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  LG Najeeb Jung hits back at AAP govt over Shunglu Committee probe, says truth must come out

  October 14, 2016 20:59 IST

  Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung today hit back at the Aam Aadmi Party government in the capital over its advice to dissolve the Shunglu Committee set up by him to examine 400 files pertaining to decisions the AAP dispensation has taken since

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  There is more to Akhilesh Yadav’s gradual seclusion in SP than what meets the eye

  October 24, 2016 12:52 IST

  The rift being openly played out in public in the Yadav family continues to surpass past proportions with each passing day. The rift, which appears to have begun with Akhilesh Yadav sacking an influential minister over charges of corruption, actually

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  PM Modi’s Dussehra remarks equating Ravana with a terrorist riles Sri Lankan monk

  October 14, 2016 19:30 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comment on Ravana during his speech on Dussehra linking him to a terrorist has drawn fury from a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk who runs Ravana Force. Denouncing the comments by

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  Shiv Sena pitches for second term for President Pranab Mukherjee

  October 14, 2016 19:13 IST

  The Shiv Sena today demanded a second term for President Pranab Mukherjee. Terming Pranab Mukherjee as the “best President”, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut today said that nobody could doubt his capabilities. He added

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  UP polls: BSP rules out post-poll tie-up with BJP

  October 14, 2016 18:59 IST

  The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) today ruled out any post-poll tie-up with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh.

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  In veiled reference to surgical strikes, PM Modi says ‘Army doesn’t talk, it acts’

  October 14, 2016 20:04 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today made a veiled reference to the surgical strikes carried out by the Indian Army and congratulated the forces for their valour and courage.

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  Congress and other parties don’t provide a genuine alternative: Yogendra Yadav

  October 14, 2016 18:29 IST

  Former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and founder of country’s newest political party, Yogendra Yadav, today accused the Narendra Modi government of being the ‘biggest challenge’ to the values of democracy and diversity.

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  Amit Shah accuses SP, BSP of using Dalits as ‘mere vote bank’

  October 14, 2016 18:03 IST

  Accusing the Samajwadi Party and the BSP of using the Dalit community as a vote bank, BJP president Amit Shah today said that both the parties have done nothing for their welfare.

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  SAARC Summit boycott will ring positive result: Afghanistan

  October 14, 2016 17:47 IST

  Afghanistan today expressed hope that the non-cooperating member nations of the SAARC will ‘learn’ from the decision of five countries to pull out of the Summit.

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  70-yr-old AIADMK worker commits suicide over Jaya’s ill health

  October 14, 2016 17:26 IST

  Disappointed with reports of ill-health of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, J Jayalalithaa, a 70-yr-old former town secretary of AIADMK in Tirupur committed suicide, police said on Friday. Vellayappan had appeared dejected ever since Jayalalithaa

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  Rajnath Singh targets Pakistan, accuses it of ‘pursuing terrorism as state policy’

  October 14, 2016 17:04 IST

  Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today launched a blistering attack on Pakistan and accused it of pursuing terrorism as state policy.

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  ‘Office of profit’: 27 more AAP MLAs in trouble, Prez asks EC to probe

  October 14, 2016 17:02 IST

  President Pranab Mukherjee today asked the Election Commission (EC) to initiate probe against 27 more MLAs for allegedly holding ‘office of profit’ in violation of the existing provisions.

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  Arvind Kejriwal’s posters with Burhan Wani, Hafiz Saeed and Osama Bin Laden surface in Surat

  October 14, 2016 15:38 IST

  Three days before his rally in Surat, posters of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal with slain Hizbul terrorist Burhan Wani, JuD chief Hafiz Saeed and the slain Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden surfaced across the city on Thursday.

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  Don't politicise ‘Triple Talaq’: Modi govt tells Muslim board

  October 14, 2016 17:03 IST

  The Narendra Modi government has asked the All India Muslim Personal Law Boad (AIMPLB) to refrain from politicising the issue of ‘Triple Talaq’ by linking it with the ‘Uniform Civil Code’.

