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  Indian Prime Ministers who visited US before Narendra Modi

  Politics | January 03, 2015 11:25 IST

  As Narendra Modi embarks on his maiden visit to the US, India hopes that it will be a fruitful one. Expectations are high as after a long time India has given a clear majority to

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  Why BJP lost? No anti Gandhi anger to harvest

  Politics | September 20, 2014 12:46 IST

  Recent by-election reverses for the BJP are early intimations of mortality for the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah duet. As a senior BJP leader whispered: "They must come down to earth." In other words, a degree of

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  Top 10 political assassinations of the World

  Politics | January 03, 2015 11:20 IST

  Political assassinations may be less heard of now, but reverting to history, there have been numerous cases of assassination of eminent politicians and leaders.Assassinations of leaders whom we love or hate may be prompted by

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  Congress protests for maintaining names of Gandhis in scheme names

  Politics | September 01, 2014 17:00 IST

  Jaipur: Congress today held a protest demanding that Union government should not drop names of Gandhi family members from names of Central schemes.  Scores of party activists from the Jaipur unit demonstrated at Gandhi Circle

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  10 facts to know about Congress President Sonia Gandhi

  Politics | December 09, 2014 10:48 IST

  Congress President Sonia Gandhi is one of the most talked about persons of Indian politics. Ranging from her foreign origin, to her leading a national party, all have been hotly debated upon. She has a

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  Rahul Gandhi: People who worship women as 'Devi', molest them in buses

  Politics | August 20, 2014 18:00 IST

  New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said that often men who visit temples and worship “devi”; molest women in buses and other public places. Rahul Gandhi made this observation while addressing his party

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  Narendra Modi sold fake dreams, alleges Sonia Gandhi

  Politics | August 20, 2014 18:02 IST

  New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday accused BJP of selling fake dreams to the people. She also alleged that Modi government had no vision of its own and was just mimicking the UPA regime.

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  Rajiv Gandhi- The Prince charming of Indian politics who had so much to live for

  Politics | October 01, 2014 11:36 IST

  On the fateful day, May 21, 1991, at Sriperumbudur, Rusy Karanjia, chief editor of the Blitz tabloid, was with Rajiv Gandhi for a few minutes. Gandhi disclosed to Karanjia that he had learnt from the

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  When J.R. Jayewardene wanted to hang Prabhakaran

  World | August 02, 2014 9:58 IST

  New Delhi: Sri Lankan president J.R. Jayewardene asked Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1986 to hand over Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran to him so that he could hang him in Jaffna.Jayewardene made the

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  Rajiv Gandhi sent troops to Sri Lanka on his own: Natwar Singh

  Politics | August 01, 2014 11:47 IST

  New Delhi: Then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi decided to send Indian troops to Sri Lanka in 1987 without consulting his officials, former external affairs minister Natwar Singh has said.In an interview to Headlines Today over

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  No proposal to cut short parliament session: Venkaiah Naidu

  Politics | July 27, 2014 16:29 IST

  Hyderabad: Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu Sunday said there was no proposal to cut short the ongoing parliament session, and added the government has enough business.He said the government would bring important bills in

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  Congress should not politicise LOP issue: Venkaiah Naidu

  Politics | July 13, 2014 17:39 IST

  Bangalore: Hitting out at the Congress, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu today said it should not politicise the issue of Leader of Opposition status in Lok Sabha.“Till day before yesterday, they had not asked for

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  Ganga cleaning not a Hindutva project: Jairam Ramesh

  Politics | July 06, 2014 14:23 IST

  New Delhi: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh today accused the NDA government of turning the programme to clean Ganga as a “Hindutva project” by attempting to polarise politics through the initiative on the holy river.  “Don't

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  Rahul 'not PM material', says BJP as Congress plays down Digvijay's remark

  Politics | June 30, 2014 16:34 IST

  New Delhi: Congress today went into damage control mode over party general secretary Digvijay Singh's purported comment that Rahul Gandhi does not have the temperament of a ruler even as BJP attacked the Congress Vice

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  LoP not a must for functioning of Parliament: Sumitra Mahajan

  Politics | June 27, 2014 13:33 IST

  New Delhi: Modi government will be presenting its first budget on 7th July. With none of the opposition parties having managed the minimum of 55 MPs needed to stake claim for  the post of the

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  Prominent politicians who died in tragic accidents

  Politics | June 04, 2014 11:31 IST

  New Delhi: Here is a list of some eminent Indian politicians who met with an untimely and unfortunate end. 3rd June 2014: Union Minister of NDA government and veteran leader of Maharashtra, Gopinath Munde died

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  Rajiv Gandhi remembered on 23rd death anniversary

  India | May 21, 2014 12:57 IST

  New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was today remembered on his 23rd death anniversary with several leaders paying homage at his memorial here.  President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari, outgoing Prime Minister Manmohan

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  Modi pays homage to Rajiv Gandhi on Twitter

  Politics | May 21, 2014 13:06 IST

  New Delhi: BJP leader and prime minister designate Narendra Modi Wednesday paid homage to late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 23rd death anniversary in a message on social networking web site twitter."My homage to

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  When the world changed

  Politics | May 18, 2014 11:45 IST

  Some dates will forever remain etched in memory.It was around 6.30 p.m. on September 9, 2001, when the first pictures came in of a burning World Trade Centre tower, followed soon after by the image

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  Priyanka should apologise to the nation, says BJP leader

  Politics | May 06, 2014 18:01 IST

  Kolkata: BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad today demanded an apology from Priyanka Gandhi for making personal remarks against Narendra Modi, saying the comments showed her elitist attitude and bias against the poor.  He said that