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  • Congress shows proof against Raje

     The Bharatiya Janata Party appeared cornered on Wednesday evening with the Congress releasing copies of a seven-page document signed by Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje supporting former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi’s immigration to the U.K. and pressure ....

     The Bharatiya Janata Party appeared cornered on Wednesday evening with the Congress releasing copies of a seven-page document signed by Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje supporting former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi’s immigration to the U.K. and pressure ....

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  • 12 smart cities to come up in Tamil Nadu

    The government has assigned number of cities each State/Union Territory can nominate under the 100 Smart Cities project as well as those to be developed under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme. Uttar Pradesh has been given the ....

    The government has assigned number of cities each State/Union Territory can nominate under the 100 Smart Cities project as well as those to be developed under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme. Uttar Pradesh has been given the ....

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  • Centre still in the throes of Lalit row

    An unrelenting Congress forced Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday to deny giving a clean chit to Dushyant Singh, son of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje. Speaking in the United States, he stressed that Mr. Singh’s business arrangements with Mr. ....

    An unrelenting Congress forced Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday to deny giving a clean chit to Dushyant Singh, son of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje. Speaking in the United States, he stressed that Mr. Singh’s business arrangements with Mr. ....

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  • Under attack, Rajya Sabha TV says it’s not government mouthpiece

     If Vice-President Hamid Ansari was attacked on Twitter for not attending the International Yoga Day celebrations by BJP general secretary Ram Madhav, the channel run by the Rajya Sabha secretariat was also attacked for its inadequate telecast of the event. The atta ....

     If Vice-President Hamid Ansari was attacked on Twitter for not attending the International Yoga Day celebrations by BJP general secretary Ram Madhav, the channel run by the Rajya Sabha secretariat was also attacked for its inadequate telecast of the event. The atta ....

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  • Karnataka cites arithmetic errors in High Court verdict

    The Karnataka government, however, has cited mathematical errors in the calculation and computed the value and percentage of the disproportionate assets by taking into consideration the accused persons’ own admissions of their wealth. The computation done by th ....

    The Karnataka government, however, has cited mathematical errors in the calculation and computed the value and percentage of the disproportionate assets by taking into consideration the accused persons’ own admissions of their wealth. The computation done by th ....

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  • Sena targets BJP; backs Mumbai Police chief

     The Shiv Sena on Wednesday asked why the government was not backing Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria the same way as it was doing so in the case of its leaders Sushma Swaraj and Vasundhra Raje in the Lalit Modi controversy. “What Lalit Modi has done wi ....

     The Shiv Sena on Wednesday asked why the government was not backing Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria the same way as it was doing so in the case of its leaders Sushma Swaraj and Vasundhra Raje in the Lalit Modi controversy. “What Lalit Modi has done wi ....

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  • Advani’s ‘recrudescence of Emergency' remark cannot be dismissed, says Shiv Sena

    An editorial in the Sena’s mouthpiece "Saamna" said that when a tall leader within the BJP of Mr. Advani’s stature was expressing the bogey of Emergency at a time when the Modi government was in the Centre with a massive mandate, it was obvious tha ....

    An editorial in the Sena’s mouthpiece "Saamna" said that when a tall leader within the BJP of Mr. Advani’s stature was expressing the bogey of Emergency at a time when the Modi government was in the Centre with a massive mandate, it was obvious tha ....

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  • Lalit Modi fires fresh salvo against Rajiv Shukla, Congress

    In a series of tweets, Mr. Modi said: “Will all congress party members specifically @ShuklaRajiv a #minister in #congress advise who #paid for all his #private jet trips - or was Ashok Chaturvedi just did it as a favor to you. Amongst many other planes you took. W ....

    In a series of tweets, Mr. Modi said: “Will all congress party members specifically @ShuklaRajiv a #minister in #congress advise who #paid for all his #private jet trips - or was Ashok Chaturvedi just did it as a favor to you. Amongst many other planes you took. W ....

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  • 37 passengers take first Dhaka-Agartala bus

     Eight-year-old Nidhal had come to Kolkata for treatment from Bangladesh. Diagnosed with cancer, the Bangladeshi citizen was treated by doctors at a city hospital. When it was time to return home, he was unable to get an air ticket. He took the Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartal ....

     Eight-year-old Nidhal had come to Kolkata for treatment from Bangladesh. Diagnosed with cancer, the Bangladeshi citizen was treated by doctors at a city hospital. When it was time to return home, he was unable to get an air ticket. He took the Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartal ....

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  • Three RSS affiliates speak out against land Bill

    In a major embarrassment to the Modi government, on Monday, three RSS affiliates that appeared before the Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the controversial Land Acquisition Bill, opposed the changes sought to be made to the 2013 Act enacted during UPA rule. Indee ....

    In a major embarrassment to the Modi government, on Monday, three RSS affiliates that appeared before the Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the controversial Land Acquisition Bill, opposed the changes sought to be made to the 2013 Act enacted during UPA rule. Indee ....

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