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  Kamal Nath quits as Congress general secretary in-charge of Punjab

  June 15, 2016 23:53 IST

  Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath has written a letter to party chief Sonia Gandhi requesting her to relieve him of his Punjab charge.

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  Jammu temple desecration: CM Mehbooba Mufti appeals for calm

  June 15, 2016 22:07 IST

  Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today appealed for calm in the wake of the desecration of a temple in Jammu city by a “mentally disturbed” person on June 14 evening.

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  11 key decisions taken by Union Cabinet today

  June 15, 2016 21:38 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today chaired a Union Cabinet meeting here with his colleagues in which a few important decisions were landed upon including one on the civil aviation policy.

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  Production warrant issued against Chhagan & Sameer Bhujbal

  June 15, 2016 20:31 IST

  Mumbai: Four months after the ACB filed a chargesheet in the Maharashtra Sadan scam, a special court today issued production warrant against senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal and his nephew Sameer. "The court issued

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  PM Modi chairs high-level meeting, reviews preparations for International Yoga Day

  June 15, 2016 20:24 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took stock of preparations in the run up to the International Day of Yoga to be held on June 21. Modi today chaired a high-level meeting to review

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  Jolt to AAP, EC says appointment of Parliamentary Secretaries falls under Office of Profit

  June 15, 2016 21:44 IST

  Trouble mounted for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi today with the Election Commission saying that the appointment of 21 of AAP MLAs as parliamentary secretaries comes under the ambit of an Office of Profit.

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  Centre withdraws CISF cover to Amar Singh

  June 15, 2016 19:34 IST

  The Centre has withdrawn the paramilitary security cover to Amar Singh, newly-elected Rajya Sabha member from Uttar Pradesh, while asking the state government for a fresh threat assessment.

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  Rajnath Singh to chair meeting of coastal states in Mumbai tomorrow

  June 15, 2016 19:20 IST

  Rajnath Singh will chair a meeting of Home Ministers, Chief Secretaries and Directors General of Police of coastal states and Union Territories here tomorrow.

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  Disqualification of 21 AAP MLAs: Is Kejriwal planning to shift to Punjab?

  June 15, 2016 19:02 IST

  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal does not seem to be bothered over the ongoing controversy over the appointment of 21 AAP MLAS as parliamentary secretaries.

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  I belong to the romantic genre: Kapil Sibal

  June 15, 2016 18:58 IST

  Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Kapil Sibal today said that he truly belongs to the romantic genre.

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  Attempts being made to vitiate peaceful atmosphere in J&K: Omar Abdullah

  June 15, 2016 18:38 IST

  Former J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said that certain elements were trying to vitiate the peaceful atmosphere in the state.

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  Beat me if you wish but don’t harass people of Delhi: Kejriwal tells PM Modi

  June 15, 2016 18:25 IST

  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal once again directly targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the controversy involving the disqualification of his 21 party MLAs.

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  Union cabinet gives nod for raising retirement age of doctors to 65 years

  June 15, 2016 18:12 IST

  Acting on the promise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Saharanpur last month where he had given assurance of increasing the retirement age of Doctors to 65 years, the union cabinet today gave its nod for the same.

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  Act against Power Minister over new Solar Policy: Kejriwal’s jibe at LG Najeeb Jung

  June 15, 2016 17:41 IST

  The power tussle between Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government and Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung, who represents the Central government, today intensified further with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) accusing the LG of interfering in the city government’s functi

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  Raghuram Rajan cannot be blamed for various “wrongs”: Arun Shourie

  June 15, 2016 17:35 IST

  While expressing his reservation against targeting of inflation as an objective of monetary policy, former Union Minister Arun Shourie today said that he can not fault RBI Governor Raghuram Raajan for various "wrongs".

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  States too responsible for curbing price rise: Ram Vilas Paswan

  June 15, 2016 17:13 IST

  Ram Vilas Paswan today sought to shift some blame to the states over rising pulse prices saying state governments are equally responsible for keeping the rates of essential commodities under control.

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  Locals protest as BJP’s fact-finding team arrives in Kairana to investigate ‘exodus’

  June 15, 2016 16:29 IST

  A nine-member fact finding team of the BJP led by Suresh Khanna today visited Kairana area in Shamli district to verify claims of a Hindu exodus.

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  Probe Rajan's role in granting licenses to Small Finance Banks, money laundering: Subramanian Swamy to PM

  June 15, 2016 14:39 IST

  New Delhi: In yet another letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Sumbramanian Swamy has trained his guns on RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, accusing him of impropriety in the grant of licenses

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  ‘Exodus’ Part II: Investigations blow holes in Hukum Singh’s list of 63 Hindu migrants of Kandhla

  June 15, 2016 13:35 IST

  Shamli: After his claim of 346 Hindu families driven out of Shamli district’s Kairana due to criminal activities of a ‘particular community’ fell short on facts, BJP MP Hukum Singh on Tuesday released a second

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  Inflation woes: FM Arun Jaitley to meet top NDA ministers today

  June 15, 2016 12:23 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will hold a meeting of top ministers of the Union Cabinet this afternoon on the issue of rising prices of food as a result of 19-month record high wholesale

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  In Delhi, only 10% of MLAs can be appointed as parliamentary secretaries: MHA official

  June 15, 2016 12:16 IST

  Amid the ongoing row over the appointment of 21 parliamentary secretaries by the Kejriwal government, an official of Ministry of Home Affairs has clarified that constitution allows only 10% of Delhi MLAs to be made parliamentary secretaries.

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  PM Modi asked me about Kejriwal’s public meeting in Goa: Laxmikant Parsekar

  June 15, 2016 9:37 IST

  Panaji: Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked me about the recent public meeting conducted by Delhi Chief Minister and AAP National Convener Arvind Kejriwal in the coastal state and its impact, Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar

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  Kamal Nath's appointment not a 'historic blunder', says Amarinder Singh

  June 15, 2016 9:25 IST

  Chandigarh: Under attack from ruling SAD and AAP over Kamal Nath's appointment as the general secretary in-charge of Punjab, PCC chief Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said the move will not "adversely impact" party's prospects in

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  FIR against VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi for 'Muslim-Free India' remark

  June 15, 2016 7:43 IST

  Unnao(UP): An FIR has been registered against controversial VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi for inciting communal passions, police said. The FIR was registered against Sadhvi Prachi based on a complaint lodged by Sandeep Kumar of Bahujan

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  Along with her convoy, Jayalalithaa also brings ‘special’ chair to Delhi

  June 15, 2016 0:03 IST

  New Delhi: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has been in news for her first visit to New Delhi after second consecutive election victory. Here, she met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and submitted a memorandum

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  Anil Ambani summoned by Delhi Minister Satyendra Jain over frequent power cuts

  June 15, 2016 10:10 IST

  Delhi government today accused two electricity distribution companies of Anil Ambani’s Reliance ADAG of “atrocious” performance and threatened to take strong action against if it fails to improve the power situation in the national capital.

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  10 Bills of Delhi government pending with Centre

  June 14, 2016 22:59 IST

  As many as 10 Bills sent by the Delhi government that include one to give a 400 per cent hike in basic salary of MLAs are pending with the Central government.

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  Gopal Rai relieved of transport portfolio, Satyendar Jain given charge

  June 14, 2016 22:46 IST

  Senior Delhi minister Gopal Rai was relieved of the charge of the Transport department as sought by him on health grounds, even as the Opposition BJP and Congress termed it a fallout of an ACB probe into the AAP government's app-based premium bus ser