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  J&K Polls: Modi should clarify party's stand on Article 370, says Congress

  Politics | November 29, 2014 16:58 IST

  Jammu: Congress today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP of "taking a 360-degree turn" on Article 370 and said they should clarify their stand on the issue before the people of Jammu and Kashmir

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  G.K.Vasan names his new party Tamil Maanila Congress

  Politics | November 28, 2014 22:43 IST

  Chennai:  Expelled Congress leader G.K.Vasan Friday said his new party will be called Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) and its symbol will be a bicycle.Addressing a rally in Tiruchirappalli, around 350 km from here, Vasan unveiling

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  Swachh Bharat 'repackaged' initiative of UPA government: Manmohan Singh

  Politics | November 28, 2014 22:35 IST

  Kumbalangi: Taking a dig at the Narendra Modi government's cleanliness drive 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan', former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said it was a 'repackaged' programme of previous UPA regime headed by him."These are

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  Russia interested in manufacturing aircraft in India: Sitharaman

  Politics | November 28, 2014 21:56 IST

  New Delhi:  Russian industry has expressed interest in producing civil aircraft and choppers in India, the government said Friday.Minister of State (MoS) Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed the Lok Sabha in a written

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  PM Narendra Modi to meet CMs on December 7 to discuss structure of Plan body

  Politics | November 28, 2014 21:43 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Chief Ministers on December 7 to discuss the structure of new body, which will replace the Planning Commission."The Prime Minister has convened a meeting of the Chief

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  J&K Polls: People of J&K see new ray of hope,says PM Modi

  Politics | November 28, 2014 21:37 IST

  New Delhi:  Contending that the people of Jammu and Kashmir see a “new ray of hope”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight said the heavy voter turnout in phase I of the Assembly polls held on

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  J&K Polls: PM Modi promises to loosen strings of Centre's purse for JK

  Politics | November 28, 2014 21:23 IST

  Poonch (JK):  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked the people of Jammu and Kashmir to "close the shops" of political parties which did not fulfil promises and looted the state, and assured that there will

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  BJP welcomes Calcutta High Court order on Amit Shah rally in Kolkata

  Politics | November 28, 2014 21:10 IST

  New Delhi:  Welcoming the Calcutta High Court's verdict on the issue of BJP chief Amit Shah's rally in Kolkata, the party today accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of acting out of vendatta and

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  Checks are in place to prevent illicit fund flows: Jayant Sinha

  Politics | November 28, 2014 21:03 IST

  New Delhi: To prevent illicit money flows into capital markets, authorities have put in place advanced risk management mechanism and other systems, the government said today.Besides, market regulator SEBI has warned stock exchanges regarding probable

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  Amit Shah rally will be victory of masses: BJP

  Politics | November 28, 2014 20:16 IST

  Kolkata:  The BJP today claimed that the ruling Trinamool Congress had tried hard to stop its November 30 rally which is scheduled to be addressed by the party's national president Amit Shah, but the High

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  Jharkhand Polls: Modi promised jobs, gave brooms, says Rahul Gandhi

  Politics | November 28, 2014 21:05 IST

  Chaibasa (Jharkhand):  Rahul Gandhi today took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan', saying he had promised employment to people, but instead handed them broomsticks.“Modi had said (in his Lok Sabha campaign)

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  Mere handshake not enough, hearts should meet: Rajnath on Indo-Pak ties

  Politics | November 28, 2014 21:03 IST

  Srinagar: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif shook hands during the SAARC Summit in Kathmandu, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said it was not enough and efforts should

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  Will talk to Shiv Sena with open mind: BJP

  Politics | November 28, 2014 18:10 IST

  Mumbai:  BJP today said it would talk to Shiv Sena with an “open mind” on the issue of the latter's participation in the Devendra Fadnavis-led government in Maharashtra.“We are going to meet Shiv Sena leaders

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  Indo-Pak talks not at the cost of dignity, self-respect:Nawaz Sharif

  World | November 28, 2014 17:39 IST

  Islamabad:  A day after a handshake with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said today that talks with India should not be at the cost of his country's “dignity, self-respect and

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  'No-Ebola' certificate must to enter India from affected countries: Government

  Politics | November 28, 2014 17:13 IST

  New Delhi:  The government has asked those travelling to India from Ebola-affected countries to carry a certificate stating that there is no evidence of the deadly virus in their body fluids, after a person cured

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  Mismatch between supply & demand of skilled manpower: Manmohan Singh

  Politics | November 28, 2014 17:25 IST

  Kochi: Noting that quality of higher education in the country ‘leaves much to be desired', former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said there was a ‘mismatch' between supply and demand of skilled manpower, India's USP.“A

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  AgustaWestland deal investigation at 'advanced stage': Government

  Politics | November 28, 2014 17:26 IST

  New Delhi:  Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said investigation into irregularities in the scrapped Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland deal is at an advanced stage.“The deal has been scrapped and it is being probed.It is at

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  Jharkhand Polls: Rahul Gandhi interacts with party workers in Jamshedpur

  Politics | November 28, 2014 16:01 IST

  Jamshedpur: AICC Vice President Rahul Gandhi interacted with party workers today  at the airport in Jamshedpur before he boarded a chopper for campaigning in the adjoining West Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.Gandhi patiently heard the party

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  PC Chacko made Congress in-charge for Delhi

  Politics | November 27, 2014 23:32 IST

  New Delhi: Senior Congress leader PC Chacko was today made the in-charge of party affairs in poll-bound Delhi, replacing AICC General Secretary Shakeel Ahmed. The move was necessitated after incumbent Ahmed requested for leave for

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  At a glance : Foreign visits of PM Narendra Modi in first 6 months

  Politics | January 04, 2015 11:50 IST

  New Delhi:  Narendra Modi visited Nepal for the second time after taking charge as India's Prime Minister. His foreign tours have been pretty successful considering the huge fanfare and the great media attention that PM