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  Narasimha Rao's 'pro-Hindu mindset' led to Babri demolition: Mani Shankar Aiyar

  June 28, 2016 10:36 IST

  New Delhi: Former prime minister PV Narasimha Rao's "pro-Hindu mindset" encouraged the destruction of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya in 1992, senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar said on Monday. Speaking at a book launch

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  Narasimha Rao did good but negative works still extract heavy toll: Hamid Ansari

  June 28, 2016 10:18 IST

  New Delhi: Vice-President Hamid Ansari on Monday said that while the country remembers the good work that PV Narasimha Rao did, the “harm” continues to extract a heavy toll, in a reference to the demolition

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  India's MTCR entry result of deal with Italy on marine issue: Congress

  June 27, 2016 23:34 IST

  New Delhi: Congress on Monday claimed that India became a full-member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) as a result of a "deal" with Italy by the Narendra Modi government on the issue of

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  Congress attacks PM Modi on terror, nuke club membership

  June 27, 2016 22:58 IST

  New Delhi: Trouble is brewing for government in the Monsoon Session of Parliament, which is expected to start next month, with main opposition Congress today hinting at stacking up ammunition on issues like failure at

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  Amit Shah says UP Government failed to deliver, rakes up Kairana

  June 27, 2016 21:59 IST

  Barabanki: BJP chief Amit Shah today said that Uttar Pradesh's government with its "three and a half CMs" has failed to maintain law and order. He also raked up the Kairana issue, claiming that incidents

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  Shivpal Yadav says 'no place for criminals' in Samajwadi Party

  June 27, 2016 21:44 IST

  Lucknow: After the fiasco over merger of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari's Quami Ekta Dal (QED), senior Samajwadi Party leader and minister Shivpal Yadav today said there is "no place for criminals in our party" and insisted

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  Humour has vanished from public discourse: PM Modi takes a dig at ‘intolerance’

  June 27, 2016 19:07 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the element of humour has disappeared from the realm of public discourse and that even he fears as to what a remark made in jest could snowball into.

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  Shiv Sena slams ally BJP, says it is trying to stifle the truth

  June 27, 2016 17:47 IST

  Mumbai: In a vitriolic attack on the BJP, Shiv Sena today charged that the senior ally's politics is based on "spreading falsehood and rumours" and that from Delhi to Maharashtra it is trying to stifle

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  Rajan as much a patriot as anybody else: PM Modi snubs Swamy

  June 27, 2016 19:26 IST

  New Delhi: In an apparent reference to partymen Subramanian Swamy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that people needed to be more responsible as mere publicity will not do any good to the nation. In

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  Sheila Dikshit ‘turns down’ Congress’ offer to be CM face for UP polls: report

  June 27, 2016 15:27 IST

  Sheila Dikshit is unlikely to be projected as the Congress party's chief ministerial face for the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh in 2017 after the party veteran turned down the offer

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  Amid attacks by Subramanian Swamy, FM Arun Jaitley cuts short his China visit

  June 27, 2016 14:52 IST

  New Delhi: Amid attacks on him and top officials of his ministry by BJP MP Subramanian Swamy, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has cut short his visit to China by a day and returned to New

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  Office of Profit case: Election Commission to decide fate of 21 AAP MLAs on July 14

  June 27, 2016 15:08 IST

  New Delhi: The Election Commission has decided to hear the plea of 21 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs in Office of Profit case on July 14. These 21 legislators were appointed as Parliamentary Secretaries

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  UP Cabinet expansion: Akhilesh inducts three new ministers, sacked minister Balram Yadav reinstated

  June 27, 2016 11:50 IST

  Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav today expanded his cabinet for the seventh time by inducting three new ministers and also reinstated sacked minister Balram Singh Yadav. Lucknow Central MLA Ravidas Mehrotra, Sarojini

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  Every anti-Sikh riot victim will get justice: Rajnath Singh

  June 27, 2016 8:18 IST

  New Delhi: Assuring the victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots that justice will be ensured for one and all, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said a Special Investigation Team (SIT), after reviewing 286 cases, has

