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  Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announces ‘Ministry of Happiness’ for Madhya Pradesh

  April 01, 2016 14:42 IST

  Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday announced that the state will soon have a ministry for happiness to measure its progress. CM said that the idea came from Bhutan’s gross

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  Pathankot attack: No date yet for Indian probe team's visit to Pak, says Kiren Rijiju

  April 01, 2016 14:29 IST

  Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today termed the meeting between Pakistan JIT, probing Pathankot attack, and Indian investigators ‘very positive’. He said that the visiting side ‘has not contradicted’ the findings of New Delhi in the Pathankot airbase a

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  Mehbooba Mufti to be sworn in as first woman chief minister of J&K on April 4

  April 01, 2016 12:20 IST

  Srinagar: PDP President Mehbooba Mufti will be sworn in as the first woman Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on April 4, a party leader said today. "Mehbooba Mufti sahiba will be sworn in

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  Judicial custody of Bhujbal, nephew extended till April 13

  March 31, 2016 22:45 IST

  The special court for Prevention of Money Laundering Act cases today extended till April 13 the judicial custody of NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal and his nephew and former MP Samir.

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  Congress not interested in development of poor: Nitin Gadkari

  March 31, 2016 21:51 IST

  Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today said Congress, being a 'family-centric' party, was interested in its own development only and not that of the poor.

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  Rajya Sabha also prorogued to end parliament budget session

  March 31, 2016 20:27 IST

  The Rajya Sabha has been prorogued by President Pranab Mukherjee, officially ending parliament's budget session since the Lok Sabha too was prorogued earlier.

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  Blame game erupts following flyover collapse in Kolkata

  March 31, 2016 20:08 IST

  Thursday turned out to be a black day for Kolkata when a portion of an under-construction flyover collapsed in a busy area of north Kolkata, causing atleast 17 deaths and leaving more than 150 injured.

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  After Kolkata bridge collapse, Omar Abdullah seeks safety audit of under construction flyovers in J&K

  March 31, 2016 17:28 IST

  Omar Abdullah has called for a thorough safety audit of two flyover projects that are currently under implementation in the cities of Jammu and Srinagar.

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  Why Vijay Mallya, Lalit Modi still abroad, Rahul Gandhi asks PM Modi

  March 31, 2016 16:25 IST

  Digboi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about bringing back black money from overseas, then why liquor baron Vijay Mallya and former IPL chief Lalit Modi are still abroad, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi asked today.

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  Never sought or acquired British citizenship, allegation a political conspiracy: Rahul Gandhi

  March 31, 2016 14:17 IST

  Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today denied the allegation that he once held British citizenship terming the charge as a ‘political conspiracy’ to tarnish his image.

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  Nationalism is in the DNA of country's Muslims: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

  March 31, 2016 13:20 IST

  New Delhi: Amid media reports claiming three Madrassa students were beaten for allegedly not chanting 'Bharat Mata ki jai', Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said giving the slogan is "not a fashion, but passion"

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  Day after its passage in Haryana Assembly, Jat Quota Bill challenged in High Court

  March 31, 2016 8:51 IST

  The reservation to Jats and five other communities in government jobs and education was yesterday challenged in the Punjab and Haryana High Court here, days after Haryana Assembly cleared the quota Bill.

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  Pak has acknowledged Pathankot attack originated from its soil: Rajnath Singh

  March 31, 2016 8:11 IST

  Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said that for the first time, Pakistan has acknowledged that the terror attack in Pathankot had its roots in that country.

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  Can Prashant Kishor guide a demoralised Congress to victory in Uttar Pradesh after 27-long years?

  March 31, 2016 0:25 IST

  can Prashant Kishor bring to an end Congress party’s 27-year long exile from corridors of power in Uttar Pradesh even if he succeeds in bringing Priyanka as the party’s face in upcoming state elections?

