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  Smriti Irani cancelled OBC quota for Professor, Associate Professor at the behest of RSS: Lalu Yadav

  June 07, 2016 13:47 IST

  RJD supremo Lalu Yadav today held Union Human Resource Minister Smriti Irani responsible for the cancellation of OBC quota for the post of Associate Professors and Professors in central universities.

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  Regional leaders like Nitish and Mamata thrived on RSS, BJP support: Uma Bharti

  June 07, 2016 13:34 IST

  New Delhi: Union Water Resource minister Uma Bharti has attributed the emergence of regional leaders like Nitish Kumar and Mamata Banerjee to Bharatiya Janata party and its parent wing RSS. In an interview to news

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  A day after Ajit Jogi announced plans to launch a new party, Congress drops him from CWC

  June 07, 2016 12:45 IST

  The Congress has removed former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi from the all-powerful Congress Working Committee (CWC)

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  BJP hires IITians to assess impact of its Dalit outreach programme

  June 07, 2016 11:13 IST

  New Delhi: In an effort to connect to the Dalit voters ahead of Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, Bhartiya Janata Party launched a Dalit outreach programme on April 24 with the help of Buddhist monks. Now,

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  AAP demands court-monitored probe against Khadse

  June 07, 2016 10:34 IST

  Panaji: The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday demanded a court-monitored probe into the allegations against former Maharashtra minister Eknath Khadse, who resigned after a host of allegations including irregularities in a land deal. "We are

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  Ram temple on BJP agenda, not UP poll issue: Kalraj Mishra

  June 07, 2016 0:55 IST

  Bharatpur: BJP would not make the Ram temple an election issue in Uttar Pradesh though it is on the agenda of the party, Union Minister Kalraj Mishra today said. "The construction of Ram temple in

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  Congress leader Gurudas Kamat quits politics

  June 07, 2016 0:36 IST

  Mumbai: Former Union Minister and ex-Congress Mumbai chief Gurudas Kamat today made an announcement that he was quitting politics. This step by Kamat comes ahead of Mumbai civic elections to be held next year, where

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  ‘Act of revenge’: Amarinder Singh cries foul after IT, ED serve notices to him, son

  June 06, 2016 18:02 IST

  New Delhi: Served with a notice by the Income Tax department, Punjab Congress Chief Amarinder Singh labelled it as an act of revenge by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, as even his son Raninder Singh has

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  V Narayanasamy sworn in as Puducherry Chief Minister

  June 06, 2016 15:09 IST

  Puducherry: Congress Legislature Party leader V Narayanasamy took oath as Puducherry Chief Minister today. Five other Congress legislators were also sworn-in as ministers. They are A Namassivayam, Malladi Krishna Rao, Shah Jahan, M Kandasamy and

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  Nehru’s nation building idea was based on replacing old traditions with imported ones: Amit Shah

  June 06, 2016 11:29 IST

  Pune: Continuing BJP’s attack on Jawaharlal Nehru, party president Amit Shah on Sunday said that the first Prime Minister's idea of nation building was based on "discarding" old traditions and replacing them with "imported ideas"

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  Hema Malini hits back at critics after Mathura clashes

  June 06, 2016 11:04 IST

  Bhartiya Janata Party MP Hema Malini on Monday morning hit back at her critics questioning their morality and political judgement in the aftermath of Mathura mayhem.

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  Kanhaiya's 'attacker' greets Amit Shah, takes selfie with him

  June 06, 2016 9:35 IST

  Pune: Manas Deka, accused by the JNU students leader Kanhaiya Kumar of trying to "strangle" him on board an aircraft in April, on Sunday led a delegation of Assamese youths which greeted BJP president Amit

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  14 BJP corporators from Jalgaon civic body resign in Eknath Khadse’s support

  June 05, 2016 23:44 IST

  New Delhi: As many as 14 BJP corporators from Jalgaon City Municipal Corporation (JCMC) on Sunday resigned in support of senior party leader and former Maharashtra Minister Eknath Khadse. Khadse hails from Jalgaon district and

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  Highest civilian Afghan award to PM Modi is an honour for India, says FM Jaitley

  June 05, 2016 16:17 IST

  New Delhi: India on Sunday thanked Afghanistan for conferring the country’s highest civilian honour—the Amir Amanullah Khan award—on Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit there. Expressing gratitude to Afghan government for the pr

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  Rahul Gandhi is de facto Congress chief, should become de jure: Jairam Ramesh

  June 05, 2016 14:54 IST

  New Delhi: Asserting that Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is virtually leading the party, senior party leader Jairam Ramesh today said that "Rahul Gandhi is de facto Congress chief but he should become de jure".

