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  Naxals have close links with groups in Philippines, Europe: Kiren Rijiju

  April 26, 2016 17:07 IST

  The Naxals have close links with Maoist organisations in the Philippines and Turkey and get support from several organisations in Europe

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  Has the Trinamool Congress become a lost ship?

  April 26, 2016 16:51 IST

  TMC may be engulfed by an internecine struggle as Mamata Banerjee, the party supremo, has been trying to distance herself from the leaders who have been accused of taking money by the Narada sting operation.

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  JKLF founder Amanullah Khan dead at 82

  April 26, 2016 14:58 IST

  Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) founder Amanullah Khan died on Tuesday in Pakistan following a chronic lung disease, his son-in-law Sajjad Lone said. Khan was 82. Lone told IANS: "He was seriously ill

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  Central forces at NIT Srinagar will not alienate Kashmiri youth: Government

  April 26, 2016 14:52 IST

  New Delhi: The government today said that central forces were deployed in National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar after a demand by students and the college administration, asserting that it will lead to delineation of

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  Ruckus in Rajya Sabha over Uttarakhand crisis and JNU row

  April 26, 2016 13:55 IST

  New Delhi: Uttarakhand crisis and suspension of JNU students echoed in Rajya Sabha with Congress led opposition tearing into the government forcing the adjournment till noon. Raising the JNU issue, CPI-M member Tapan Kumar Sen

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  PM Modi shakes hands with Opposition leaders in RS; Subramanian Swamy, Mary Kom and others take oath

  April 26, 2016 13:43 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today freely mingled with leaders of various opposition parties as he attended the Rajya Sabha proceedings. Modi arrived few minutes before the Upper House proceedings began and went

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  Shiv Sena slams BJP for promoting PM Modi's work in Cinema halls

  April 26, 2016 13:22 IST

  Mumbai: Shiv Sena has once again targeted alliance partner BJP for promoting government's good work and achievements in cinema halls. Taking a dig at the Centre, the Shiv Sena in its editorial mouthpiece Saamana said

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  BJP’s counter move: Corner Congress over VVIP chopper scam, Ishrat case

  April 26, 2016 12:51 IST

  New Delhi: Facing opposition ‘s ire over the Uttarakhand crisis, BJP on Tuesday sought to corner Congress over the VVIP chopper scam and Ishrat Jahan issue, alleging that the UPA government stood with LeT to

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  I&B Ministry to launch 8-hour talk show ‘Zara Muskura Do’ to mark 2nd anniversary of NDA’s rule

  April 26, 2016 11:20 IST

  The Narendra Modi government is planning extensively to celebrate its two years in office on May 26. Both at the governmental and party level, preparations are afoot to mark the occasion.

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  Odd-even rule: MPs demand exemption, AAP govt in Delhi refuses

  April 26, 2016 10:42 IST

  New Delhi: The odd-even rule enforced in Delhi figured in both houses of parliament on Monday — the first day of the new session — with members demanding that lawmakers be exempted even as a

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  With Rs 111 cr, BJP received the highest political donation in 2014-15: ADR

  April 26, 2016 10:08 IST

  New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party received the highest chunk of poltical donations in 2014-15, the year India voted it to power. An analysis by Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) reveals, Six electoral trusts —

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  'Butchers can't be preachers', Venkaiah Naidu tells Congress

  April 26, 2016 9:12 IST

  New Delhi: Launching a counter attack on Congress, which is accusing the Modi government of "murdering democracy" by imposing President's rule in Uttarakhand,Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said that buctchers can't be

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  Jayalalithaa has assets worth Rs 113.73 cr, down by Rs 3 crore from 2015

  April 26, 2016 7:46 IST

  AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has declared assets worth Rs 113.73 crore, Rs 3.40 crore less than what she had declared last year.

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  Sushma Swaraj admitted to AIIMS after complaints of chest congestion, stable

  April 26, 2016 7:13 IST

  External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has been admitted to All India Institute Medical Sciences (AIIMS) yesterday after she complained of congestion in the chest.

