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  NDA's 'Stubborn Attitude' responsible for delay in GST Bill: Congress

  January 02, 2016 10:31 IST

  New Delhi:  Congress on Friday attacked the BJP government and said that its 'stubborn and unbending' attitude was the reason for the delay in passing of the Good and Services Tax Bill, and blamed the

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  Rahul Gandhi's elevation as Congress president soon

  January 02, 2016 16:24 IST

  New Delhi: The process of the much-delayed organizational elections in Congress could get a fillip after the return of party vice president Rahul Gandhi from Europe next week amid indications that his much talked elevation

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  Amit Shah meets Mohan Bhagwat in Indore

  January 02, 2016 7:59 IST

  Indore: BJP President Amit Shah yesterday met RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat during his visit to the “Vishwa Sangh Shivir” that is underway here.Shah arrived here to take part in the Vishwa Sangh Shivir (World Sangh

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  Lalu's son Tejashwi has no vehicle; Nitish Kumar's son is three-times richer than him

  January 01, 2016 23:28 IST

  Patna: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's son Nishant Kumar is richer than him as far as movable and immovable assets are concerned while Lalu's younger son Tejashwi Yadav has no vehicle.Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi

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  'Muslim families playing imp role in stopping children getting hoodwinked by ISIS'

  January 01, 2016 21:32 IST

  Bengaluru: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said Muslim families in the country are playing a “very important” role in stopping their children from getting hoodwinked by the ideology of the Islamic State (IS) and

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  People in Delhi are scared of odd-even scheme: Vijay Goel

  January 01, 2016 20:06 IST

  New Delhi: Raising serious concerns over the implementation of the odd-even scheme, senior BJP leader Vijay Goel today said that the people in the national capital are “scared” of formula which should have been launched

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  DDCA Row: Arun Jaitley cannot take shield of party discipline, says Kirti Azad

  January 01, 2016 18:41 IST

  New Delhi: Unfazed by the prospect of his expulsion from the BJP, suspended MP Kirti Azad today again attacked the Finance Minister and told the party that Arun Jaitley cannot take the shield of party

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  Senior leaders jump to douse fire as JD(U), RJD squabbling intensifies

  January 01, 2016 21:28 IST

  Patna: The escalating war of words between coalition partners in Bihar – Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Janata Dal United – over the law and order situation has forced senior leaders from both sides to

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  Countries that PM Modi is likely to visit in 2016

  January 01, 2016 14:20 IST

  New Delhi: The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has indicated that PM Narendra Modi will be looking to limit his foreign trips in 2016 to focus on his domestic commitments.Come 2016 and Modi could curtail his

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  Break silos, get cracking to deliver results: PM Modi to babus

  January 01, 2016 17:49 IST

  New Delhi: Keen to ensure "transformative change" with focus on improving the lives of people, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asked bureaucrats to "break silos" and "get cracking" to deliver results, leveraging their experience. Modi,

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  BJP slaps show cause notice on suspended MP Kirti Azad

  December 31, 2015 22:19 IST

  New Delhi: BJP today slapped a show-cause notice on its suspended MP Kirti Azad, asking him to explain within 10 days why he should not be expelled from the party for "indiscipline" and "anti-party" activities. BJP

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  AAP uses Virat Kohli's interview to attack Arun Jaitley

  December 31, 2015 21:51 IST

  New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday used an interview of India test captain Virat Kohli to claim a rotten state of affairs in the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) at the

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  Food rates in Parliament canteen raised in view of subsidy row

  December 31, 2015 20:48 IST

  New Delhi: Food items in Parliament canteen will be dearer from tomorrow, with the rates being hiked in varying degrees in view of controversies over the items being served there at subsidised rates.Accordingly, a veg

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  'Nitish should act against crime': RJD, JDU spar over law and order

  December 31, 2015 19:34 IST

  Patna: Close on the heels of RJD chief Lalu Prasad's apparent snub to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the deteriorating law and order situation in the state, senior party leader Raghubansh Prasad Singh today

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  Protesting Delhi officers 'B-Teams of BJP', says Kejriwal

  December 31, 2015 19:36 IST

  New Delhi: The ongoing tussle between BJP led Centre and AAP led Delhi govt is unlikely to end soon.Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and deputy CM Manish Sisodia today accused the officers from the NCT

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  Let the House function in 2016: PM Modi's message for Congress

  December 31, 2015 22:20 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a scathing attack on the Congress party for not allowing the Parliament to function. He said that the opposition party should adopt a new year's resolution that

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  Manohar Parrikar accused of 'interference' in Goa affairs by NCP

  December 31, 2015 14:47 IST

  Panaji: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Goa today alleged that Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has been interfering in the state's affairs, and that Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar is being bypassed on several issues."Parrikar has

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  Mufti Muhammad Sayeed may soon pass on the mantle to daughter Mehbooba

  December 31, 2015 13:35 IST

  Jammu: Political circles here are rife with speculations that Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed will pass on the mantle to his daughter Mehbooba Mufti sooner rather than later, due to health reasons. Sayeed

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  In major infra push, PM launches 7500 cr Delhi-Meerut expressway

  December 31, 2015 23:49 IST

  New Delhi: In a significant infrastructure boost for Uttar Pradesh ahead of the elections in the state scheduled for 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched the construction of a 74-km long 14-lane Delhi-Dasna-Meerut expressway

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  Sonia's 10, Janpath bigger than PM Modi's 7, RCR: RTI

  December 31, 2015 11:23 IST

  New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi's official residence at 10, Janpath, is bigger than 7, Race Course Road, the residence of the Prime Minister of India, information given in response to an RTI application has

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  PM Modi to lay foundation of Delhi-Dasna-Meerut expressway today

  December 31, 2015 10:38 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay, on Thursday, the foundation stone for Rs.7,566 crore 74-km long 14-lane Delhi-Dasna-Meerut expressway and for upgradation of 22-km-long Dasna-Hapur section of National Highway (NH) 24, an official

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  PM Modi not to attend Jamia Millia Islamia's convocation

  December 31, 2015 9:44 IST

  New Delhi: Scientist Goverdhan Mehta will be the chief guest at the annual convocation of Jamia Millia Islamia on January 19 as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his inability to preside over the event

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  Deportation row: Govt issues fresh advisory for Indians visiting US

  December 31, 2015 15:00 IST

  New Delhi: The External Affairs ministry has issued a new advisory to all Indians travelling to the US following the deportation of a number of Indian students for providing information “inconsistent with their visa status”.According

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  Sonia Gandhi warns against forces re-writing history

  December 30, 2015 20:20 IST

  Pambady, Kerala: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today warned against forces which were trying to "re-write history" and denying India's glorious composite heritage.Gandhi while dedicating to the nation the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology at Pambady

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  Shrinking Congress strength in RS will make GST happen: Arun Jaitley

  December 30, 2015 19:47 IST

  New Delhi: Hitting back at Congress party's Trinity remarks, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said Gods don't vote in Parliament, and GST will happen as the strength of main opposition party is “shrinking” in the

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  PM Modi reviews infra projects, wants early completion of Hyderabad Metro

  December 30, 2015 19:27 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today pushed for early completion of the Hyderabad Metro Rail Project as he reviewed the progress of vital infrastructure projects in road, railway, metro rail, power and food processing

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  SP leader Totaram Yadav arrested in booth capturing case

  December 30, 2015 18:59 IST

  Lucknow: Samajwadi Party leader and Chairman of Processing and Construction Cooperative Federation Ltd (PACCFED) Totaram Yadav was today arrested in connection with a booth capturing case during the recent Panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh.He was

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  Watch Video: AIADMK cadre's dhoti catches fire while burning an effigy

  December 30, 2015 17:30 IST

  Chennai:  A major tragedy was averted today at Villuppuram in Tamil Nadu when an AIADMK cadre's dhoti caught fire while he was trying to burn an effigy of DMDK chief Vijayakanth.In a media interaction earlier,