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  Rahul Gandhi is de facto Congress chief, he should become de jure: Jairam Ramesh

  June 05, 2016 14:27 IST

  New Delhi: "Rahul Gandhi is de facto Congress chief but he should become de jure" and make the party battle ready without waiting for anti-incumbency to build up against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior party

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  Subramanian Swamy my "hero", believe his word on Ram temple, says Uma Bharti

  June 05, 2016 12:28 IST

  New Delhi: Once the fiery mascot of the Ram temple movement, Union Minister Uma Bharti wants a resolution to the lingering dispute through dialogue even as she hails controversial BJP MP Subramanian Swamy as her

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  Madrasas along B'desh border breeding ground of anti-national activities, says Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh

  June 05, 2016 11:16 IST

  Kolkata: The BJP in West Bengal has demanded immediate sealing of the Indo-Bangla border, claiming madrasas operating along it are a breeding ground of terrorism and anti-national activities in the country. "We all know

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  Shocking! Muhammad Ali an eminent sports personality of Kerala, says Kerala Sports Minister

  June 05, 2016 11:05 IST

  Kerala Industry and Sports Minister E.P.Jayarajan is trolled on social media for calling Muhammad Ali “an eminent sports personality of Kerala”.

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  AAP plans to contest all 182 seats in 2017 Gujarat elections

  June 04, 2016 23:27 IST

  Ahmedabad: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today said it is planning to contest all 182 Assembly seats in Gujarat where elections are due next year. The party said that it is working to strengthen itself

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  Kashmir has never been the topic of concern; its PoK, says Home Minister Rajnath Singh

  June 04, 2016 22:06 IST

  Pathankot: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the actual matter of concern has always been that of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and not of Kashmir. Addressing a rally in Pathankot, Punjab, the Minister said, "Kashmir as

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  The rise and fall of Eknath Khadse: Is his four-decade long political journey coming to an end?

  June 04, 2016 20:36 IST

  Mumbai: Battling string of allegations including of land grabbing and connection with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, Eknath Khadse started his political career as a village sarpanch in north Maharashtra's Jalgaon district. In his four-decade

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  Mathura violence: Amit Shah slams SP govt, dares Mulayam to sack Shivpal Yadav

  June 04, 2016 19:46 IST

  Lucknow: BJP on Saturday came out all guns blazing against Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh over Mathura violence with president Amit Shah daring SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav to sack senior minister and his

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  Assam CM asks BSF to seal India-Bangladesh border on war footing

  June 04, 2016 19:26 IST

  Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has asked the Border Security Force (BSF) to ensure sealing of the Indo-Bangladesh border on a war footing. Chairing a high level meeting with the top brass of

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  'Frequency of attacks on security personnel in J&K worrying'

  June 04, 2016 18:43 IST

  Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah today said the frequency of security forces personnel getting killed in militant attacks in the state was both "tragic and worrying". "The regularity with which we

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  After Chabahar, Indian government eying Paira port in Bangladesh

  June 04, 2016 17:15 IST

  Mumbai: After bagging the strategically important Chabahar Port in Iran, India is eying a contract to develop a similar facility in Bangladesh’s Paira. Talks in this regard are on between Ministry of External Affairs and

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  Congress demands high level probe against Eknath Khadse

  June 04, 2016 15:20 IST

  Stating that Eknath Khadse was forced to resign as he was facing serious charges of corruption, Congress on Saturday demanded a high level investigation into the allegations against the BJP leader.

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  Will PM Modi bow to RSS on Raghuram Rajan?

  June 04, 2016 15:15 IST

  In addition to the NGOs, including the one run by Teesta Setalvad, the saffron brotherhood's new target is a formidable one - Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan.