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  PM Modi slams Mamata Banerjee for rant against EC, says she has accepted defeat

  April 17, 2016 21:16 IST

  Krishnanagar: Criticising West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for "threatening" the Election Commission, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said she was busy fighting with the poll panel instead of taking on political parties as she

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  India will emerge as global economic power: Rajnath Singh

  April 17, 2016 16:43 IST

  Mirzapur (UP): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said India is poised to emerge as a global economic power and the efforts initiated by the Narendra Modi government will start bearing positive results in the

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  Facing Flak, Yeddyurappa returns Rs 1 crore SUV, to visit drought hit area by train

  April 17, 2016 14:50 IST

  Bengaluru: Facing criticism from various quarters, Karnataka BJP President B S Yeddyurappa has returned the Rs. 1 Crore Land Cruiser which was gifted to former industries minister Murgesh R Nirani. A press release issued by

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  Nitish is daydreaming, says BJP

  April 17, 2016 14:32 IST

  New Delhi:Coming down heavily on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's call for a “BJP/RSS-mukt Bharat”, the BJP on Sunday said the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader was “daydreaming”. “What is Nitish Kumar's credibility to

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  All Non-BJP Parties Must Unite For Sangh-Mukt Bharat: Nitish Kumar

  April 17, 2016 14:23 IST

  Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has appealed to non-BJP parties to make a 'Sangh-mukt' (Sangh-free) country "to save democracy". "Sangh-mukt Bharat banane ke liye sabhi gair BJP parties ko ek hona hoga (to usher

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  BJP hopes to revive fortunes in UP through OBC mobilisation

  April 17, 2016 11:40 IST

  New Delhi: BJP is pinning its hopes on large-scale mobilisation of non-Yadav OBC vote bank, which stood it in good stead in Uttar Pradesh for much of the 1990s, to revive its fortunes in the

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  BJP, RSS want Odd-Even to fail: Arvind Kejriwal

  April 17, 2016 9:09 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal came down heavily upon BJP and RSS for "orchestrating" strikes by autos and taxis to hamper the smooth functioning of his government's odd-even scheme even as he claimed

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  WB Polls phase 2: 79.70 per cent voter turnout recorded amidst violence in Birbhum and Malda

  April 17, 2016 21:48 IST

  Kolkata: The voting in the second phase of Assembly election for 56 constituencies in West Bengal has begun amidst an Election Commission's showcause notice to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal

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  Jammu and Kashmir must draw benefit from PM's 'Transforming India Mission': Jitendra Singh

  April 16, 2016 22:59 IST

  Union Minister Jitendra Singh today said that Jammu and Kashmir must draw maximum benefit from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Transforming India Mission' and should not be left behind.

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  Priyanka denies special treatment, says rent paid was decided by BJP govt

  April 16, 2016 20:05 IST

  Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, daughter of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, has issued a clarification saying that the rent she paid for the government bungalow was in accordance with the decision of the then BJP government and that there was no special trea

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  Congress will eliminate Punjab’s drug menace, Akali govt not serious: Rahul Gandhi

  April 16, 2016 17:03 IST

  Slamming the SAD-BJP government in the state for not being serious about ridding Punjab of the drug menace, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today reiterated that the problem was serious and the Congress government would solve it if voted to powe

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  Why PM Modi is still the best bet for India

  April 16, 2016 15:57 IST

  New Delhi: Even if Narendra Modi hasn't lived up to the expectations which he aroused two years ago, he is still the best person for turning India into a modern and economically advanced country. The

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  No climate of intolerance in India: Arun Jaitley

  April 16, 2016 12:46 IST

  There could be "stray" incidents of people on either side of the political spectrum making irresponsible statements but this could not be generalised as prevalence of a climate of intolerance in the country, Union Minister Arun Jaitley has said.

