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  BJP govt ready to discuss 'intolerance' issue in Parliament: Venkaiah Naidu

  November 30, 2015 0:08 IST

  Visakhapatnam: At a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi has struck a conciliatory note with opposition, Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu today said the Centre was ready to discuss the issue of intolerance in the ongoing

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  Rushdie book ban: BJP asks Congress to be tolerant after Chidambaram's remark

  November 29, 2015 23:52 IST

  New Delhi: Congress leader P Chidambaram's admission that the Rajiv Gandhi government's decision to ban Salman Rushdie's novel 'Satanic Verses' was wrong on Sunday found support from independent voices, while BJP wondered why it took

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  Farooq Abdullah should apologize for PoK remark: Jagdambika Pal

  November 29, 2015 19:23 IST

  Basti: BJP MP Jagdambika Pal on Sunday said former Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah should apologize for his "PoK is part of Pakistan" remark and suggested the government banned such statements.Reacting to Abdullah's

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  Grand alliance government will not last long: Ramvilas Paswan

  November 29, 2015 18:21 IST

  Patna: LJP supremo and Union Minister Ramvilas Paswan today said the grand alliance will not take long to collapse due to "ego clash" between the RJD and the JD(U) resulting in mid-term poll in Bihar.

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  Prashant Bhushan challenges Arvind Kejriwal to public debate on Lokpal Bill

  November 29, 2015 18:02 IST

  New Delhi: After terming ruling AAP's 2015 ombudsman Bill "mahajokepal", former party leader Prashant Bhushan today challenged Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to a public debate on the Jan Lokpal Bill even as he warned of

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  LPG subsidy: #GiveItUp more successful than PM Modi's claims

  November 29, 2015 17:01 IST

  "I say with pride that 40 lakh people have voluntarily given up their LPG subsidy," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while addressing the Indian diaspora in Singapore on November 24, 2015.FactChecker found that Modi underestimated

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  PM Modi leaves for Paris to attend global climate change meet

  November 29, 2015 16:02 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today left for Paris to attend the world conference on climate change amid his emphasis that it is the responsibility of all to work against global warming.“Leaving for Paris,

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  Want 'Ek Bharat, Shresht Bharat' scheme: PM Modi

  November 29, 2015 13:14 IST

  New Delhi: Amid the ‘intolerance' debate, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he proposes to put in place ‘Ek Bharat, Shresht Bharat' scheme aimed at strengthening the country's unity and harmony and invited suggestions in

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  Suspended IPS officer Amitabh Thakur to join RSS

  November 29, 2015 12:13 IST

  New Delhi: Suspended IPS officer Amitabh Thakur has announced that he will soon join the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).Thakur has also decided to inform the administration about his decision.Thakur's decision to join RSS came after

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  Congress won't have alliance in Assam but some understanding: Gogoi

  November 29, 2015 12:05 IST

  New Delhi: Congress does not favour a Bihar-type grand alliance in Assam but is keen on some “understanding” with friendly parties to defeat BJP.  Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi says Congress is in talks with

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  Parliamentary panel finalises draft report on Lokpal

  November 29, 2015 11:49 IST

  New Delhi: After deliberations that dragged on for about a year, the Parliamentary Committee examining the bill on anti-corruption watchdog Lokpal has finalised its draft report and its final version will be submitted to Rajya

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  Government readies for tough week in Parliament over 'intolerance'

  November 30, 2015 8:02 IST

  New Delhi: The government is bracing up for a tough week in Parliament from Monday, with opposition parties giving a number of notices in both Houses seeking a debate on ‘intolerance' in society and action

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  Checking global warming is everyone's responsibility: PM Modi

  November 29, 2015 20:21 IST

  New Delhi: Hours before leaving for Paris to attend the 'UN Climate Change Conference', Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about climate change in his monthly radio address 'Mann ki Baat'.He stressed on the need for

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  Climate Conference: PM Modi to leave for Paris today

  November 29, 2015 10:03 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave today for a two days visit to France to attend the Paris Climate Conference.He will deliver a speech on India's Strategy to contain global warming and its

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  Arundhati Roy accuses NDA govt 'promoting Brahmanism' in the name of 'Hindu Rashtravad'

  November 29, 2015 9:13 IST

  Pune: Noted author Arundhati Roy on Saturday alleged that the Narendra Modi-led government was "promoting Brahmanism" in the name of "Hindu Rashtravad", and word like "intolerance" is inadequate to describe the "fear" in which the

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  Azam Khan accuses Bukhari of nexus with Hindu outfits

  November 29, 2015 8:40 IST

  Rampur: Controversial UP minister Azam Khan renewed his attack on Jama Masjid's Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari alleging he was hand-in-glove with Hindu outfits which were "silent" on his son's marriage to a Hindu though

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  Jamia's media co-ordinator rubbishes reports of protest against Modi, says he is our PM

  November 29, 2015 8:00 IST

  New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia's media co-ordinator Mukesh Ranjan on Saturday rubbished the reports of protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the university's convocation invite."Narendra Modi is our PM, he has been elected by

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  Shiv Sena leaders take stock of situation in drought-affected areas

  November 29, 2015 8:01 IST

  Thane (Maha): Shiv Sena leaders are taking stock of situation in drought-affected regions in Marathwada area of Maharashtra, a senior Sena leader said yesterday.All MLAs, Ministers and leaders of the Sena have been since the

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  BJP, Cong call for reconsidering SC judgment on gay sex

  November 29, 2015 19:24 IST

  New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress unitedly came out in support of gay rights, saying that the Supreme Court must reconsider its judgment on gay sex.While speaking at Times LitFest yesterday, Jaitley

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  Nitish-Lalu ego clash to bring mid-term poll, predicts Ramvilas Paswan

  November 28, 2015 23:05 IST

  Patna: LJP president Ramvilas Paswan today said the Grand Alliance will not complete its full term and force a mid-term poll in Bihar due to ego clash between its top leaders, a reference to Chief

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  Replace Assam guv who has turned his office into an annex of BJP office: Tarun Gogoi urges President

  November 28, 2015 22:49 IST

  Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today urged President Pranab Mukherjee for his immediate intervention for replacement of Acting state Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya who has allegedly "converted his office into an annex of BJP

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  Rajnath Singh appeals to opposition for cooperation in Parliament

  November 28, 2015 22:44 IST

  Varanasi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today sought the support of opposition parties in passing key bills during the ongoing Winter session of Parliament.The Union Minister appealed to opposition leaders to cooperate in the smooth

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  Abdullah's remark seditious, will take back land from Pakistan: Yogi Adityanath

  November 28, 2015 20:46 IST

  Siddharthnagar: BJP MP Yogi Adityanath today termed as “irresponsible and seditious” the statement of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on PoK, and said the part of Kashmir under Pakistan's control would be

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  Ban on Rushdie's book by Rajiv govt was wrong: Chidambaram

  November 28, 2015 23:38 IST

  New Delhi: Former Union Minister P Chidambaram today said that the ban on Salman Rushdie's controversial novel 'The Satanic Verses' in 1988 by the then Rajiv Gandhi government was "wrong"."I have no hesitation in saying

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  Basic structure can't be dismantled to protect only judiciary independence: Arun Jaitley

  November 28, 2015 20:34 IST

  New Delhi: Continuing his criticism of the quashing the NJAC Act, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said doctrine of basic structure, including elected government and parliament's sovereignty, cannot be "dismantled" to save only independence of

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  Lok Sabha set to discuss issue of intolerance on Monday

  November 28, 2015 19:55 IST

  New Delhi: The issue of intolerance is set to reverberate in Lok Sabha on Monday with the Speaker accepting notices of CPI(M) member P Karunakaran and Congress MP K C Venugopal for a discussion on

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  BJP MLA gets 3 months jail for assaulting MSEDCL employee

  November 28, 2015 19:47 IST

  Yavatmal (Maha): BJP MLA Raju Todsam has been sentenced to three months imprisonment by a court here for abusing and assaulting an employee of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL).The Third Joint Civil Judge

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  Government trying to reduce defence procurement process to 3 yrs: Manohar Parrikar

  November 28, 2015 18:29 IST

  New Delhi: The Centre is making efforts to bring down the contracting process for procurement of defence equipment to three years from the present average of about five years, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said today.