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  How PM Modi brought ‘ache din’ for ISRO

  June 22, 2016 16:16 IST

  New Delhi: Two years under Prime Minister Narendra Modi have worked wonders for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). As Modi took over, India’s Mangalyaan, or the Mars Orbiter entered the Mars orbit.

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  Big blow to Mayawati, senior leader Swami Prasad Maurya quits BSP

  June 22, 2016 22:17 IST

  In what will come as a big blow to the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ahead of the Assembly polls in the state in 2017, legislative party leader Swami Prasad Maurya today announced his resignation from the party alleging an unfair ticket dist

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  NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal granted bail in Maharashtra Sadan scam

  June 22, 2016 16:31 IST

  A special ACB court here granted bail to former Maharashtra deputy CM and NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal in the Maharashtra Sadan and Mumbai University library cases.

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  Eager to shed its 'anti-Muslim' tag, RSS body to hold grand 'Iftar' on July 2

  June 22, 2016 14:39 IST

  Muslim Rashtriya Manch, an affiliate of RSS, will be hosting a grand ‘Iftar’ in New Delhi on July 2.

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  ‘All is well’, says Shivpal Yadav after UP CM sacks senior minister over Qaumi Ekta Dal merger

  June 22, 2016 14:30 IST

  Lucknow: Senior Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav today dismissed reports of differences within the party and with his nephew and CM Akhilesh Yadav over the merger of Qaumi Ekta Dal with the SP. “Everything is

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  Is PM Modi handing over Finance Ministry to Subramaniam Swamy, asks Digvijaya Singh

  June 22, 2016 14:21 IST

  Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh today alleged that the real target of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy is the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and not the Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian.

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  Yogi Adityanath claims Mother Teresa conspired to 'Chritianise' India, gets Swamy’s backing

  June 22, 2016 12:49 IST

  New Delhi: BJP firebrand leader Yogi Aditynath, who recently claimed that Bharat Ratna Mother Teresa conspired to Christianise India, today found support in his fellow party man Subramanian Swamy. The Rajya Sabha MP endorsed Yogi

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  PA bribery case: Lokayukta gives clean chit to Eknath Khadse

  June 22, 2016 9:35 IST

  Mumbai: Maharashtra Lokayukta Justice (Retd) M L Tahaliyani has given a clean chit to former Maharashtra Minister Eknath Khadse in the bribery case involving his "personal assistant" Gajanan Patil and closed a complaint in the

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  After Rajan, Swamy now guns for chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian

  June 22, 2016 13:24 IST

  New Delhi: Upbeat after Raghuram Rajan's recent announcement to not seek second term as RBI governor,BJP leader and Rajya Sabha member Subramanian Swamy has now trained his gun at PM Narendra Modi's Chief Economic Adviser

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  Rao was elected for PM's post by Cong MPs, not nominated: Baru

  June 22, 2016 8:09 IST

  Hyderabad: Contrary to the popular perception, P V Narasimha Rao was elected as the Prime Minister by Congress MPs in 1991 and not nominated to the post, senior journalist Sanjaya Baru said here Tuesday. "On

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  Uttar Pradesh most unsafe place in country: Uma Bharti

  June 21, 2016 22:51 IST

  Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti today termed Uttar Pradesh the most unsafe place in the country, while calling Kairana issue just a glance of the "ugly face" of the state.

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  Akhilesh sacks Balram Yadav for facilitating merger of Mukhtar Ansari's party with SP

  June 21, 2016 22:19 IST

  Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister Balram Yadav was on Tuesday sacked by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, for apparently facilitating the merger of Quami Ekta Dal (QED) of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari with the ruling Samajwadi Party.

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  No funds to states with power scheme irregularities, Piyush Goyal warns state govts

  June 21, 2016 20:36 IST

  Piyush Goyal has warned the state governments to ensure that they don’t indulge in any irregular activities that affect Centre’s flagship schemes for rural electrification and urban upgradation of power infrastructure.

