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Kanhaiya Kumar to campaign for Left in West Bengal: Sitaram Yechury
March 04, 2016 18:56 ISTNew Delhi: Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury said on Friday that Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who was released from Tihar jail yesterday, will campaign for the Left in
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Bihar: Farmers refuse to cut their crop prematurely for PM Modi's function
March 04, 2016 18:25 ISTHajipur: The proposed venue for programme of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to unveil some Railway projects on March 12 here is facing difficulties with farmers refusing to cut their crop in the 60 acre field in Sultanpur village
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BJP's marketing is better than Congress: Rahul Gandhi
March 05, 2016 7:21 ISTGuwahati: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of launching personal attacks at him in his speech in the Lok Sabha and said people of Assam will send BJP packing
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'Achhe din' will come only after 2019, says Rahul Gandhi
March 04, 2016 16:32 ISTSilchar: Slamming the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today said "achhe din" will come only after 2019 and that the Congress is already working for it."Now,
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Kanhaiya is more 'deshbhakt' than BJP: Nitish Kumar
March 04, 2016 16:23 ISTPatna: JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar is more of a 'deshbhakt' (patriot) than BJP leaders who have dubbed him anti-national, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said today.Nitish Kumar made the remarks after ending a
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Ishrat Jahan case file never came to me, claims Sushilkumar Shinde
March 04, 2016 14:00 ISTNew Delhi: Former home minister Sushilkumar Shinde has denied NIA official Loknath Behera's claim that he had in 2010 confirmed the Ministry about Ishrat Jahan's links with terror group LeT.“Loknath Behera was a low rank
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EC announces poll schedule for 5 states, counting on May 19
March 04, 2016 20:03 ISTNew Delhi: Election Commission of India today announced the schedule for assembly polls in five states – Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and PuducherryThe polling will be held in 2 phases in Assam on
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Kanhaiya free to join politics and save his party: Venkaiah Naidu
March 04, 2016 23:16 ISTNew Delhi: Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu today took a jibe at JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar saying he can join politics as his ‘favourite' political party is almost in single digit in
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PM launches Setu Bharatam project,no Rly crossings on highways by 2019
March 04, 2016 14:35 ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched Rs 10,200 crore Setu Bharatam project, which aims to make all national highways free of railway crossings by 2019.Speaking on the occasion, he said the government knows
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No summons to Chidambaram's wife in Saradha scam, clarifies CBI
March 04, 2016 12:35 ISTNew Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has denies sending summons to Nalini Chidambaram, the wife of former finance minister P Chidambaram, in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam case.Earlier this morning, there
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'Fair and Lovely' remark: BJP to move notice against Rahul Gandhi
March 04, 2016 11:48 ISTNew Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party will move a notice against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for using 'racist' fair and lovely remark in his speech in the Lok Sabha."Rahul Gandhi mocked the disclosure scheme of
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Former Lok Sabha Speaker PA Sangma passes away
March 04, 2016 17:28 ISTNew Delhi: Former Lok Sabha speaker Purno Agitok Sangma passed way this morning following a heart attack.Sangma, who unsuccessfully contested the presidential election as an opposition candidate against Pranab Mukherjee, was 68 years old.The former
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Punish those worshiping Nathuram Godse, Rajnath Singh tells states
March 04, 2016 9:26 ISTNew Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has distanced his government from those ‘worshiping' Nathuram Godse, the man who killed Mahatma Gandhi on January 30, 1948. Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha on
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Youth must be told to say 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai': RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat
March 04, 2016 8:37 ISTNagpur: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today said the new generation needs to be taught to chant slogans hailing mother India, comments that come against the backdrop of a raging row over alleged anti-India sloganeering on
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Congress nominates Anand Sharma for RS from Himachal; may field Anthony from Kerala
March 04, 2016 7:39 ISTNew Delhi: Congress Deputy Leader in Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma is being nominated as party candidate from Himachal Pradesh for election to the Upper House while senior leader AK Antony is likely to be renominated
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BJP hits out at Omar for his remarks on alliance
March 04, 2016 7:08 ISTJammu: BJP today hit out at former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah, accusing him of "adopting double standards" while in and out of power. "We strongly condemn the utterances of Omar Abdullah. He had
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Will BJP-AGP alliance succeed in dethroning Congress govt in Assam?
March 04, 2016 11:35 ISTNew Delhi: Just a few days before the Election Commission announces the notification for Assembly elections in Assam, the BJP sealed an alliance with Asom Gan Parishad(AGP) with an aim to further consolidate anti-Congress votes
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Did Rahul copy 'Fair & Lovely' jibe from Ram Jethmalani?
March 03, 2016 17:30 ISTNew Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi had yesterday led an aggressive charge over the ruling government over a host of issues. However, the one comment that garnered utmost public attention was his ‘Fair &
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Academic atmosphere in JNU is normal, Irani tells Rajya Sabha
March 03, 2016 17:12 ISTNew Delhi: HRD minister Smriti Irani today said that most classes in JNU, which has seen protests over arrest of students in connection with a controversial event, are being held regularly and the academic atmosphere
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Rahul Gandhi demands rollback of proposed tax on EPF withdrawals
March 03, 2016 14:41 ISTNew Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today demanded the rollback of government's proposal to tax employee provident fund withdrawals."People work all their lives, and EPF is the safety net for them, and to destroy
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The Election Game: Prashant Kishor to pen book on how to win, lose elections
March 03, 2016 14:18 ISTNew Delhi: Prashant Kishor, a key strategist in the landslide victories of Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar, dissects what influences Indian voters today, their aspirations and what they now demand of their leaders in his
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Opp resorting to disruption because of inferiority complex: PM
March 04, 2016 10:17 ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took a dig at Congress by invoking former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's views disapproving Parliamentary disruptions and said hindering debate in the House is very counter-productive.Replying to a
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Let Centre take a call on TN govt's move to free Rajiv Gandhi's killers: Rahul
March 03, 2016 14:02 ISTNew Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today said that it is for the Central government to decide on Tamil Nadu government's move to free the seven assassins of former prime minister and his father
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Strategist Prashant Kishor meets Rahul to craft Congress UP strategy
March 03, 2016 11:19 ISTNew Delhi: Political strategist Prashant Kishor, who played a key role in victories of Narendra Modi-led BJP in general elections and JD(U)-RJD-Congress alliance in Bihar, on Wednesday attended a meeting with Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi
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Congress questions omission of defence in budget speech
March 03, 2016 8:09 ISTNew Delhi: Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday questioned the omission of the mention of the budgetary allocation for the defence ministry in Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's general budget speech."For the first time, there
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Modi's Ministers hit back at Rahul Gandhi for misleading Parliament
March 03, 2016 7:50 ISTNew Delhi: Top three Ministers in Narendra Modi Cabinet hit back at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi over his dig that the Prime Minister did not consult his ministers while taking crucial decisions including on
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Rajya Sabha passes Bill to remove anomalies in HC judges' pension
March 02, 2016 23:48 ISTNew Delhi: Rajya Sabha today passed a bill seeks to remove anomalies in the pensionary benefits of High Court judges elevated from the bar.The High Court and the Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of
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Will never enter into an alliance with BJP: Omar Abdullah
March 02, 2016 23:26 ISTSrinagar: National Conference (NC) working president Omar Abdullah today said his party will never enter into an alliance with the BJP, stating that he would quit politics than compromise with the honour and dignity of
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