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  Madhya Pradesh not to ban liquor: Shivraj Singh

  November 28, 2015 17:38 IST

  Bhopal: Though no new liquor shops will be opened or breweries encouraged, the Madhya Pradesh government has no plans to ban alcohol, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Saturday.The reaction of Singh, who is

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  Prashant, Shanti Bhushan should join BJP: AAP after criticism of Janlokpal Bill

  November 28, 2015 20:27 IST

  New Delhi: Hitting back at Prashant Bhushan and his father Shanti Bhushan for their criticism to Delhi govt's Jan Lokpal Bill, Aam Aadmi Party today said that they were opposing it at the behest of

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  Indian force can't defend Kashmir against militants: Farooq Abdullah

  November 28, 2015 19:08 IST

  New Delhi: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said that all of Indian forces can't defend Kashmir against terrorists and militants, a day after he stoked controversy by saying that PoK

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  Congress to undertake 'padyatras' in Uttar Pradesh

  November 28, 2015 16:21 IST

  Lucknow: Buoyed by the "success" of Rahul Gandhi's padyatra in Saharanpur this week, UP Congress today said it will organise similar programmes in major cities of the state in December to celebrate party president Sonia

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  India's economic growth will soon be in double digit: Rajnath Singh

  November 28, 2015 14:14 IST

  New Delhi: Taking a dig at the economic policies of the previous UPA government, Union Minister Rajnath Singh today said the country's economy was revived by the Modi government and India has now become the

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  Woman passenger in distress tweets to Suresh Prabhu, gets help

  November 28, 2015 15:32 IST

  Mumbai: A woman passenger travelling alone on an outstation train in Maharashtra was immediately attended to by authorities after she sought help from Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu through a tweet.The commuter, identified as Namrata Mahajan,

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  PM Modi interacts with journalists at BJP office

  November 28, 2015 14:56 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met senior journalists and editors of both TV and print at BJP headquarters, 11 Ashoka Road, as a part of the Diwali Mangal Milan programme.In his brief address,

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  AAP's Lokpal is a 'mahajokepal': Prashant Bhushan

  November 28, 2015 20:24 IST

  New Delhi: Activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan today accused Arvind Kejriwal of playing the "biggest fraud" on people by diluting the provisions of the Jan Lokpal draft of the Anna movement while Shanti Bhushan demanded the Delhi

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  Indo-Pak series is a proposal to 'honour Team Kasab': Shiv Sena

  November 28, 2015 20:45 IST

  New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) key ally, Shiv Sena, today launched a full-fledged attack on the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for going ahead with the India-Pakistan bilateral series.The party, in

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  PM Modi to meet senior journalists over lunch at BJP office

  November 28, 2015 12:16 IST

  New Delhi: After back-to-back foreign trips since Diwali, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has finally confirmed his presence to the party for today's event where he will interact with journalists of both TV and print.Party officials

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  Kejriwal govt's Janlokpal Bill 'worse than a Jokepal': Prashant Bhushan

  November 28, 2015 11:11 IST

  New Delhi: Swaraj Abhiyan leader Prashant Bhushan ha claimed the Delhi government's new Janlokpal Bill is different from what was drafted during the Anna Hazare-led anti-corruption movement. Bhushan, a noted lawyer, said the bill thrashes all

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  AAP MLA Pankaj Pushkar suspended from Delhi Assembly

  November 28, 2015 9:20 IST

  New Delhi: AAP MLA Pankaj Pushkar was on Friday suspended for two days from the Winter Session of the Delhi assembly for demanding a discussion on 25 percent nursery admissions through EWS quota.He was marshalled

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  South Indian Muslims more attracted to ISIS: Kiren Rijiju

  November 28, 2015 16:13 IST

  New Delhi: In a statement that can trigger a controversy, MoS for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, said that Muslims from the southern states were attracted more to the ISIS ideology than their north Indian counterparts."It

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  Imagine status of woman if Sharad Yadav had drafted Constitution: Smriti Irani

  November 28, 2015 11:34 IST

  New Delhi: Taking a dig at senior JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav, Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Friday wondered what would have been the position of women had such politicians been part of the

