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Aam Aadmi Party to release 1st list of candidates this week
National | Nov 09, 2014, 09:14 PM ISTNew Delhi: Aiming to recapture power, the Aam Aadmi Party has finalised a list of 30 candidates, which includes former ministers as well as party Chief Arvind Kejriwal, for Delhi assembly polls and it will
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Tough fight ahead, stay united : Trinamool Congress leader
National | Nov 09, 2014, 09:05 PM ISTKolkata: With election to 81 civic bodies, including Kolkata Municipal Corporation, due next year and BJP making inroads in the state, a top Trinamool Congress leader today said there would be tough fight in the
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Suresh Prabhu quits Sena, joins BJP
National | Nov 09, 2014, 08:46 PM ISTNew Delhi: Former Shiv Sena leader Suresh Prabhu today formally joined the BJP before being sworn in as Cabinet Minister in the first expansion of the Narendra Modi government.Prabhu, who was Power Minister in the
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Congress stays away from swearing-in ceremony
National | Nov 09, 2014, 08:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress on Sunday kept away from the oath-taking ceremony of 21 new Ministers in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Council of Ministers.“Both Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh were invited to the ceremony,” Power Minister
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Berth for Birender Singh makes it 5 from Haryana in Modi govt
National | Nov 09, 2014, 06:51 PM ISTChandigarh: With the induction today of Haryana leader Birender Singh as a minister in the Narendra Modi government, the state where BJP recently won in Assembly polls for the first time now has five representatives
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'Kurta-pyjama' is the favoured attire at the oath ceremony
National | Nov 09, 2014, 06:35 PM ISTNew Delhi: Most of the ministers who were sworn-in today in Modi's expanded council of ministers were dressed in traditional kurta-pyjama except Manohar Parrikar, Suresh Prabhu and Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore. While Parrikar and Prabhu were
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Narendra Modi Cabinet leaner than UPA and previous NDA
National | Nov 09, 2014, 06:12 PM ISTNew Delhi: The big expansion of his Council of Ministers by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today has taken the number of ministers to 66 but it is still leaner than those headed by Manmohan Singh
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Parrikar lands in UP, to file RS nomination
National | Nov 09, 2014, 11:15 PM ISTLucknow: Newly inducted Union Minister and former Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar arrived here today to file his nomination for Rajya Sabha. Parrikar will file his nomination at 12 noon (rpt 12 noon) tomorrow at
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PM Modi to chair first meeting of revamped Cabinet tomorrow
National | Nov 09, 2014, 06:03 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will tomorrow chair the first meeting of the expanded Cabinet which will be followed by a meeting of Council of Ministers. “A Cabinet meeting would be held at 5:30 PM
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Babul's induction will help in BJP's fight in West Bengal: Siddharth
National | Nov 09, 2014, 05:25 PM ISTKolkata: Induction of singer-turned-BJP MP Babul Supriyo in the Union Ministry will help BJP in its fight against “misrule” of Trinamool Congress before the 2016 state assembly polls, party National Secretary and its West Bengal
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Three day Maharashtra Assembly session begins today; CM Fadnavis to seek trust vote
National | Nov 10, 2014, 07:43 AM ISTMumbai: A three-day special session of Maharashtra Assembly will begin here from tomorrow, during which Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will seek a trust vote. State Governor C Vidyasagar Rao will administer oath to Jeeva Pandu Gavit
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All except two of the new Ministers take oath in Hindi
National | Nov 09, 2014, 04:15 PM ISTNew Delhi: Barring TDP's Y S Chowdary and BJP MP from West Bengal's Asansol seat Babul Supriyo, all other 19 inductees in Modi ministry today took oath in Hindi. Chowdhary, who is from Hyderabad, and
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Women representation in PM Modi ministry goes upto 8
National | Nov 09, 2014, 04:21 PM ISTNew Delhi: First time Uttar Pradesh MP Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti is the lone woman face in today's expansion of the Union Cabinet which took the total representation of the fairer sex to eight.47-year-old Jyoti is
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Jharkhand polls: Congress releases list of seven candidates
National | Nov 07, 2014, 10:07 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress today released its third list of seven candidates for Jharkhand Assembly polls, taking to 35 its nominees for the 81-member House. It had released a list of 14 candidates on November 5
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Arun Jaitley hints at giving up Defence portfolio on Sunday
National | Nov 07, 2014, 09:42 PM ISTNew Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today indicated that he may not hold additional charge of the Defence Ministry from Sunday. “When I took over charge of that Ministry, I had said it is a
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Vasundhara Raje asks media to maintain credibility
National | Nov 07, 2014, 09:32 PM ISTJaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje today asked the media organisations to maintain credibility and suggested them not to flash misleading news in a hurry to earn ratings."Channels as well as newspapers should maintain credibility
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Congress declines to pay much heed to Janata Parivar's revival
National | Nov 07, 2014, 09:21 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress today did not attach much significance over the possibility of the “Janata Parivar” emerging again with likely merger of parties which were part of the erstwhile Janata Dal.“I am all for unity
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J-K polls: BJP unlikely to raise Article 370 during campaigning
National | Nov 07, 2014, 06:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: As it aims to capture power in Jammu and Kashmir, BJP is unlikely to rake up in campaign its pet issue of revocation of Article 370, which the party maintains stops complete integration
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Man without entry pass shared dais with PM Modi at Fadnavis's swearing-in
National | Nov 07, 2014, 07:09 AM ISTMumbai: In a major security lapse, a man claiming to be a BJP activist managed to gain entry into the swearing-in ceremony of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis here without possessing a valid pass and
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Buddhadeb mocks 'demagogue' Narendra Modi
National | Nov 06, 2014, 09:34 PM ISTKolkata: Mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ‘Swachh Bharat' campaign and calling him a ‘demagogue', CPI(M) politburo member Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today said sweeping streets will not remove poverty in the country. “Our previous prime minister Manmohan