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  J&K: BJP demands probe into NC role in fuelling unrest in Kashmir valley

  July 23, 2016 18:52 IST

  The Jammu and Kashmir unit of BJP today demanded a probe into the alleged role of the opposition National Conference (NC) in fuelling the ongoing turmoil in Kashmir.

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  BSP and BJP competing over who uses ‘more foul’ language: Akhilesh Yadav

  July 23, 2016 18:38 IST

  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today took a dig at both the BJP as well as the BSP for competing with each other over who actually uses ‘more foul’ language.

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  PM Modi’s silence over thrashing of Dalits shows his support for the crime: Brinda Karat

  July 23, 2016 18:26 IST

  CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat today alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence over the issue of public thrashing of Dalits in a Gujarat village this shows his "support to criminal activities" of cow protection committees.

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  Congress asks Rajnath Singh to stop use of pellet guns in Kashmir

  July 23, 2016 18:14 IST

  Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad today asked Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to announce during his ongoing Srinagar visit that pellet guns will no longer be used on protestors in Kashmir.

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  Digvijay Singh sees conspiracy in BPL list containing names of his family members

  July 23, 2016 17:48 IST

  Senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh today sought apology from those who allegedly got his and his family member’s name included in the list of Below Poverty Line (BPL) people.

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  Congress sounds poll bugle in Uttar Pradesh, launches ‘27 saal UP behaal’ bus yatra

  July 23, 2016 15:19 IST

  The Congress party today launched its poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh with party chief Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi flagging off a three-day bus yatra ‘27 saal UP behaal’ from the party headquarters here.

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  Home Minister Rajnath Singh arrives in Srinagar on two-day visit, curfew lifted in four districts

  July 23, 2016 13:54 IST

  Home Minister Rajnath Singh arrived here on a two-day visit to take stock of the law and order situation in the Valley. He is accompanied by the Directors General (DGs) of Paramilitary, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Indo-Tibetan Border Poli

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  PDP Minister’s wife asks Mehbooba Mufti govt to step down or stop killings

  July 23, 2016 13:23 IST

  J&K Finance Minister Haseeb Drabus wife Roohi Nazki has termed the happenings in the Valley over the last 14 days ‘immoral, unethical, tragic and wrong’ and asked the ruling establishment to either stop the civilians killing in the Valley or step dow

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  Sonia Gandhi to hold road show in PM Modi’s Varanasi on August 2

  July 23, 2016 11:08 IST

  Congress president Sonia Gandhi is slated to hold a road show in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bastion Varanasi on August 2.

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  GST Bill to be passed by Rajya Sabha next week without Congress support?

  July 23, 2016 9:11 IST

  The stage is set for the Rajya Sabha taking up the much-awaited Goods and Services Tax Bill next week with support from almost all political parties, except the Congress, AIADMK and BSP pledging support to the crucial tax reform.

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  ‘Rape has been there since creation of Earth’: Haryana woman BJP leader

  July 23, 2016 7:27 IST

  BJP Haryana unit women’s cell chief Nirmal Bairagi on Friday said that “incidents of rape have been there since the creation of Earth”.

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  Prime Minister to Head Constable? Admit card issued to Narendra Modi for CRPF recruitment

  July 22, 2016 21:07 IST

  Lucknow: In an eye boggling incident, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) issued an admit card in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a recruitment for the post of Head Constable (HC) (Ministerial)

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  Renuka Chowdhury, Jairam Ramesh misbehaved with me, referred to me as ‘garbage’: Harsimrat Badal

  July 22, 2016 20:01 IST

  Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Friday threatened to move a privilege motion against Renuka Chowdhury and Jairam Ramesh for their rudeness inside the House.

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  Unhappy over slow pace of reforms, Gadkari asks officials to either weed out red-tapism or face action

  July 22, 2016 18:47 IST

  Peeved with the slow pace of reforms in the shipping sector, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today asked officials not to create obstacles in the way of those who want to work.

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  Expelled BJP leader Dayashankar Singh's family files FIR against Mayawati, other BSP leaders

  July 22, 2016 18:26 IST

  Family members of the expelled BJP leader Dayashankar Singh today filed an FIR against BSP supremo Mayawati and her party leaders for using abusive language against Singh’s wife, daughter and his other relatives. Dayashankar Singh,

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  Parliament video row: AAP extends support to party MP Bhagwant Mann

  July 22, 2016 18:20 IST

  The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has defended its Punjab MP Bhagwant Mann who has created a huge controversy by first filming the high-security Parliament House complex and then posting it on Facebook.

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  Bhagwant Mann offers unconditional apology, removes parliament video from Facebook

  July 22, 2016 16:59 IST

  Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Bhagwant Mann has finally removed the controversial parliament video from his Facebook account.

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  Lalu Prasad Yadav hits out at PM Modi for ‘continued silence’ on Dalit atrocities

  July 22, 2016 15:21 IST

  RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav today once again questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘continued silence’ on the on atrocities against Dalits at Una in Gujarat last week.

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  Second green revolution will take place in Eastern India: PM Modi

  July 22, 2016 14:51 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that second green revolution will happen in eastern part of India while stressing that the chariot of development needs to run on two wheels- Eastern and Western

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  UP polls: Rahul Gandhi to kick off Congress campaign from Lucknow on July 29

  July 22, 2016 13:18 IST

  Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will launch his party’s election campaign for the upcoming UP Assembly polls from Lucknow on July 29 when he will inaugurate a massive meeting of party workers.

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  ED books former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda for alleged money-laundering

  July 22, 2016 12:32 IST

  The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today registered a case against former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), in a disproportionate land allotment case. Officials of the Associated Journal L

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  Dalit victim re-admitted to hospital before Rahul Gandhi's visit under 'political pressure'

  July 22, 2016 11:47 IST

  Rajkot: What appears to be curious case of political gimmickry, a Dalit victim of public flogging in Gujarat's Una town, who had been discharged from one hospital was admitted to another under 'political pressure', hours

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  Arvind Kejriwal meets Una violence victims, calls BJP government anti-Dalit

  July 22, 2016 15:23 IST

  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today met the Dalit victims of Una violence in Gujarat’s Somnath district and attacked the BJP government for not taking appropriate action against the arrested persons who allegedly thrashed four Dalit youths for

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  Bhagwant Mann in soup over Facebook video, Parliament unites against him

  July 22, 2016 13:18 IST

  Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has taken cognizance of the video that was live streamed by AAP MP Bhagwant Mann on social media showing security spots of Parliament.

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  My daughter is traumatised, BSP threatening to kill us: Dayashankar’s wife

  July 22, 2016 15:05 IST

  Swati Singh, wife of expelled UP BJP leader Dayashankar Singh, has alleged that she and her 12-year-old daughter are being abused and threatened by Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) workers.

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  Satyendar Jain gets 7th portfolio from overloaded Sisodia who already has 10

  July 22, 2016 10:10 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday relieved Deputy CM Manish Sisodia of the charge of Urban Development and gave it to his cabinet colleague Satyendar Jain. With the latest transfer, Sisodia now

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  PM Modi to lay foundation stone of AIIMS in Gorakhpur today

  July 22, 2016 7:59 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay a foundation stone of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh today.

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  One acerbic comment cracks BJP's Dalit dream in Uttar Pradesh

  July 22, 2016 6:41 IST

  In politics, fortunes change overnight. They certainly did in Uttar Pradesh within just 24 hours for two players -- the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).