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  'Politics aside, a mother lost her son': PM Modi on Rohith's suicide

  January 22, 2016 16:50 IST

  Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today broke his silence on the suicide of Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad saying that it was unfortunate that a student was compelled to take such a drastic step and that

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  No 'mahajot' in Assam but Congress trying for 'maha-understanding' among secular parties: Tarun Gogoi

  January 22, 2016 15:56 IST

  New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today ruled out any possiblity of Congress party entering into pre-poll alliance with any other political party for the upcoming Assembly elections in the state.The three-term Chief Minister,

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  Vajpayee redux: Modi first PM to visit Lucknow in 11 years

  January 22, 2016 12:50 IST

  Lucknow: Narendra Modi will be in Lucknow on Friday, becoming the first prime minister to visit this Uttar Pradesh capital in 11 years and help revive memories of the time when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was

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  My government pro-poor, says PM Modi in Varanasi

  January 22, 2016 16:50 IST

  Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted electronic aid to differently-abled people in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi on Friday.Addressing the gathering, Prime Minister Modi also expressed his concern for the people, who got injured in the

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  PM Modi to host dinner for BJP office-bearers

  January 22, 2016 11:19 IST

  New Delhi: A day before Amit Shah is slated to return for a full-term as the BJP president, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host a dinner for party office-bearers on January 23.A BJP functionary said

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  PM Modi is 'dashing and dynamic' leader: Shatrughan Sinha

  January 22, 2016 7:41 IST

  Pune: BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha has described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "dashing and dynamic" leader whose hands need to be strengthened, given the current "turmoil" in the country and threat to its security

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  When will Mehbooba Mufti take oath? The suspense continues

  January 22, 2016 7:33 IST

  Jammu: Even as PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has decided to continue the alliance with the BJP, it is unclear when she will take oath as the next chief minister of troubled Jammu and Kashmir.While ruling

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  Karnataka: CM buys water-proof saree for wife as draught-hit farmers await funds

  January 21, 2016 23:53 IST

  New Delhi: It is an irony difficult to be missed. On one hand is the plight of farmers in Gulbarga, Karnataka, who see no end to their woes. Hit hard by drought, and an agonising

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  Malda violence: Rajnath tears into Mamata govt, says nobody safe in WB

  January 21, 2016 18:20 IST

  Kolkata: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today launched a scathing attack on the Trinamool Congress (TMC)-led West Bengal government in the state over the recent incident of mob violence in Malda, flaying the government for failing

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  Opposition using Dalit suicide for cheap political gains: Venkaiah Naidu

  January 21, 2016 17:00 IST

  Kanyakumari: Hitting out at Congress and other opposition parties over the alleged suicide of a Dalit research scholar at Hyderabad University, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said they were using the opportunity for cheap

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  Kejriwal meets agitating students, attacks Irani for 'caste politics'

  January 21, 2016 15:30 IST

  Hyderabad: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today visited Hyderabad and met students protesting at Hyderabad Central University in the backdrop of the suicide of Rohith Vemula.Terming the suicide of a Dalit research scholar at the premier

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  Dalit Scholar Suicide: BJP ally LJP demands CBI probe

  January 21, 2016 15:15 IST

  New Delhi: At a time when Bharatiya Janta Party is trying to play down the ongoing political slugfest over death of a 26 year old Dalit scholar from Hyderabad University , it's own ally LJP

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  Dalit scholar suicide: ABVP leader denies he lied about assault

  January 21, 2016 14:06 IST

  Hyderabad: ABVP leader Nandanam Susheel Kumar, who has been accused of abetting suicide of dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula, today demanded a "fair" inquiry and rejected claims that he had lied about being assaulted by

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  Court slams CBI over raid at Kejriwal's office, AAP wants apology from Modi

  January 21, 2016 10:55 IST

  New Delhi:  A trial court in the capital on Wednesday came down heavily upon CBI stating “it cannot be clothed with divine powers”, and directed the agency  to return the “original” documents seized by it

