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  When will PM Modi wake up to the crisis in Kashmir, asks Omar Abdullah

  August 06, 2016 12:28 IST

  Questioning the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the ongoing unrest in Kashmir valley, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today wondered as to when will the PM wake up to the crisis.

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  PM Modi to interact with nation in first-ever ‘town hall’ today

  August 06, 2016 11:17 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today interact with the nation at an indoor stadium in the capital, in a first-ever ‘town hall’ by an Indian PM.

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  Mulayam Singh Yadav in poll mode, asks Akhilesh, other leaders to remove flaws

  August 05, 2016 23:38 IST

  Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav today asked his party workers including Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to pull up their socks as the 2017 UP assembly polls are approaching and stop deeds such

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  34pc ministers from Indian states have criminal cases, 76pc are crorepatis: ADR

  August 05, 2016 22:17 IST

  Revealing the darker side of the Indian politics, a study found that as many as 34 per cent of the State Ministers have declared criminal cases against them, while 76 per cent are crorepatis with

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  Eyeing Punjab, AAP readies separate manifesto for SC community

  August 05, 2016 20:21 IST

  Aiming to wrest power in Punjab in 2017 Assembly Polls, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) proposed to roll out a separate manifesto for the Scheduled Caste (SC). Explaining the reason behind their move, the party

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  Rio Olympics: Each Indian athlete is a symbol of perseverance and hard work, says Sonia Gandhi

  August 05, 2016 18:32 IST

  Congress President Sonia Gandhi today extended her good wishes to the Indian contingent ahead of the Rio Olympics and said that each one of them is a symbol of excellence, perseverance and hard work.

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  Vijay Rupani is next Gujarat Chief Minister, Nitin Patel to be Deputy CM

  August 05, 2016 18:38 IST

  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership has decided to appoint Vijay Rupani as the next chief minister of Gujarat. He succeeds Anandiben Patel who took over charge of the post from Narendra Modi. Health

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  No delay in decision on special status to Andhra, assures PM Modi

  August 05, 2016 18:06 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today told Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu that the matter of according special category status to the state will soon reach a decision. As Naidu visited the Prime Minister

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  Uttar Pradesh needs a farmer CM, ready to lead the state: BJP MP Virendra Singh

  August 05, 2016 17:15 IST

  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership has maintained silence over whether to project a chief ministerial face for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls or not. Of the four major political parties in the state --

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  BJP condemns lack of courtesy shown to Rajnath Singh by Pakistan, terms it ‘reprehensive’

  August 05, 2016 16:28 IST

  The BJP today condemned the lack of courtesy shown to Indian Home minister Rajnath Singh by Pakistan during his visit to Islamabad to attend the conference of home/interior ministers of SAARCC countries.

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  SC to now hear together Kejriwal govt's civil suit with appeal against Delhi HC order

  August 05, 2016 16:02 IST

  The Supreme Court has now decided to hear together Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government’s civil suit seeking a declaration that the national capital is a state as well as its petition against Delhi High Court’s decision that said that the Lt. Governo

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  'Unwell’ Sonia Gandhi to stay away from active politics for six weeks: Sources

  August 05, 2016 15:38 IST

  Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who fell ill during her roadshow in Varanasi on Tuesday and was taken to Delhi immediately, will be away from active politics for at least six weeks, sources said. Sources said

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  Nitish Kumar reaffirms support for scrapping of Governor’s post

  August 05, 2016 14:26 IST

  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today reiterated that his party was in favour of scrapping the post of Governor.

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  GST Bill likely to be tabled in Lok Sabha on August 8 for ratification

  August 05, 2016 12:57 IST

  The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill, passed by Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, is likely to be tabled in Lok Sabha on August 8 for ratification.

