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  Kerala Assembly Elections: BJP president Amit Shah cancels poll visit

  May 01, 2016 18:26 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: BJP President Amit Shah, who was to kickoff his campaign tour of Kerala for the May 16 assembly elections on Sunday, has cancelled his visit following indisposition. Shah was scheduled to arrive at the

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  After dubbing sting CD as 'fake', Harish Rawat accepts his 'presence' in video

  May 02, 2016 16:06 IST

  Dehradun: Deposed Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat, who had so far been insisting the sting CD of him was “fake”, today virtually accepted his presence in the video. He, however, said meeting a journalist was

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  PM Modi scored 62.3% in MA from Gujarat University

  May 01, 2016 23:53 IST

  Ahmedabad: Amid the raging row over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s educational qualification, the Gujarat University on Sunday shared details of his MA degree saying he scored 62.3 per cent as an external student of the

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  CPI not averse to Nitish's grand alliance idea, if based on alternative economic policies

  May 01, 2016 12:51 IST

  Hyderabad:CPI has responded positively to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's proposal to forge a grand alliance of anti-BJP parties at the national level but with a rider that such an arrangement should be based on

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  10 % quota not enough: Patidars to launch Lollipop protest in Gujarat today

  May 01, 2016 10:37 IST

  Ahmedabad: Not impressed by the Gujarat government announcing 10% reservation for economically weaker sections among the upper castes, including Patels, the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) spearheading the quota agitation is launching from Sunda

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  Sonia overruled Antony's objection in AgustaWestland deal: BJP

  May 01, 2016 7:20 IST

  New Delhi: Launching a fresh attack on Sonia Gandhi over the AgustaWestland scam, BJP on Saturday claimed the then Defence Minister A K Antony had raised objections about the VIP chopper deal but was overruled

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  Honesty punished, dishonesty rewarded in party: TMC MP Dinesh Trivedi

  May 01, 2016 6:49 IST

  Kolkata: What may come as an embarrasmnet to Trinamool Congress Chief Mamta Banerjee, her own party MP and former Railway minister Dinesh Trivedi on Saturday alleged that honesty is being punished and dishonesty rewarded in

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  Two years of Modi govt: Survey says nearly half feel 'no change'

  April 30, 2016 22:43 IST

  With the Modi government close to completing its two years in office, a new survey today said nearly half of the respondents (49 per cent) feel "no change" in their living standards while another 15 per cent feel the situation has actually worsened.

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  AAP demands action against those involved in Agusta deal

  April 30, 2016 19:25 IST

  New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today said both the Congress and BJP have “blackened” their hands in the AgustaWestland chopper deal and demanded action against those involved. The party also asked the government

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  Won't contest if BJP continues alliance with SAD: Sidhu's wife

  April 30, 2016 18:52 IST

  Ludhiana:Navjot Kaur Sidhu, BJP MLA and wife of cricketer-turned-MP Navjot Singh Sidhu, today articulated her anger against her party's ally Akali Dal and said she will not contest the next Assembly polls on BJP ticket

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  Supreme Court wonders why odd-even scheme not working in Delhi

  April 30, 2016 18:44 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court today wondered why Arvind Kejriwal-led government’s much hyped Odd-Even scheme has not been able to reduce pollution level and steps taken to achieve ambient air quality standards seemed not to

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  Amit Shah trying to create smokescreen with lies: Congress

  April 30, 2016 16:42 IST

  New Delhi:Congress today trashed BJP chief Amit Shah's charges against Sonia Gandhi and party leaders on AgustaWestland deal, terming them as "deliberate lies", and demanded that he apologise for his "politics of deceit" and attempts

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  UJALA will be implemented across country by 2019: Piyush Goyal

  April 30, 2016 16:38 IST

  The Centre's ambitious National LED programme -- Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) -- will be implemented across the country by 2019, Minister for Power and Coal, Piyush Goyal said today.

