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  Una incident: Rajnath Singh rejects demand of CBI probe, says won't tolerate attacks on dalits

  July 21, 2016 23:15 IST

  New Delhi: Under attack over recent dalit incident in Gujarat, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today rejected the charge that atrocities against the lower caste community had increased in NDA rule and asserted in Rajya Sabha

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  India's NSG bid still under consideration, says V K Singh

  July 21, 2016 20:32 IST

  New Delhi: Weeks after India failed to generate a consensus among Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) members over its membership application, Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh said on Thursday said that the

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  PM Modi reiterates India’s support to Bangladesh in fight against terrorism, promises all possible help

  July 21, 2016 18:58 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today reiterated India’s support to Bangladesh to fight terrorism and promised all possible help in this regard. In a statement while inaugurating Petrapole Integrated checkpost, along with his Bangladesh

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  RSS, Praveen Togadia condemn attacks on Dalits in Gujarat, denounce caste bias

  July 21, 2016 18:55 IST

  The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) today condemned the attack on four Dalit men by self-styled cow protectors in Gujarat.

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  Kerala govt to allow women’s entry into Sabarimala temple

  July 21, 2016 18:52 IST

  The Kerala government today made it clear that it stands by its commitment on allowing women entry into the Sabarimala temple.

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  Bhagwant Mann posts video from home to Parliament, reveals crucial security details in the process

  July 21, 2016 20:18 IST

  New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party MP Bhagwant Mann came under attack for doing a Facebook live where he recorded his journey from his home to parliament including the security checks. In the video, Mann

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  Am like a goddess for the backward classes of India: Mayawati

  July 21, 2016 17:35 IST

  Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati today said that she was like a goddess for the backward classes of India which was why people were protesting in large numbers over former UP BJP leader Dayashankar Singh’s offensive remarks against her.

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  ‘Faulty DNA’, ‘Rs 50 lakh for tongue’: BSP leaders’ fall from grace in response to Dayashankar Singh’s remarks

  July 21, 2016 17:17 IST

  New Delhi: Even as BSP workers and supporters took to the streets in Lucknow to protest against suspended BJP leader Dayashankar Singh for his derogatory remarks against Mayawati, the response of many junior leaders in

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  PM Modi’s short chat with Sharad Pawar in RS sparks speculation over GST passage

  July 21, 2016 15:51 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today reached out to Sharad Pawar in the Upper House of Parliament and chatted with him for some time, fuelling speculation over whether he was seeking Pawar’s help in getting the GST bill passed in the Rajya Sabha.

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  Azam Khan's Jauhar University a bastion of terror, harbours army of terrorists: BJP MLA Sangeet Som

  July 21, 2016 14:34 IST

  Lucknow: BJP MLA and Muzaffarnagar riot accused Sangeet Som today targeted Samajwadi party leader Azam Khan and claimed that his Mohammad Ali Jauhar university is a bastion of terrorist activities. Addressing a rally in Shamli,

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  Rahul Gandhi meets victims of Una-violence, assures them of justice

  July 21, 2016 14:10 IST

  Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today met the family members of the Dalit family who were brutally thrashed by Gau Rakshak workers over allegations of skinning a dead cow in Una town of Gir-Somnath district in Gujarat.

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  Pakistan ‘trying to destabilise situation in India’, Rajnath Singh tells Parliament

  July 21, 2016 13:21 IST

  Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today thanked all political parties for being united on the issue of Kashmir. Speaking on the Kashmir unrest in Lok Sabha, Singh once again slammed Pakistan for trying to destabilise the situation in India.

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  As BSP leads massive protests seeking arrest, expelled BJP leader Dayashankar Singh goes ‘missing’

  July 21, 2016 14:25 IST

  Enraged over BJP leader Dayashankar Singh Singh’s derogatory remark against Mayawati, thousands of Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) workers today staged a protest in the capital, demanding the arrest of suspended BJP state vice president.

