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Rajya Sabha logjam broken, but GST off the agenda
December 19, 2015 10:21 ISTNew Delhi: Leaders cutting across party lines on Friday agreed to put an end to disruptions in Parliament from Monday, paving way for some legislative business to be taken up in whatever time there is
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PM Modi, Shinzo Abe most travelled Asian leaders in 2015
December 18, 2015 17:24 ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe have been the two most travelled Asian leaders in the year 2015. Both the leaders visited 23 countries individually in the year 2015, way
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PM Modi to inaugurate India-made Afghanistan Parliament in 2016
December 18, 2015 14:02 ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate India's symbolic gift of democracy to Afghanistan - it's Parliament building next year. It took nearly ten years to construct the Afghan Parliament which is on its last
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Speaker asks officers to note names of protesting Congress MPs
December 18, 2015 13:15 ISTNew Delhi: Exasperated by their continued protests, a peeved Lok Sabha Speaker today directed her officials to note down the names of Congress members standing in the Well raising slogans against the government. When Speaker Sumitra
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Hamid Ansari seeks more power for RS Chair to act against errant MPs
December 18, 2015 21:48 ISTNew Delhi: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met him, Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari has said that the Chair should be given more powers to act against errant members on
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CBI asked to finish parties who don't fall in line: Kejriwal
December 18, 2015 20:21 ISTNew Delhi: Escalating his attack on the Central government over CBI raids, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today claimed that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been directed to go after all Opposition parties
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DDCA row: Congress wants BJP MP Kirti Azad to head Joint Parliamentary Committee
December 18, 2015 9:21 ISTNew Delhi: Amidst the party's attack on Union Minister Arun Jaitley over an alleged scam within DDCA, Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Thursday said that a JPC should go into the matter and former cricketer
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PM Modi to attend top police officers' conference in Kutch today
December 18, 2015 9:10 ISTAhmedabad: An all-India conference of top police officials, to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will begin today in Kutch, where among other issues, ways to thwart attempts by ISIS to spread its base
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No Injustice will be allowed against Christians: Home Minister
December 18, 2015 9:07 ISTNew Delhi: No injustice will be allowed to happen to Christians in the country, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday as he asserted that Indian tradition and culture are similar to Christianity. Addressing a Christmas
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At crucial meet, Modi asks ministers to establish 'greater connect' with masses
December 17, 2015 23:59 ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked his Cabinet colleagues to take up the "challenge" of spreading the message of the government's functioning to people through better connect with them.At a meeting of the
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BJP MP Kirti Azad to hold press conference on Sunday against 'corruption' in DDCA
December 17, 2015 22:05 ISTNew Delhi: BJP on Thursday reached out to its MP Kirti Azad, a known detractor of Arun Jaitley, but an unfazed Azad said he will hold a press conference on Sunday against "corruption in DDCA",
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Cong alters plan in National Herald case prior to Gandhis' appearance
December 17, 2015 21:59 ISTNew Delhi: Two days before Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi appear at a Delhi trial court in the National Herald case, the grand old party appears to be contemplating a change in
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Guwahati HC stays all proceedings of Arunachal Assembly till 2nd Feb
December 17, 2015 21:34 ISTGuwahati/Itanagar: In a major development Guwahati High Court today gave an order to stays all the proceedings of present Arunachal Assembly session till 2nd February . The decision can be said to be a big
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Private coaching classes are like 'education terrorism': Paresh Rawal
December 17, 2015 21:21 ISTNew Delhi: BJP Lok Sabha member and film actor Paresh Rawal today likened private coaching institutes with “education terrorism” and sought their regulation, wondering whether even “Rajnikanth, let alone god,” would know whether the situation
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Saradha scam: Madan Mitra's judicial custody extended till December 31
December 17, 2015 19:18 ISTKolkata: The judicial custody of Trinamool Congress leader and former West Bengal minister Madan Mitra, an accused in the Saradha chit fund scam, was on Thursday extended by a city court by another 14 days
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WB: BJP leader Siddharth Nath Singh injured in protest
December 17, 2015 19:04 ISTBarasat (WB): A scuffle broke out between BJP workers and the police during a law-violation programme of the party here, with BJP national secretary Siddharth Nath Singh alleging that he and some other partymen were
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PM Modi to attend top police officers conference in Kutch
December 17, 2015 18:19 ISTAhmedabad: An all-India conference of top police officials, to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will begin tomorrow in Kutch, where among other issues, ways to thwart attempts by IS to spread its base
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Jaitley slams Kejriwal, says DDCA charges ploy to deflect attention
December 17, 2015 17:42 ISTNew Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today countered allegations of graft made by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other members of the Aam Aadmi Party, saying charges of corruption under his tenure as President
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Guwahati HC stays all proceedings of Arunachal Assembly till 2nd Feb
December 17, 2015 19:15 ISTItanagar: In a major development Guwahati High Court today gave an order to stays all the proceedings of present Arunachal Assembly session till 2nd February . The decision can be said to be a big
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Honour Our Women: Forgetting political differences, MPs join hands for a noble cause
December 17, 2015 16:02 ISTNew Delhi: Members of Parliament (MPs) from different political parties may be seen shouting against each other in the parliament but at least 30 of them decided to bury their differences and assemble on a
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DDCA row: AAP targets Arun Jaitley over corruption
December 17, 2015 13:52 ISTNew Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government today again accused Finance Minister Arun Jaitley of indulging in corruption in Delhi's cricket body and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sack him."A free and fair probe
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Jharkhand: Congress candidate Sukhdeo Bhagat wins Lohardaga assembly by-election
December 17, 2015 12:26 ISTRanchi: The Congress on Thursday won Jharkhand's Lohardaga assembly by-election. Congress candidate Sukhdeo Bhagat won the seat, defeating BJP-backed All Jharkhand Students Union's (AJSU) candidate Niru Bhagat.The three main candidates were convicted legislator Kamla Kishore Bhagat's
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After Salman's acquittal, BJP MP asks if deer was driving the vehicle
December 17, 2015 12:08 ISTNew Delhi: Actor Salman Khan's acquittal in 2002 hit-and-run road accident case found its way into a Lok Sabha discussion with questions being raised who was responsible for the poor man's death.BJP MP from Darbhanga
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DDCA row: Govt rejects demand for Jaitley's resignation, JPC probe
December 17, 2015 11:57 ISTNew Delhi: The Central government today backed Finance Minister Arun Jaitley saying he won't be resigning and there won't be any Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe against him over alleged financial irregularities in DDCA when
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PM Modi to meet Council of Ministers over dinner today
December 17, 2015 10:31 ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited members of his entire Council of Ministers for a dinner meeting today, an occasion he could utilise to review the work done by various ministries and departments. This
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National Herald case: Sonia, Rahul may not seek bail
December 17, 2015 18:51 ISTNew Delhi: In a bid to show strong public support for party president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi,the Congress is preparing for a mass mobilisation during their appearences in a trial court on
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Government looks to Budget Session for GST Bill passage
December 17, 2015 9:36 ISTNew Delhi: The government is mulling waiting till the Budget Session of Parliament to secure passage for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill.According to sources, the BJP-led NDA government, which is minority in the
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PM Modi-led panel finalises Chief Information Commissioner; suspense over announcement
December 17, 2015 8:32 ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Committee on Wednesday met and is understood to have decided on the new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC), a post lying vacant for about a fortnight. The meeting of the Committee,
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