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  Victim of BJP's politics of vengeance and Vendetta: DK Shivakumar on Twitter after his arrest

  September 03, 2019 23:34 IST

  DK Shivakumar, Congress' troubleshooter in Karnataka took to Twitter and in a sarcastic way, congratulated his "BJP friends" for being successful in their mission of arresting him. Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested DK Shivakumar on Tuesday (September 3) night. The probe agency had been grilling Shivakumar since five days in a money laundering case.

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  Team Priyanka 2.0 soon to hit the streets of Uttar Pradesh

  September 03, 2019 19:08 IST

  With Congress in disarray in Uttar Pradesh, All India Congress Committee general secretary Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra is embarking on a new mission in the state. For this, a new team is being formed around her. As per sources within the Congress, the new team will be announced within a fortnight.

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  Mulayam comes out in support of Azam Khan

  September 03, 2019 15:14 IST

  Coming out in support of Khan, the SP patriarch said at a press conference here that, "Injustice is being meted out to Khan and SP workers will launch a protest against it".

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  Manmohan used as 'puppet', economy doing quite well under Modi: BJP

  September 02, 2019 18:12 IST

  BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra told a press conference that Indian economy is doing "quite well" despite a global slowdown, adding that the Modi government in its six years has laid a "formal foundation" with measures like the GST and tax reforms.

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  Kalyan Singh to return to politics after term ends

  September 02, 2019 15:36 IST

  The sources said that Singh will arrive in Lucknow on Thursday and will enrol as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member.

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  Priyanka Gandhi appeals Finance Minister to rise above politics and acknowledge 'slowdown'

  September 01, 2019 23:10 IST

  Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday attacked Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for not acknowledging that there was a "slowdown", saying she needs to get over "politicking" about the state of the economy and come clean with the people of India.

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  Amit Shah questions Sharad Pawar's contribution to Maharashtra farmers during Solapur rally

  September 01, 2019 21:48 IST

  Union Home Minister and BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday questionned NCP president Sharad Pawar's "contribution" in providing financial aid to farmers in Maharashtra when he was a minister in the erstwhile UPA government at the Centre. Shah was in the south Maharashtra city to attend a rally on the occasion of culmination of the second leg of the 'Mahajanadesh Yatra' launched on August 1 by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

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  Rahul's comments being lauded in Pakistan, Congress should be ashamed: Amit Shah

  September 01, 2019 15:15 IST

  Attacking the Congress, Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday that it should be "ashamed" that its leader Rahul Gandhi's statement was used by Pakistan in its petition to the UN on Kashmir.

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  Not Oxford English, but anti-Modi stand helped Cong-UDF victory: Kerala Congress MP

  August 31, 2019 19:06 IST

  Days after the KPCC directed party leaders to stop making public statements after a controversy broke out over Tharoor's statement that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should be praised for doing the "right things", Murleedharan, MP, said not "Oxford English" but "anti-Modi" stand had helped the party-led front win the Thiruvananthapuram seat.

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  Who is your CM candidate against Kejriwal, AAP asks BJP

  August 30, 2019 19:39 IST

    Seeking to corner the BJP, the Aam Aadmi Party on Friday sought to know from it its chief ministerial candidate who will take on Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi. In a letter to BJP leader Vijay Goel, AAP's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh posed three questions that, he said, the people of Delhi want to ask his party and said he hoped to receive a response within 24 hours.

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  Former CM Narayan Rane, ex-Sena, Congress leader, to join BJP

  August 29, 2019 23:08 IST

  Former Maharashtra chief minister Narayan Rane said on Thursday that he would be joining the ruling BJP on September 1. After quitting the Congress, Rane was elected to the Rajya Sabha with the BJP's support and had floated Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha' which is part of the NDA.

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  Sonia Gandhi revokes expulsion of Vidarbha leader Satish Chaturvedi

  August 29, 2019 22:20 IST

  In an official release, Congress General Secretary (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal said, "Congress President has approved the recommendation of the All India Congress Committee for revocation of the expulsion of Chaturvedi, ex-Minister, Maharashtra, from the party with immediate effect."

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  Mayawati a 'live wire', anyone who touches her will die: UP Minister

  August 29, 2019 11:25 IST

  "Mayawati is like a naked electric wire. Anyone who touches her will die," he said in an informal chat with the media here. The Minister of State for Social Welfare and SC/ST Welfare, who represents the Agra cantonment seat in the Assembly, said: "Mayawati is not trustworthy and has betrayed everyone.