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  Mehbooba says militants giving Islam a bad name, invites opposition’s ire for 'linking religion with terror'

  June 27, 2016 9:27 IST

  Srinagar: Paying tributes to the CRPF jawans killed in the Pampore attack, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said those who carried out the attack were “bringing a bad name to Kashmir

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  Won’t keep an account of our bullets if Pak fires first, says Rajnath Singh

  June 27, 2016 8:08 IST

  Rachi: In the wake of terrorist attack on a CRPF convoy in Kashmir, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that India would win against terrorism and no power could stop it from achieving the

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  Rs 12 lakh crore-worth scams took place during UPA rule: Amit Shah

  June 26, 2016 22:35 IST

  Dehradun: BJP President Amit Shah has alleged that scams to the tune of Rs 12 lakh crore took place during the 10-year rule of the UPA government. Addressing the BJP state council meeting at Haldwani,

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  Congress appoints convicted MLA Asha Kumari as party-in-charge of Punjab after Kamal Nath’s exit

  June 26, 2016 18:04 IST

  Chandigarh: To fill in the position of general secretary in-charge of Punjab after Kamal Nath's resignation, the Congress has selected the former state education minister Asha Kumari. The decision to bring in the lawmaker from

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  BJP leader Yashwant Sinha flays Modi govt over NSG issue

  June 26, 2016 17:33 IST

  Former External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha today flayed the Narendra Modi government over its vigorous push to get NSG membership

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  Unable to control her excitement, woman kisses Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah in public

  June 26, 2016 17:11 IST

  Bengaluru: In what would have been an awkward moment for Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, a woman planted a peck on his cheek at a public event in Bengaluru today. The incident occurred after she was

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  Indian students should choose science, research as profession: PM in Mann Ki Baat

  June 26, 2016 14:48 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Indian students contribution in the field of science and technology, and said that there was a need for more youth to choose science and research as

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  Declare undisclosed income by Sept 30, it is last chance: PM Modi

  June 26, 2016 14:16 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked people to declare their undisclosed income by September 30, making it clear that this is the last chance to avoid problems that will follow after the window of opportunity closes.

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  Emergency darkest moment for India's democracy: PM Modi in 'Mann Ki Baat'

  June 26, 2016 13:24 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday used his radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’ to mount an attack on the Congress to mark the 41st anniversary of the declaration of Emergency. Calling declaration of

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  Manish Sisodia, AAP MLAs detained on their way to PM residence; released later

  June 26, 2016 23:57 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister, Manish Sisodia found himself in trouble when the president of the Ghazipur Vegetable Market Association on Saturday submitted a complaint against him, accusing him of intimidation during his official

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  Parliamentary Committee chief demands NIA probe into attack on CRPF jawans

  June 26, 2016 8:56 IST

  Kolkata: Condemning the attack on CRPF jawans in Jammu and Kashmir, chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, Pradip Bhattacharya, today demanded a thorough investigation by NIA into the incident. "I strongly

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  AAP aiming at clean sweep in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh next target: Bhagwant Mann

  June 26, 2016 8:42 IST

  Shimla: AAP leader Bhagwant Singh Mann today claimed his party will win an absolute majority in the Punjab Assembly polls due next year and Himachal Pradesh would be its next target. "AAP would get

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  Chidambaram changed affidavit in Ishrat encounter killing case: Kiren Rijiju

  June 26, 2016 8:46 IST

  New Delhi: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju tonight accused P Chidamabarm of "changing" an affidavit filed in connection with the encounter killing of Ishrat Jahan alleging the former Home Minister had brushed aside the intelligence inputs

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  Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal's Sangat Darshan programme selective, says Amarinder

  June 26, 2016 7:33 IST

  Fategarh: A day after Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal took a dig at his mass outreach campaign, state Congress Chief Amarinder Singh hit back at him saying Mr Badal’s ‘Sangat Darshan’ programme remains “selective”