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  Caught! When the Karnataka CM 'accidentally' slapped a senior govt official

  January 16, 2016 23:39 IST

  New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah landed himself in a controversy today as he was caught on camera slapping a senior government official in public in Ballari, a north-eastern town in Karnataka.Siddaramaiah was in Ballari

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  PM Modi announces 80 percent reduction in patent fees for start-ups

  January 16, 2016 22:50 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said patent fees for start-ups will be cut by 80 percent to support and protect intellectual property rights of new entrepreneurs.“Patent fee for start-ups will be reduced

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  Rahul Gandhi tells PM Modi to take entrepreneurship lessons from Dharavi

  January 16, 2016 22:29 IST

  Mumbai: Vice President Rahul Gandhi today targeted the BJP-led Government at the Centre over the price rise issue, seeking to know why the rates of essential commodities were skyrocketing at a time when oil prices

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  AAP to contest 2017 Uttarakhand assembly polls alone

  January 16, 2016 21:58 IST

  Rishikesh: Aam Aadmi Party today announced that it will contest the 2017 Assembly polls in Uttarakhand alone.Giving this information to reporters at Rishikesh Press Club, AAP's state observer Shrichand Vohra said that the party has so far

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  Ram Temple construction will begin by year-end: Swamy

  January 16, 2016 17:50 IST

  New Delhi: BJP leader Dr Subramanian Swamy has said, he was hopeful about the Supreme Court giving its judgement in Ayodhya case by August this year, and the construction of Ram Temple will begin by

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  Rajnath Singh meets intelligence and police officials to track ISIS influence

  January 16, 2016 16:19 IST

  New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh held a meeting with senior officials of central intelligence and investigative agencies along with the police of 13 states to discuss the steps for keeping a check on the

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  Politicians should stay away from sports bodies : Rahul Gandhi

  January 16, 2016 14:25 IST

  Mumbai: Expressing his views on whether sports body should be governed by politicians, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today said that politicians should not be involved in sports administration adding that a popular sport like

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  GST will be cleared in 15 minutes if govt agrees to our terms: Rahul Gandhi

  January 17, 2016 9:12 IST

  Mumbai: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today said that the Congress party would help pass the Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill in the Rajya Sabha "in 15 minutes" provided that the government acceeded to its

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  Aamir Khan collaborated with ISI to promote 'PK': Subramanian Swamy

  January 16, 2016 13:57 IST

  New Delhi: BJP leader Subramian Swamy today alleged that actor Aamir Khan had collaborated with Pakistani intelligence agency ISI to promote his film PK in 2014."I don't give importance to the statements made by Aamir

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  PM Narendra Modi to unveil 'Start-Up India' plan today

  January 16, 2016 10:27 IST

  New Delhi: What is seen as a major breakthrough for entereneurship in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil the 'Start-Up India' initiative along with a 'Start-Up Action Plan' in the capital today. CEOs, well

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  Govt will bring back an improved Odd-Even scheme: Kejriwal

  January 16, 2016 7:51 IST

  New Delhi: The trial run of the Delhi government's ambitious odd-even scheme ended on Friday with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal hailing the experiment as “a big success” and saying it would be back in an

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  Odd-even a success, continue it voluntarily: Arvind Kejriwal

  January 15, 2016 18:19 IST

  New Delhi: The odd-even campaign of traffic curbs in Delhi aimed at fighting pollution was a success, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday, asking residents to continue it voluntarily.Less than four hours before the

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  Mayawati accuses Samajwadi Party for working against Lohia's principles

  January 15, 2016 17:39 IST

  Lucknow: Charging the ruling Samajwadi Party government with working against the principles of socialist leader Ram Manohar Lohia, BSP supremo Mayawati today said had Lohia been alive, he would have removed Mulayam Singh Yadav from

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  Next raid on Manish Sisodia, Satyendra Jain, says Kejriwal

  January 15, 2016 16:38 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today took made a fresh salvo at Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that the CBI could raid the offices of Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia or Health

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  BJP backs Ram Madhav's remark on Aamir Khan

