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Arunachal CM Kalikho Pul set for floor test today
February 25, 2016 7:57 ISTItanagar:The newly installed government in Arunachal Pradesh will face a test of its strength in the Assembly on Thursday with Chief Minister Kalikho Pul today receiving a shot in the arm as eight Nabam Tuki
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BJP is my first and last party, says Shatrughan Sinha
February 25, 2016 7:52 ISTHyderabad: Maintaining that "BJP is his first and last party", disgruntled MP Shatrughan Sinha on Wednesday berated party leaders from Bihar for suggesting that he quit his Lok Sabha membership in the wake of his
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Arvind Kejriwal to go on five-day Punjab visit from tomorrow
February 25, 2016 7:14 ISTNew Delhi:Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal will start his five-day visit to Punjab from tomorrow to take stock of poll preparations of the party there."The Delhi Chief Minister will visit Punjab
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CPI-M, Congress tie-up essential for democracy: Somnath Chatterjee
February 25, 2016 7:15 ISTKolkata: Backing the proposed tie-up between the Left Front and Congress for West Bengal assembly polls, former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Wednesday said such an arrangement was essential for a united fight against
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Rajnath Singh on JNU row: No innocent student will be harassed
February 24, 2016 23:22 ISTNew Delhi: Amid raging controversy over JNU, Home Minister Rajnath Singh tonight assured the Lok Sabha that no innocent student will be harassed and said the issue of sedition charge slapped against some students should
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If BJP voted to power in UP it will ensure development of state: Amit Shah
February 24, 2016 23:10 ISTBahraich/ Balrampur(UP): BJP president Amit Shah today flayed successive BSP and Samajwadi Party governments of Uttar Pradesh for indulging in casteist politics and promised that if voted to power his party will ensure the development
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Smriti Irani tears into opposition over JNU row, Rohith suicide
February 24, 2016 22:09 ISTNew Delhi: Union Minister for Human Resource Development Smriti Irani today made a strong and emotional counter to the charges of the Congress and other opposition parties against her and the ruling government over the
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5 crazy ways supporters celebrated Amma's 68th birthday in Tamil Nadu
February 24, 2016 20:23 ISTChennai: AIADMK head and Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalitha is no stranger to sycophancy and her ardent supporters have ensured that the leader's 68th birthday today does not fall any short of it.With the
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Rajya Sabha's first working day is a washout
February 24, 2016 19:23 ISTNew Delhi: The first working day of the Budget session of Rajya Sabha was a washout today with the House failing to transact any business due to the continued uproar created by BSP members, led
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Jat stir: Hooda aide booked on sedition charges for inciting violence
February 24, 2016 18:55 ISTHissar: Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda's close aide Virender has been booked on charges of sedition after an audio clip of his conversation in which he allegedly incited violence during the Jat quota agitation
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Mamata Banerjee playing with fire on illegal Bangladeshi immigrants
February 24, 2016 18:23 ISTA dangerous situation may arise in the country if Mamata Banerjee's demand for granting citizenship to Bangladeshi immigrants living in India for more than five years is conceded.The West Bengal chief minister has called for
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Centre targets electrifying 7,000 villages by March
February 24, 2016 17:47 ISTNew Delhi: The central government has fixed a target of electrifying 7,000 un-electrified villages by the end of the current fiscal on March 31, Power Minister Piyush Goyal has said."The village electrification target for 2015-16
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Are you with those who attacked Parliament or those who saved it? Anurag Thakur asks Rahul Gandhi
February 24, 2016 23:17 ISTNew Delhi: Union Minister Anurag Thakur today asked Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi to clarify if he stands with those who attacked the Parliament of India or those who saved it." Do you stand with Afzal
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Over 1,000 people tattoo J. Jayalalithaa's picture, name
February 24, 2016 16:36 ISTChennai: Over 1,000 people tattooed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's picture and name on their forearms to mark the 68th birth anniversary of the AIADMK supremo.The event was organised by Velachery MLA M K
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Rohith's mother meets Arvind Kejriwal, demands job for younger son
February 24, 2016 16:21 ISTNew Delhi: Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula's mother today met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at his residence and requested a job for her younger son.At the meeting, Radhika Vemula, Rohith's mother, was accompanied by her
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Rahul should clarify if he supports raising of anti-India slogans: Amit Shah
February 24, 2016 17:22 ISTBahraich(UP): BJP President Amit Shah today asked Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi to clarify whether he supports anti-national slogans which were raised at JNU during a controversial event organised to mark death anniversary of parlieamnt
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Rohith Vemula suicide: Mayawati, Smriti Irani lock horns in RS
February 24, 2016 21:19 ISTNew Delhi: BSP MPs led by Mayawati in Rajya Sabha today demanded resignation of Union Ministers Smriti Irani and Bandaru Dattatreya in connection with the suicide of Dalit student Rohith Vemula at the Hyderabad Central
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JNU row: Govt won't let me speak because they are scared, says Rahul Gandhi
February 24, 2016 14:58 ISTNew Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today said that he will raise the JNU issue in the parliament but the government will not let him speak as they are scared of what he will
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JNU row: Congress gives notice for adjournment motion in Lok Sabha
February 24, 2016 12:18 ISTNew Delhi: The row over JNU is expected to generate heat in Lok Sabha with Congress giving a notice for adjournment motion on the issue on the first working day today of the House in
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PM Modi asks BJP MPs to aggressively defend govt on JNU issue
February 24, 2016 10:45 ISTNew Delhi: After President's address to members of both Houses of Parliament yesterday, the legislative business of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will begin today. Issues relating to JNU and Hyderabad University will come up
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Gujarat CM hails budget as pro-people, Cong calls it jugglery
February 24, 2016 8:41 ISTGandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today hailed the state budget as a concrete step by her government for overall development, while the opposition Congress termed it "jugglery of figures".State Finance Minister Saurabh Patel presented
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Govt set for strong counter to opposition during JNU debate in RS
February 24, 2016 8:20 ISTNew Delhi: The National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre is all set to aggressively counter the Congress and the Left during the debate on the JNU row and the Rohith Vemula suicide in Parliament
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I have no expectations from Railway Budget: Nitish Kumar
February 23, 2016 19:49 ISTPatna: Stating he had 'no expectations' from Railway budget, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday opposed the Centre's decision asking state governments to invest in railway projects."I do not have any expectations from railway
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Pranab Mukherjee's speech utterly uninspiring: Ashwani Kumar
February 23, 2016 19:20 ISTNew Delhi: The presidential address to the joint sitting of parliament was utterly uninspiring and completely directionless, former union minister and Congress leader Ashwani Kumar said today.“The presidential speech was totally directionless. There was nothing
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Will our MPs listen to President and allow Parliament to function?
February 24, 2016 10:15 ISTNew Delhi: The Budget Session of Parliament has been set in motion with the President Pranab Mukherjee addressing the join sitting of the two houses Tuesday.Budget session, in one sense, is the most important session
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Rohith Vemula march: Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal join protest
February 23, 2016 18:16 ISTNew Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today lent their participation to a protest march organised by the family and friends of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, who committed suicide
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We need a law to end discrimination in education : Rahul Gandhi
February 23, 2016 15:00 ISTNew Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today reached Jantar Mantar to join protest by students who demand justice for Rohith Vemula, the Hyderabad research scholar who committed suicide last month.Addressing the students, Rahul slammed
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400 foreign academicians invited to teach in India: Mukherjee
February 23, 2016 14:50 ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the government has invited 400 foreign academicians to teach in India."To enable increased interaction between foreign faculty and our students, under the aegis of GIAN, my government
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