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  AAP minister under Congress fire over Rs 30 lakh bribery charge

  February 10, 2016 7:44 IST

  New Delhi: The Delhi unit of the Congress Party on Tuesday released a sting video which purportedly shows a man claiming to be a close associate of AAP leader and Environment minister Imran Hussain asking

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  Plan to extend national highways to ensure road safety: Nitin Gadkari

  February 09, 2016 19:20 IST

  Lucknow: In a bid to decongest traffic in the country, the government has decided to increase the length of national highways from 96,000 km, at present, to two lakh km, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said

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  Subramanian Swamy to lead RSS information campaign on Ram temple

  February 09, 2016 17:25 IST

  New Delhi: Raising the pitch on the Ram temple issue, RSS will now train its volunteers and sympathisers so that they can check the alleged “disinformation campaign” on the social media.BJP leader and former Union

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  BJP giving step-motherly treatment to UP: Azam Khan

  February 09, 2016 16:49 IST

  Lucknow: Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan today charged BJP-led central government with meting out "step motherly treatment" to Uttar Pradesh, alleging that the state was not provided with funds meant for different schemes. "You won the

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  Money laundering case: ED questions Pankaj Bhujbal

  February 09, 2016 16:05 IST

  Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today questioned Pankaj Bhujbal, son of senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal, in a money laundering case registered against him and others in connection with the construction of the new Maharashtra

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  PM Modi visits soldier who miraculously survived Siachen avalanche

  February 09, 2016 14:27 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today went to Army's Research and Referral Hospital here to see Lance Naik Hanumanthappa who was miraculously found alive after remaining buried under huge mass of snow for six

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  Video: Godman presents necklace to Maha CM Devendra Fadnavis' wife

  February 09, 2016 13:22 IST

  Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' wife Amruta has come in for flak from rationalists after accepting a necklace, apparently produced from thin air by a godman.The incident occurred during an awards event organised by

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  Plan to introduce amphibious plane on Ganga: Nitin Gadkari

  February 09, 2016 12:35 IST

  Lucknow: The Centre is working on a proposal to ply an amphibious aircraft on the Ganga between Varanasi and Kolkata and has a target of developing 111 waterways in the country."My target is to develop

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  BJP sets deadline for PDP over govt formation in Jammu and Kashmir

  February 09, 2016 12:54 IST

  New Delhi: Talking tough on the issue of government formation in Jammu and Kashmir, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has set a deadline for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti.According to reports, the

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  AAP funds saw 275% surge during 2 Assembly polls in Delhi: Report

  February 09, 2016 11:42 IST

  New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party reported the highest surge of 275 per cent in funds flowing in its coffers during Assembly election in Delhi in 2013 and 2015.According to a report released by

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  Lalu Yadav dares Ram Vilas Paswan to impose President's Rule in Bihar

  February 09, 2016 8:18 IST

  Patna: In the wake of Union Minister and LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan's call for President's Rule in Bihar, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Monday dared the NDA government to impose Central rule in

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  Congress policies could not solve problems of farmers, labourers: Nitin Gadkari

  February 09, 2016 7:22 IST

  Lucknow: Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said Congress adopted economic policies which could not solve the problems of farmers, labourers and the poor in 55 years.He said contrary to Congress' policies, Prime Minister Narendra

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  Congress supports TRAI's decision against discriminatory pricing

  February 08, 2016 21:26 IST

  New Delhi: The Congress today welcomed the decision of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) saying no to discriminatory pricing of data content and said it vindicates the position of the party as articulated

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  Don't harass innocent Muslims, Shahi Imam tells PM Modi

  February 09, 2016 8:43 IST

  New Delhi: Prominent Muslim leader Syed Ahmed Bukhari met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asked him that innocent Muslims must not be targeted in the name of fighting ISIS.Shahi Imam during his half hour meeting with

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  PM, Sonia condole Nida Fazli's death

