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  No proposal now for reservation in higher judiciary: Government

  August 04, 2016 13:42 IST

  The Central government today made it clear that there is no proposal being considered now to amend the Constitution to allow reservation in higher judiciary.

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  BJP president Amit Shah in Gujarat, decision on new CM tomorrow

  August 04, 2016 13:35 IST

  Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah arrived here early this morning to oversee the process of finding a successor to Anandiben Patel, who has formally put in her papers as the Gujarat Chief Minister.

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  Saudi providing free passage to stranded Indian workers to return home: Sushma Swaraj

  August 04, 2016 13:32 IST

  External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today informed that the Saudi Arabia government has instructed its officials to resolve the crisis faced by Indians workers.

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  Let women kill those who try to rape them: Kapil Mishra

  August 04, 2016 13:30 IST

  Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra believes that women of India should be provided with arms so that they could kill their rapists.

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  Protests, dharnas outside Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s residence ‘banned’

  August 04, 2016 10:11 IST

  The Central district administration has imposed a ban on public meetings, protests and shouting of slogans near Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence for next 30 days.

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  GST Bill: BJP, Cong together pass biggest tax reform since 1991 after 7 hours debate

  August 04, 2016 9:42 IST

  India on Wednesday moved closer towards a unified Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime across the country, with the Rajya Sabha passing the Constitution Amendment Bill.

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  GST Bill passage: PM Modi says ‘truly historic occasion’, thanks parties

  August 04, 2016 8:55 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the passage of the Constitution Amendment Bill on GST by Rajya Sabha as a ‘truly historic occasion’ and thanked leaders and members of all parties for their support.

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  Govt to announce GST implementation roadmap today

  August 04, 2016 8:27 IST

  With Rajya Sabha approving the long-delayed GST Bill, the government will today announce the implementation roadmap for the national sales tax regime.

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  GST Bill gets Cong's ‘conditional’ support: Can 'One Nation, One Tax' be reality by April 2017?

  August 04, 2016 0:03 IST

  The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed the Constitution Amendment Bill which will facilitate rollout of the Goods and Services Tax or GST in the country as main Opposition party Congress gave its support but

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  Shashi Tharoor-led panel wants ‘eminent personalities’ posted as diplomats

  August 03, 2016 20:19 IST

  Voicing concern over the shrinking space for non-career ambassadors in the illustrious Indian Foreign Service, a Parliamentary Committee headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has proposed that individuals who have excelled in diverse fields should

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  Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel submits resignation to Governor after BJP Parliamentary Board nod

  August 03, 2016 18:48 IST

  Two days after publicly announcing that she had asked the Bhartiya Janata Party leadership to find a replacement, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today submitted her resignation to Governor O P Kohli. The development

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  Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation playing ‘active role’ in terror: Shiv Sena

  August 03, 2016 18:30 IST

  The Shiv Sena today alleged that controversial preacher Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) was playing an active role in encouraging “terror” in India.

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  105 civil servants left service mid-way in last three years, govt tells parliament

  August 03, 2016 18:26 IST

  The Union government today informed the Parliament that a total of 105 civil servants left their services mid-way in the last three years.

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  Bhagwant Mann facing ‘unprecedented witch-hunt’ by BJP, alleges AAP

  August 03, 2016 18:15 IST

  The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today alleged that its party MP Bhagwant Mann was facing "unprecedented witchhunt" with the entire BJP "ganging up" against him.

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  Anti-defection law: SC refuses to answer questions raised by Amar Singh and Jaya Prada

  August 03, 2016 16:33 IST

  The Supreme Court of India today refused to answer whether a lawmaker expelled by a political party can be tried for defying the whip of that party even after his/her expulsion.

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  Government tightens guidelines for getting call details

  August 03, 2016 16:11 IST

  the government on Wednesday announced in Rajya Sabha that guidelines have been revised with an aim of tightening the process of obtaining telephone call data records (CDRs) of MPs and other citizens.

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  Is JNU leader Kanhaiya Kumar a terrorist, Congress asks in Maharashtra Assembly

  August 03, 2016 16:15 IST

  Taking strong exception to Jawaharlal Nehru Students Union (JNUSU) President Kanhaiya Kumar being refused entry into the visitor’s gallery of Maharashtra Assembly on Tuesday, the opposition Congress party today asked if he was terrorist.

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  Twitter goes bonkers as Mamata decides to change West Bengal to ‘Bongo’

  August 03, 2016 14:44 IST

  Twiterrati couldn’t stop themselves from taking a dig at the name change to ‘Bongo’. Here are some of them that are quite witty.

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  After 7-hour debate, RS passes GST Constitution Amendment Bill

  August 03, 2016 23:58 IST

  The Narendra Modi government has tabled the much delayed bill to amend the Constitution and introduce the Goods and Services Tax Bill in the Rajya Sabha today.

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  Don’t attend House proceedings until a decision is taken on Parliament video: LS Speaker tells Bhagwant Mann

  August 03, 2016 14:06 IST

  Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has advised Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Bhagwant Mann not to attend the Parliament until a decision is taken on his controversial parliament security breach video.

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  Was Mann’s Parliament video a retort to Kejriwal being stopped from carrying cellphone to interstate council meet?

  August 03, 2016 13:31 IST

  The interstate council incident held at the Rashtrapati Bhawan where Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was refrained from carrying his cellphone may have acted as the trigger for Aam Aadmi Party MP Bhagwant Mann, who appeared

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  Azam Khan will only learn when his wife, daughter are ‘gangraped’: BJP leader

  August 03, 2016 13:06 IST

  Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader IP Singh today stoked a fresh controversy with his remark that Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan will learn a lesson only after his ‘wife and daughter gets gang-raped’.

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  BSP rebel and former Mayawati confidant Swami Prasad Maurya may join BJP soon

  August 03, 2016 12:01 IST

  Former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Swami Prasad Maurya is all set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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  Amit Shah to continue as BJP chief; new Guj CM likely tomorrow

  August 03, 2016 19:31 IST

  The BJP Parliamentary Board today accepted Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel’s resignation. There was, however, no announcement regarding who will be the next CM of the state, where assembly elections will be held next year.

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  BJP Parliamentary Board to decide Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel’s successor today

  August 03, 2016 9:27 IST

  The BJP Parliamentary Board will today meet to decide Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel’s successor. Among the names of probables doing the rounds are Vijay Rupani, Nitin Patel, Saurabh Patel (all Ministers in Patel’s Cabinet)

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  Rajnath Singh to visit Pakistan today, to get ‘presidential-level’ security

  August 03, 2016 9:17 IST

  Amid bilateral tensions over unrest in Kashmir, Home Minister Rajnath Singh will today travel to Pakistan to attend the seventh meeting of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Home/Interior Ministers.

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  Sonia Gandhi stable, recovering well: Ghulam Nabi Azad

  August 03, 2016 7:49 IST

  Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who had to cut short her visit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi after she was taken ill, returned here late yesterday night and was taken to the Army's Research and Referral Hospital.

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  GST Bill set for Rajya Sabha nod today; BJP, Congress order full attendance

  August 03, 2016 9:16 IST

  The much delayed bill to amend the constitution and introduce a Goods and Services Tax is scheduled to be moved by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Rajya Sabha today.