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  Navjot Kaur Sidhu resigns from primary membership of BJP

  October 08, 2016 20:12 IST

  Navjot Kaur, wife of former Rajya Sabha MP Navjot Singh Sidhu, has resigned from the primary membership of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Kaur, who represents Amritsar East constituency in the Punjab assembly, sent a one

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  Process of reversing Delhi govt's orders 'unfortunate', it will affect people: Arvind Kejriwal

  October 08, 2016 18:53 IST

  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said that the process of declaring the decisions taken by the Delhi Government in its one and a half years' tenure “null and void” was "unfortunate".

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  ‘Khoon ki dalali’ remark: Defamation complaint filed against Rahul Gandhi

  October 08, 2016 18:04 IST

  A defamation complaint was today filed in a UP court against Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi for his ‘khoon ki dalali’ remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the 'surgical strikes' carried out by the Indian Army inside Pakistan-occupie

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  Triple Talaq: ‘Secular’ India can’t let women suffer under a derogatory system, says Modi govt

  October 08, 2016 17:32 IST

  The Narendra Modi government today made it clear that in a secular country like India , women cannot be allowed to suffer under an arbitrary and derogatory system like ‘Triple Talaq’.

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  'Triple Talaq' system ‘unjust’ for Muslim women, says BJP

  October 08, 2016 17:34 IST

  The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today supported the central government’s stand on ‘Triple Talaq’ system in the Supreme Court.

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  Air Force Day: PM Modi praises air warriors for ‘protecting our skies’

  October 08, 2016 13:15 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today praised Indian Air Force personnel and their families for protecting the nations’ skies on the occasion of 84th anniversary of IAF.

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  Acid attacks are to be addressed by Home Ministry, says Maneka Gandhi

  October 08, 2016 12:33 IST

  New Delhi: The issue of acid attacks is to be addressed by the Home Ministry and not Women and Child Development, minister Maneka Gandhi said. She made the statement while speaking at the launch of

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  Pankaja Munde lands in soup after her ‘threat’ audio clip emerges

  October 08, 2016 11:32 IST

  Maharashtra Minister Pankaja Munde found herself embroiled in a fresh controversy after a purported audio clip appeared in which she is heard "threatening" a priest of the Bhagwangad hill shrine in Ahmednagar

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  With Jayalalithaa’s recovery taking time, Tamil Nadu eyes interim CM

  October 08, 2016 9:41 IST

  With doctors saying that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa requires a longer stay at the hospital, AIADMK functionaries are discussing over placing a stand-in leadership to hold the reigns of the government.

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  India’s highway length slated from 95,000 km to 2 lakh km: Nitin Gadkari

  October 08, 2016 8:00 IST

  The length of national highways is slated to double from 95,000 km to 2,00,000 km, as part of India's infrastructural reforms, Minister of Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari said on Friday.

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  Lalu Yadav mocks Arvind Kejriwal’s claims of ‘honesty’, says ‘dharti mei gad raha hai’

  October 07, 2016 19:09 IST

  Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav today took a dig at Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal and said that his 'facade' of honesty is being exposed slowly.

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  ‘Khoon ki dalali’ remark: Kapil Sibal slams Amit Shah for attacking Rahul Gandhi, says ‘BJP created Jaish-e-Mohammed’

  October 07, 2016 18:21 IST

  Launching a scathing attack on BJP President Amit Shah for criticising Rahul Gandhi’s “Khoon ki dalali” remark, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal today said that Shah was in no position to question the Congress vice-president.

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  72 percent of Delhi MLAs, mostly AAP members, ‘underperforming’: Report

  October 07, 2016 15:20 IST

  A whopping 72 percent of Delhi MLAs have been found underperforming in a report prepared by Praja Foundation, a “non-partisan organisation”.

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  Brand Pakistan' identifies itself with global terror: Arun Jaitley

  October 07, 2016 14:32 IST

  Hitting out at Pakistan for using terrorism as an "instrument of state policy", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday that Brand Pakistan' "really identifies with global terror" as every major terrorist incident in the

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  Jayalalithaa’s health improving, says Rahul Gandhi after visiting Apollo Hospital in Chennai

  October 07, 2016 14:31 IST

  Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Friday visited Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa at Chennai’s Apollo Hospital to enquire about her health and said she is on the road to recovery.

