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  Myanmar president seeks change of Suu Kyi's portfolios

  April 04, 2016 11:03 IST

  Nay Pyi Taw: Myanmar new President U Htin Kyaw on Monday submitted a proposal to union parliament for changing two out of four portfolios held by Aung San Suu Kyi. U Htin Kyaw nominated U

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  WB records 80 per cent, Assam 70 in 1st phase of Assembly poll

  April 04, 2016 19:57 IST

  The first phase of assembly polls in West Bengal and Assam begun today amid tight security with TMC of Mamata Banerjee facing a tough fight from Left-Congress combine and Tarun Gogoi of Congress striving hard to retain power in the northeastern state

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  Darul Uloom should have issued fatwa against terrorism: Jyoti

  April 04, 2016 7:39 IST

  Jaipur: Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti today said Darul Uloom Deoband should have issued fatwa against terrorism and instead of against chanting of 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' slogan. "In Deoband, Muslim religious leaders deny people

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  PM Narendra Modi returns home after three-nation tour

  April 04, 2016 7:18 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned home tonight after wrapping up his final-leg of five-day three-nation tour of Belgium, the US and Saudi Arabia. The Prime Minister had arrived in Riyadh yesterday from

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  Leave Arun Jaitley, he will not contest elections: Arvind Kejriwal to PM Modi

  April 03, 2016 21:55 IST

  New Delhi: Taking a dig at ruling BJP over the contentious issue of excise duty on non-silver jewellery, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “leave” Union Finance Minister Arun

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  UP Governor wants minister Azam Khan sacked for his remarks

  April 03, 2016 19:38 IST

  Gorakhpur (UP): Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik today said he has sought the sacking of cabinet minister Azam Khan for making comments against him in the state Assembly last month in which the latter had

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  Mehbooba Mufti to be sworn-in as Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister today

  April 04, 2016 7:28 IST

  Srinagar/Jammu: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti will be sworn in tomorrow as the first woman Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, also becoming the first-ever Muslim woman CM, heading a coalition government with BJP in the

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  PDP BJP may axe important faces in new government

  April 03, 2016 16:24 IST

  Jammu: As officials at the Jammu and Kashmir Raj Bhavan and the civil secretariat skipped their Sunday holiday to address protocol and legal issues related to Monday's swearing-in of an elected government, intense speculation did

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  Hope PDP, BJP Members Chant 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' After Swearing in: Omar

  April 03, 2016 14:54 IST

  Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said he expects all members of the PDP-BJP alliance to chant 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' as soon as the government takes oath of office tomorrow.

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  Corruption takes center stage in Bengal ahead of polls

  April 03, 2016 14:25 IST

  Kolkata: As Bengal goes to the polls, the issue of corruption has taken center stage in the election campaign for the first time since Independence. Post Saradha scam in which lakhs of investors had been

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  Freedom of expression 'stifled' in TN, alleges Karuna

  April 03, 2016 14:20 IST

  Chennai:Hitting out at the AIADMK government for slapping of sedition charges against six anti-liquor activists for their alleged incendiary speeches, DMK today charged that freedom of expression was being "stifled" in Tamil Nadu. Party

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  Oommen Chandy returns after hectic parleys with Congress leaders

  April 03, 2016 14:15 IST

  Kochi:Amid continuing tension in Kerala Congress over giving candidature to tainted leaders, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today arrived here after nearly week-long hectic parleys in New Delhi with party leaders, including Sonia Gandhi and Rahul

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  Indian priest abducted by ISIS is safe, Sushma Swaraj tells church delegation

  April 04, 2016 7:27 IST

  New Delhi:India has “secured” the release of four Indians from Syria, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Sunday. The four Indians were arrested by the Syrian government in January reportedly when they were

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  Abdul Kalam Azad, Abdul Hameed chanted 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai'; should be raised without any issue: R.S.Prasad

  April 03, 2016 10:18 IST

  Mathura: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said many leaders of the India's freedom struggle chanted 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'."While during pre-independence days, some noted people breathed their last after chanting Bharat Mata Ki