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  MHA returns Kejriwal’s bill seeking 400 percent salary hike for Delhi MLAs

  August 05, 2016 12:55 IST

  There appears to be no end for trouble for the Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi. A day after the Delhi HC ruled that the LG was the administrative head of Delhi comes news of another jolt to Arvind Kejriwal’s ambitious plans of according a 400 per

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  ‘Quranic verses on jihad were added to Pakistan syllabus to appease Americans’

  August 05, 2016 12:47 IST

  Maulana Mohammad Khan Sheerani, Chairman of Pakistan’s Council of Islamic Ideology Chairman (CII), has claimed that Quranic verses related to jihad were added to school syllabus in Pakistan at the behest of Americans who wanted more recruits for the

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  ‘Yeh padosi hai ki manta hi nahi’: Rajnath Singh’s swipe at Pakistan in Rajya Sabha

  August 05, 2016 13:31 IST

  Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who returned to India after attending SAARC Home Ministers conference in Islamabad on Thursday evening, today told the Rajya Sabha that he urged member counties “not to glorify or patronise terrorists”.

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  Bulandshahr gang-rape: UP govt announces Rs 3 lakh compensation, flat each to victims

  August 05, 2016 11:14 IST

  Uttar Pradesh government today announced compensation for the 35-year-old mother and her daughter who were raped by a gang on Delhi-Kanpur highway on July 29.

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  Government backs Sumitra Mahajan’s proposal for new Parliament building across Rajpath

  August 05, 2016 10:26 IST

  The Central government has backed Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan’s proposal to have a new Parliament building.

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  'Elected govt doesn't mean rulers; confine yourself to your job': Najeeb Jung to Arvind Kejriwal after HC verdict

  August 04, 2016 22:25 IST

  Armed with historic High Court verdict, Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung on Tuesday advised Aam Aadmi Party government to confine itself to the roles and jobs which are in the framework of the Constitution.

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  Rs 6.4 cr spent on event management during PM Modi's visits to 51 countries

  August 04, 2016 20:47 IST

  Indian embassies across the world spent Rs Rs 6.4 crore on event management for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's public and community programmes during his visits to 51 countries since he assumed office. The amount is

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  BJP makes dramatic U-turn, says don’t want a ‘Congress-mukt Bharat'

  August 04, 2016 19:07 IST

  The ruling BJP today surprised political observers by saying that the party doesn’t want a ‘Congress-mukt Bharat’.

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  Jayalalithaa blames Karunanidhi for lifting dry law in Tamil Nadu

  August 04, 2016 18:41 IST

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today blamed DMK chief Karunanidhi for lifting dry law in Tamil Nadu when he was the CM of the state. Jayalalithaa alleged that Karunanidhi had years ago said that more

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  Beyond economic reforms: BJP stands to gain politically from passage of GST Bill

  August 04, 2016 18:30 IST

  As the Constitutional Amendment Bill for Goods and Services Tax or GST passed the Rajya Sabha test yesterday, the Narendra Modi-led NDA government hailed it as a big win for its reforms agenda. Narendra Modi

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  Sonia Gandhi treated for shoulder injury, to be out of ICU soon

  August 04, 2016 18:01 IST

  Doctors treated Congress President Sonia Gandhi for shoulder injury at Delhi’s Ganga Ram Hospital today.

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  Opposition 'tutoring' Bulandshahr victims for political gains, alleges Akhilesh Yadav

  August 04, 2016 19:51 IST

  Under fire over the Bulandshahr gangrape incident, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today hit back at the opposition, accusing them of tutoring the victims to serve their political motives, even as he promised strict

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  Punjab polls: AAP releases first list of 19 candidates, Bhagwant Mann to lead campaign

  August 04, 2016 15:52 IST

  The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today released its first list for upcoming Assembly elections in Punjab.

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  Comic relief: When voting for the GST threw up ‘magic’ numbers in RS

  August 04, 2016 13:42 IST

  The hectic seven-hour plus debate on the long-pending GST Bill in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, which had become a major hurdle for the Narendra Modi government’s reforms agenda, had all the makings of an