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  Bangalore South Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, winners, margin, party-wise candidates

  India | May 29, 2024 23:47 IST

  Bangalore South Lok Sabha Election 2024: The constituency is a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stronghold as it never lost an election since 1991. Ananth Kumar represented the seat six times.

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  Union Minister Ananth Kumar's mortal remains consigned to flames with full state honours, Cabinet pays homage

  India | November 13, 2018 15:11 IST

  "In Bengaluru, I paid tributes to Shri Ananth Kumar Ji. We’ve lost an outstanding public servant, who had a positive impact on the lives of many. Also spent time with his family members," PM Modi tweeted from his personal handle after the paying the visit.

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  Ananth Kumar passes away, homage pours in from across political spectrum, three-day mourning declared in K'nataka

  India | November 12, 2018 23:49 IST

    President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vice President Venkaiah Naidu led the nation in mourning his death.

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  Union Minister Ananth Kumar passes away: Mourners pay last respects at his Bengaluru residence

  India | November 12, 2018 16:14 IST

  A steady stream of BJP leaders, relatives, family friends, party workers and people made a beeline to pay homage to the "most loved" Bengaluru MP, known for his affability.

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  Union Minister Ananth Kumar passes away at 59: First person to speak in Kannada in the United Nations

  India | November 12, 2018 8:18 IST

  Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar died at a private hospital in the early hours of Monday after battling lung cancer for several months.

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  Union Minister Ananth Kumar dies of cancer; President Kovind, PM Modi express grief over 'tragic loss'

  India | November 12, 2018 8:08 IST

  Kumar, who arrived in Bengaluru on October 20, was undergoing extensive treatment in London and New York.

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  Union Minister Ananth Kumar slams Rahul Gandhi, says parliament business getting affected due to his 'inexperience'

  India | June 26, 2018 21:48 IST

  He also said that "dynastic" Congress under Gandhi was not good for democracy.

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  'UPA denied separate religion tag to Lingayat in 2013, Karnataka govt doing vote-bank politics'

  Politics | March 20, 2018 20:42 IST

  Ananth Kumar's remarks came a day after the Karnataka Cabinet decided to recommend to the Centre grant of religious minority status for the numerically strong Lingayat and Veerashaiva Lingayat community.

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  No plans to curtail budget session, says Ananth Kumar

  India | March 13, 2018 18:55 IST

  Asking all parties to let the house function, Kumar said the government wants to have “meaningful discussions”.

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  A fruitful session, says govt; accuses Congress of stalling Triple Talaq Bill

  India | January 05, 2018 16:44 IST

  The winter session, which started on December 15 and concluded today on January 5, had 13 sittings spread over a period of 22 days. Both the Houses were adjourned sine die today.

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  Parliamentary Affairs minister asks all parties to allow Triple Talaq Bill to pass

  Politics | December 27, 2017 13:29 IST

  The minister's appeal came amid continued logjam over Congress' demand for apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks against his predecessor Manmohan Singh during the Gujarat assembly election campaign.

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  Govt caps knee implants price, cuts MRP by up to 70 pc

  India | August 16, 2017 22:02 IST

  The government has capped the maximum retail price of the keen implants, a move that it claimed will save patients an estimated Rs 1,500 crore annually.

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  Pro-actively considering two time zones in country: Govt

  India | July 19, 2017 18:55 IST

  The government today said it is "pro-actively" considering the matter of having two separate time zones in the country.

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  Mamata Banerjee govt blocking two projects with job creation potential in West Bengal: Union Minister Ananth Kumar

  Politics | June 15, 2017 23:05 IST

  "The Trinamool Congress government is deliberately blocking two projects to be built on nearly 200 acres of land in the state despite Centre's promise to provide 100 per cent training and maintenance facilities in the region," Ananth Kumar said.

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  ‘Joke of year’: BJP hits back after Rahul Gandhi says PM Modi ‘terrified’ of him speaking in LS

  Politics | December 14, 2016 20:35 IST

  BJP today hit back at Rahul Gandhi after the Congress vice-president claimed that he has detailed information about personal corruption by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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  Early passage of GST bill is the top priority for Modi govt: Ananth Kumar

  Politics | July 06, 2016 17:39 IST

  The new parliamentary affairs minister Ananth Kumar today said that passage of the all important Goods and Service Tax (GST) Bill is a top priority for the Modi government and that he will talk to all political parties in this regard.

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  Ananth Kumar asks people to foil Lalu-Nitish's dream

  Politics | June 26, 2015 22:26 IST

  Patna:  Union Minister Ananth Kumar today urged the people ofBihar to foil "designs" of the JD(U)-RJD-Congress alliance during the assembly polls later this year saying the three were "dreaming of ushering in jungle raj -

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  Bihar Polls: Decision for CM face will be taken at appropriate time, says BJP

  Politics | June 16, 2015 23:39 IST

  Patna: Under pressure to declare its chief ministerial candidate for the Bihar Assembly elections, the BJP today said that the decision will be taken by the party leadership at an appropriate time.“We are not divulging

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  Narendra Modi to be BJP's face in Bihar Assembly elections

  Politics | June 17, 2015 6:53 IST

  Patna: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today said that it will not declare anyone as its chief ministerial candidate in Bihar where assembly election is due in September-October this year.Ananth Kumar, Union Minister and election

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  Ananth Kumar made BJP's Bihar poll in-charge

  Politics | June 12, 2015 23:25 IST

  New Delhi: Union Minister Ananth Kumar was today made election in-charge of BJP in poll-bound Bihar where it will take on the formidable RJD-JD(U)-Congress combine.Kumar will be assisted by another Union minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, a