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  Anna holds protest in Delhi; Kejriwal to participate tomorrow

  Politics | February 23, 2015 23:37 IST

  New Delhi: Anna Hazare, who shook the UPA government three years ago with his anti-corruption crusade, was back in the national capital today on a two-day dharna in which Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will

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  Top-down approach in urban planning not desirable, says Naidu

  February 15, 2015 10:36 IST

  New Delhi: Criticising the previous UPA government's approach on urban planning, Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu has said that the “top-down” approach resulted in “design flaws” and led to “sub-optimal performance” by states under the

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  Aadhaar legal, valid under Constitution: Centre to tell SC

  India | February 12, 2015 20:02 IST

  New Delhi: The NDA government is expected to tell the Supreme Court on Friday that Aadhaar is legal and valid under the  provisions of the Constitution, a report published in The Indian Express suggested. The

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  Good news soon on black money issue: Prakash Javadekar

  Politics | February 09, 2015 20:35 IST

  Bengaluru: Union minister Prakash Javadekar today said people are in for good news in days to come as the names of those who have stashed black money in foreign banks will be made public as

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  Efforts on to simplify minority schemes implementation: Naqvi

  Politics | February 08, 2015 19:39 IST

  New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said efforts were on to simplifies the implementation process of various minority-related schemes announced by the previous UPA government.Naqvi also said that

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  Random blacklisting creates supply-chain problems: Manohar Parrikar

  Politics | February 07, 2015 17:13 IST

  Hyderabad: Indiscriminate blacklisting of companies supplying defence products over “small issues” may create supply-chain problems for the armed forces, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said but insisted that “serious crimes” should not go unpunished.  “You

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  Home Ministry's top bureaucrat, Anil Goswami, removed

  India | February 04, 2015 22:35 IST

  New Delhi: Home Secretary Anil Goswami has been removed from the post in the wake of controversy over his alleged attempt to stall the arrest of Saradha scam accused Matang Sinh, a former Congress minister

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  India responding effectively to firing from Pakistan: Rajnath Singh

  Politics | February 01, 2015 0:01 IST

  New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the BJP government at the Centre has been responding effectively to cross-border firing by Pakistan unlike the previous UPA government's response.  Singh said he has directed

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  Coal scam: BJP welcomes 'questioning' of Manmohan Singh, seeks speedy probe

  Politics | January 21, 2015 18:20 IST

  New Delhi: BJP today welcomed examination of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by CBI in connection with the coal block allocation case and demanded that political beneficiaries of the scam also be questioned expeditiously to

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  Congress pressurised CBI to not examine Manmohan Singh during tenure: BJP

  Politics | January 21, 2015 11:50 IST

  New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao on Wednesday said that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was under pressure for not investigating former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on his role in

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  Delhi Polls: No discipline in Congress, says Krishna Tirath after joining BJP

  Politics | January 20, 2015 7:57 IST

  New Delhi: Former Union Minister Krishna Tirath, who joined BJP on Monday, said she had taken the decision to switch the party as there was “no discipline” in the Congress.Tirath (59), a Congress veteran and

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  Coal scam: Working of PMO officials not above board, says Court

  January 19, 2015 17:56 IST

  New Delhi: The working of Prime Minister's Office (PMO) during the UPA regime today came in for sharp criticism by a special court which said the functioning of PMO officials “does not appear to be

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  Don't take Delhi polls lightly: Amit Shah to party workers

  Politics | January 18, 2015 20:26 IST

  New Delhi: BJP President Amit Shah today told party workers that Delhi polls is like an “examination” which cannot be taken lightly and expressed confidence that his party will form government with two-thirds majority in

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  MSG row: Unfortunate that govt is making it into UPA vs NDA issue, says Congress

  Politics | January 17, 2015 19:57 IST

  New Delhi: Congress today hit out at I & B Minister Arun Jaitley for making government's “problems with Censor Board into UPA versus NDA issue” and asked what stopped it from sacking the Board members

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  MSG row: 9 more CBFC members resign, Arun Jaitley accuses UPA appointees of politicising the issue

  Politics | January 17, 2015 18:12 IST

  New Delhi: There were more resignations in the Censor Board with nine members putting in their papers protesting alleged government interference, a charge rejected by I&B minister Arun Jaitley saying the government maintains an “arm's

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  'UPA, DMK govts to blame for including bulls & cows in Act'

  Politics | January 16, 2015 13:55 IST

  Erode: Lambasting the erstwhile UPA and DMK governments for including bulls and cows in ‘cruelty to Animals Act', BJP today also blamed the Dravidian party for not taking steps to get it removed despite being

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  Congress became 'weak' due to 'some wrongs' of UPA-II: Dwivedi

  Politics | January 10, 2015 21:42 IST

  Lucknow: Congress became “weak” in the country because of “certain wrongs” of the UPA-II leading to its present scenario, senior party leader Janardan Dwivedi today said as he spoke of the need to launch a

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  'Big change' under Modi in handling of border trouble with Pak: Amit Shah

  Politics | January 10, 2015 17:02 IST

  New Delhi: Amidst tensions at the borders with Pakistan, BJP President Amit Shah today said there has been a “big change” since the Narendra Modi government took charge as, unlike earlier, “Hindustan army” is now

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  Delhi Polls: Prices have come down under Modi government: Amit Shah

  Politics | January 10, 2015 15:16 IST

  New Delhi: Ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed power, prices of essential commodities have come down, resulting in the saving of Rs.1,500-4,500 per month in household expenditure, BJP president Amit Shah said Saturday.Addressing a

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  Tamil Nadu assures steps for conducting "Jallikattu"

  India | January 10, 2015 13:51 IST

  Chennai: With demands galore in the state for holding the bull-taming sport of ‘Jallikattu' coinciding with ‘Pongal' harvest festival, Tamil Nadu government today assured steps for conducting the popular event, including asking Centre to remove