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Nirbhaya verdict: BJP bats for capital punishment
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): As India's highest court is about to pronounce its judgment on the horrific December 16 gang-rape case today, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has backed the Supreme Court's previous decision of awarding capital punishment to the accused.
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BJP backs Indresh Kumar, says RSS leader explaining only scientific advant
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi/Mumbai [India], may 5 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday backed Indresh Kumar's suggestion of Muslim families adopting cows and learn about their benefits and said that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader has not asked for imposition of any rule but has
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Congress, BJP lock horns over PM Modi's Triple Talaq assertion
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi,[India], Apr 29,(ANI): Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to the Muslim community to find proper solution for Triple Talaq, the Congress rebuffed his assertion dubbing it as 'insignificant' while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) strongly backed him saying t
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Haddin not surprised by Faulkner's omission from Champions Trophy squ
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], Apr 27 (ANI): Former wicketkeeper-batsman Brad Haddin has backed the national selectors' decision to axe James Faulkner from the Australian squad for the ICC Champions Trophy 2017, saying that the all-rounder has not been performing well from over the last one yea
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BJP, Congress back Yogender Yadav's letter to Kejriwal
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 23 (ANI): Reacting to former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Yogendra Yadav's open letter to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Congress and the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) on Sunday backed the former, while saying that he had raised his opinion very late.
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Cong backs Captain, urges govt. to seek Sajjan's clarification
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Apr 18 (ANI): The Congress Party on Tuesday backed Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh's assertion that Harjit Singh Sajjan was a Khalistani sympathizer and urged the nationalist BJP-led government to seek a clarification in this regard from the visiting Cana
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EVM credible, ballot paper worst alternative, say former election commissi
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 16 (ANI): Amidst growing skepticism among political parties over the credibility of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), former chief election commissioners (CEC) on Sunday asserted that machines cannot be hacked and thereby backed the Election Commission for throwi
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Katiyar backs Assam population control, pan-India ban on cow slaughter
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Apr. 10 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vinay Katiyar on Monday fully backed the Assam government's latest population control policy and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat's demand for a pan-India ban on cow slaughter.
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RSS condemns, dissociates itself from Raja Singh's remark on Ram Mand
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], Apr. 9 (ANI): Condemning Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Raja Singh's remark on Ram Mandir, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Sunday disassociated itself with the former's statement while asserting that it never backed such observations and actions which
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Party ready to go to jail with Uma Bharti: BJP on Ram Mandir issue
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 9 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vinay Katiyar on Sunday backed Union Minister Uma Bharti's statement on Ram Temple row asserting that the saffron party leader is ready to go to jail for the temple.
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Cow vigilantes backed by BJP, alleges Digvijaya Singh
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 6 (ANI): Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Thursday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was backing the cow vigilantes across the country and questioned as to why no action has been initiated against them yet despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi&
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Trump defends Bill O'Reilly amid sexual harassment claims
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
London [U.K.], Apr. 6 (ANI): Even as dozens of advertisers backed away from Fox News host Bill O'Reilly's top-rated evening news program because of a mounting sexual harassment scandal, United States President Donald Trump defended him saying he was a 'good person.'
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