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PM Narendra Modi Says States Should Crack Down On Cow Vigilantes: 10 Points
A day before Presidential elections and the beginning of the Monsoon Session of parliament, hectic meetings were held in the ruling NDA and the opposition camps. The government, which is preparing to face a united opposition - a bloc of 18 parties - on a host of issues including the landmark Goods and Services Tax, held not only a strategy session ...
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With Video Of Her Speaker Days, Sushma Swaraj Targets Meira Kumar
With the declaration of Meira Kumar as the opposition candidate for President, pitting her against BJP candidate Ram Nath Kovind - open hostilities have started ahead of the July 17 Presidential elections.
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Midnight GST Launch On July 1, Late Filing Allowed For First 2 Months
Union Minister Arun Jaitley has said hotel rooms costing upto 7,500 will come under the 18 per cent slab on Goods and Services Tax. Rooms with higher charges will be taxed at 28 per cent. The GST on restaurants in these hotels will be 18 per cent -- at par with other air-conditioned restaurants. The official launch of the GST, the minister added, w...
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Anti-CPM Slogans At Sitaram Yechury's Media Conference In Delhi
Senior CPM leader Sitaram Yechury was greeted by anti-CPM slogans today as he was on his way to address the media in Delhi. Sources said as Mr Yechury was on his way in to the party headquarters, a man started shouting slogans. He was overpowered and Mr Yechury was whisked away by the security personnel. Police sources said the man was probably a w...
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Rajnath Singh, Chief Ministers To Brainstorm To Meet Maoist Challenge
Home Minister Rajnath Singh will meet the Chief Ministers of all 10 states tomorrow to strengthen the anti-Maoist strategy. The meeting comes in the shadow of the attack by Maoists on April 24 in Chhattisgarh's Sukma, in which 25 men of the Central Reserve Police Force were killed.
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Work With Me As 'Team India', PM Narendra Modi Tells States At NITI Aayog Meet: 10 Facts
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called upon states to work with his government as part of Team India, help identify goals for 2022 and work in "Mission mode" towards achieving them. In his closing address to the NITI Aayog's Governing Council, where his 15-year Vision Document was discussed, he said it is a draft and the views of states will...
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Laddoo In Hand, Amit Shah Sets The BJP A New Target
The taste of victory is sweet and the BJP wants more. At a weekly meeting of lawmakers today, party president Amit Shah offered a laddoo from the famous Tirupati temple in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor to Prime Minister Modi - brought by a lawmaker as blessings of Lord Balaji - and immediately informed his colleagues that they begin preps for he BJP's ...
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Air India, In Defense, Flags Amartya Sen's Note. But Flight Was Late.
Battling to remove the smudge on its reputation after being judged the world's third worst performing airline, national carrier Air India has posted a proud tweet: A Thank You note from Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, who was a passenger in its Delhi-London flight. The trouble was, the flight was late.
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Akhilesh Yadav May Have Numbers, But Mulayam Singh Says He Is Still Samajwadi Party Boss
A day before his faction is expected to meet Election Commission officials over the claim for the party symbol, the cycle, Mulayam Singh Yadav claimed he remains the chief of the Samajwadi Party and his brother Shivpal is its state president.
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PM Modi Thinking Of Future, Rahul Gandhi Of Parliament Disruption: Arun Jaitley
Ahead of the budget session of parliament, Union finance minister Arun Jaitley has attacked Rahul Gandhi, saying he is interested only in disrupting parliament. In a Facebook post today on the ban on 500 and 1000 rupee notes announced on November 8, Mr Jaitley also used Mr Gandhi's example to draw a parallel with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and wh...
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Controversy Over Army Chief's Appointment, Congress, Left Raise Questions
The appointment of vice chief of army staff Lt Gen Bipin Rawat as the new Army chief has triggered political controversy, with both Congress and the Left Front questioning the government's decision to supercede two officers senior to him.
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'Bharat Bandh' Today Against Notes Ban: 10 Things You Need To Know
After a week of acrimony in parliament, the opposition has planned countrywide protest on Monday against what they call the government's "mishandling" of the currency ban. Only the Left Front, which has a presence in Kerala, Bengal and Tripura, has called for a strike or 'Bharat Bandh' in the three states.
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'Should We Shut Out Corruption Or Shut Down Nation,' PM Modi Asks At UP Rally
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took on the opposition over its Monday's protest plans at the BJP's Parivartan Rally in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar, asking whether it was preferable to put a stop to corruption and black money or shut down the country.
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Terror Is Pakistan's 'Favourite Child', PM Narendra Modi Says In Goa: 10 Points
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a scathing attack on Pakistan at the summit with leaders of BRICS nations and later with BIMSTEC, a group of south Asian nations in Goa. Without naming Pakistan, he said terror was its "favourite child", escalating India's diplomatic drive to isolate the neighbouring country.
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The Radioactive Leak at Delhi's IGI Airport: What Really Happened
The Delhi airport witnessed a false alarm about a radioactive leak today after a consignment of nuclear drugs for cancer -- Molybdenum - 99 -- arrived by an Air France Flight for a Delhi hospital.