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  Congress ignores Robert Vadra's remarks on Priyanka Gandhi

  April 16, 2016 10:07 IST

  New Delhi: Congress today chose to ignore Robert Vadra's remarks that he did not need his wife Priyanka Gandhi to "enhance" his life. "I do not think any reaction is necessary", party spokesman Manish Tewari

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  Can’t pay Rs 53k for 2,765.18 sqm bungalow in Lutyens: Priyanka Gandhi

  April 16, 2016 9:39 IST

  In yet another revelation that exposes how the Gandhi family misused government machineries time and again for their personal gain, it has been reported that Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s daughter Priyanka Gandhi had bargained with the governmen

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  AAP to fight solo if it contests next Goa Assembly polls

  April 15, 2016 20:05 IST

  Aam Aadmi Party today said if they fight the 2017 Goa Assembly election, it will contest on its own and form the government without forming an alliance.

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  India to stop thermal coal imports; save Rs 40,000 crore: Piyush Goyal

  April 15, 2016 17:59 IST

  India plans to completely stop thermal coal imports in 2-3 years that would result in annual savings of Rs 40,000 crore, Piyush Goyal said today

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  Nitish a strong alternative in national politics: Babulal Marandi

  April 15, 2016 16:23 IST

  Jharkhand's first Chief Minister Babulal Marandi today stressed for a "strong alternative" in national politics and felt that the Bihar Chief Minister fits the bill.

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  Rahul Gandhi lacks ‘heart’ although his father Rajiv was a lovable person with a ‘big heart’: Hansraj Bhardwaj

  April 15, 2016 15:14 IST

  Hansraj Bhardwaj today slammed his own party leader Rahul Gandhi saying the Congress vice-president has no heart although his father and former prime minister ‘Rajiv Gandhi was a very lovable person with a big heart.’

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  During Indira Gandhi’s rule, 67 JNU students were sent to Tihar jail just for gheroing V-C: Nirmala Sitharaman

  April 15, 2016 14:14 IST

  Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman has come down heavily on those having sympathy for JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar who is facing sedition charges and is currently out on interim bail.

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  LTC Scam: CBI gets Hamid Ansari’s nod to prosecute JD(U) MP Anil Sahani

  April 15, 2016 17:18 IST

  Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari has given his approval to CBI to prosecute JD(U) MP Anil Sahani against whom the agency had filed a charge sheet for alleged cheating and corruption in Leave Travel Concession (LTC) Scam.

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  Swaraj Abhiyan completes one year; party announcements after internal polls, says Yogendra Yadav

  April 14, 2016 23:52 IST

  New Delhi: As Swaraj Abhiyan completed one year today, its leader Yogendra Yadav made an announcement that the organisation will hold internal polls at district level to form a national committee. In 13 states, 117

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  Mayawati targets PM Modi on Dalit outreach, dubs it 'eyewash'

  April 14, 2016 22:27 IST

  Lucknow: Cautioning dalits and backwards against BJP's designs, former UP chief minister Mayawati today said its leaders will only act as "bonded labourers of RSS" and claimed Prime Minister Narendra Modi could do little for

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  Can Vijay Sampla win over crucial ‘Dalit’ votes for BJP in 2017 Punjab Assembly polls?

  April 14, 2016 19:33 IST

  New Delhi: With an eye of the sizeable chunk of Dalit voters in Punjab, the BJP has appointed Vijay Sampla, the party’s most prominent Dalit face in the state, as its new President of the

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  People will showcause you on result day: Mamata's retort to EC on poll code notice

  April 14, 2016 18:54 IST

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today sent out a strong retort to a showcause notice issued to her by the Election Commission for an alleged violation of the model code of conduct in the state, saying that the people would showcause them o

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  On Ambedkar Jayanti, PM Modi reaches out to farmers, tears into Congress

  April 14, 2016 17:41 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a scathing attack on the Congress, saying that the party that portrayed itself “as the messiah of the poor never actually did anything for the elimination of poverty”.

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  Shiv Sena MLA Hemant Patil holds up train demanding berth of his choice

  April 14, 2016 14:44 IST

  A Shiv Sena MLA and his supporters allegedly "held up" an Express train at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) for almost an hour demanding that he be given a berth of his choice, which caused inconvenience to 2,000 passengers and affected schedul

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  Government dissolves IGNCA board, Ram Bahadur Rai to head new 20-member team

  April 14, 2016 13:59 IST

  The Narendra Modi government today reconstituted the board of Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) by appointing a new 20-member team.