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  BJP a champion of backward castes: Amit Shah

  January 10, 2016 23:49 IST

  New Delhi: BJP chief Amit Shah today projected his party as a champion of backward castes, asserting that his party had given maximum chief ministers from the OBC category and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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  Government to continue reforms with single minded focus: Arun Jaitley

  January 10, 2016 23:41 IST

  Visakhapatnam: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said the Narendra Modi government would continue with the economic reforms with single-minded focus.Addressing the CII partnership summit in this coastal city in Andhra Pradesh, he said

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  Indira Gandhi's rule was worse than British, says Bihar govt website

  January 11, 2016 19:57 IST

  Patna: An article about former prime minister Indira Gandhi's rule, published on the official website of Bihar government, has left the Congress red-faced after it described her reign worst than British in India.The write-up, while

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  Work on Ram temple could start before year end, claims Subramanian Swamy

  January 10, 2016 21:23 IST

  New Delhi: Subramanian Swamy today claimed that work on the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya could start before the end of this year.He expressed confidence that the final verdict by the Supreme Court will

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  As lioness dies in Etawah, Akhilesh Yadav removes top bureaucrat

  January 10, 2016 20:44 IST

  Etawah: A lioness today died in Etawah district's 'Lion Safari', prompting Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to remove the Chief Forest Conservator.Tapasya, a three-and-a-half-year-old lioness brought from Gujarat on December 28, died early this

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  Suspense on govt-formation; Sonia, Gadkari visit Mehbooba Mufti

  January 11, 2016 11:04 IST

  Srinagar: As suspense over formation of new government in Jammu and Kashmir continued, PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti was today visited by Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari for mourning but the meetings

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  Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi returns from Europe trip

  January 10, 2016 18:15 IST

  New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today returned from his trip to Europe and will hold a meeting with Congress leaders tomorrow to take stock of the developments during his absence.Gandhi, whose foreign trips

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  50 percent extra seats opened up after abolition of management quota: Arvind Kejriwal

  January 10, 2016 16:32 IST

  New Delhi: Scrapping of management quota for nursery admissions in private schools has thrown open 50 per cent extra seats for comman man, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said, even as he asserted that the

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  Will continue to fight graft in DDCA, says Kirti Azad

  January 10, 2016 14:48 IST

  Kochi: Suspended Bharatiya Janata Party MP Kirti Azad on Sunday said he would continue to fight corruption in the Delhi and District Cricket Association.Azad said he had sought an appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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  Congress dismisses Manish Tewari's claim on troop movement

  January 10, 2016 12:28 IST

  New Delhi: Congress spokeperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi categorically denied his party colleague Manish Tewari's claim that the 2012 newspaper report concerning the troop movement towards Delhi without informing the government was true."It was inappropriate, unnecessary

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  SP leader shot dead in UP; 2 held

  January 10, 2016 11:28 IST

  Mainpuri: A Samajwadi party leader was shot dead allegedly by the husband of his opponent, whom he had defeated in the recent panachayat elections in the state, sparking protests by locals in Kuraoli area here,

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  The story on troop movement towards Delhi under UPA regime 'true': Manish Tewari

  January 10, 2016 14:42 IST

  New Delhi: Congress leader and former Union minister Manish Tewari sparked a fresh row on Saturday after he said that  2012 newspaper report concerning the troop movement towards Delhi without informing the government was true."At

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  Nitin Gadkari, Sonia Gandhi to visit Srinagar

  January 10, 2016 7:57 IST

  Srinagar: Union minister Nitin Gadkari and Congress president Sonia Gandhi are scheduled to visit Srinagar on Sunday to offer condolences to the family of late chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.The Bharatiya

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  BJP should not use varsities to spread communalism: AAP

  January 09, 2016 23:27 IST

  New Delhi: Attacking the BJP over a seminar in Delhi University by party leader Subramanium Swamy on the Ram temple issue, the Aam Aadmi Party today said the saffron party should not use varsities to

