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  Mayawati hits back at Amit Shah, says his ‘money-minting comment shows casteist, jealous mentality’

  July 10, 2016 17:13 IST

  A day after BJP president Amit Shah attacked Mayawati saying she has turned her party into a money-minting machine, the BSP chief hit back saying his remarks indicated "gross casteist and jealous mentality".

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  How can any Indian have sympathy for terrorist Burhan Wani, asks Venkaiah Naidu

  July 10, 2016 17:05 IST

  Questioning the support in some quarters to those protesting the gunning down of Hizbul Mujhaideen poster boy Burhan Wani in Kashmir, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said government will not tolerate terrorism and violence.

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  Asaduddin Owaisi describes ISIS militants ‘dogs of hell’

  July 10, 2016 14:30 IST

  After he received heat for supporting Islamic State suspects, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi has made u-turn describing ISIS militants ‘dogs of hell’.

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  Congress planning to drop its key GST demand ahead of Monsoon Session

  July 10, 2016 12:51 IST

  The Congress, which has so far been critical of GST, has said that it is may do away with the demand of specifying a cap on the tax rates if the government provides a legal commitment for a rate that Congress views as reasonable and viable.

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  Poor coordination delayed Tejas by a decade, says Manohar Parrikar

  July 09, 2016 9:36 IST

  New Delhi: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Friday that the production of Light Combat Aircraft (LAC) Tejas was delayed for “eight to 10 years” because of shoddy coordination by the Defence Ministry agencies involved

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  Badal blasts AAP for ‘hurting’ religious sentiments of Sikhs , terms it ‘blasphemy’

  July 08, 2016 19:12 IST

  Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today blasted Aam Aadmi Party for allegedly hurting the sentiments of Sikhs.

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  Am no less than any star actor, says Lalu Yadav

  July 08, 2016 19:04 IST

  RJD President Lalu Prasad Yadav today boasted that he was no less than any star actor and that he would himself play the lead role if a film was ever made on his life.

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  Narco-business generates funds for narco-terrorism: Rajnath Singh

  July 08, 2016 18:29 IST

  Union Home mInister Rajnath Singh today said that it’s narco-business that generates funds which is used in narco-terrorism.

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  Arvind Kejriwal gets bail in defamation case by BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri

  July 08, 2016 18:13 IST

  AAP supremo and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was today granted bail by a Delhi Court in the criminal defamation complaint filed by BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri.

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  After Shastri, only Modi has inspired people to change thinking: Manohar Parrikar

  July 08, 2016 18:05 IST

  If Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar is to be believed, PM Modi is only the second Prime Minister who has inspired people of India to change their thinking.

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  Sitaram Yechury asks PM Modi to name India's top 100 loan defaulters

  July 08, 2016 17:55 IST

  CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to start recovering loans from top 100 defaulters in the country.

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  Court sends notice to BJP MP Varun Gandhi in case of hate speech

  July 08, 2016 16:54 IST

  Pilibhit: A local court in Uttar Pradesh has issued a notice to BJP MP Varun Gandhi asking him to appear before it In connection with a hate speech case that dates back to 2009. District

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  HC grants bail to Hardik Patel in sedition case, asks him to leave Gujarat for six months

  July 08, 2016 15:29 IST

  The Gujarat High Court today granted bail to Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Hardik Patel who had been lodged in a Surat jail over two cases of sedition registered against him.

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  Maha Cabinet: Fadnavis inducts 11 new ministers including 2 from Shiv Sena

  July 08, 2016 12:09 IST

  Mumbai: Two Shiv Sena MLAs have joined the Devendra Fadnavis government in Maharashtra, after today's cabinet expansion, putting to rest the speculation whether the Uddhav Thackeray-led party would be part of the exercise in the

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  Under fire, Digvijaya rakes up Rajnath's alleged meeting with Pragya Thakur

  July 08, 2016 11:23 IST

  New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, who came under fire after a video that showing him sharing dais with controversial preacher Zakir Naik, today hit back at BJP raking up the issue of Rajnath

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  As Anupriya Patel becomes Minister, UP ally Apna Dal snaps ties with BJP

  July 08, 2016 10:53 IST

  Lucknow: Three days after Anupriya Patel became the youngest member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's council of ministers, the Apna Dal announced that it was severing ties with partner BJP, accusing it of not following

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  Another AAP MLA booked for misbehaving with woman

  July 08, 2016 9:31 IST

  New Delhi: Trouble seems to be brewing for the Aam Aadmi Party as the party legislator Prakash Jarwal has been booked for allegedly misbehaving with a woman. A case has been registered against MLA Prakash

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  Congress alleges Rs 45,000 crore telecom scam in Modi govt; ‘utterly bogus’, says BJP

  July 07, 2016 20:30 IST

  The Congress today accused the Narendra Modi government of causing a loss of Rs 45,000 crore to the exchequer in order to protect six telecom companies, prompting Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who was Telecom Minister before Tuesday’s reshuffle,

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  Maharashtra government orders probe into Zakir Naik's public documents

  July 07, 2016 19:49 IST

  Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today directed Mumbai Police to launch a probe into controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's public documents.

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  Narendra Modi's message: Don't take me for granted or mess with me

  July 07, 2016 19:24 IST

  New Delhi: I can't even remember when a Prime Minister sent a message so loud and clear through an exercise that is his sole prerogative: Cabinet reshuffle. Of course, Manmohan Singh never had the freedom:

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  Zakir Naik’s speeches ‘highly objectionable’, will take action: Govt

  July 07, 2016 18:38 IST

  The central government has termed Islamic preacher Zakir Naik’s speeches as “highly objectionable” and said that the Union Home Ministry will take appropriate action in this regard.

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  Venkaiah Naidu hints at action against Islamic preacher Zakir Naik

  July 07, 2016 17:39 IST

  Venkaiah Naidu today hinted that the government may take action against controversial Indian Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, who was followed by militants who killed 20 persons in Dhaka's Holey Artisan Bakery on July 1.

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  Arvind Kejriwal wants quota for locals in DU, terms admission procedure ‘most bizarre’

  July 07, 2016 17:03 IST

  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today criticised the admission process of Delhi University since it did not provide for a quota or relaxation of cut-offs for local students.

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  Subramanian Swamy quotes US report, this time to target Modi government

  July 07, 2016 16:58 IST

  Subramanian Swamy, who has been in the news for his relentless attacks against the central banker, the PM’s chief economic advisor and a top bureaucrat of the Finance ministry, today found support in a US report and remarks made by noted economist an

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  Digvijay Singh in soup for calling Zakir Naik a peace messenger

  July 07, 2016 15:14 IST

  Congress veteran Digivjay Singh has found himself in the midst of another controversy after a 2012 video shows him showering praise on controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik

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  In full page ads, AAP accuses Centre of stalling development work

  July 07, 2016 14:36 IST

  New Delhi:The Aam Aadmi Party government of Delhi has again launched a full-blast attack on the 'Government of India', accusing it of stalling all its development works, marking an escalation in the row between the

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  Prakash Javadekar takes charge of HRD Ministry, reacts to Ali Anwar’s comment on Smriti Irani

  July 07, 2016 17:20 IST

  New Delhi: Promising to convert the challenges into opportunities, former Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar took charge of the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry on Thursday. Javadekar, who earlier held independent charge as the Minister

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  BMC polls: Fadnavis to take call on alliance with Shiv Sena

  July 07, 2016 12:43 IST

  BMC polls: Fadnavis to take call on allaince with Shiv Sena Bharatiya Janata Party Mumbai unit chief Ashish Shelar has said that the final decision on whether to continue or snap ties with Shiv Sena