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  Uttarakhand: Union cabinet approves ordinance for state's expenditure

  March 30, 2016 23:56 IST

  New Delhi: The government today gave the nod for the issuance of an ordinance that seeks to authorise government expenditure in Uttarakhand from April 1 in view of President's Rule in the hill state. A

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  Security stepped up after threat call to 'blow up' Arvind Kejriwal

  March 30, 2016 23:53 IST

  Security was stepped up in and around Delhi Secretariat and the Chief Minister's residence after police received a call this evening in which a man threatened to "blow up" Arvind Kejriwal.

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  India should grow as a society not just as economy: Suresh Prabhu

  March 30, 2016 23:32 IST

  Union Minister Suresh Prabhu today said growth of a nation should include holistic development of a society and its culture rather than only being in terms of economy.

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  Every fifth candidate contesting first phase of Bengal assembly polls has criminal cases

  March 30, 2016 20:31 IST

  New Delhi: As many as 58 of the 296 candidates contesting the first phase of the West Bengal assembly polls have declared that they have pending criminal cases against them, NGO Association for Democratic Reforms

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  Pakistan cooking up spy story to defame India: Kiren Rijiju

  March 30, 2016 17:40 IST

  New Delhi: The government today accused Pakistan of "cooking up" stories to defame India and of releasing a "doctored video" in which an arrested Indian ex-naval officer is heard purportedly "confessing" to New Delhi`s alleged

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  Uttarakhand crisis: No floor test on March 31, rules HC division bench

  March 30, 2016 19:47 IST

  A division bench of the Nainital High Court today stayed the scheduled floor test for the government’s vote of confidence on March 31 till the proceedings in the case were on.

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  Kerala: Congress candidate selection for upcoming assembly polls runs into hurdle

  March 30, 2016 16:58 IST

  New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram: The Congress party's selection of candidates to contest the upcoming Kerala assembly polls today ran into an unexpected hurdle as Chief Minister Oommen Chandy desired to withdraw from the electoral fray. Chandy expressed

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  BJP trying to topple all Congress-led governments: Sonia Gandhi

  March 30, 2016 15:27 IST

  Congress president Sonia Gandhi today slammed the ruling BJP at the Centre for toppling her party's governments in states. “If possible, they would have done the same in Assam,” she said while referring to imposition of Central rule in Uttarakhand.

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  Nitish government announces job reservations for third gender in Bihar

  March 30, 2016 15:21 IST

  In what will count as a big push for providing equal rights to eunuchs and transgenders and bring them into the mainstream, the Bihar government on Wednesday announced extending reservation in jobs to the third gender and also set up a welfare board

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  Smriti Irani assails Congress, says party conspiring to divide India

  March 30, 2016 14:52 IST

  Accusing Congress of sidelining the sacrifices of Army soldiers, Union Minister Smriti Irani today said the party is plotting plans to "divide India" to suit its political interest.

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  Insurgency situation has improved under NDA govt: Rajnath Singh

  March 30, 2016 14:42 IST

  Rajnath Singh today claimed that the insurgency situation has improved considerably in the last 18 months since BJP came to power at the Centre and appealed to all militant outfits in Assam to give up arms and come forward for talks.

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  Uttarakhand crisis: Rebel Cong MLAs move court against Speaker's action

  March 30, 2016 14:39 IST

  Dehradun: Rebel Congress MLAs on Wednesday moved the Uttarakhand High Court challenging their disqualification by Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal after President's rule had been imposed in the state. The petition has been filed

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  Incidents like JNU will not dent India's image abroad: Arun Jaitley

  March 30, 2016 14:17 IST

  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said incidents like JNU were not the kind of issues that would dent India's image overseas and asserted that no country can allow an agenda which openly speaks in terms of breaking it.

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  Read how Sushma Swaraj gave it back to Manish Tewari over alleged crucifixion of Indian priest by ISIS

  March 30, 2016 14:48 IST

  After unconfirmed media reports of Indian catholic priest Father Thomas Uzhunnali surfaced , Congress leader Manish Tewari took to twitter alleging BJP government of leaving the priest to die because he was a