  January 15, 2016 16:26 IST

  New Delhi: The Bhartaiya Janta party has welcomed its leader Ram Madhav `s remark asking Bollywood star Aamir Khan to preach to his wife about India`s prestige.“He has given a good suggestion. With the political

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  BJP raking up Ram Temple issue for UP polls: Mayawati

  January 15, 2016 15:06 IST

  Lucknow: Accusing BJP of raking up Ram Temple issue with an eye on 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, BSP supremo Mayawati today launched a broadside against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said like in Delhi

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  When Lalu Prasad Yadav played proxy for minister sons

  January 15, 2016 14:51 IST

  New Delhi: Controversies seem to follow RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav after his both sons Tejashwi Prasad and Tej Pratap were inducted by Nitish Kumar in his Cabinet at prominent posts.While Lalu's elder son Tej

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  Rajnath Singh chairs high-level meet to review internal security

  January 15, 2016 14:16 IST

  New Delhi: Ahead of Republic Day, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, NSA Ajit Doval and other top officials today reviewed the security situation in the country as Delhi and many other places

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  Factionalism surface within Mumbai Congress ahead of Rahul's visit starting today

  January 15, 2016 14:16 IST

  Mumbai:  The issue of alleged factionalism within the Mumbai unit of Congress is again in focus as party vice-president Rahul Gandhi begins his two-day visit to the city today. There were noisy scenes at a party

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  DDCA's defamation suit: Delhi HC seeks reply from Arvind Kejriwal, Kirti Azad

  January 15, 2016 13:32 IST

  New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today sought response from Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad in a civil defamation suit filed by DDCA for their alleged remarks against the cricket

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  Punjab CM's nephew Manpreet Badal joins Congress

  January 15, 2016 12:35 IST

  New Delhi: Manpreet Badal, the estranged nephew of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, today joined Congress after meeting party Vice President Rahul Gandhi. Hectic parleys were held between the former Akali leader and Punjab Congress

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  J&K: PDP wants assurance from PM Modi on 'agenda of alliance'

  January 15, 2016 11:10 IST

  New Delhi/Srinagar: People's Democratic Party (PDP) has toughened its stand on government formation in Jammu and Kashmir with reports suggesting that the party wants an assurance from the BJP bigwigs that spirit of the agenda

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  Entire J&K including PoK our integral part: India

  January 15, 2016 7:08 IST

  New Delhi: In sharp reaction to Islamabad's reported move to make strategically located Gilgit-Baltistan a province, India on Thursday said the entire Jammu and Kashmir including Pakistan Occupied Kashmir is its integral part."We have seen

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  Preach your wife about country's prestige: Ram Madhav's dig at Aamir

  January 15, 2016 11:22 IST

  New Delhi: BJP leader Ram Madhav on Thursday denounced actor Aamir Khan's remarks on 'intolerance', saying he should not preach only to an auto-rickshaw driver about country's prestige but also his wife.Madhav also said the

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  Smriti Irani wants more opportunities for girls in research

  January 14, 2016 22:52 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Science research institutions should give more opportunities to women, Dalits and those from economically-backward sections, Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani said today.She said this as she inaugurated the first phase of permanent campus

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  BJP leaders meet Jung, demand CBI probe into auto permit, PDS 'scams'

  January 14, 2016 22:03 IST

  New Delhi: The BJP legislators today met Lt Governor Najeeb Jung at his official residence here and demanded a CBI probe into the alleged auto permit and PDS "scams" under the AAP government in Delhi.The

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  Ram Jethmalani withdrew offer to defend Sonia, Rahul Gandhi after Parliament disruption

  January 14, 2016 21:49 IST

  New Delhi: Senior advocate and MP Ram Jethmalani had offered to defend Congress President Sonia and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case but "revoked" it when she did not act on his "advice" to

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  Government to act on Whatsapp pics or FB posts on accidents: Nitin Gadkari

  January 14, 2016 20:07 IST

  New Delhi: Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari today floated an idea that a simple click of the mouse or a snap on Whatsapp about an accident or the site itself can help the government machinery swing