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  Case registered against BJP's Roopa Ganguly for assaulting woman voter

  April 25, 2016 23:17 IST

  Kolkata: A police case was registered against the BJP's star candidate Roopa Ganguly today for assaulting a woman voter and preventing her from casting her ballot in the West Bengal assembly elections, a police officer

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  GSPC defaulted Rs.19,700 crore bank loan under Modi: Congress

  April 25, 2016 21:39 IST

  New Delhi: The Congress on Monday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asserting that Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) defaulted on Rs.19,700 crore bank loan under his tenure as the chief minister.

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  BJP MP demands ban on 'running commentaries' by judges

  April 25, 2016 21:11 IST

  New Delhi: A Bharatiya Janata Party member on Monday demanded in the Lok Sabha a ban on comments by judges while hearing a case. BJP member and chief whip of the party Arjun Ram Meghwal

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  Vijay Mallya to be expelled from Rajya Sabha, concludes Parliament Panel

  April 25, 2016 19:57 IST

  New Delhi: Independent MP and liquor baron Vijay Mallya is all set to face expulsion from Rajya Sabha, with a Parliamentary panel examining the matter related to his alleged loan default of over Rs 9,400

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  Kiren Rijiju Raps Chidambaram Over Ishrat Affidavit

  April 25, 2016 19:13 IST

  New Delhi: Union minister Kiren Rijiju today accused former Home Minister P Chidambaram of making a “delirious attempt to escape” in the Ishrat Jahan controversy by saying an Under Secretary had signed the second affidavit

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  Panama Papers leak pits PM Nawaz Sharif against both Pakistan Army and Imran Khan

  April 25, 2016 18:46 IST

  At a time when Nawaz Sharif was facing barrage of accusations for turning a blind eye to the acts of corruption by his near and dear ones who are part of Pakistani political system, Panama papers leak came as a major jolt which tarnished his image

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  Kuldeep Bishnoi confirms HJC’s merger with Congress, formal announcement tomorrow

  April 25, 2016 17:41 IST

  HJC leader Kuldeep Bishnoi today confirmed his party’s merger with the Indian National Congress.

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  Odd-even scheme under attack in Lok Sabha

  April 25, 2016 16:33 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s pet odd-even car rationing scheme came for a scathing attack in the Lok Sabha on Monday with an expelled RJD member dubbing it as a plan that would

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  Govt’s failure allows Kanhaiya ‘Kumar to talk of selling PM Modi on Olx: Shiv Sena

  April 25, 2016 15:08 IST

  Mumbai: The unfulfilled election promises of Prime Minister Narendra Modi have emboldened even a ‘tinpot’ like JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar to criticise him, the Shiv Sena said on Monday. “Modi had made tall

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  Second, short affidavit was to ‘dispel misinterpretation’, Chidambaram says on Ishrat Jahan controversy

  April 25, 2016 13:33 IST

  Senior Congress leader and former home minister P Chidambaram today reiterated that he did not sign the first affidavit in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case, claiming that the controversy over the affidavits was “only to divert attention from the real

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  West Bengal Assembly Polls: BJP's Rupa Ganguly slaps TMC worker on camera

  April 25, 2016 12:10 IST

  Howrah: BJP leader Rupa Ganguly, famous for her portrayal of Draupadi in Mahabharata, has been caught on camera slapping a Trinamool Congress worker outside a polling booth in Howrah. Here is the video which is

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  Hope opposition parties will cooperate in Parliament, says PM Modi

  April 25, 2016 11:52 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed hope that the Opposition parties will cooperate with government in ensuring the Parliament transacts business smoothly.

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  Uttarakhand crisis: Nainital HC to resume hearing on rebel Congress MLAs' petition today

  April 25, 2016 8:25 IST

  The Nainital High Court will resume the hearing today on 9 rebel Congress MLAs petition, who are at the centre of the ongoing political crisis in Uttarakhand, challenging their disqualification from the state assembly.

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  Union Minority Minister Najma Heptullah backs Giriraj Singh's 'population' remark

  April 25, 2016 8:03 IST

  Union Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptullah today advocated small families with two children, days after her colleague Giriraj Singh kicked up a controversy by calling for a law to impose a uniform limit on the number of children a family of any