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  PM Modi discusses TN flood with Singh, Jaitley, Naidu

  December 02, 2015 18:29 IST

  New Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took stock of the flood situation in Tamil Nadu and discussed it with his cabinet colleagues, including the Home and Finance Ministers."I want to inform the House that

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  Why PM Modi needs more 'chai pe charcha' with opposition leaders

  December 02, 2015 21:26 IST

  New Delhi:  It seems Bihar Assembly results have forced Modi government to recalibrate its strategy as far as dealing with opposition in parliament is concerned.The way Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited Congress President Sonia Gandhi

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  Centre awaiting UP Govt's report on Dadri lynching: Mukhtar A Naqvi

  December 02, 2015 16:55 IST

  New Delhi: The central government is awaiting a report it had sought from the Akhilesh Yadav dispensation to ascertain factual position and action taken by the state in the Dadri lynching incident, Lok Sabha was

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  Arun Jaitley counters Kumari Seljas allegations of discrimination

  December 02, 2015 18:39 IST

  New Delhi: The government today came up with a strong counter to the claims of Congress leader Kumari Selja that she had faced discrimination at Gujarat's Dwarkadheesh temple because of her caste. Finance Minister Arun

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  Gujarat local polls: Congress leads in rural areas; BJP ahead in urban

  December 02, 2015 14:38 IST

  Ahmedabad: In what could be a setback to the ruling BJP in crucial civic polls in Gujarat, the Congress is leading in district and taluka panchayats even as the saffron party is ahead in corporations

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  7,432 complaints of exploitation of Indian workers in Gulf, Sushma Swaraj tells Lok Sabha

  December 02, 2015 14:30 IST

  New Delhi: As many as 7,432 complaints were received from Indians employed in Gulf countries this year, with many of them relating to exploitation and torture by their employers.External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said in

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  Senior JD-U legislator Vijay Choudhary elected speaker of Bihar assemb

  December 02, 2015 12:39 IST

  Patna: Senior Janata Dal-United legislator Vijay Kumar Choudhary was unanimously elected the speaker of the Bihar assembly on Wednesday.Choudhary, a former minister, is a legislator from Samastipur district's Sarairanjan assembly constituency."Choudhary is elected unopposed as

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  Modi showed œhuge tolerance by shaking hands with Sharif: Sena

  December 02, 2015 10:47 IST

  Mumbai: In a sarcastic take on Narendra Modi and Nawaz Sharif's hand shake on sidelines of the climate summit in Paris, the Shiv Sena today said the Prime Minister has displayed “huge tolerance” by shaking

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  Gujarat civic polls: Congress gains in rural Guj, BJP holds on to urban areas

  December 03, 2015 8:56 IST

  Ahmedabad: Out of power for 20 years, the Congress on Wednesday made a stunning comeback in the rural areas of Gujarat by winning 21 of the 31 district panchayats, while the ruling BJP retained its

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  BJP MLA booked for 'Provocative' statements against beef festival

  December 02, 2015 10:32 IST

  Hyderabad: BJP MLA Raja Singh was booked yesterday over his alleged provocative statements pertaining to the Beef Festival that is proposed to be held at Osmania University (OU) campus on December 10."Some representatives of Leftist

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  AAP government to amend draft Janlokpal Bill

  December 01, 2015 23:35 IST

  New Delhi: Under fire for tabling a "diluted" Bill, the Delhi government is likely to amend the draft Janlokpal legislation and will introduce two changes in the appointment and removal clauses as per veteran social

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  Cow is safer in India than a Muslim: Shashi Tharoor

  December 01, 2015 21:22 IST

  New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today quoted some “Bangladeshi friend” to contend that a “cow is safer in India than a Muslim” to suggest “growing intolerance” in the country.Participating in the debate on intolerance

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  Anyone disturbing social fabric of India will not be spared: Rajnath

  December 02, 2015 7:35 IST

  New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today asserted in Lok Sabha that anyone trying to disturb communal harmony will not be spared as he expressed readiness to order CBI probe into incidents like Dadri and

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  Ready for talks with J-K separatists who shun violence: Govt

