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  Half of Lok Sabha MPs spent Rs 0 on their constituencies

  Politics | May 27, 2015 14:49 IST

  A year after they took office, 298 of 542 members of the 16th Lok Sabha–India's lower house of parliament–have not spent a rupee from the Rs 5 crore that is set aside annually for them

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  Union Ministers JP Nadda, Ananth Kumar to visit quake-hit Bihar

  Politics | April 28, 2015 11:20 IST

  New Delhi: Union ministers JP Nadda and Ananth Kumar have been deputed by the government to visit Bihar to take stock of relief and rescue efforts in the aftermath of Saturday's earthquake.Nadda and Kumar will

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  Delhi polls: BJP poses third set of five questions to AAP

  Politics | February 01, 2015 14:38 IST

  New Delhi: Just ahead of Delhi Assembly Elections, the BJP released its third set of five questions, or "Paanch Sawaal", for Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal, on Saturday. It had earlier released its

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  Delhi Polls: No manifesto, only vision document, says BJP

  Politics | January 29, 2015 17:37 IST

  New Delhi: The BJP Thursday said it will not issue a manifesto for next month's Delhi assembly elections but a vision document which will be released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the party's chief

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  Now anyone can have selfie with Modi for free: Ananth Kumar

  Politics | January 25, 2015 23:45 IST

  New Delhi: A day after BJP launched its ‘Selfie with Modi' campaign in Delhi, Union Minister Ananth Kumar today said now anyone can have a selfie with the Prime Minister for free whereas, he claimed,

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  Union Minister's visit to North East to be a fortnightly affair now

  Politics | January 09, 2015 16:31 IST

  New Delhi: With northeast India being a key focus area of the Narendra Modi government, at least one Union minister will now have to visit one of the states in the region every fortnight.In a

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  BJP aims to win 50-plus seats in Jharkhand: Ananth Kumar

  Politics | December 08, 2014 21:54 IST

  Ranchi: Union Minister Ananth Kumar on Sunday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "good governance" and "development-driven approach" will help BJP win 50-plus seats in the 81-seat Jharkhand Assembly, for which elections are going on."BJP's

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  No increase in prices of essential medicines: Centre

  Politics | November 28, 2014 14:53 IST

  New Delhi: Refuting Opposition's contention, the government today said there had been no increase in the prices of essential drugs in the last six months.Prices of 44 drugs and 108 formulations have actually come down

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  JP Nadda replaces Ananth Kumar as secretary of key BJP poll panel

  Politics | September 09, 2014 19:32 IST

  New Delhi: Senior leader JP Nadda has been apointed the secretary of BJP's revamped Central Election Committee by party chief Amit Shah, replacing Ananth Kumar. The 15-membe CEC, which decides on the party candidates and

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  Will Modi create history by delivering extempore speech on Independence Day?

  Politics | August 14, 2014 13:31 IST

  New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi has a unique quality of striking an instant chord with the masses as he delivers motivational speeches clubbed with satire and emotions. The entire nation was drawn to him during

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  Presentation of Union Budget in LS halted briefly

  Politics | July 10, 2014 16:27 IST

  New Delhi: Perhaps for the first time, the presentation of Union Budget in the Lok Sabha was halted briefly today as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley felt uncomfortable while reading out his speech and wanted to

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  Karnataka CM dubs rail budget disappointing

  Politics | July 09, 2014 13:19 IST

  Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Tuesday dubbed the railway budget for 2014-15 disappointing as its proposals failed to meet the expectations of the people in the state."The first rail budget, presented by D.V. Sadananda Gowda,

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  No proposal to increase urea prices: Govt

  June 12, 2014 17:48 IST

  New Delhi: There is no proposal for raising urea prices and the rates would remain at current level, fertilizer minister Ananth Kumar has said. Urea is the most used and only controlled fertiliser and its sale

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  Karunanidhi wants all party meeting on Cauvery water issue

  Politics | June 08, 2014 17:45 IST

  Chennai: A day after Union Chemicals and Fertilizer Minister Ananth Kumar said there was no proposal to set up the Cauvery Management Board, DMK chief M Karunanidhi today urged the Tamil Nadu government to call

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  Modi to meet BJP general secretaries tomorrow

  India | May 30, 2014 21:51 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet BJP general secretaries tomorrow at his residence to discuss organisational affairs and ensure that the party does not become incautious in the wake of good showing in

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  Will try to bring down drug prices by 25-40%: Ananth Kumar

  India | May 28, 2014 18:04 IST

  New Delhi: Fertilizer and chemicals minister Ananth Kumar on Wednesday said he will talk to pharmaceutical companies and try to bring down prices of essential drugs by 25-40 per cent. Taking charge of the ministry,

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  In Pics: BJP protests against denial of permission for Modi's rallies in Varanasi

  Politics | June 22, 2014 11:09 IST

  Varanasi: The BJP today mounted an all-out attack on the Election Commission over refusal of permission for holding a rally to Narendra Modi who questioned its neutrality while protests were held here and in Delhi

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  Different strokes for two folks in high-tech Bangalore

  Politics | April 09, 2014 13:53 IST

  Bangalore: In the prestigious contest for the Bangalore South constituency, where Congress' Nandan Nilekani, Infosys co-founder-turned-minister in the UPA government, is pitted against five-time BJP lawmaker and former minister Ananth Kumar for the April 17

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  Karnataka, UP, Bihar key to BJP victory in polls: Ananth Kumar

  Politics | April 06, 2014 17:51 IST

  Bangalore: Terming Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar as key states to help BJP win the 2014 elections, senior leader Ananth Kumar has said Narendra Modi was as popular in this southern state as in Gujarat.

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  Upset Sri Rama Sene chief to take on BJP

  India | March 29, 2014 7:33 IST

  Bangalore : Outraged by his ouster within hours of joining the BJP recently, a defiant Sri Rama Sene chief Pramod Muthalik Friday said he was contesting the Lok Sabha polls from Bangalore South and Dharwad