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  Gujarat Dalit violence: Rahul to visit Una today, Kejriwal next

  July 21, 2016 11:01 IST

  Ahmedabad: Gujarat on Wednesday witnessed violent protests and sporadic clashes during a state wide Bandh called by Dalit outfits over thrashing of seven Dalit youth in Una last week alleging that they had killed a

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  What was the need to kill Burhan Wani? PDP questions government in Lok Sabha

  July 21, 2016 9:32 IST

  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government was yesterday left red-faced after its power-sharing partner in J&K, PDP, raised questions on the need for Hizbul militant Burhan Wani’s killing and its timing.

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  Confident Team India face inexperienced West Indies in first Test at Antigua

  July 21, 2016 9:21 IST

  A confident India under new coach Anil Kumble will be aiming to claim their third successive Test series when they take on an inexperienced West Indies side in the first game of the four-match Test series at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Thursda

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  Beware, Modi Ji will send CBI against you, Arvind Kejriwal warns Deputy CM

  July 21, 2016 13:45 IST

  New Delhi: What seemed to be a continuation of his unbridled attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday cautioned his deputy Manish Sisodia, who inaugurated a newly constructed college

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  Kashmir unrest: Mehbooba Mufti convenes all-party meet in Srinagar, National Conference to boycott

  July 21, 2016 8:26 IST

  Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has called an all-party meeting in Srinagar today to discuss the prevailing law and order situation in the valley and measures to be taken to restore peace and normalcy.

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  Pema Khandu government in Arunachal Pradesh passes floor test

  July 21, 2016 8:05 IST

  The four-day-old Pema Khandu government in Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday passed the floor test in the Assembly with 46 MLAs voting in favour of the CM and 11 members from opposition BJP voting against it.

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  There should be ‘plebiscite’ in Valley, says Jyotiraditya Scindia; Chidambaram wants autonomy to Kashmir

  July 21, 2016 7:41 IST

  New Delhi: Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday found himself at the centre of a controversy after he made remarks on deteriorated law and order situation in Kashmir following July 8 killing of Hizbul militant Burhan Wani.

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  We broke promises to Kashmir, should give large degree of autonomy to J&K: P Chidambaram

  July 21, 2016 0:04 IST

  New Delhi: Former Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday advocated restoring the "grand bargain" under which Kashmir had acceded to India by granting a large degree of autonomy, warning that otherwise the country will have

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  Dayashankar Singh suspended from BJP, FIR filed after his derogatory slurs against Mayawati

  July 20, 2016 23:35 IST

  Lucknow: BJP leader Dayashankar Singh was today suspended from his party for six years for his derogatory comments against BSP chief Mayawati, hours after a police complaint was registered against him. He was earlier

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  Madhya Pradesh government officially blames ‘ghosts’ for suicides of farmers

  July 20, 2016 22:51 IST

  Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh government has officially blamed ‘ghosts’ for suicides of some of the 418 farmers in Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's home district Sehore in the last three years. MP home minister

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  Then and now: From Kalyan Singh to Jaswant Singh, what a BJP exit meant for their political careers

  July 20, 2016 21:19 IST

  New Delhi: Nothing is permanent in politics. Not surprising then that politicians quitting a party on some pretext or the other is also commonplace. The situation in the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), that rode

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  We are with you on Kashmir issue but ‘act with a plan’: Congress tells Modi govt

  July 20, 2016 18:53 IST

  The Congress party today asked the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre to ‘act with a plan’ in tackling the Kashmir issue.

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  Sudden jump in infiltration bids by terrorists in J&K: Govt

  July 20, 2016 18:50 IST

  The central government today informed the Parliament that the state of Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed a sudden jump in infiltration bids by terrorists from across the border.

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  ED summons Himachal CM’s wife in money laundering case

  July 20, 2016 18:44 IST

  Pratibha Singh, wife of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case against her husband.

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  Kashmiri separatist leaders ask PDP MLAs to abandon Mehbooba Mufti

  July 20, 2016 18:02 IST

  Kashmiri separatist leaders have asked MLAs of the ruling PDP to abandon the chief minister Mehbooba Mufti and come back to their people.