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  Modi govt has snatched farmers' sleep: Mamata Banerjee

  February 04, 2019 14:41 IST

  Banerjee, also the Trinamool Congress chief, assured that if the government at the Centre changes, farmers' interests will be given priority.

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  There may be constitutional breakdown in West Bengal: Rajnath Singh

  February 04, 2019 13:31 IST

  CBI in its petition says Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar was summoned multiple times but failed to cooperate and created hurdles in the investigation.

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  Raj Thackeray meets Anna Hazare

  February 04, 2019 12:39 IST

  Thackeray expressed the MNS' solidarity with him. He lauded the causes for which Hazare had been agitating without being concerned about his own life.

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  Will continue Satyagraha till country is saved: Mamata Banerjee

  February 04, 2019 8:01 IST

  A CBI team, which went to Kumar's residence in the city's Loudon Street area, was denied permission, bundled into police jeeps and were whisked to a police station.

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  Kolkata Police-CBI face-off | Here are the highlights

  February 04, 2019 22:42 IST

  What is happening? A Police Commissioner is sitting on a dharna with politicians? What is the meaning of this? By sitting on dharna West Bengal CM is following the footsteps of Arvind Kejriwal: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

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  Modi, Rajnath should worry about winning own seats before talking of Bengal: Mamata Banerjee

  February 02, 2019 19:21 IST

  She said the BJP leaders were "outsiders" and not from West Bengal and have zero idea about the culture and customs of the state.  

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  Rajampeta TDP MLA Meda Mallikarjuna Reddy joins YSRCP

  January 31, 2019 20:57 IST

   "I suffered immensely in the TDP for four and half years under Chandrababu Naidu," Meda Mallikarjuna Reddy said.

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  Anna Hazare's fast enters 2nd day; locals in his village observe bandh

  January 31, 2019 12:49 IST

  The 81-year-old Army man-turned-activist has also been demanding appointment of Lokayuktas in states where such statutory anti-corruption watchdogs do not exist.

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  Union Minister Anantkumar Hegde mocks Rahul Gandhi as 'hybrid breed'

  January 31, 2019 9:09 IST

  "Rahul knows nothing about India and there is no question of he knowing anything about religion (dharma). Look, how they lie. You cannot get such a hybrid breed in world's any laboratory but in our country's Congress laboratory," said Hegde.

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  Parrikar, Rahul engage in 'letter war' over Rafale deal; 'PM forced you', says Congress chief

  January 31, 2019 0:07 IST

  Rahul Gandhi stressed that he never shared the details of his conversation with the Goa CM Manohar Parrikar.

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  Union minister disapproves BJP MLA's comparison of Rahul to Ravana, Priyanka to Surpanakha

  January 30, 2019 20:09 IST

  The Bairia MLA called Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ram, while likening the two Congress leaders to the villains in Ramayana.

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  'Everyone is naked at Sangam': Shashi Tharoor's jibe at UP cabinet's holy dip at Kumbh irks BJP

  January 30, 2019 16:58 IST

  Taking exception to the statement, Union minister Smriti Irani condemned the language of the social media post and demanded an explanation for Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.

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  People's Conference adopts 'apple' as its poll symbol

  January 30, 2019 14:09 IST

  The former Jammu and Kashmir minister thanked party leader and former MLA Mohammad Abbas Wani for suggesting "apple" as the party symbol.

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  UP ministers took dip in Sangam to wash off their sins: OP Rajbhar

  January 30, 2019 12:52 IST

  Rajbhar also referred to Union minister Nitin Gadkari's statement on people punishing those failing to fulfil their promises.

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  Parrikar clearly stated that he has nothing to do with new deal on Rafale: Rahul Gandhi

  January 30, 2019 11:34 IST

  "Friends, the ex-defence minister clearly stated that he has nothing to do with the new deal that was orchestrated by Mr Narendra Modi to benefit Anil Ambani," Gandhi told booth-level party workers meeting in Kochi.

