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  Maha government to table Bill against dance bars: CM Fadnavis

  March 09, 2016 7:47 IST

  The Maharashtra government will bring a comprehensive new legislation to stopping dance bars from reopening in the Budget Session, commencing today.

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  Andhra minister's son denied bail in molestation case

  March 08, 2016 23:58 IST

  Hyderabad: Rejecting the bail petition of the son of an Andhra Pradesh minister in a molestation case, a city court sent him to police custody for two days.The bail petition of Ravela Susheel, son of

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  Please consider your track record: FM on 'Fair & Lovely' jibe

  March 09, 2016 7:25 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today led a strong counter in the Rajya Sabha against the Congress' jibes on the black money window announced as part of the budget, saying it was not an

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  PIL against PM Modi in Bombay HC for alleged violation of code of conduct

  March 08, 2016 20:14 IST

  Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked the Centre and the Election Commission to file their replies to a public interest litigation alleging violation of code of conduct by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and

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  No one can stop me from starting dance academy: Hema

  March 08, 2016 19:57 IST

  New Delhi: Allegations that she illegally grabbed land for a dance academy at a nominal price notwithstanding, veteran actress-MP Hema Malini asserts no can stop her from from establishing her institute.A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in

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  'My pressure worked': Rahul seeks credit for EPF tax rollback

  March 08, 2016 18:54 IST

  New Delhi: Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday sought credit for the government's rollback of proposed move to tax EPF withdrawals. In a series of tweets, Gandhi said the government was “forced” to listen to

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  Bihar ministers in soup over 'courtesy meet' with Shahabuddin in jail

  March 08, 2016 22:09 IST

  New Delhi: The Nitish Kumar government on Tuesday came under fire from the opposition BJP when its ministers were caught on camera dining with former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Mohammed Shahabuddin in a Siwan

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  Sonia Gandhi pitches for passage of Women's Reservation bill

  March 08, 2016 16:50 IST

  New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today used the occasion of the International Women's Day to seek an early passage to the Women's Reservation Bill that seeks to reserve a third of legislative seats in

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  On Women's Day, Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan rides Harley Davidson to reach Parliament

  March 08, 2016 14:25 IST

  New Delhi: Congress MP and Pappu Yadav's wife Ranjeet Ranjan today rode on black and orange Harley Davidson bike to the parliament on International Women's day.The 39-year-old Congress lawmaker from Bihar's Supaul, looked dapper in

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  BJP may have the last laugh in Assam Assembly polls

  March 08, 2016 12:19 IST

  Ahead of the elections to the Assam assembly, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has strengthened its position by striking an alliance with the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP).Although the Assam Pradesh Congress tried its best to

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  Kejriwal claims CBI summoned his staff 'informally', agency denies

  March 08, 2016 10:34 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today claimed that the Central Bureau of Investigation summoned his office staff “informally on phone”."CBI summons Delhi CM's staff "informally" on phone without notice. Staff of other ministers

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  Alliance with BJP is like father's 'will': Mehbooba Mufti

  March 07, 2016 23:39 IST

  Srinagar: Hinting at going ahead with BJP in government formation, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said her late father Mufti Sayeed's decision to have the alliance with the saffron party was like a "will"

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  Congress demands President's Rule in Haryana

  March 07, 2016 20:59 IST

  Chandigarh: Alleging that the Manohar Lal Khattar government failed to control the situation during the Jat quota stir in Haryana, Congress today demanded President's Rule be imposed in the state and a judicial inquiry by a

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  Modi government muzzling voice of poor: Rahul Gandhi

  March 07, 2016 20:48 IST

  New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today accused the Narendra Modi government of muzzling the voice of the poor, tribals and the underprivileged."Tribals from Bastar and other areas of Chhattisgarh came to see me.

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  Police defends Irani, says her convoy reached spot after accident

  March 07, 2016 20:06 IST

  New Delhi: Backing HRD Minister Smriti Irani against the claims made by the daughter of the Agra-based doctor Ramesh Nagar who died in the accident at Yamuna Expressway on Sunday, the police today said that

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  Smriti Irani in a spot after children contradict her claim

  March 07, 2016 18:13 IST

  New Delhi: HRD Minister Smriti Irani was today in a spot when the children of a doctor killed in an accident on the Yamuna Expressway on Saturday night contradicted her claim that she had tried

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  Real Estate Bill to be reality in Budget session itself: Venkaiah Naidu

  March 07, 2016 17:53 IST

  Gurgaon: Urban Development Minister Venkiah Naidu today expressed confidence that the Real Estate Bill will become a "reality" during the ongoing Budget session of Parliament."Real Estate Bill is going to be a reality in this

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  Muzaffarnagar riots panel report an eyewash: Mayawati

  March 07, 2016 16:55 IST

  Lucknow: BSP supremo Mayawati today rejected the report of one-man judicial commission that probed the 2013 Muzaffarnagar communal riots, tabled in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly yesterday, alleging it was an "eyewash" to save the Samajwadi Party

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  Centre has to take call on our demands: Mehbooba Mufti

  March 07, 2016 16:43 IST

  Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said today that implementation of the agenda of alliance and heading the new Jammu and Kashmir government were both important issues for her, but added that the central government would

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  Rajnath Singh reviews security situation after terror inputs

  March 07, 2016 15:02 IST

  New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday reviewed the internal security situation in the country in the wake of inputs that 10 suspected LeT and JeM terrorists have entered India from Pakistan through Gujarat.At

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  Guj govt prepared to tackle any terror threat: Anandiben Patel

  March 06, 2016 23:35 IST

  Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today said her government is prepared to tackle any eventuality following intelligence inputs suggested that some terrorists have sneaked into the state taking the sea route. "With the kind of arrangement

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  Will spare no efforts to rescue priest missing in Yemen: Sushma Swaraj

  March 06, 2016 20:09 IST

  New Delhi: India will spare no efforts to rescue father Tom Uzhunnalil, who has gone missing in Yemen after the ISIS terrorist group attacked a care home run by Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity."Yemen is

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  Karti is being targeted because he is my son, says P. Chidambaram

  March 06, 2016 19:08 IST

  New Delhi: Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram today said Karti is being targeted only because he is his son but “the real target is me” and rejected as “malicious and totally false” allegations that he

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  Prime Minister Narendra Modi is God's gift to India: Shivraj Chouhan

  March 06, 2016 19:08 IST

  Vrindavan: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is God's gift to India, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said today.He also attacked the Congress, saying the party of Mahatma Gandhi should be "embarrassed" at its vice

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  Nation is always empowered by its women, says PM Modi

  March 06, 2016 16:50 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said a nation is always empowered by its women.“Nation is always empowered by its women. It is she who nurtures a citizen as a mother, as a sister

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  Fee hike in IP University colleges will be rolled back: Kejriwal

  March 06, 2016 16:48 IST

  New Delhi: In the wake of students' agitation over retrospective fee hike in colleges affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said the hike will be rolled back. "Learnt that fees of all

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  UP Assembly Polls: SP bags 31 of 35 UP Council seats, BJP draws a blank

  March 06, 2016 16:30 IST

  Lucknow: In a big boost to the ruling Samajwadi Party ahead of the 2017 UP Assembly polls, it won 23 out of 28 local bodies seats of the state Legislative Council today, while BJP, a major

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  Kanhaiya is an aberration, nationalists don't accept it: Rajiv Pratap Rudy

  March 06, 2016 16:07 IST

  Kolkata: Describing Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar as an "aberration", union minister and BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy today said such an aberration will not be accepted at the cost of nationalism.Interacting