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  India hits back at Pakistan, says ‘never ever shied away from holding talks’

  July 01, 2016 19:41 IST

  India today hit back at Pakistan for accusing it of “stalling dialogue to avoid negotiations on Kashmir”.

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  UP polls: Only BJP can provide ‘effective alternative’ to both SP and BSP, says Amit Shah

  July 01, 2016 18:31 IST

  BJP President Amit Shah today thanked the people of Uttar Pradesh for helping the saffron party to get full majority in the parliament and said that only his party can provide an ‘effective alternative’ to both Samajwadi Party (SP) as well as Bahu

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  Nagaland: Centre renews ‘disturbed area’ notification for six months

  July 01, 2016 18:11 IST

  The central government has renewed "disturbed area" notification on the entire state of Nagaland for next six months.

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  Haryana govt grants eight-week more time to Dhingra Commission to probe Robert Vadra land deals

  July 01, 2016 17:50 IST

  Haryana government today granted eight-week more time to SN Dhingra Commission, which was set up to probe land deals involving Robert Vadra, to complete its investigation and submit a detailed report.

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  Subramanian Swamy takes on government over GDP data

  July 01, 2016 17:04 IST

  BJP firebrand leader Subramanian Swamy is at it again. This time, he has targeted his own government by questioning the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data.

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  Soft diplomacy: PM Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ to be aired in neighbouring Bangladesh

  July 01, 2016 16:21 IST

  Starting this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat' will now be broadcast in neighbouring Bangladesh in Bangla language.

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  Jharkhand BJP chief's son accused Of marrying 11-Year-Old after sexually exploiting another minor

  July 01, 2016 13:18 IST

  New Delhi: An FIR has been filed after court's order against Munna Marandi, son of Jharkhand BJP President Tala Marandi in a sexual harassment case. Munna has been accused of sexually exploiting a minor girl

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  Congress accuses judge probing Vadra land deals of taking "favours" from govt

  July 01, 2016 12:48 IST

  New Delhi: Former Delhi High Court judge Justice SN Dhingra, who is probing controversial land deals in Haryana including those of Robert Vadra, came under attack of Congress on Thursday which accused him of taking

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  Congress continuing with its tradition of spreading lies: RSS

  June 30, 2016 23:48 IST

  RSS today hit out at the Congress for accusing the Sangh of "training" people for violence at Jawahar Bagh in Mathura that left 29 people dead and said the opposition party is continuing with its "tradition of spreading lies".

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  Ensure schemes benefit reaches common man: PM Modi tells Ministers

  June 30, 2016 22:49 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today chaired a crucial meeting of his Council of Ministers at the Parliament House ahead of a likely reshuffle in the government.

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  Critical review of security situation needed for AFSPA revocation: Mehbooba Mufti

  June 30, 2016 22:04 IST

  Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said the revocation of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the state would need critical review of the security situation.

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  Rajnath Singh to visit J&K tomorrow to review security situation and Amarnath Yatra arrangements

  June 30, 2016 21:49 IST

  Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Jammu and Kashmir on Friday to review the security scenario in the state as well as arrangements for Amarnath Yatra.

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  Those killing people are not Muslims: Mehbooba Mufti

  June 30, 2016 23:25 IST

  Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti took oath as an MLA here today, almost a week after winning the Anantnag by-poll.

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  Congress slams Amit Shah for blaming Jawaharlal Nehru for J&K ‘impasse’

  June 30, 2016 20:36 IST

  The principal opposition party Congress today attacked BJP president Amit Shah for blaming India’s first prime minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s “historic blunder” for the current impasse in Jammu and Kashmir.

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  Shivraj Singh Chouhan drops two senior ministers, inducts three new faces in Cabinet

  June 30, 2016 19:20 IST

  Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Babulal Gaur and Power and Development Minister Sartaj Singh today resigned from their posts after CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan inducting three new faces into his Cabinet.

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  BSP downplays resignation of R K Chaudhary, says ‘no place for selfish people in party’

  June 30, 2016 18:16 IST

  The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) today downplayed the resignation of R K Chaudhary and said that there was no place for selfish people in the party.

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  Countries harbouring terrorists should pay the price: Sushma Swaraj

  June 30, 2016 17:56 IST

  Sushma Swaraj today called for a united global fight against terrorism and said that ‘countries sponsoring and harbouring terrorists should be made to pay the price’.

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  10,000 people including Grammy Award winner Kellerman to attend PM Modi's reception in SA

  June 30, 2016 17:35 IST

  he reception being planned for Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his South Africa visit will be attended by around 10,000 people including Grammy Award-winning South African flautist Wouter Kellerman.

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  Amit Shah launches tirade against Samajwadi Party, terms it ‘one family party’

  June 30, 2016 16:43 IST

  BJP president Amit Shah today launched a scathing attack on Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party saying “it was wedded to one family rule, corruption and thuggery”.

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  PM Modi working like a 'badshah', his govt befooling people: Azam Khan

  June 30, 2016 16:02 IST

  UP minister and senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan today launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and accused him of working like a "badshah".

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  World Bank President Jim Yong Kim meets PM Modi, discusses nutrition, green power

  June 30, 2016 14:30 IST

  World Bank President Jim Yong Kim today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed Indian government’s initiatives on nutrition and renewable energy.

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  ‘I Will always be used for political gains', says Robert Vadra

  June 30, 2016 12:23 IST

  New Delhi: As the panel inquiring into grant of land licences to Robert Vadras’s company in Gurgaon is to submit its report today, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law on Thursday said he will “always be

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  Gujarat court refuses to ban a book mocking PM Narendra Modi citing Article 19

  June 30, 2016 11:39 IST

  Ahmedabad: A court here has dismissed a suit seeking a ban on the sale of a Gujarati book in which author Jayesh Shah, a Congress leader, has allegedly mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Civil

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  AAP seeks disqualification of parliamentary secretaries in other states, writes to EC

  June 30, 2016 9:34 IST

  New Delhi: With the sword of disqualification hanging over its 21 Delhi MLAs over the issue of Office of Profit, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has approached the Election Commission seeking similar action against nearly

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  More trouble for Kejriwal govt, Election Commission seeks explanation on appointing 21 Parliamentary Secretaries

  June 29, 2016 23:46 IST

  In what may spell more trouble for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Election Commission on Wednesday served a notice to the Chief Secretary of the city government seeking explanation on the appointment of 21 MLAs as the Parliamentary Secreta

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  Ahead of likely cabinet reshuffle, PM Modi to meet his council of ministers

  June 30, 2016 12:29 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi is planning a major revamp of his Union Cabinet ahead of his four African nations tour, starting July 7.

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  Blacklisting of firms not to come in way of procurement: Manohar Parrikar

  June 29, 2016 20:33 IST

  Under the new blacklisting policy, government will take stringent action against corrupt defence firms but it will not deter India from buying products from another company even if any equipment or software manufactured by the blacklisted entity was

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  Praful Patel, Kapil Sibal and Satish Chandra Mishra richest Rajya Sabha MPs: Study

  June 29, 2016 20:24 IST

  Out of 57 newly elected Rajya Sabha MPs, 13 (around 23 per cent) have declared criminal cases against themselves and seven have declared serious criminal cases, including cases related to attempt to murder, cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery