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  Kapil Mishra, rebel AAP MLA, joins BJP

  August 17, 2019 11:55 IST

  Kapil Mishra, former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday.

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  India has no place for intolerance but millions still discriminated: Sonia Gandhi

  August 15, 2019 13:20 IST

  Extending her greetings on the 73rd Independence day, Gandhi in a statement said: "India has surged ahead exponentially in all arenas but at our core are the founding principles of 'truth, non-violence, compassion and unwavering patriotism'. 

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  ABVP, NSUI protest DU college notice asking students not to attend political rallies

  August 14, 2019 23:20 IST

  According to the notice apparently issued by principal Hina Nandrajog, "All the students are advised not to attend any political rally otherwise the disciplinary action will be taken against them by the college." The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad demanded that the notice be withdrawn.

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  Pehlu Khan case verdict: Shoddy prosecution, says Asaduddin Owaisi

  August 14, 2019 22:51 IST

  In most lynchings, the accused were happy being filmed while they lynched a human being. They wanted to be famous for these awful acts, But are we to now believe that no one killed Pehlu Khan? What will this deliberately shoddy prosecution tell his family, he tweeted.

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  Revocation of Article 370 in Jammu & Kashmir a master strategy: Superstar Rajinikanth

  August 14, 2019 21:28 IST

  Superstar Rajinikanth has called revocation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir by PM Modi-led government a 'master strategy'. Article 370 gave Jammu and Kashmir special status. This special status came to an end as provisions of Article 370 were abrogated on August 5.

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  Sovan Chatterjee, top Mamata Banerjee aide and ex-Kolkata mayor, joins BJP

  August 14, 2019 18:46 IST

  Chatterjee, a former minister of the Mamata Banerjee government, joined the party in the presence of its senior West Bengal leader Mukul Roy and its general secretary Arun Singh.

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  HD Kumaraswamy denies phone-tapping charge; BJP pushes for investigation

  August 14, 2019 18:22 IST

  On Wednesday, disqualified JD(S) MLA from Hunsur, A H Vishwanath who had served as the JDS state president and turned rebel later, accused the previous government of tapping phones and spying on more than 300 leaders including him.

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  BJP achieves target of 50 lakh new members in UP

  August 14, 2019 15:02 IST

  The party is now aiming to enrol a total of 80 lakh members by the deadline.

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  Sonia Gandhi set to take call on 'one man, one post' in Congress

  August 13, 2019 14:50 IST

  A senior Congress leader in the know of the development told IANS: "Sonia Gandhi is set to decide on 'one man, one post' rule."

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  Modi-Shah are like Krishna, Arjuna: Rajinikanth

  August 11, 2019 14:06 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are like Lord Krishna and Arjuna, said actor Rajinikanth here on Sunday.  

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  How Sonia was approached as non-Gandhi names failed to get votes

  August 11, 2019 9:23 IST

  When the names of Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Mukul Wasnik and Jyotiraditya Scindia were proposed at the sub-group discussions, very few hands came up in agreement. Worried at the prospect of a split in the party ranks, the Congress fell back on Sonia Gandhi to lead the party.

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  20 months after handing over reins to Rahul, Sonia emerges as unanimous choice for Congress Chief

  August 11, 2019 6:52 IST

  After Sonia Gandhi deftly led the Congress for 19 long years and wrested power twice at the Centre and in several states, she was back in the saddle on Saturday to steer it out of troubled waters once again.

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  Sonia Gandhi appointed as interim president of the Congress party

  August 11, 2019 0:52 IST

  Sonia Gandhi has been appointed as the interim president of the Congress party. Congress Working Committee (CWC) went in a huddle on Saturday to decide on the new president of the Congress party. It accepted former Congress president Rahul Gandhi's resignation.

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  She never became a prisoner of her electoral successes: Sonia Gandhi remembers Sheila Dikshit

  August 10, 2019 21:37 IST

  Former Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit passed away on July 20 leaving a void in India's political space. Her genial personna, comprehensive hold on administration and ability to look beyond politics won her many friends across the political spectrum. UPA chiarperson Sonia Gandhi underlined these very things in a memorial speech at Shankar Lal Auditorium in New Delhi.

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  Majority of Congress leaders back Rahul as Congress president ahead of 2nd CWC meet: Sources

  August 10, 2019 20:31 IST

  The Congress Working Committee (CWC) will meet for the second time on Saturday evening to take a final call on the new party president after a number of leaders, including state chiefs and MPs, backed Rahul Gandhi to continue on the post despite his refusal to reconsider his resignation.