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  Modi's popularity test, Congress revival Linked to Assam poll results

  April 03, 2016 9:29 IST

  New Delhi: Never since its historical elections in the 1970s -- the peak of the Assam students' movement -- has the northeastern state generated so much interest in its polls nationally. Among the five states

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  Delhi court to hear case against Kejriwal, others on August 27

  April 03, 2016 8:19 IST

  New Delhi: A court here today fixed August 27 for hearing arguments on charges in a case against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Keriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia, AAP leader Kumar Vishwas and others for alleged

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  Will implement court ruling in true spirit: Maha CM after women blocked from Shani Temple

  April 03, 2016 7:33 IST

  Mumbai: Maharashtra chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said that his government will implement the Bombay high court order on entry of women in religious places in 'true spirit'. "No place for discrimination in Hindu

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  Harish Rawat shown black flags, his convoy pelted with stones

  April 03, 2016 7:19 IST

  Dehradun: Deposed Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat was today allegedly shown black flags and his convoy pelted with stones here when he was going to an event to mobilise public opinion against the dismissal of

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  BJP request BCCI to shift IPL matches out of Maharashtra due to drought

  April 02, 2016 19:27 IST

  Mumbai: Mumbai BJP Secretary Vivekananda Gupta has demanded that Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket matches scheduled to be played in Maharashtra should be shifted out of the state due to prevailing drought conditions. Gupta, in

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  RSS Leader Prefers ‘Vande Mataram’ Over ‘Jana Gana Mana’ as Anthem

  April 02, 2016 18:07 IST

  Mumbai: Days after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ remarks, a top functionary of the organisation has said that ‘Vande Mataram’ is the real national anthem as opposed to the ‘Constitutionally-mandated’ Jana Gana

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  All have right to say 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai': Smriti Irani responds to Darul Uloom Deoband fatwa

  April 02, 2016 17:18 IST

  Rajkot: A day after India's largest Islamic seminary 'Darul Uloom Deoband' issued a "fatwa" saying Muslims should not say "Bharat Mata Ki Jai", Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani today said everybody had the right to

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  Assam polls: Students yearning for a change in state leadership

  April 02, 2016 14:14 IST

  The students here are yearning for a change and wants a Chief Minister like Manik Sarkar of next door neighbour Tripura and Arvind Kejriwal of faraway Delhi, who will work for overall development of the state and welfare of all religions in Assam.

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  Backtracking RSS leaves BJP high and dry

  April 02, 2016 14:37 IST

  The beauty of an open society is that its air of freedom has a calming effect on fundamentalists.

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  Don't want to politicise Kolkata flyover collapse, says Rahul Gandhi

  April 02, 2016 14:04 IST

  Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today met the injured people and the families of the victims of the March 31 flyover collapse incident that took place in city's Girish Park area.

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  Hung assembly in Assam, LDF win in Kerala, TMC in WB, AIADMK in TN: Poll

  April 01, 2016 20:33 IST

  The forthcoming elections in Assam may throw up a hung assembly, while the Left Democratic Front is going to stage a comeback in Kerala, predicts India TV-CVoter opinion poll, results of which were telecast tonight on the channel.

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  ‘Ideological reaction’: Jaitley justifies action against JNU, Hyderabad univ students

  April 01, 2016 19:08 IST

  if slogans are openly raised for persons who bombed Mumbai or attacked Parliament, then one must expect some "ideological reaction" from those who do not agree with this.

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  After Bihar debacle, will BJP benefit by restricting PM Modi's exposure in upcoming state elections?

  April 01, 2016 19:03 IST

  If political commentators are to be believed, the BJP’s decision to restrict PM Modi to a few rallies in line with his national standing and stature and allowing the local leadership to drive the campaign looks like the right strategy and is definite

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  President Pranab Mukherjee signs ordinance on Uttarakhand expenditure

  April 01, 2016 14:48 IST

  New Delhi: The Centre has issued an ordinance to authorise expenditure from today in Uttarakhand, which is under President's rule. The Uttarakhand Appropriation (Vote on Account) Ordinance, 2016 was promulgated by the President yesterday,