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Chetan Bhagat won't share his views on social media anymore
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 24 (ANI): Author Chetan Bhagat, whose opinions over diverse subjects often become fodder for trolls over Twitter, has started a 'No More Explanations Policy' under which he has decided to not explain or defend his stance over social media.
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Nawaz Sharif will pay a price for doing politics in courts: PTI
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 23 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday said former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was "playing politics" in courts and would pay a heavy price one day.
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Kumaraswamy leads JD(S) back to power in K'taka
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): The Janata Dal (Secular) made a grand comeback in Karnataka politics after over a decade of political isolation with HD Kumaraswamy taking oath as the state's 24th chief minister at the Vidhana Soudha, on Wednesday evening.
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Gina Haspel sworn in as first female director of CIA
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], May 22 (ANI): In a historical move, acting Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Gina Haspel was formally sworn in as the next director of the US' top spy agency at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia on Monday.
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Kumaraswamy meets Mayawati ahead of oath ceremony
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister-designate HD Kumaraswamy on Monday met Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati at her residence in the national capital and invited her for his oath ceremony on Wednesday in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
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Congress-JDS to meet today ahead of Kumaraswamy's oath ceremony
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 20 (ANI): With HD Kumaraswamy all set to take oath as the Karnataka Chief Minister on May 23, leaders from the Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) will be meeting today to discuss the future of the alliance in the state assembly.
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Victory of democracy: Chandrababu Naidu on BJP's Karnataka setback
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 20 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has termed the resignation of B S Yeddyurappa as Karnataka Chief Minister a 'victory of democracy'.
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Rajiv Gandhi's death anniversary postpones Kumaraswamy's swearing-in
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 20 (ANI): H. D. Kumaraswamy said that he will take oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka on May 23 instead of May 21 as it is the death anniversary of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.
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Karnataka floor test: Section 144 clamped in Mangalore
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Mangalore (Karnataka) [India], May 19 (ANI): Amid the political ruckus in Karnataka, section 144 has been imposed in Mangalore as a precautionary measure ahead of the Supreme Court's order directing Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) B.S. Yeddyurappa to prove majority in the state assembly on Sa
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Complaint filed against Janardhan Reddy for offering money to Raichur rura
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 19 (ANI): The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) has filed a complaint and demanded action against BJP leader Janardhan Reddy for offering hundreds of crore rupees and a minister portfolio to Raichur rural MLA Basvanagowda Daddal over phone.
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He insulted the country: Ahir on Rahul's Pak comment
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandrapur (Maharashtra) [India], May 18 (ANI): Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir says Congress president Rahul Gandhi "insulted the country" when he compared Karnataka political turmoil with Pakistan.
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Swamy slams Rahul Gandhi over Pak comment
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy slammed Congress president Rahul Gandhi for comparing Karnataka political turmoil with Pakistan.
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