiya Janata Party MP Vinay Katiyar calling the museum a mere lollipop against the temple.

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  Relief for Irani as court dismisses fake degree case against her

  October 18, 2016 18:23 IST

  In a big relief to Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani, the Patiala House Court today refused to summon her in the fake educational degree case.

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  WB student named and shamed in life-size hoarding for criticising CM Mamata Banerjee on Facebook

  October 18, 2016 15:54 IST

  Two days after she criticised the West Bengal CM’s parade for Goddess Durga on Facebook, her post was printed on a life-size banner and put up in the Dum Dum area, where she lives.

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  Rahul Gandhi demands 18 per cent cap on GST so that ‘poor’ are not burdened

  October 18, 2016 14:04 IST

  Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today demanded that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate should be kept at 18 per cent or lower in order to protect the interests of the ‘poor’ people.

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  Does BJP pay money to draw huge crowd at PM Modi's rally, asks Shiv Sena

  October 18, 2016 14:12 IST

  In an apparent dig at BJP over Maharashtra Minister Rajkumar Badole’s remarks that Maratha rallies draw huge crowds due to the money power involved, Shiv Sena today said the ruling party should clarify if the

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  'The world is now talking about the bravery of Indian forces’: PM Modi

  October 18, 2016 15:40 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today lauded the Indian Army saying ‘the world is now talking about the bravery of the Indian forces’.

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  BRICS recognised ‘state protected terrorism’ as biggest challenge: Sushma Swaraj

  October 18, 2016 16:33 IST

  External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today came down heavily on Pakistan saying that the recently concluded BRICS Summit in Goa ‘saw growing recognition that there cannot be business as usual in dealing with terror’.

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  Mahesh Sharma downplays uproar over huge fund to Ram Museum, says it will boost tourism

  October 18, 2016 12:26 IST

  The contentious issue of Ram temple was suddenly back in the political discourse in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh today, a day ahead of Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma's visit to Ayodhya today to inspect the proposed site

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  All is not well in Bihar; senior RJD leader Raghuvansh Prasad again slams JD(U) over ‘PM material’ Nitish

  October 18, 2016 7:03 IST

  In an indication that all was not well in the ruling ‘Mahagathbandhan’ government in Bihar, senior RJD leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh on Monday hit out at alliance partner JD(U) for describing Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as ‘PM material’.

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  Akhilesh will be CM face in 2017, says Samajwadi Party VP Kiranmoy Nanda with ‘approval’ from Mulayam

  October 17, 2016 22:09 IST

  Samajwadi Party on Monday said that Akhilesh Yadav will be its CM face in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election.