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  Shankersinh Vaghela joins NCP, to be given national role

  January 30, 2019 8:42 IST

  Vaghela severed his ties with the BJP in 1996 and formed the Rashtriya Janata Party (RJP) and formed the government in Gujarat and served as the 12th Gujarat Chief Minister for some time with Congress support.

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  Two BJP leaders, Dharamveer Awana and Raju Nirmal, join AAP

  January 29, 2019 8:06 IST

  Nirmal, Chadha said, contested the MCD elections 2017 on BJP ticket from Badarpur.

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  Will not 'beg' for alliance: Devendra Fadnavis warns Shiv Sena

  January 28, 2019 23:45 IST

  Taking a swipe at opposition unity, Fadnavis said that 'MahaThug Bandhan' will achieve nothing and it is time to strive and ensure that the reforms initiated after 2014 are continued by bringing back Modi to power.

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  Kumbh Politics: UP cabinet meet in Prayagraj today; Leaders line up for holy dip in Ganga for voter attention

  January 29, 2019 0:04 IST

  The special town built for religious fair in Uttar Pradesh has become the house of power as politicians line up to take a holy dip and mark their presence in the minds of Hindu voters.

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  Karnataka Congress leader Siddaramaiah 'misbehaves' with woman in public meeting

  January 28, 2019 23:44 IST

  Dismissing the incident as a mere happenstance, Karnataka Congress chief Dinesh Gundu Rao said that there was no intention if misbehaving with the woman.

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  After 'Hindu girl' remark, Union minster Hegde drags Congress leader's Muslim wife into Twitter spat

  January 28, 2019 23:43 IST

  "I shall definitely answer this guy @dineshgrao's queries, before which could he please reveal himself as to who he is along with his achievements? I only know him as a guy who ran behind a Muslim lady," the BJP leader said on social media.

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  Amit Shah redefines OROP for Congress as 'Only Rahul, Only Priyanka'

  January 28, 2019 17:15 IST

  "When BJP government was formed, within one year Modi ji delivered on his promise on One rank one pension (OROP). Modi ji gave OROP to our jawans, Congress gave 'only Rahul only Priyanka'," he said.

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  Karnataka crisis: Ready to step down as CM, warns HD Kumaraswamy after attack by Siddaramiah camp

  January 28, 2019 23:44 IST

  The statement came after Congress’ C Puttaranga Shetty, a minister in the state government, said that for him, Siddaramaiah was still the chief minister.

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  Leaders who don't keep promise get 'beaten up' by people: Nitin Gadkari

  January 28, 2019 7:26 IST

  In December, Gadkari said at an event in Pune that leadership should have the tendency to own up defeat and failures. The remarks had come days after the BJP's dismal show in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh assembly elections.

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  Priyanka Gandhi likely to begin political innings with holy dip at Kumbh on February 4

  January 26, 2019 17:30 IST

  According to informed sources, the Gandhis have zeroed in on February 4 for the holy dip on the occasion of "Mauni Amavasya" and the second "Shahi Snan".

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  'Zero plus zero equals to zero': Yogi Adityanath on Priyanka Gandhi's political plunge

  January 25, 2019 20:20 IST

  "With her appointment, the Congress has only extended its culture of political dynasty," Yogi Adityanath said.

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  'Feel like hugging PM Modi when he abuses me; I'll fight him, but I don't hate him': Rahul Gandhi

  January 25, 2019 16:13 IST

  "The best thing that happened to me as a politician & human being was the abuse I got from BJP & RSS, it has been the biggest gift they could give me," Gandhi said at an interactive session at 'The Odisha Dialogue' in Bhubaneswar.

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  Priyanka Gandhi is beautiful, but she holds no political achievement: Bihar Minister Vinod Narayan

  January 25, 2019 13:49 IST

  Priyanka Gandhi's appointment, a gamble by Rahul Gandhi throwing her into full-fledged politics, is aimed at galvanizing Congress cadres in the state where it has been marginalised over the years and where the BJP won a whopping 71 of the 80 seats Lok Sabha seats in 2014.