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  Andhra Pradesh MP Mithun Reddy slaps Air India official, booked

  November 28, 2015 8:04 IST

  New Delhi: YSR Congress MP Mithun Reddy was booked on Friday for allegedly slapping an Air India official at the Tirupati Airport after the latter refused to accept the MP and his relatives on the

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  Delhi Cabinet approves salary hike of MLAs

  November 28, 2015 7:58 IST

  New Delhi: The AAP government on Friday approved a hike in salary and allowances of Delhi MLAs.The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at his residence."Cabinet has approved

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  Law can't justify a situation where CJI appoints judges: Govt

  November 28, 2015 0:03 IST

  New Delhi: Questioning the collegium system, government today said in Rajya Sabha that no position of law "can ever justify" a situation where the CJI appoints other judges and everyone else becomes irrelevant.The remarks of

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  Hope govt has registered our concern on GST: Congress

  November 27, 2015 23:16 IST

  New Delhi: Congress tonight struck a cautious note after the first ever discussions with the government to thrash out a solution on the GST bill which the Centre is keen to pass in the current

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  PM Modi reaches out to Sonia, Manmohan to break GST deadlock

  November 28, 2015 8:06 IST

  New Delhi: In a bid to end the logjam and the passage of crucial GST bill and other key bills that is pending in Parliament, PM Narendra Modi met with top Congress leaders at his

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  Why so serious: When Sonia Gandhi's giggle made LS debate lighter

  November 28, 2015 12:57 IST

  New Delhi: The first day of winter session of Parliament started on a mixed note with some sharp barbs, giggling and smiles during the debate on Indian Constitution, yesterday.But the day was seized by a

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  Opposition takes on govt for not checking "divisive forces"

  November 27, 2015 20:07 IST

  New Delhi: Opposition members in Rajya Sabha today attacked the government for not checking divisive forces and expressed concern over issues like intolerance, the status of backward sections and weakening federalism.Participating in the debate on

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  Hinduism has the tolerance, perhaps no one has it: Mehbooba Mufti

  November 27, 2015 20:05 IST

  New Delhi: PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti today while speaking in Lok Sabha  amidst the 'intolerance' debate, PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti lashed out at those saying "go to Pakistan".She asserted that the "nation owns us and

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  Haryana minister Anil Vij walks out of meeting after ugly spat with woman SP

  November 27, 2015 21:12 IST

  Fatehabad: Haryana's Health Minister Anil Vij today had a spat with a woman district police chief and walked out of a meeting when she reportedly refused his order to "get out" of the conference room.The

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  Telephone exchange case: SC asks Dayanidhi Maran to appear before CBI

  November 27, 2015 19:25 IST

  New Delhi: Former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran will have to appear before CBI investigators for six days, starting from November 30, for questioning in the telephone exchange case, the Supreme Court directed today while extending

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  AAP MLA Akhilesh Tripathi granted bail, says he learnt 'sufficient lesson' in jail

  November 27, 2015 19:09 IST

  New Delhi: AAP MLA Akhilesh Tripathi today told a Delhi court that he has learnt "sufficient lesson" by remaining in jail for a day and assured it that he would not misuse the liberty of

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  Tejaswi Yadav hails Nitish for proposing prohibition in Bihar

  November 27, 2015 18:25 IST

  Patna: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Prasad Yadav today hailed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for proposing to impose prohibition in Bihar with effect from April 1 next year and said the CM was fulfilling his

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  Punjab Congress restructured; Bajwa resigns, Amarinder Singh new chief

  November 27, 2015 17:21 IST

  New Delhi: Former chief minister Amarinder Singh has been appointed as the new Punjab Congress president, replacing Pratap Singh Bajwa, whose resignation was accepted by party president Sonia Gandhi yesterday.A release issued by AICC general

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  'India first' our religion, Constitution only holy book: PM

  November 27, 2015 21:07 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today made it clear that for his government, 'India First' is the only religion and 'constitution' the only holy book.Modi said this while participating in a discussion on 'Commitment