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  Cong takes a dig at Naidu's flattering chant of Modi

  March 21, 2016 20:06 IST

  Congress today took a dig at Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu for hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "God's gift to India"

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  Uttarakhand crisis: BJP, Congress to meet Pranab Mukherjee

  March 21, 2016 19:07 IST

  New Delhi/Dehradun: BJP's Uttarakhand legislators along with nine Congress rebels will meet President Pranab Mukherjee today evening to seek his intervention in the ongoing political crisis in the hill state. A Congress delegation will

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  ‘Nationalism’ debate: From Shashi Tharoor to Digvijay Singh, is Congress completely confused over its stand?

  March 21, 2016 18:43 IST

  On 'nationalism' debate, the actions and stands taken by the Congress and its prominent leaders indicate that the party is completely confused over how it should respond to the new challenge.

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  Centre ready for talks if insurgents give up violence: Rajnath Singh

  March 21, 2016 18:41 IST

  Centre ready for talks if insurgents give up violence: Rajnath Singh

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  Apologise or face lawsuit: Maha CM Fadnavis tells Digvijay Singh over ‘nepotism’ charge

  March 21, 2016 18:24 IST

  Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has asked senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh to apologise for levelling “baseless accusations” against him -- saying that a state agency ordered developers to open accounts in a priv

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  Opposition attack far worse than hitting ‘Below the Belt’: Oommen Chandy

  March 21, 2016 18:16 IST

  Opposition Attack Far Worse Than Hitting ‘Below the Belt’: Oommen Chandy

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  Kerala polls: CPM faces heat over 'glamour' candidates

  March 21, 2016 17:54 IST

  Faced with protests against ion of 'celebrities' as the candidates for the Kerala assembly polls, the CPI-M got a setback on Monday when film actress K.P.A.C. Lalitha said she was unwilling to contest the election.

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  Will you consider ‘sedition’ charges against AG? Maharashtra MLAs ask Fadnavis govt

  March 21, 2016 17:43 IST

  Mumbai: The Maharashtra assembly was thrown into turmoil on Monday over state Advocate General Shrihari Aney's demand for a separate state of Marathwada, with the ruling BJP's ally Shiv Sena as well as the opposition

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  Court takes OP Chautala in custody in disproportionate assets case

  March 21, 2016 16:08 IST

  Court takes OP Chautala in custody in disproportionate assets case

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  Telangana assembly recommends 300 per cent hike in salaries of ministers, MLAs

  March 21, 2016 17:51 IST

  Undeterred by a growing debt burden, the Telangana government is reportedly moving ahead with a proposal to hike the salaries of Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs), Members of Legislative Council (MLCs), ministers and the Chief Minister by 400 pe

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  Shashi Tharoor compares Kanhaiya to Bhagat Singh, invites criticism

  March 21, 2016 18:48 IST

  Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor stoked controversy for comparing JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, facing sedition charge, to freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.

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  Uttarakhand: Congress expels Vijay Bahuguna's son for 6 years, Rebel MLAs to meet prez today

  March 21, 2016 18:50 IST

  New Delhi: The ongoing power tussle of Uttarakhand has shifted to Delhi with 28 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs from the state along with the nine rebel Congress leaders scheduled to meet the president Pranab

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  Am ‘Ambedkar bhakt’, no one can snatch reservation from Dalits: PM Modi

  March 21, 2016 12:34 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday laid the foundation stone of a state of the art memorial of Doctor BR Ambedkar in New Delhi, which would mainly house his relics and cover all important aspects of his life and work.

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  PM Modi is God's gift to India: Venkaiah Naidu

  March 21, 2016 8:03 IST

  New Delhi: Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu has described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as "god's gift to India" and a "messiah of the poor" who “inherited challenges in each and every sector”, but was “steering

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  Shashi Tharoor takes a dig at government on nationalism

  March 21, 2016 13:18 IST

  New Delhi:Taking a dig at ruling BJP over its stand on the JNU row, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today said nationalism is now decided by whether one can say 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' or not.

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  PM Modi asks BJP workers not to be diverted by non-issues

  March 21, 2016 9:07 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked his party workers not to get distracted by "irrelevant" issues raked up by the opposition and said their sole focus should be to move ahead with government's mantra of development.

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  Mob violence against Muslims rising: Ghulam Nabi Azad

  March 20, 2016 21:47 IST

  Incidents of mob violence against Muslims are rising, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad has said.

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  BJP won't tolerate anti-nationalism: Rajnath

  March 20, 2016 21:32 IST

  Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday asserted that the BJP was open to political opposition but will never tolerate any anti-national thought process.

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  Assembly elections: 586 candidates in fray for first phase of Assam poll

  March 20, 2016 21:03 IST

  The nominations of 586 candidates have been found valid for the sixty five constituencies going to the poll in the first phase of Assembly elections on April 4.

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  Togadia asks PM Modi to bring legislation to build Ram temple

  March 20, 2016 20:25 IST

  Senior VHP leader Pravin Togadia on Sunday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring in a legislation in Parliament for construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya.

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  Will never accept new conditions by PDP: BJP

  March 20, 2016 19:15 IST

  BJP today said it was in touch with several PDP legislators who were in favour of government formation in Jammu and Kashmir, but added it will "never" accept new conditions for alliance put forth by Mehbooba Mufti.

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  Rahul Gandhi biggest enemy of Punjab: Sukhbir Badal

  March 20, 2016 17:45 IST

  Sukhbir Singh Badal today said Rahul Gandhi is the "biggest enemy" of Punjab for "branding" the state's youth as drug addicts and claimed the Congress vice president has given enough proof of being "anti-Punjab and anti-Sikh".

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  Freedom of expression gives no right to destroy nation: BJP

  March 20, 2016 17:18 IST

  BJP today said freedom of expression does not give a right to seek the country's destruction, as the issue found the pride of place in the political resolution adopted at its National Executive meeting here.

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  We are committed to agenda of governance in J&K: Arun Jaitley

  March 20, 2016 16:09 IST

  We are committed to agenda of governance in J&K: Arun Jaitley

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  Toppling govts by blatant misuse of money BJP’s new model: Rahul Gandhi

  March 20, 2016 15:13 IST

  New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday mounted a sharp attack on the Prime Minister and the BJP in the wake of the Uttarakhand crisis, saying it has exposed the “true face of

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  BJP to improve presence in upcoming assembly elections: Arun Jaitley

  March 20, 2016 13:38 IST

  New Delhi: Union minister and senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley today said that the party would "increase its presence" in the upcoming assembly elections. Addressing the media on day 2 of the National executive

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  JDU, RLD, JVM(P), SJP merger talks reaches final stage

  March 20, 2016 11:54 IST

  New Delhi: After a failed attempt at unification of the larger Janata Parivar, JD(U), Rashtriya Lok Dal, Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajtantrik) and Samajwadi Janata Party look set to merge in Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh.

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  Tibetan exiles vote to elect PM

  March 20, 2016 10:29 IST

  Dharamsala:Tibetan exiles across the world on Sunday voted to elect their nominees for the post of 'Sikyong' or prime minister and the members of the parliament-in-exile based here. Long queues of men and women flashing