  December 01, 2015 20:17 IST

  New Delhi: The government will hold talks with all separatist groups from Jammu and Kashmir who are willing to eschew the path of violence and work within the framework of the Constitution, the Lok Sabha

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  No riots under NDA, India safest for Muslims: Sakshi Maharaj

  December 01, 2015 20:08 IST

  Farrukhabad: Firebrand BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj has termed India as the safest country for Muslims, saying that no communal riots had taken place since the NDA government came to power.He also claimed that 32 lakh

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  Will surely implement Anna Hazare's suggestions on Lokpal, says Arvind Kejriwal

  December 01, 2015 19:39 IST

  New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party today thanked Anna Hazare for supporting the Delhi Janlokpal Bill 2015 with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal suggesting that he will "surely" effect the changes proposed by the veteran social activist,

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  Toilets must for contesting urban civic polls in Maharashtra

  December 01, 2015 19:32 IST

  Mumbai: If you do not have a toilet at home, you will not be eligible to contest elections to urban local bodies in Maharashtra, the state government decided today.The move comes months after Haryana, also

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  Protest is considered sedition in today's India: Rahul Gandhi in LS

  December 02, 2015 15:14 IST

  New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today launched a scathing attack on Modi led NDA government on the issue of intolerance .Rahul Gandhi accused Minister of State of External Affairs V.K. Singh of challenging the

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  New Bihar MLAs take oath in assembly

  December 01, 2015 18:19 IST

  Patna: Wearing designer "Bandis" (waist coat), "Paag" (customary cap of Maithla region), the newly elected Legislators took oath today as members of the 16th state Legislative Assembly.The oath taking function which was scheduled on the

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  Terrorists being appeased for vote bank politics: Nitin Gadkari

  December 01, 2015 18:10 IST

  Kolkata: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today said the issue of national security should not be politicised but “appeasement” of terrorists and terrorist organisations was happening for vote-bank politics.  The minister was responding to a question

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  ED probing suspected links between Hurriyat leader 2611 financier

  December 01, 2015 17:23 IST

  New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate is probing suspected links between a leader of hardline Hurriyat leader, Firdous Ahmad Shah, and one of the financiers of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, the Lok Sabha was informed today. In a

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  Constitution is our guiding light through dark times: PM Modi

  December 02, 2015 11:14 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi  today replied to the tolerance debate in Rajya Sabha.Highlights of PM's speech in Rajya Sabha: * We must educated youth about our Constitution; it is our guiding light through

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  No NHRC team visited Dadri after lynching: Govt tells Lok Sabha

  December 01, 2015 17:07 IST

  New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) did not send any team to Dadri after the lynching of a Muslim man over suspicion of eating beef.Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju told the

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  Death penalty an aberration in democracy, abolish it: Shashi Tharoor

  December 01, 2015 17:00 IST

  New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today demanded abolition of death penalty, describing it as an "aberration in a healthy democracy".Raising the issue during Zero Hour, he said hanging people does not deter crime and

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  Dawood Ibrahim has bases in Pak; keeps changing location: Govt to Lok Sabha

  December 01, 2015 16:37 IST

  New Delhi: Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim has bases in Pakistan though he keeps shifting his location from time to time, Lok Sabha was informed today.Inputs available from different agencies suggest that Dawood, a prime accused

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  LK Advani's wife admitted to AIIMS

  December 01, 2015 16:25 IST

  New Delhi: The wife of senior BJP leader LK Advani was today admitted to AIIMS here due to health problems.According to doctors at the premier institute, Kamla Advani has been put in the ICU of

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  ED, I-T department conduct raid at offices of P Chidambaram's son Karti

  December 01, 2015 16:19 IST

  Chennai: Officials of Income Tax department and the Enforcement Directorate today conducted searches at "some places" of bussiness associates connected with Congress leader Karti Chidambaram, son of former Finance Minister P Chidammbaram."Some searches are happening

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  Three out of four terror cases in last two years unsolved: Govt

  December 01, 2015 16:26 IST

  New Delhi: Investigation agencies have failed to arrest the perpetrators or identity groups behind three out of four terror attacks in the country in 2014 and 2015, Lok Sabha was informed today.The data on terror