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  Modi govt fighting decisive battle against poverty: Ram Madhav in DU

  January 14, 2016 18:11 IST

  New Delhi: BJP general secretary Ram Madhav today underlined the efforts being made by Narendra Modi government to eradicate poverty from India.“Narendra Modi government is fighting decisive battle against poverty in the country. We are

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  Stop being Narad Muni, start being FM: Cong advice to Jaitley

  January 14, 2016 7:16 IST

  New Delhi: “Stop being Narad Muni, start being finance minister” was Congress's advice to Arun Jaitley on Wednesday in response to his criticism that the party leadership and not the party was responsible for the

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  Review meeting to decide second phase of odd-even scheme: Gopal Rai

  January 13, 2016 22:40 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi Transport minister Gopal Rai on Wednesday said that a review meeting will decide on the second phase of the odd-even scheme and announced that a thanksgiving event has been lined up by

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  Parliamentary panel to seek information from Govt on Pathankot attack

  January 13, 2016 19:14 IST

  New Delhi: Government will be asked to explain the Pathankot terror attack and the steps taken by it in the aftermath of the incident at a Parliamentary panel meet next Monday.The Parliamentary Standing Commitee on

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  Arun Jaitley to lead over 100-strong Indian delegation to WEF meet

  January 13, 2016 18:55 IST

  Geneva: India will have a strong presence of over 100 business and government leaders, led by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, at the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos next week that would be attended by more

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  New crop insurance scheme will transform farmers' lives: PM Modi

  January 13, 2016 19:31 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed confidence that the new Crop Insurance Scheme will bring about a major transformation in the lives of farmers, saying it expands the definition of disaster and addresses

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  Mayawati cancels ticket of party candidate who shared her photo with BSP supremo on FB

  January 13, 2016 14:25 IST

  New Delhi: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has cancelled the candidacy of Sangeeta Chowdhury, a declared party candidate for 2017 Assembly polls, from Atrauli in Aligarh district.The development came days after Sangeeta shared photographs

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  Mamata Banerjee draws flak on Twitter for hosting Ghulam Ali post Pathankot attacks

  January 13, 2016 10:15 IST

  Kolkata: While Pakistani ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali performed here to a packed venue, a section of Twitterati, including BJP leaders, slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for inviting the singer to India just weeks

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  Allegations against Jaitley based on facts, Kejriwal tells court

  January 13, 2016 8:37 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday claimed that the allegations he had made against Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the DDCA row were based on “true facts and documents in public domain”

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  Nitish Kumar government to impose 13.5pc tax on luxury items

  January 12, 2016 22:34 IST

  Patna: The Nitish Kumar government today decided to impose 13.5 per cent tax on luxury items including on sweets priced more than Rs 500 a kg and mosquito repellant among others to mop up additional

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  PDP-BJP alliance likely to form government in J&K after January 13

  January 12, 2016 21:22 IST

  Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti will take oath as the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister anytime after the end of the seven-day official mourning for her late father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on

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  Jayalalithaa writes to PM, seeks ordinance to allow Jallikattu

  January 13, 2016 7:30 IST

  Tamil Nadu: In an apparent last-ditch effort to get the nod for conducting Jallikattu after the Supreme Court stayed a Central notification, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to promulgate an

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  Digvijaya Singh writes to Narendra Modi, seeks action against Nitin Gadkari

  January 12, 2016 19:05 IST

  New Delhi: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to take action against Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari for his alleged role in awarding the contract of the

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  Respect each other's traditions, views: PM Modi

  January 12, 2016 18:04 IST

  Raipur: Pitching for peace, unity and harmony against the backdrop of ‘intolerance' debate, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked people to respect each other's traditions and views, saying its absence can obstruct development.“We are a

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  Pathankot attack: No reason to distrust Pakistan so early, says Rajnath Singh

  January 12, 2016 22:38 IST

  Greater Noida(UP):  India has no reason to distrust Pakistan's assurance that it will take effective action on inputs given about the perpetrators of the Pathankot terror attack, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today.  “Pakistan

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  Suspense continues over government formation in J&K

  January 12, 2016 11:19 IST

  Srinagar: Even after the end of mourning period, there were no indications about how soon a new government would be formed in Jammu and Kashmir, with PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti maintaining suspense and BJP saying

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  PM Modi sets up 8 groups of secretaries for focussed attention

  January 11, 2016 23:49 IST

  New Delhi: With his thrust on "transformative change", Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set up eight groups of Secretaries for focussed attention on areas like 'Good governance', inclusive growth, employment generation, education and health, Swachch

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  A life is lost in every four minutes in road accidents: Rajnath Singh

  January 11, 2016 21:16 IST

  New Delhi:  A life is lost in every four minutes in road accidents in the country, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said as he favoured setting up of a national road safety authority.Participating in the ‘Road

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  Lalu Prasad Yadav, Nitish Kumar plan visits to Varanasi

  January 11, 2016 19:14 IST

  Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD leader Lalu Prasad are set to visit Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency Varanasi ahead of assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.Lalu Prasad will visit Varanasi after January

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  Was pressured to name a 'VIP' in report: DDCA probe panel chief

  January 12, 2016 9:20 IST

  New Delhi: The tussle between the Centre and the Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi is slipping into knots with every passing day. In the latest in this ongoing feud between Union Finance Kinister Arun Jaitley and

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  PM Modi's 'tolerance' to terror should end, says Shiv Sena

  January 11, 2016 15:24 IST

  Mumbai: Advocating a strong response to the Pathankot terror strike, Shiv Sena today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "tolerance" to such attacks should end."Our tolerance to terror attacks is commendable. But there is a limit.

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  Whoever gives India pain, should be paid in same coin: Manohar Parrikar

  January 11, 2016 14:36 IST

  New Delhi: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today asserted that any individual or organisation causing pain to India should be paid back in the same coin but how, when and where "should be of our choice",

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  Ultimate goal of NDA government is to empower villages, poor: Rajnath Singh

  January 11, 2016 12:38 IST

  Vijaywada: The NDA government is concentrating on improving rural economy and the overall condition of poor people, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today as he termed 'gram swarajya', or village self-rule, as the ultimate goal

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  Indo-Pak Foreign Secretary level talks not cancelled: Ajit Doval

  January 11, 2016 19:30 IST

  New Delhi: National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval today flatly refused that he gave an interview to a daily, where he stated that the January 15 Indo-Pak Foreign Secretary level talks have been cancelled. Speaking to

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  BJP's fact-finding team detained in violence-hit Malda

  January 11, 2016 19:04 IST

  New Delhi: A three-member fact-finding team of the BJP led by senior leader SS Ahluwalia, who were going to visit the violence-hit areas of Malda district in West Bengal, were detained this morning upon their

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  BJP a champion of backward castes, says Amit Shah

  January 11, 2016 8:34 IST

  New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah has said that his party is a champion of backward castes as it 'had given maximum chief ministers from the OBC category' and that 'PM Narendra

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  Lalu acting as 'super CM', Bihar govt will fall in 6 months: Ram Vilas Paswan

  January 11, 2016 11:46 IST

  New Delhi: Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has predicted that 'Mahagathbandhan' government of the RJD, JD(U) and Congress led by CM Nitish Kumar in Bihar will fall in six months owing to the differences between

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  India's contribution to the world is not communalism but spiritualism: PM Modi

  January 11, 2016 0:00 IST

  New Delhi: Against the backdrop of ‘intolerance' debate, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said India's contribution to the world is not communalism but spiritualism which can resolve all problems and invoked former President A P