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  BJP, PM Modi against GST Bill; not Congress: Jairam Ramesh

  January 09, 2016 20:31 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Denying allegations that Congress is against the GST Bill, senior leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday claimed that actually BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are opposed to it."The truth is that BJP, Narendra Modi

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  Odd-even scheme not to be extended beyond Jan 15: Rai

  January 09, 2016 17:53 IST

  New Delhi: The Delhi government has said it will not extend the 15-day trial period of the odd-even experiment in the city. The clarification from the government came amid speculation that the government was contemplating

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  Ram Vilas Paswan says 'jungle raj is back' in Bihar after police murder

  January 09, 2016 16:14 IST

  New Delhi: Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today attacked Nitish Kumar government over the murder of an assistant sub-inspector of police in Hajipur, claiming a string of such killings showed that "jungle raj is back"

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  No differences in PDP, BJP on government formation in J&K

  January 09, 2016 15:10 IST

  Srinagar: Allies PDP and BJP today dismissed speculation about any differences or new conditions between them over formation of new government in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of death of Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad

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  Poor leadership casts doubts on Congress recovery

  January 09, 2016 14:36 IST

  The Congress is in a predicament which is quite unlike that of any other party. It has lost its primacy of position at the national level and is struggling to remain relevant in a number

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  Rajiv Gandhi promised support in building Ram Temple: Subramanian Swamy at DU

  January 09, 2016 14:59 IST

  New Delhi: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy today claimed that former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi had promised him of support for the construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya and appealed to the

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  PM reviews security at Pathankot IAF base after terror attack

  January 09, 2016 19:35 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Saturday briefed by senior defence and security officers about the terrorist attack carried out by suspected Pakistani terrorists last week on the Pathankot IAF base.Modi spent about 90 minutes at

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  Muslim Samajwadi leader pledges Rs 10 lakh, gold crown for Ram temple

  January 09, 2016 10:06 IST

  Lucknow: Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Bukkal Nawab on Friday created a flutter, saying he wished that a grand Ram temple should be built at Ayodhya. A close associate of SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, Nawab

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  BJP MP Manoj Tiwari cries foul, says did not call Aamir Khan 'traitor'

  January 09, 2016 10:05 IST

  New Delhi: BJP MP Manoj Tiwari has reportedly called Bollywood actor Aamir Khan a 'deshdrohi' (traitor) during a meet of parliamentary standing committee for tourism, culture and transport."It is good that Aamir Khan has been

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  Get ready to go to jail, BJP warns Arvind Kejriwal

  January 09, 2016 8:51 IST

  New Delhi: Lashing out at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over his fresh attack on the Modi government, BJP on Friday accused him of taking one unconstitutional step after another and asked him to be

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  J&K: Mehbooba Mufti, Ram Madhav hold talks; Governor asks parties to make position clear

  January 09, 2016 8:32 IST

  Srinagar: Moves for new government formation in Jammu and Kashmir gathered momentum on Friday with Governor N N Vohra asking PDP president Mehbooba Mufti and state BJP chief to make their position clear on the

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  Sakshi Maharaj again: Temple in Ayodhya before 2019

  January 08, 2016 23:35 IST

  Etah: BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj on Friday said that Ram temple was in the party's agenda and it will be constructed before next Lok Sabha polls in 2019."The Ram temple will be built before next

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  PM Modi may visit Pathankot today; NSA lauds Punjab police

  January 09, 2016 7:17 IST

  Chandigarh/Pathankot: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting the Pathankot Air Base station on Saturday to take stock of the security situation after the terrorist attack that left seven security personnel dead and 20 others

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  GST Bill: Venkaiah Naidu appeals parties to unite for nation building

  January 08, 2016 21:57 IST

  Hyderabad: Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today hoped that the long-pending GST bill will be passed in Parliament at the earliest, and called on political parties to unite for building prosperous and stable India."I request