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Union minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday urged the Election Commission to take strong action against the West Bengal government for the violence during BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata. After violence and arson marred BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata, a party...
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It probably took NASA additional funds by US President Donald Trump to plan on sending a woman to the Moon. Until now, only 12 humans -- all American male astronauts, have walked on the Moon, but never a woman.According to CNN, NASA is planning to send the first woman ever and the first man in...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday condemned the scuffle during BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata saying democracy has been crushed in Bengal.Clashes broke out between BJP supporters and student activists and those of the Left and Trinamool Congress Chatra...
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The BJP on Tuesday urged the Election Commission to bar West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from campaigning in the state and alleged that constitutional machinery has collapsed there. After violence and arson marred BJP president Amit Shah's road show in Kolkata, a party delegation,...
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Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal condemned the attack on BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow by miscreants in Kolkata on Tuesday.In a statement, Sonowal said such attacks disregarding democracy is highly condemnable.Asserting those involved in the attack deserve to receive severe...
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Congress leader Divya Spandana on Tuesday hit back at Union minister Arun Jaitley for his dictator jibe on the Mamata Banerjee meme controversy, wondering whether he was also referring to PM Narendra Modi as a dictator as she was charged with sedition for mocking him in a similar manner....
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Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam was issued a show cause notice by the Election Commission on Tuesday for his modern-day avatar of Aurangzeb jibe against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He has been given 24 hours to respond.The Commission said that prima facie, Nirupam has violated the provisions of...
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The Trinamool Congress alleged that BJP president Amit Shah brought outsiders for his road show in Kolkata who were responsible for the violence in the city on Tuesday. Clashes broke out between BJP supporters and student activists and those of the Left and Trinamool Congress Chatra Parishad...
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An FIR was registered against Makkal Needhi Maiam president Kamal Haasan on Tuesday for his free India's first extremist was a Hindustatement, police said. The case was registered under Sections 153A and 295A of the Indian Penal Code, which deal with 'outraging religious feelings' and...
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TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu has termed Rahul Gandhi a good leader who has concerns for the nation and asserted that unlike 1996, non-BJP parties won't commit the mistake of keeping the Congress out if such an alliance forms a government at the Centre.He claimed the BJP is on its way out, and...
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Latest visuals from BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata after clashes broke out.
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A scuffle broke out between Left and BJP student activists as Amit Shah's road show convoy passed by the Calcutta University onCollege Street. Chants of Jai Shri Ram filled the heart of Kolkata as BJP president Amit Shah took out a roadshow in his final push for Bengal on Tuesday.The procession...
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A complaint was on Tuesday filed before a court here seeking prosecution of actor-politician Kamal Haasan for allegedly hurting religious sentiments by terming Nathuram Godse, who had killed Mahatma Gandhi, a Hindu terrorist. The matter is likely to be listed before a Metropolitan Magistrate on...
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The Congress on Tuesday condemned the remarks of its leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but also accused the PM of lowering the political discourse by using downright insulting and abusive language against his political opponents.Aiyar was back in the news on Tuesday with...
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Jet Airways on Tuesday said its CEO Vinay Dube has resigned from the company due to personal reasons. This is the second high profile exit in as many days at the grounded Jet Airways after Deputy CEO Amit Agarwal put in his papers on Monday.In a filing to stock exchanges, the airline said Dube...
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DMK President MK Stalin on BJP TN leader Tamilsai's statement that the DMK was reaching out to them. If Tamilisai and Modi prove I was in contact with BJP to form an alliance with them, I'll quit politics. If they fail to prove, will she and Modi quit politics? I condemn the statement made by BJP...
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Indian equity markets snapped a nine-day fall on Tuesday and closed in the green after erasing morning losses as European stocks opened higher.Besides, low retail inflation in April at 2.92 per cent brought hopes of a key interest rate cut in June. Except IT, all sectoral indices closed in the...
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Visuals from Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata along Lenin Sarani. Reports say the state BJP has bought 10,000 kilos of marigold petals to be being showered on supporters along the route of the rally. There is also a tableau of Odissi dancers and another with the...
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Candidates with criminal records in the last and final phase of the seven-phase Lok Sabha polls.Pic: KBK Graphics
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Monsoon rains are expected to arrive in Kerala on June 4 and deliver less rainfall than average in 2019, the country's only private weather forecasting agency said on Tuesday, dampening prospects of higher farm and economic growth in the $2.6 trillion economy.Rains usually lash Kerala around June...
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Mounting attack on the opposition leaders for their rags to riches stories, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that he has lived his life for the poor people of the country.I have lived my life for the poor people of the country. The opposition leaders were initially poor but have...
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Congress president Rahul Gandhi takes the high moral ground: I'm pushing for a new language in politics. Let's fight each other brutally on issues. Let's fight hard on ideology. But... Let's not use hatred and violence against each other. It's bad for (images of the tricolour).
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Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi's proposed visit to Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday was cancelled due to bad weather. Priyanka was scheduled to address a rally in Sundernagar in support of Mandi Congress candidate Aashray Sharma, a state party leader said. Aashray is pitted against...
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Claiming his probity while asserting that he has been in office for more than 2 decades - first as chief minister of Gujarat and then as prime minister -- Narendra Modi has openly challenged the opposition to prove his involvement in any corruption scam.I am giving an open challenge to the...
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Lashing out at the opposition parties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday the Congress and the RJD will push 21st century India into darkness, if voted to power. Addressing a rally in Buxar, Modi also claimed that it was just the BJP-led NDA dispensation that could lead the nation towards...
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A day after his meeting with Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, DMK chief M K Stalin on Tuesday said he does not see the possibility of the formation of a government of the Third Front at the Centre, but added significantly that it will be known only after the election results.I don't...
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Congress senior leader Mani Shankar Aiyar, who is in Shimla, says in 10 days the government will change and the smile will be back on his face. This and another interesting tidbits in Aiyar's interview with ANI. I was 6 years old when Jawaharlal Nehru became Prime Minister and 23 when he passed...
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The annual rate of inflation based on wholesale price index stood at 3.07 per cent in April compared to 3.18 per cent in March, the government said on Tuesday.It was 3.62 per cent in April last year, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.The official wholesale...
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Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BSP supremo Mayawati on Tuesday said the country will not be deceived by dual characters any more and it now wants only a PM, not a chaiwala or chowkidaar. The country has already seen a number of leaders in form of sevak (servant),...
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Update: Supreme Court calls back BJP worker Priyanka Sharma's lawyer NK Kaul and modifies it's order and waives off condition of apology. Priyanka Sharma will be released immediately.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted conditional bail to West Bengal BJP functionary Priyanka Sharma who was arrested on May 10 for allegedly posting a morphed picture of state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Facebook.Subject to Priyanka Sharma tendering an apology in writing for putting up an...
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The Centre on Tuesday extended the ban on Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam for another five years, declaring it an unlawful association for continuing to adopt a strong anti-India posture and posing a grave threat to the security of Indian nationals.The Ministry of Home Affairs said that LTTE's...
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Delhi: Former ICICI Bank CEO & MD, Chanda Kochhar & her husband Deepak Kochhar arrive at Enforcement Directorate office for questioning in connection with ICICI-Videocon loan case.
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Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Tuesday said that he stands by his 'neech aadmi' jibe against Narendra Modi and termed his December 2017 remark about the Prime Minister as prophetic.I said what I wanted to say in that article, I stand by every word. I have no desire to engage in any...
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It's open season for jibes in election season, but the PM's recent comment that he had urged the Indian air force to strike Balakot under cover of clouds so that Pakistani radar would not be able to pick up IAF planes, has been cause of much mirth and relentless memes on social media. Urmila...
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Domestic equity benchmarks BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty started on a choppy note Tuesday tracking downbeat global market sentiment and foreign fund outflows.The BSE gauge Sensex fell 61.88 points to trade at 37,028 in early deals, while the NSE Nifty declined 18.45 points to 11,129.75. On Monday,...
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Delhi Police has arrested an alleged terrorist of Jaish-e-Mohammad carrying a reward of Rs 2 lakh from Srinagar, officials said Tuesday. The accused has been identified as Abdul Majeed Baba, a resident of Magrepora district of Sopore, they said. The arrest was made on Saturday evening from...
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Grounded carrier Jet Airways' deputy chief executive and chief financial officer Amit Agarwal has resigned, the airline said on Tuesday.Agarwal's resignation is effective from May 13, it said.We wish to inform that Amit Agarwal, the deputy chief executive officer and CFO of the company, has...
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An Indian-origin woman in the United States has been convicted by a jury for killing her nine-year old stepdaughter in 2016 and faces up to life in prison at sentencing. Shamdai Arjun, 55, of Queens, New York was convicted on Friday of second-degree murder by a jury that deliberated for less than...
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It makes sense for the United States to get along with Russia, US President Donald Trump said on Monday on the eve of the meeting between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Russian President Vladimir Putin.Trump, who recently had a lengthy conversation with Putin over phone, is scheduled to meet...
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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his statement about Indian Air Force aircraft evading Pakistan radars during the Balakot air strike due to the cloudy weather. At a roadshow in Indore's Rajwada Chowk, the Congress leader, reading...
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Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday directed police to complete investigations in the alleged rape of a three-year-old girl in Bandipora district on a fast track basis.The state police has constituted a special investigation team to probe the rape case and one person has been...
