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No need to take Farooq's "provocative" statements seriously
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 5 (ANI): Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Jitendra Singh on Wednesday downplayed former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah's statement supporting stone pelters in the Kashmir Valley and said that his remarks should not be
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Have no problem even if anyone refers to me as `demon` Dalai Lama
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bomdila (Arunanchal Pradesh) [India],April 05 (ANI): Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Wednesday downplayed China's concern over his visit to North East India and said that he has no problems even if someone calls him a demon.
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After Walia's threat, Congress says 'all is well'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 4 (ANI): A day after former Delhi minister A.K. Walia threatened to quit the party while expressing his displeasure over denying tickets in the MCD polls to those having strong support on the ground, the Congress Party on Tuesday attempted to downplay the issue and sa
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Siddaramaiah downplays Krishna's entry in BJP prior to Karnataka Asse
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 24 (ANI): Days after veteran politician S.M. Krishna joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Karnataka Chief Minister K. Siddaramaiah on Friday said that this would not make much of a difference as the saffron party would yet again be defeated in the state assembly p
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Only Rahul Gandhi's 'simplicity' can defeat PM Modi: Cong
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): Downplaying Janata Dal (United)'s claim that the only option to take on Narendra Modi is Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Congress leader Raj Babbar on Friday said it is only party vice-president Rahul Gandhi's simplicity, which can defeat the for
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BJP downplays Anil Vij's remarks on Punjab loss, says it shares defea
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Mar 15 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday downplayed Haryana sports minister Anil Vij's comments that the saffron party would have won if contested Punjab elections alone, asserting that the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) is a valued ally and
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Must refrain from making 'arbitrary declarations': Congress to C
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 12 (ANI): The Congress Party on Sunday downplayed the remarks made by P. Chidambaram for declaring Prime Minister Narendra Modi 'the most dominant political leader', and asked the former union finance minister to examine more "clinically" before ma
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Cong downplays UP loss, says votebank politics has defeated development
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi/Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Mar. 11 (ANI): The Congress Party on Saturday attempted to downplay its dismal show in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, saying the people have kept votebank politics above development.
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UP Govt. indulging in 'drama' with non-bailable warrant against
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 5 (ANI): Downplaying reports of a non-bailable warrant issued against rape-accused Uttar Pradesh Minister Gayatri Prajapati, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday dubbed the entire episode as hoax and said all this hysteria has been created by the
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Kerala CM rebuffs Chandrawat's remark, says Sangh Parivar has taken s
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Mar. 2 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday downplayed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader K. Chandrawat's threatening remark against him and said the right-wing group has taken heads of several people.
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Trump administration rejects DHS intelligence report on travel ban
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Feb. 25 (ANI): Trump administration officials have downplayed an intelligence report by the Homeland Security Department (DHS) that contradicts the White House's main argument for implementing a travel ban on seven predominantly Muslim countries.
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White House refuses to correlate Kansas shooting with Trump's rhetori
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], Feb. 25 (ANI): Following the backlash over the murder of an Indian engineer in Kansas, which is being touted as a hate crime, the White House has attempted to downplay notions that there was any correlation between the incident and President Donald Trump's stance on imm
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