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  Dalit scholar suicide: Politicians throng Hyderabad, Kejriwal to visit today

  January 21, 2016 12:21 IST

  Hyderabad: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will visit Hyderabad today to meet the family of the Dalit research scholar who committed suicide, an official told IANS.AAP leaders Ashish Khetan and Ashish Talwar reached Hydrabad on

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  Ahead of Rajasthan budget, CM Raje to seek suggestions

  January 21, 2016 6:57 IST

  Jodhpur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has said that she will tour all divisional headquarters in the state to seek suggestions from public representatives and the people for drawing up a budget that addresses the

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  Hanumantha Rao counters Irani charge, says Min 'sat on his letter since 2014'

  January 20, 2016 23:32 IST

  Hyderabad: Hours after Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani produced P Hanumantha Rao's letter to target Congress over Rohith Vemula's suicide on Hyderabad Central University campus, the senior Congress leader hit back saying the young Dalit

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  Congress demand on GST rate in statute preposterous: Jaitley

  January 20, 2016 23:30 IST

  Davos: There seems to be no let up in the war between the ruling government and the Congress party over the Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill.In the latest salvo over the Congress' objections to

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  Nawaz Sharif appreciates PM Modi's condemnation on Bacha Khan attack

  January 20, 2016 22:46 IST

  New Delhi/Islamabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today strongly condemned the terror attack at a university near Peshawar, a gesture appreciated by his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif who said terrorism is a “common enemy” and a

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  Court asks CBI to release documents seized during Delhi Secretariat raid

  January 21, 2016 0:02 IST

  New Delhi: CBI has been directed by a Delhi court today to release some of the documents of AAP government that were seized during the raid at the office of Rajendra Kumar, principal secretary to

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  Delhi court dismisses criminal complaint against Kejriwal

  January 20, 2016 16:02 IST

  New Delhi: A court in Delhi has dismissed a criminal complaint against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal which was filed in Febuary 2015, when he led his Aam Aadmi Party to a sweeping win in the Delhi

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  Arvind Kejriwal appears before Mumbai court in 2014 rally case

  January 20, 2016 15:01 IST

  Mumbai: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today appeared in a court here in connection with a case for allegedly holding a rally without required permission during the 2014 Lok Sabha pollsOn December 9 last year,

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  Order fresh polls if you can't be CM: Omar Abdullah's open letter to Mehbooba Mufti

  January 20, 2016 14:48 IST

  New Delhi: Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has asked PDP president Mehbooba Mufti to recommend dissolution of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly for conduct of fresh elections in the state if she is "unable or unwilling"

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  BJP president Amit Shah gets clean chit in 2014 hate speech case

  January 20, 2016 13:55 IST

  Muzaffarnagar: BJP president Amit Shah has been given a clean chit by the UP Police in a case of hate speech in Muzaffarnagar district in April 2014 during Lok Sabha elections.The police had on Tuesday

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  Madrassas should be barred from teaching in Urdu, Arabic: Shiv Sena

  January 20, 2016 13:46 IST

  Mumbai: Asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take a cue from UK government's warning that migrants on spousal visas who fail to speak English may face deportation, Shiv Sena today said madrassas in India should

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  AAP government proposes independent TV channel for Delhi Assembly

  January 20, 2016 12:36 IST

  New Delhi: Taking cue from the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha TV channels, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi is in process to start an independent TV channel to telecast the proceedings

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  Amit Shah all set to get full term as BJP president

  January 20, 2016 8:17 IST

  New Delhi: BJP president Amit Shah is all set to get a full term as the president of the party on January 23, the day he completes the remainder of the term of Rajnath Singh,

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  Nitish Kumar keeps election promise, approves 35% job reservation for women

  January 20, 2016 17:09 IST

  Patna: Fulfilling a key election promise, the Nitish Kumar government on Tuesday gave the green signal to 35 per cent reservation for women in state government jobs."Decision was taken of reservation for women in all