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PM Narendra Modi Says States Should Crack Down On Cow Vigilantes: 10 Points
A day before Presidential elections and the beginning of the Monsoon Session of parliament, hectic meetings were held in the ruling NDA and the opposition camps. The government, which is preparing to face a united opposition - a bloc of 18 parties - on a host of issues including the landmark Goods and Services Tax, held not only a strategy session ...
-
With Video Of Her Speaker Days, Sushma Swaraj Targets Meira Kumar
With the declaration of Meira Kumar as the opposition candidate for President, pitting her against BJP candidate Ram Nath Kovind - open hostilities have started ahead of the July 17 Presidential elections.
-
Midnight GST Launch On July 1, Late Filing Allowed For First 2 Months
Union Minister Arun Jaitley has said hotel rooms costing upto 7,500 will come under the 18 per cent slab on Goods and Services Tax. Rooms with higher charges will be taxed at 28 per cent. The GST on restaurants in these hotels will be 18 per cent -- at par with other air-conditioned restaurants. The official launch of the GST, the minister added, w...
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Anti-CPM Slogans At Sitaram Yechury's Media Conference In Delhi
Senior CPM leader Sitaram Yechury was greeted by anti-CPM slogans today as he was on his way to address the media in Delhi. Sources said as Mr Yechury was on his way in to the party headquarters, a man started shouting slogans. He was overpowered and Mr Yechury was whisked away by the security personnel. Police sources said the man was probably a w...
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Rajnath Singh, Chief Ministers To Brainstorm To Meet Maoist Challenge
Home Minister Rajnath Singh will meet the Chief Ministers of all 10 states tomorrow to strengthen the anti-Maoist strategy. The meeting comes in the shadow of the attack by Maoists on April 24 in Chhattisgarh's Sukma, in which 25 men of the Central Reserve Police Force were killed.
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Work With Me As 'Team India', PM Narendra Modi Tells States At NITI Aayog Meet: 10 Facts
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called upon states to work with his government as part of Team India, help identify goals for 2022 and work in "Mission mode" towards achieving them. In his closing address to the NITI Aayog's Governing Council, where his 15-year Vision Document was discussed, he said it is a draft and the views of states will...
-
Laddoo In Hand, Amit Shah Sets The BJP A New Target
The taste of victory is sweet and the BJP wants more. At a weekly meeting of lawmakers today, party president Amit Shah offered a laddoo from the famous Tirupati temple in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor to Prime Minister Modi - brought by a lawmaker as blessings of Lord Balaji - and immediately informed his colleagues that they begin preps for he BJP's ...
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Air India, In Defense, Flags Amartya Sen's Note. But Flight Was Late.
Battling to remove the smudge on its reputation after being judged the world's third worst performing airline, national carrier Air India has posted a proud tweet: A Thank You note from Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, who was a passenger in its Delhi-London flight. The trouble was, the flight was late.
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Akhilesh Yadav May Have Numbers, But Mulayam Singh Says He Is Still Samajwadi Party Boss
A day before his faction is expected to meet Election Commission officials over the claim for the party symbol, the cycle, Mulayam Singh Yadav claimed he remains the chief of the Samajwadi Party and his brother Shivpal is its state president.
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PM Modi Thinking Of Future, Rahul Gandhi Of Parliament Disruption: Arun Jaitley
Ahead of the budget session of parliament, Union finance minister Arun Jaitley has attacked Rahul Gandhi, saying he is interested only in disrupting parliament. In a Facebook post today on the ban on 500 and 1000 rupee notes announced on November 8, Mr Jaitley also used Mr Gandhi's example to draw a parallel with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and wh...
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Controversy Over Army Chief's Appointment, Congress, Left Raise Questions
The appointment of vice chief of army staff Lt Gen Bipin Rawat as the new Army chief has triggered political controversy, with both Congress and the Left Front questioning the government's decision to supercede two officers senior to him.
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'Bharat Bandh' Today Against Notes Ban: 10 Things You Need To Know
After a week of acrimony in parliament, the opposition has planned countrywide protest on Monday against what they call the government's "mishandling" of the currency ban. Only the Left Front, which has a presence in Kerala, Bengal and Tripura, has called for a strike or 'Bharat Bandh' in the three states.
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'Should We Shut Out Corruption Or Shut Down Nation,' PM Modi Asks At UP Rally
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took on the opposition over its Monday's protest plans at the BJP's Parivartan Rally in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar, asking whether it was preferable to put a stop to corruption and black money or shut down the country.
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Terror Is Pakistan's 'Favourite Child', PM Narendra Modi Says In Goa: 10 Points
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a scathing attack on Pakistan at the summit with leaders of BRICS nations and later with BIMSTEC, a group of south Asian nations in Goa. Without naming Pakistan, he said terror was its "favourite child", escalating India's diplomatic drive to isolate the neighbouring country.
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The Radioactive Leak at Delhi's IGI Airport: What Really Happened
The Delhi airport witnessed a false alarm about a radioactive leak today after a consignment of nuclear drugs for cancer -- Molybdenum - 99 -- arrived by an Air France Flight for a Delhi hospital.
