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Speaker launches augmentation works of Water Supply Scheme Rajeev Nagar

Speaker launches augmentation works of Water Supply Scheme Rajeev Nagar

i JAMMU : Speaker Legislative Assembly, Kavinder Gupta today launched works for improvement of Water Supply Scheme (WSS) Rajeev Nagar, here today. Under the improvement works, 450 m pipelines will be laid at an estimated cost of Rs 2.84 lakh. Speaking on the occasion, the Speaker said that steps are underway to ensure basic necessities of […]

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DMK to move EC over Jayalalithaa hospital video

DMK to move EC over Jayalalithaa hospital video

December 20, 2017 Miffed at the release of a video of J Jayalalithaa in Chennai’s Apollo Hospital ahead of the RK Nagar by-polls, the DMK is planning to approach the Election Commission against the TTV Dhinakaran faction of the All India AIADMK. DMK leader and Member of Parliament TKS Elangovan alleged that the video has […]

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PM’s remarks against Manmohan forces washout of RS proceedings

PM’s remarks against Manmohan forces washout of RS proceedings

December 20, 2017 Congress protests over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “conspiracy with Pakistan” remark against his predecessor Manmohan Singh today led to a virtual washout of the Rajya Sabha proceedings, even as Chairman Venkaiah Naidu said there was no question of an apology. Noisy protests by the members of the Congress and other opposition parties […]

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India’s Most Wanted host gets lifer for killing wife

India’s Most Wanted host gets lifer for killing wife

December 20, 2017   Former TV producer Suhaib Ilyasi sentenced to life imprisonment by a Delhi court for murder of his wife. Ilyasi, who once hosted the popular television crime series ‘India’s Most Wanted’, has been sentenced to life in jail for the death of his wife 17 years ago. The 51-year-old was held guilty […]

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Muslims have to consider Hinduism as their own religion: RSS

Muslims have to consider Hinduism as their own religion: RSS

December 19, 2017 In the wake of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat’s statement — Muslims in India are also Hindus — row, organisation’s ideologue MG Vaidya said on Tuesday that one did not have to leave his or her religion to become a Hindu. “Muslims don’t need to leave Quran to become a Hindu. They just have to […]

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Farooq Abdullah believes neech remark lost Gujarat for Congress

Farooq Abdullah believes neech remark lost Gujarat for Congress

December 19, 2017 Without naming Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar, National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah said on Tuesday that the grand-old party would have won Gujarat elections had some of its leaders avoided using the wrong words. “I do not want to take any names, but if some people wouldn’t have said certain wrong things […]

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2,965 girls went missing in Maha in six months this yr: CM

2,965 girls went missing in Maha in six months this yr: CM

Nagpur, Dec 19: As many as 2,965 girls have gone missing from Maharashtra in the first six months this year, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said today. The number has gone up from 2,881 girls, who had gone missing between January 1 and June 30 in 2016, he said in a written reply in tabled in the […]

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We have handed a massive jolt to BJP: Rahul Gandhi

We have handed a massive jolt to BJP: Rahul Gandhi

December 19, 2017 A day after losing the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh polls, Congress president Rahul Gandhi has addressed the media. The new Congress president said, “Gujarat has given a message to Modi ji the anger they have will not work for them; love will defeat it.” He went on to add, “There is a […]

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Rahul concedes defeat

Rahul concedes defeat

December 18, 2017 Congress president Rahul Gandhi concedes defeat. Rahul tweets: The Congress party accepts the verdict of the people and congratulates the new governments in both states. I thank the people of Gujarat and Himachal with all my heart for the love they showed me. “My Congress brothers and sisters, you have made me […]

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Modi’s development agenda wins over politics of appeasement, says Amit Shah

Modi’s development agenda wins over politics of appeasement, says Amit Shah

  BJP chief Amit Shah on Monday said the party’s victory in the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly polls is the win of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s development agenda against the politics of casteism and appeasement. In a series of tweets, Mr. Shah attributed the party’s victory in Gujarat to Mr. Modi’s popularity and the public welfare works carried […]