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  CM's name to be declared after elections, says Mulayam Singh Yadav

  October 14, 2016 17:05 IST

  With the family feud within the Yadav family acquiring new proportions with each passing day, Samajwadi Party President Mulayam Singh Yadav today said the Chief Minister will only be appointed by the legislative party after

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  Terrorism can end if India, Pakistan resolve Kashmir issue, says Farooq Abdullah

  October 14, 2016 14:25 IST

  Furious over the long-continued unrest in the Kashmir Valley, former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah today said that India and Pakistan must talk and solve the Kashmir issue to end terrorism in the region. Speaking on

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  Can begin election campaign on my own too: Akhilesh Yadav

  October 14, 2016 16:22 IST

  With the internal power struggle within his family and the party now out in the open, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has said that he will kick off his campaign for the upcoming Assembly

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  BJP to join Pema Khandu-led PPA government in Arunachal Pradesh

  October 14, 2016 12:10 IST

  Arunachal Pradesh is set to be the fourteenth state where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will assume power as the party has decided to join the Pema Khandu-led government. Also, it will become the sixth

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  Chandrababu Naidu-Jaganmohan Reddy slugfest over Rs 10,000 crore black money reaches PM Modi

  October 14, 2016 9:00 IST

  Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu and leader of opposition Y S Jaganmohan Reddy on Thursday have taken their bitter political war to the Prime Minister by writing separate letters to Narendra Modi on

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  Uniform Civil Code not good for country but would respond to law panel: Asaduddin Owaisi

  October 14, 2016 7:13 IST

  Observing that Uniform Civil Code is “not good” for country, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi today said his party would respond to Law Commission’s questionnaire on the issue unlike All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB).

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  Winter session of Parliament to be held from Nov 16 to Dec 16

  October 13, 2016 19:51 IST

  The Winter Session of Parliament will be held from November 16 to December 16, the government announced on Thursday. The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) met here this evening and recommended that the

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  ‘Office of profit’ row: 21 AAP MLAs get time till Oct 17 to respond to EC notice

  October 13, 2016 18:54 IST

  21 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators have been given time till October 17 by the Election Commission (EC) to explain why they should not be disqualified from the Delhi Assembly in view of their appointment as ‘Parliamentary Secretaries’.

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  Triple Talaq: Modi govt does not intend to review its stand in SC, says Union Law Minister

  October 13, 2016 18:35 IST

  Union Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today made it clear that the central government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not intend to change its stand on the issue of ‘Triple Talaq’ in the Supreme Court.

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  Surgical strikes: Somebody must control Manohar Parrikar, says former Defence minister AK Antony

  October 13, 2016 15:54 IST

  Taking strong exception to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’s statement on “surgical strikes”, senior Congress leader and former Defence Minister AK Antony today said that somebody must control him.

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  Masood Azhar, NSG high on agenda as PM Modi, Jinping hold bilateral talks on October 15

  October 13, 2016 15:11 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping will on October 15 hold bilateral talks ahead of the BRICS Summit in Goa. The half-an-hour long meeting between the two leaders is slated for 5:40 pm.

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  BJP frustrated by AAP’s rise in Gujarat: Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra

  October 13, 2016 15:04 IST

  Delhi Tourism and Water Resources Minister Kapil Mishra today said that the ruling BJP in poll-bound Gujarat is frustrated by the rise of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

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  Modi responsible for putting India in war like situation with Pakistan: Digvijaya

  October 13, 2016 12:31 IST

  Digvijaya Singh flayed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for escalating tensions between India and Pakistan.

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  Snubbed by AAP, Navjot Singh Sidhu may soon merge Awaaz-e-Punjab with Congress

  October 13, 2016 12:21 IST

  Former BJP leader and founder of Awaaz-e-Punjab, Navjot Singh Sidhu, may soon announce the merger of his new front with the Congress party which is out of power in Punjab for a decade now.