  February 08, 2016 20:42 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Sonia Gandhi today condoled the death of poet and lyricist Nida Fazli.Fazli, who was in his late 70s, died in Mumbai today.The prime minister said Fazli's

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  Crime situation in Bihar worse than jungle raj of 90s: Ramvilas Paswan

  February 08, 2016 23:05 IST

  Patna: Union Minister Ramvilas Paswan today hit out at Nitish Kumar government over the law and order situation in Bihar, saying the present condition was worse than the “jungle raj of the 90s.”“It's return of

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  AAP leader Sanjay Singh granted bail in defamation case

  February 08, 2016 18:28 IST

  Ludhiana: A local court today granted bail to Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) senior leader and incharge of the party's Punjab affairs Sanjay Singh in a criminal defamtion case filed by Punjab cabinet minister Bikram Singh

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  Government will decide on Ram temple issue after SC verdict: Kalraj Mishra

  February 08, 2016 17:53 IST

  Allahabad: Union minister Kalraj Mishra has said the government will take a call on construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya after the Supreme Court comes out with its verdict on the appeal against the Allahabad

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  People's participation important to reform rural areas: PM Modi

  February 08, 2016 16:20 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today pitched for people's involvement to bring about a change in rural areas as he interacted with over 200 youth working in these areas under a national scheme.Modi invited

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  Rahul Gandhi to sound Congress poll bugle in Kerala tomorrow

  February 08, 2016 14:21 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will reach Kerala on Tuesday to virtually kickstart the ruling UDF's campaign for the coming assembly elections."He is expected to make some important announcements," Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said

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  UP has been turned into 'Islamic State': Shiv Sena

  February 08, 2016 13:33 IST

  Mumbai: Lashing out at the Akhilesh Yadav government over Pakistani ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali's concert  in Lucknow, the Shiv Sena today branded Uttar Pradesh as an "Islamic state" and alleged that the state government has

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  Make in India and hate in India cannot go together: Shashi Tharoor

  February 08, 2016 13:06 IST

  Boston: Taking a jibe at the Modi government, former minister and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said policies like 'Make in India' and hatred cannot go together as he asserted that "outrageous" statements against minorities

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  Congress leader attack: Owaisi surrenders before police, granted bail

  February 08, 2016 12:48 IST

  Hyderabad: AIMIM Chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday surrendered before Hyderabad police in connection with an attack on Congress leader in the city.He surrendered before DCP (South zone) V. Satyanarana after an FIR

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  BJP, RSS working for betterment of Muslims: Indresh Kumar

  February 08, 2016 8:49 IST

  Jammu: Senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar on Sunday said the BJP and the Sangh Parivar were working for the upliftment and betterment of the Muslim community. Referring to RSS's Muslim Rashtriya Manch, he said a lot

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  All 39 Indian hostages in Iraq alive, says Sushma Swaraj

  February 08, 2016 7:32 IST

  New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj yesterday said that 39 Indians taken hostage by Islamic State more than one-and-a-half-years ago from Mosul in Iraq were alive.The Minister said that during her recent visit to

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  Soldiers death painful, but not withdrawing troops from Siachen: Parrikar

  February 08, 2016 11:25 IST

  Visakhapatnam: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has ruled out any troop withdrawal from Siachen in the wake of recent avalanche that led to the death of 10 soldiers.Terming the recent death of soldiers as 'painful', Parrikar

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  Mehbooba can't keep J&K guessing on govt formation: Omar Abdullah

  February 07, 2016 22:05 IST

  Jammu: NC leader Omar Abdullah today lashed out at PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti saying that she cannot keep the entire Jammu and Kashmir guessing and must form a new government or be bold enough to

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  PM Modi regrets project delays under Congress rule

  February 07, 2016 19:47 IST

  Paradip (Odisha): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the Indian Oil Corp's Rs 34,555 crore refinery here. The development has enabled IOC topple Reliance Industries as the country's largest oil refinery.Addressing the gathering on the