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  Akhilesh Yadav prepares to revamp Samajwadi Party

  August 28, 2019 11:27 IST

  "Akhilesh is taking the bypolls very seriously because this is an opportunity for the SP to regain its credibility. Though at present the party has only one seat, Rampur, where the bypolls are to be held but we want to wrest more seats from the BJP," said a senior SP leader.   

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  Ex-UP minister Om Prakash Rajbhar booked for provocative language against BJP

  August 27, 2019 19:24 IST

  A police complaint has been filed against Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party president and former Uttar Pradesh Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar for allegedly using provocative language against BJP. The comment was made in a public meeting in Mau in Uttar Pradesh. The complaint has been filed by BJP leader Akhilesh Rajbhar. The FIR has been lodged under various sections of the Indian penal code.

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  Saffron bedsheets in Raebareli hospital for Yogi Adityanath's visit

  August 27, 2019 10:07 IST

  Chief Medical Superintendent Dr NK Srivastava said there was nothing unusual about the bedsheets. "The bedsheets are colour coded to ensure they are changed every day," he said.

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  Host of People's Democratic Party leaders from Ladakh join BJP

  August 26, 2019 19:01 IST

  On joining the BJP from the Mehbooba Mufti's PDP, Haji Anayat Ali, Chairman, J&K legislative council, said on Monday, "In two years, you will see the change.

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  2 AAP, 1 Congress leaders eager to join our party: BJP sources

  August 24, 2019 16:58 IST

  "They expressed their eagerness to join the party post Article 370 abrogation by the Modi government," a top Delhi BJP leader said.

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  Shashi Tharoor joins Abhishek Manu Singhvi in backing Jairam Ramesh's PM remark

  August 24, 2019 8:51 IST

  Shashi Tharoor said praising the prime minister for doing the right things would lend credibility to the Opposition's criticism of him.

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  AAP's Alka Lamba marshalled out of Delhi Assembly

  August 23, 2019 18:55 IST

  At the time of her ejection, Lamba, the MLA from Chandni Chowk, was criticising the Delhi government and alleged that at least two families had been forced to purchase medicines from private chemists while they were being treated at the capital's government-run G.B. Pant Hospital.

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  Akhilesh Yadav dissolves all units of Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh

  August 23, 2019 17:34 IST

  "Party president Akhilesh Yadav has dissolved the state executive. All district executives and the executives of youth and other wings have also been dissolved," a senior party leader told PTI requesting anonymity. "A new executives will be formed soon."

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  I always come back: When Amit Shah foresaw reversal of fate vis-a-vis Chidambaram

  August 22, 2019 1:03 IST

  In July 2010, CBI arrested Amit Shah and charged him with murder, extortion and kidnapping. Three months later, Amit Shah was prohibited from entering Gujarat for two years, that is, till 2012. Today, Amit Shah is Union Home Minister and P Chidambaram has been arrested by the CBI

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  In Tamil Nadu, DMK chief Stalin comes out in support of Chidambaram

  August 21, 2019 13:59 IST

  MK Stalin, chief of DMK, has come out in strong support of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, who is facing arrest in the INX Media money laundering case. 

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  Former J&K CM Ghulam Nabi Azad stopped at Jammu Airport, sent back

  August 20, 2019 18:59 IST

  Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad was stopped at the Jammu airport on Tuesday and sent back to Delhi, a party leader said, the second time in a month the former chief minister was not allowed to visit Jammu and Kashmir.

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  Manmohan Singh elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha

  August 19, 2019 16:06 IST

  Former prime minister Manmohan Singh was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan on Monday. He was declared elected unopposed as the deadline for the withdrawal of nominations for the bypoll ended. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot congratulated Singh on his election to the Upper House of Parliament.

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  AgustaWestland: Delhi court reserves order on cancellation of Non-Bailable Warrant against Kamal Nath's nephew

  August 19, 2019 15:51 IST

  Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's nephew and former Executive Director of Moser Baer India Limited (MBIL) did not get any relief on Monday as a special court in Delhi reserved its order on cancellation of a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against him. On Sunday, Puri got another jolt as Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed an FIR against him in another case.

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  Nadda discusses poll strategy with Telangana BJP leaders

  August 18, 2019 18:55 IST

  Nadda will participate in a membership drive and address a public meeting in Hyderabad later on Sunday. Several leaders from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and other parties are expected to formally join the BJP at the public meeting.

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  Congress has lost its way, says former Haryana CM BS Hooda amid speculation of him quitting party

  August 18, 2019 16:29 IST

  Former Haryana Chief Minister and Congress strongman Bhupinder Singh Hooda attacked his own party on Sunday just when speculation is rife that he may quit the Congress.