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  Uttarakhand crisis echoes in Parliament, Rajya Sabha adjourned

  April 25, 2016 14:35 IST

  The second leg of the Budget Session, which is beginning today, is unlikely to see any important legislative business as the Opposition parties, especially the Congress, have made it clear that they will counter the NDA government over the imposition

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  West Bengal Assembly polls, 4th phase: Nearly 42% turnout recorded till 11 am

  April 25, 2016 13:27 IST

  Under unprecedented security to prevent violence, polling for the 4th phase of West Bengal Assembly polls, which will seal the fate of several TMC ministers, begun this morning.

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  Ramvilas Paswan mocks Nitish Kumar for ‘Sangh-Mukt Bharat’ call

  April 25, 2016 0:03 IST

  Patna: Union Minister Ramvilas Paswan today mocked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for appealing to non-BJP parties to make a ‘Sangh-mukt Bharat’ and dubbed the latter as a “fine actor”. ”What a fine actor he

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  Shiv Sena's alliance with BJP for Hindutva, not power: Uddhav Thackeray

  April 24, 2016 23:59 IST

  Nashik: Shiv Sena's alliance with BJP has been forged on the issue of "Hindutva" and not for sharing power, party president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said. "Shiv Sena has made alliance with them (BJP)

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  Paswan to sit on dharna tomorrow in support of toddy sellers

  April 24, 2016 23:58 IST

  Patna: LJP chief and Union minister Ramvilas Paswan today said he will sit on a dharna here tomorrow demanding rollback of the decision to ban toddy under total prohibition as he lent support to the

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  PM Modi, Amit Shah ordered staged shootout in Ishrat Jahan case, says Congress

  April 24, 2016 23:19 IST

  New Delhi: The Congress today said the Gujarat Police killed Ishrat Jahan in a staged shootout in 2004 on the orders of the then chief minister Narendra Modi and BJP leader Amit Shah. The opposition

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  55% Voter Turnout in 1st Phase of Bihar Panchayat Polls, 1 Killed

  April 24, 2016 22:13 IST

  Patna: Stray incidents of violence, in which one person was killed, marred the first phase of the three-tier Bihar panchayat polls which recorded a 55 per cent voter turnout. One person was killed when two

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  Kerala Elections 2016: Kanhaiya Kumar set to campaign for fellow JNU comrade contesting for CPI

  April 24, 2016 20:55 IST

  New Delhi: JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who had earlier ruled out campaigning in the West Bengal and Kerala Assembly polls, has now decided to plump for a fellow JNU comrade who is in

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  Stop 'lie campaign' or face legal action: Oommen Chandy warns Achuthanandan

  April 24, 2016 20:46 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Slamming CPI-M veteran V S Achuthanandan for spreading "blatant lies", Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today asked him to stop his "lie campaign" and apologise or else face legal action. "Achuthanandan is using

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  Labelling Kanhaiya Kumar as 'anti-national' is wrong, says Uddhav Thackeray

  April 24, 2016 22:21 IST

  Uddhav Thackeray today said instead of guiding the youth in the right direction, it has "given birth" to Rohith Vemula, Hardik Patel and Kanhaiya Kumar

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  Prakash Karat files complaint against Derek O’ Brien for using his morphed picture

  April 25, 2016 8:58 IST

  CPI(M) leader Prakash Karat today filed a police complaint against TMC leader and Member of Parliament Derek O’ Brien for allegedly using his morphed picture with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.

