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  ‘Don’t wear skirts or go out at night’: Culture Minister’s ‘advice’ to foreign women tourists

  August 29, 2016 11:26 IST

  Union Culture and Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma invited controversy on Sunday as he advised foreign women tourists not to wear skirts and to avoid going out alone at night in small towns for their “own safety”.

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  'If the horse can't speak, I will': Robert Vadra and BJP MLA Ganesh Joshi spar over Shaktiman

  August 29, 2016 7:37 IST

  Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, got into a spat with Uttarakhand BJP MLA Ganesh Joshi over the death of police horse Shaktiman, while he was at the Dehradun airport on Sunday. Joshi

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  Vijay Goel does it again: Calls Sindhu, Sakshi ‘gold medallists’, faces ire on Twitter

  August 28, 2016 22:04 IST

  Soon after facing flak for taking selfies at the recently-concluded Rio Olympics where Indian athletes were having a tough time, Sports Minister Vijay Goel is in the news once again as he referred to Sakshi

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  ACB gives questionnaire to Sheila Dikshit in multi-crore tanker scam

  August 28, 2016 18:49 IST

  Delhi's Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) has handed over a set of at least 15 questions to former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the multi-crore tanker scam, and has asked her to reply to the queries within

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  Mayawati’s attack on BJP: Party depending on BSP’s ‘rejected maal’

  August 28, 2016 17:09 IST

  Mayawati, in her second Uttar Pradesh rally in Azamgarh on Sunday, made a flurry of stringent attacks on SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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  Our collective mistakes, mishandling have pushed Kashmir youth to stone pelting: Omar Abdullah to PM Modi

  August 28, 2016 14:51 IST

  Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday said that youth have been pushed towards stone-pelting due to our collective mistakes.

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  People using innocent youth to disrupt peace in Kashmir will have to answer: PM Modi

  August 28, 2016 14:10 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that those who are putting innocent young boys to disrupt peace in Kashmir will have to answer one day.

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  Reprimanded by Kejriwal for mocking Jain monk, Vishal Dadlani resigns from AAP

  August 28, 2016 13:23 IST

  Music director Vishal Dadlani on Saturday offered to quit politics after he was criticised by the Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal and was ridiculed by social media users on Twitter.

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  Govt signals talk with separatists, all-party delegation may meet Hurriyat leaders next month

  August 28, 2016 7:23 IST

  As all efforts of the Centre and Jammu and Kashmir government to bring normalcy in the Valley so far have gone to vain, the government is mulling bringing separatists back to the talking table.

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  For unity of country even 30 deaths wouldn't have disturbed me: Mulayam defends Ayodhya firing decision

  August 28, 2016 6:35 IST

  Samajwadi Party supremeo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Saturday defended his decision to order firing on karsevaks in Ayodhya and to preserve the unity and integrity of the country even the death of 30 persons would

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  If Pak is hell, why did Modi, Advani go there: Congress asks Parrikar

  August 27, 2016 18:24 IST

  Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday made a stringent attack on Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar for his “Pakistan is hell” remark, asking him why he did not object when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior

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  Pravasi Divas 2017: Modi govt planning to invite diaspora from Gilgit-Baltistan?

  August 27, 2016 17:22 IST

  The government of India is reportedly planning to invite the diaspora from Gilgit-Balistan for 2017 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas conference.

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  National Herald Case: Notice issued to Sonia, Rahul by Delhi court on Swamy’s plea

  August 27, 2016 17:06 IST

  A notice has been issued to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul Gandhi and others accused in the National Herald case by a Delhi Court. The court also asked the congress and Associated

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  Situation in Kashmir valley will soon return to normal: Jitendra Singh

  August 27, 2016 16:19 IST

  Union minister Jitendra Singh today expressed the hope that the situation in the Kashmir valley will soon return to normal as both central and state governments are moving in the right direction to resolve the ongoing unrest in the state.