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  Water tanker scam still continuing during AAP govt’s rule: Delhi BJP

  June 21, 2016 19:27 IST

  The state unit of the BJP today claimed that the water tanker scam in the national capital was still going on under the AAP regime.

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  Mathura violence: Akhilesh Yadav rejects demand for CBI probe

  June 21, 2016 19:18 IST

  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today rejected demand for CBI probe into Mathura violence in which at least 29 people had lost their lives.

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  Anantnag bypoll: High Security arrangements made amid boycott call by separatists

  June 21, 2016 19:08 IST

  For tomorrow's Anantnag Assembly bypoll, elaborate security arrangements have been made amid the boycott call given by the Kashmiri separatist leaders.

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  CPI terms govt's decision to relax FDI norms as 'disastrous'

  June 21, 2016 18:52 IST

  Coming down heavily on the Modi government for relaxing FDI norms in various sectors including defence, the Communist Party of India(CPI) today termed the government's decision as "disastrous".

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  MM Khan murder case: Maheish Girri calls off hunger strike against Arvind Kejriwal

  June 21, 2016 22:40 IST

  Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from East Delhi Maheish Girri today called off his hunger strike against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal after Home Minister Rajnath Singh visited the site and persuaded him to do so.

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  Ajit Jogi launches his new political outfit ‘Chhattisgarh Janata Congress’

  June 21, 2016 18:20 IST

  Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi today launched his new political outfit named “Chhattisgarh Janata Congress”.

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  UP polls: Don-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari merges his Qaumi Ekta Dal with SP

  June 21, 2016 22:38 IST

  Don-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari today merged his party Qaumi Ekta Dal with the ruling Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh.

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  FIR in water tanker scam: Kejriwal plays victim, invokes Sonia Gandhi, Vadra to attack PM Modi

  June 21, 2016 16:59 IST

  A day after the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) filed an FIR against him and former CM Sheila Dikshit in connection with the tanker scam, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today launched a blistering attack on PM Narendra Modi saying “it's clear that

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  India's NSG bid: Congress accuses PM Modi and Sushma Swaraj of being "less than honest"

  June 21, 2016 16:52 IST

  The Congress today launched a scathing attack on PM Modi and Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj on the issue of India's bid to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).

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  Swamy should criticise his own govt instead of Rajan: Raja

  June 21, 2016 16:47 IST

  New Delhi: Hitting out at Subramanian Swamy for his tirade against RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, CPI leader D Raja today said the BJP leader should criticise the NDA government at the Centre as all the

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  Karnataka reshuffle: Not a ‘Chappal’ to be thrown away, says actor-turned-politician Ambareesh after being removed as minister

  June 21, 2016 16:25 IST

  Bengaluru: After putting down his papers as party MLA over his removal from the state cabinet, actor turned politician M.H. Ambareesh today tore into the party high command saying he is not a 'chappal'

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  Shiv Sena softens stand, hints at alliance with BJP in run-up to BMC polls

  June 21, 2016 16:16 IST

  It seems that the Shiv Sena, which had in 2014 parted ways with the BJP in Maharashtra Assembly polls in 2014, wants an alliance with the latter ahead of the upcoming civic polls.

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  'Sanskrit Kirtans' irk Kerala Minister, says Yoga doesn' t belong to any religion

  June 21, 2016 15:40 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja was irked when Sanskrit kirtans were rendered during the International Yoga Day celebrations here on Tuesday. She expressed her displeasure to the officials who had organised the event, part

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  BJP ‘masters of event management’, says JD(U) as Bihar ministers 'boycott' yoga event

  June 21, 2016 15:11 IST

  Patna: Dubbing BJP leaders as ‘masters of event management’, Janata Dal (United) on Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is indulging in unwarranted politics in the name of yoga. While commenting on the

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  Maheish Girri performs Yoga outside Arvind Kejriwal's residence

  June 21, 2016 14:26 IST

  Maheish Girri, who is on a hunger strike outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence, performed Yoga at the agitation venue to mark the second International Yoga Day here on Tuesday.