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  Play active role for village development, use Centre’s resources: PM Modi

  April 25, 2016 8:53 IST

  Jamshedpur: Rooting for stronger democracy at the grassroots level, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today urged the gram panchayats to make their contributions towards village development. Explaining them how to make full use of the current

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  Lok Sabha, assembly polls must be held together: PM Modi

  April 24, 2016 17:00 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies must be held together as holding them separately hurts economic development. “Elections to the state assemblies and

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  Madhya Pradesh govt hikes Ex-CMs pension by 700%, to get Rs 1.7 Lakh/month

  April 24, 2016 15:15 IST

  Bhopal: How does it sound having 700% pension hike post retirement, well, the Madhya Pradesh government has increased former chief ministers' pension by almost seven times from Rs 26,000 to Rs 1.70 lakh per month,

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  Central government schemes may soon have 'PM' prefixed to them

  April 24, 2016 15:01 IST

  All central government schemes may soon have 'PM' or the names of nationalist leaders prefixed to them and films highlighting the achievements of Narendra Modi dispensation shown "mandatorily" before screening of movies in every theatre.

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  Will not interfere in customs and traditions of Sabarimala: CM Chandy

  April 24, 2016 13:55 IST

  Amid debate on the issue of entry of women in the age group of 10 to 50 in the Lord Ayyappa Temple at Sabarimala, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today made it clear that his government would not interfere in the customs and traditions of the hill shrin

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  Prospect of good monsoon rekindled hope for a good harvest: PM Modi

  April 24, 2016 14:31 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share his thoughts on a number of issues in his Mann Ki Baat programme of All India Radio today at 11 AM. This will be the 19th edition of the programme.

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  After photoshop fiasco, TMC in soup as BJP, Left threatens legal action

  April 24, 2016 9:44 IST

  New Delhi: With three legs of polling still remaining in West Bengal, Trinamool leader and Rajya Sabha MP Derek O' Brien on saturday released a bunch of pictures and videos to the press to

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  If US, Iran can end hostilities, why not India, Pak: Mehbooba Mufti

  April 23, 2016 23:43 IST

  Mehbooba Mufti today said India and Pakistan should begin a new era of peace and prosperity in the region on similar lines as US and Iran have recently ended hostilities

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  We will seek dual citizenship for Sri Lankan Tamils: Jayalalithaa

  April 23, 2016 23:34 IST

  Tiruchirappalli (TN): AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today asserted her party would take “continuous steps” to attain a separate homeland for Tamils in Sri Lanka and demand that the Centre grant dual

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  Crucial bills at stake as Parliament set for another stormy session over Uttarakhand, Ishrat issues

  April 24, 2016 8:55 IST

  With crucial bills hanging in balance, conflict between the major national parties could render this session of parliament as unproductive as the previous ones.

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  Uttarakhand HC hearing on rebel MLAs' disqualification on April 25

  April 23, 2016 20:51 IST

  The Uttarakhand High Court on Saturday deferred till April 25 its decision on the disqualification of nine rebel Congress legislators by the assembly speaker.

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  Efforts on to reduce road mishap fatalities by half: Nitin Gadkari

  April 23, 2016 20:18 IST

  Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari today said serious efforts are underway to bring down by 50 per cent the number of fatalities in road accidents in country.

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  Speedy justice in store for Dalits, govt notifies new rules in SC/ST Act

  April 24, 2016 8:55 IST

  central government today notified new rules in the existing legislation that make it mandatory for policemen to file a chargesheet within 60 days of registering a complaint, among other provisions.

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  People are still awaiting 'Acche Din': Akhilesh Yadav

  April 23, 2016 18:42 IST

  Akhilesh Yadav today the people are still awaiting for 'Acche Din' as promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Lok Sabha elections held two years ago.

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  On campaign trail in West Bengal, Rahul launches twin attack on Mamata Banerjee, Narendra Modi

  April 23, 2016 18:10 IST

  Rahul Gandhi today launched a two-pronged attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, targetting the former with corruption and unemployment; and the latter over the BJP's past alliance with the Trinamool Congress in We

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  Kerala polls: Can Sreesanth create history by becoming the first BJP MLA in the state?

  April 24, 2016 9:51 IST

  It will be interesting to see if Sreesanth succeeds in proving political pundits of the state wrong and creates history by becoming the first BJP MLA in the state.

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  Post of PM a matter of destiny: Nitish Kumar after being coronated as JD(U) president

  April 24, 2016 8:06 IST

  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday was officially coronated as the national president of the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) here.