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  Kapil Sibal pressured officials to sanction funds for Teesta NGO, says probe report

  October 07, 2016 13:56 IST

  Former Union minister Kapil Sibal had put pressure on officials to sanction funds for supplementary readers in Mumbai schools to Teesta Setalvad's Sabrang Trust despite objections by the Maharashtra government and the National Council for

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  DCW recruitment scam: ACB summons Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia

  October 07, 2016 13:35 IST

  The Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) has summoned Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia for questioning in the case of illegal recruitments at the Delhi Commission for Women, an official said on Friday.

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  Amit Shah condemns Rahul Gandhi’s ‘khoon ki dalali’ remark, calls it ‘insult’ to Indian Army

  October 07, 2016 13:17 IST

  ​Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah today condemned Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s “Khoon ki dalali” remark and said that it was “shameful” and an insult to the Indian Army.

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  Rahul Gandhi defends his ‘Khoon ki dalali’ remark against PM Modi, says won’t support using Indian Army in political posters

  October 07, 2016 12:00 IST

  Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today defended his controversial ‘khoon ki dalali’ remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that he will not support using Indian Army in political posters.

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  Centre to completely seal Indo-Pak border by Dec 2018 : Rajnath Singh

  October 07, 2016 14:20 IST

  Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will review the security situation with border State Chief Ministers and Home Ministers in Jaisalmer today. Chief Ministers and Home Ministers of Jammu Kashmir, Punjab, Gujarat and Rajasthan are

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  Jayalalithaa’s condition continues to improve but she requires longer stay, says hospital

  October 07, 2016 0:06 IST

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who was hospitalised here a fortnight ago for fever and dehydration, continues to improve but requires a longer stay at the hospital, even as a team of doctors from AIIMS examined her

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  PM Modi encashing sacrifices made by our soldiers, hiding behind their blood: Rahul Gandhi

  October 06, 2016 19:47 IST

  Congress vice President Rahul Gandhi today castigated the PM saying he was doing business over the dead bodies of Army jawans and hiding behind their blood.

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  Maharashtra: BJP promises 16 per cent reservation to Marathas

  October 06, 2016 19:20 IST

  The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today assured the Marathas of Maharashtra that it was committed to meeting the demand of the community without upsetting the existing OBC quota.

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  Shivpal snubs Akhilesh again, announces merger of Mukhtar Ansari’s QED with Samajwadi Party

  October 06, 2016 18:31 IST

  Samajwadi Party state unit president Shivpal Singh Yadav today announced the merger of Mukhtar Ansari’s Quami Ekta Dal with the ruling party.

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  Media exposé on surgical strikes not enough for Kejriwal, wants govt to defeat Pakistan’s ‘false propaganda’

  October 06, 2016 17:04 IST

  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today urged the government to expose Pakistan internationally for its false propaganda over the Indian Army’s surgical strikes in PoK

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  Lalu Yadav meets suspended Bihar lawmaker accused of raping minor

  October 06, 2016 16:52 IST

  Suspended RJD MLA Raj Ballabh Yadav, who is currently facing charges of raping a 15-year-old schoolgirl, on Thursday met his party chief Lalu Prasad Yadav. Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear the Bihar government's petition

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  Those seeking proof of surgical strikes not loyal to country, govt won’t oblige them: Manohar Parrikar

  October 06, 2016 16:18 IST

  Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday hit out at politicians seeking proof of surgical strikes conducted by the Indian army in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) saying no one had ever doubted the bravery of our forces.

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  Govt wants Baloch leader Brahumdagh Bugti to ‘feel at home’, may soon offer place to stay in India: Report

  October 06, 2016 15:02 IST

  Exiled Baloch nationalist leader and Baloch Republican Party (BRP) founder Brahumdagh Bugti may soon find a place to stay in India.