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  Sonia Gandhi to be interim president of the Congress | Highlights

  August 11, 2019 0:45 IST

  After a deliberation that lasted almost the entire day on Saturday, the Congress Working Committee (CWC) has appointed Sonia Gandhi as interim president of the Congress.

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  The worst criminals look better than some of my colleagues: Jharkhand Cong chief in resignation letter

  August 09, 2019 20:38 IST

  The ex-police officer and former Lok Sabha MP also accused party colleagues in the state of "creating havoc" in elections after they or their kin were denied tickets.

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  Congress calls meeting of top leadership to strategise its stand on Article 370 revocation

  August 07, 2019 23:00 IST

  Congress Legislative Party leaders in state assemblies, AICC department heads and all MPs of the party along with frontal organisation heads will meet here on Friday evening and strategise the party's stand on the issue moving forward.  

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  Sushma Swaraj: The people's politician who redefined a public office

  August 07, 2019 5:43 IST

  Just a few hours before she collapsed and died, former external affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had tweeted her thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for revoking Article 370 on Jammu and Kashmir. "Thank you Prime Minister. Thank you very much. I was waiting to see this day in my lifetime."

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  Jyotiraditya Scindia, a contender for Congress president post, supports BJP's Kashmir move

  August 06, 2019 20:08 IST

  The Twitterverse looked amused with Scindia's support for the Centre's move -- especially considering the tweet that looked more like a message for Rahul Gandhi, rather than India.

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  Differences wide open in Congress: Raebareli MLA Aditi Singh says revoking Article 370 a welcome step

  August 06, 2019 14:46 IST

  Aditi Singh, Congress MLA from Raebareli Sadar, has refused to toe party's line on abrogation of Article 370 that granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir. With this, differences can be seen wide open in the Congress party over the scrapping of the controversial Article 370.

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  With Mission Kashmir, Modi and Shah achieve BJP's ideological goal

  August 05, 2019 23:57 IST

  Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah have achieved what Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the first BJP leader to form the government at the Centre, could not.

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  Article 370 revoked: Former J&K CMs Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah arrested, moved to makeshift jail

  August 05, 2019 23:36 IST

  People's Democratic Party chief and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah have been arrested. Reports suggest that they have been moved to a makeshift jail in a guesthouse.

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  Congress has ourightly rejected revoking of Article 370. But where are Priyanka, Rahul Gandhi?

  August 05, 2019 17:24 IST

  For months, the Gandhi scions have taken to Twitter to deride the Modi 2.0 government at the Centre. And today -- the historical August 5 -- when senior people from the seniormost party in the nation are required to call out/praise the move, we see NADA.

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  J&K turmoil: Mobile internet suspended, cable tv snapped after house arrests of political leaders

  August 05, 2019 3:00 IST

  Mobile internet was snapped in parts of Jammu and Kashmir after prominent leaders like Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti were kept under house arrest. Service providers like Jio, BSNL, Airtel among others have complied with the instructions from the government. Suspension of mobile internet was announced late on Sunday night.

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  Jammu & Kashmir no longer a special status state, Ladakh to be carved out as separate UT

  August 08, 2019 11:59 IST

  Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday proposed to scrap Article 370 of the Constitution which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir and said the state would be split into two Union Territories: Jammu and Kashmir with an Assembly and Ladakh without one. Shah's announcement came after days of escalating tension in Jammu and Kashmir, particularly the Kashmir Valley, where panicky residents have been buying up essential goods amid a security build up. 

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  Decide who's the Boss: Shashi Tharoor, Milind Deora convey urgency of electing Congress president

  August 04, 2019 19:48 IST

  Congress has been a ship without a captain for several months now. Rahul Gandhi stepped down after UPA's disasterous show in Lok Sabha Elections 2019 and has been adamant on his decision ever since. There is a perceptible unease among rank and file of the Congress as percieved lack of leadership has created major confusion. Now, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and former chief of Mumbai Congress Milind Deora have urged Congress highcommand to settle the matter of party leadership.  

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  Rebel AAP MLA Alka Lamba to resign from party, to contest Delhi polls as independent candidate

  August 04, 2019 17:13 IST

  Rebel Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Alka Lamba on Sunday said she will be resigning from the primary membership of the party over the differences with her colleagues. Lamba also said that she will be contesting the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls as an independent candidate.