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  Congress to gherao Parliament on May 6 over Uttarakhand, drought issues

  April 30, 2016 15:40 IST

  New Delhi: Amid escalating confrontation with the government, Congress today announced a gherao of Parliament on May 6 to highlight issues like Uttarakhand, drought and the campaign of "deceit and deliberate lies" against opposition. Party

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  Will study EBC quota before arriving at compromise: Hardik Patel

  April 30, 2016 15:03 IST

  Ahmedabad: A day after the Gujarat government announced 10 percent reservation for the economically backward among upper castes, jailed Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel today said he will study the decision before reaching a

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  Will study EBC quota before arriving at compromise: Hardik Patel

  April 30, 2016 15:03 IST

  Ahmedabad: A day after the Gujarat government announced 10 percent reservation for the economically backward among upper castes, jailed Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel today said he will study the decision before reaching a

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  AgustaWestland was never blacklisted during UPA rule, says Arun Jaitley

  April 30, 2016 14:50 IST

  Sharpening the attack on Congress on the AgustaWestland chopper deal, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely today said the theory that the company was blacklisted during the UPA rule and it was lifted by NDA was a "figment of imagination".

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  PM Modi to launch solar-powered boats in Varanasi tomorrow

  April 30, 2016 13:58 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi tomorrow where he will launch solar-powered boats for plying on river Ganga apart from distributing 1,000 e-rickshaws.

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  Spectre of corruption continues to haunt Congress, especially its first family

  April 30, 2016 13:43 IST

  It was the Bofors howitzer scandal which brought down the Rajiv Gandhi government in 1989. Since then, none from the dynasty has been the prime minister although the Congress has been in power. Now,

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  UPA must answer who received kickbacks in AgustaWestland deal: Manohar Parrikar

  April 30, 2016 13:28 IST

  Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today once again said that the erstwhile UPA dispensation will have to answer who received the alleged kickbacks in the AgustaWestland chopper deal.

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  Kejriwal govt readies draft bill for Delhi's full statehood, to seek public views

  April 30, 2016 13:21 IST

  The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi has prepared a draft bill for statehood of the national capital.

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  Not possible to achieve 100% self-reliance in defence: Manohar Parrikar

  April 30, 2016 12:06 IST

  New Delhi: It is not possible to achieve 100 per cent self-reliance in defence production as certain components required in limited numbers have to be purchased off-the-shelf to save money, the Lok Sabha was informed

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  TMC Minister describes West Bengal's Garden Reach as 'mini Pakistan', invites ire

  April 30, 2016 13:40 IST

  Trinamool Congress Bobby Firhad Hakim has triggered a fresh controversy with his remark referring Garden Reach Vidhan Sabha constituency in South 24 Parganas district as ‘mini-Pakistan’.

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  Amar Singh blames Jaya Bachchan for split in their relationship

  April 30, 2016 10:13 IST

  The Bachchan family was known to be close to former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh. But their relationship soured a few years ago for reasons still unknown.

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  78.2% polling recorded in 5th phase of West Bengal elections

  April 30, 2016 20:18 IST

  The fate of political heavyweights in West Bengal including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and MLAs found involved in the Narada sting operation tapes will be decided today in the crucial 5th phase polling.

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  Delhi Speaker nominates 13 AAP MLAs as members of civic bodies

  April 29, 2016 23:38 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel has nominated 13 ruling AAP legislators as members of the three municipal corporations in the national capital even as an objection has been raised over repetition of

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  Ahead of fifth phase of Bengal polls, several crude bombs found in Kolkata

  April 29, 2016 23:29 IST

  Kolkata: On the eve of the fifth phase of West Bengal Assembly elections, several crude bombs were found from different parts of the city during security check by Kolkata Police. Four persons have been detained

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  Provide details of degrees earned by PM Modi to Kejriwal: CIC to DU

  April 29, 2016 23:18 IST

  CIC directed DU and Gujarat University to search and provide information on degrees earned by Narendra Modi to Arvind Kejriwal.