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  DCW Chief Swati Maliwal will be first arrested and then removed, says Arvind Kejriwal

  August 27, 2016 13:41 IST

  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has expressed the apprehension that Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal will be first arrested and then removed from her post.

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  Pakistan openly trying to provoke and fuel tensions in Valley: Mehbooba Mufti

  August 27, 2016 14:30 IST

  Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti will call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi today where she is expected to discuss the prevailing situation in the state.

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  Swamy Prasad Maurya steps down as UP assembly member

  August 26, 2016 23:06 IST

  After switching to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Swamy Prasad Maurya today resigned from the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly, claiming he did so to "preserve the democratic values in politics". Asked

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  When asked to take down his pagdi, BJP MP Virendra Singh refused US visa

  August 26, 2016 22:21 IST

  Sticking firmly to his roots, Bharatiya Janata Party's member of parliament Virendra Singh Mast today refused a visa by the US Embassy when he asked to remove his 'pagdi' or headgear for the visa documentation.

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  Amidst continued unrest in Kashmir, CM Mehbooba Mufti to fly Delhi for talks with PM Modi

  August 26, 2016 22:02 IST

  As the Kashmir Valley remained on the boil with one more civilian getting killed in firing by security forces, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti will fly to New Delhi for a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra

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  Sucha Singh Chhotepur alleges conspiracy by AAP members, shown exit door

  August 26, 2016 20:57 IST

  Soon after Aam Aadmi Party’s Punjab convener Sucha Singh Chhotepur hinted at conspiracy by fellow party members for the bribery accusations levelled against him, the party leadership expelled him from his position. AAP's highest decision

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  PM Modi’s mention of Balochistan in I-Day speech was deliberate, discussed with top ministers: Report

  August 26, 2016 20:59 IST

  Some senior bureaucrats warned Prime Minister Narendra Modi against mentioning about Balochistan while preparing last week's annual Independence Day address. According to the Reuters, in early August the politicians in the room got angry

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  Scorpene data leak: 'No big worry' as it doesn’t include details of weapons system, says Manohar Parrikar

  August 26, 2016 19:07 IST

  Playing down the Scorpene submarine data leak, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said that it was not a big worry because the leaked documents do not include the details of the weaponry systems of the Scorpene.

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  ‘Coward’ Rahul Gandhi must quit politics to save Congress: Subramanian Swamy

  August 26, 2016 18:37 IST

  Senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy today blasted Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for his frequent U-turns on issues of national importance and advised him to quit politics to save the future of his party.

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  Not going anywhere, says AAP’s bribe-tainted Punjab convener Sucha Singh; hints at ‘conspiracy’

  August 26, 2016 18:20 IST

  Facing backslash from his fellow party members over accusations of allegedly taking bribe, Aam Aadmi Party's Punjab convener Sucha Singh Chhotepur today said he won't leave the party on his own. In an interaction with

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  'Which words do you stand by?' RSS taunts Rahul Gandhi; asks him to apologise

  August 26, 2016 18:06 IST

  The Rasthriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) today demanded clarification from Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on his comment about the organisation’s involvement in the murder of Mahatma Gandhi. Taking on the Congress VP on major social

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  From ‘holiday’ to ‘ideal’: Maneka Gandhi softens stand on paternity leave, says more sophisticated bill in future

  August 26, 2016 17:51 IST

  Facing condemnation over the maternity bill and its ‘failure’ to provide any relief to fathers-to-be, Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi today said there could be a ‘more sophisticated’ legislation to address these

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  After Bihar debacle, AIMIM in talks with BSP for pre-poll alliance in Uttar Pradesh

  August 26, 2016 15:32 IST

  After a poor show in last year’s assembly polls in Bihar, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is mulling a pre-poll alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) for next year’s Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

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  Reforms agenda largely unfinished, need to step up pace: Singapore Deputy PM tells PM Modi

  August 26, 2016 15:14 IST

  Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam today said that India’s ‘reforms agenda is largely unfinished’ and that the ‘pace of reforms must be stepped up’.