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Don't need your support: BJP to Mamata on Presidential Polls
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi/ Kolkata [India], July 18 (ANI): With West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee set to back Opposition presidential nominee Meira Kumar as a mark of protest against the Centre's "atrocities", the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday said the it does not expect su
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Naidu as VP Candidate to balance North-South politics of NDA
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jul 17 (ANI): Senior BJP leader and Union Housing and Urban Affairs, and Information and Broadcasting Minister Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu is the NDA's candidate for the post of Vice President. By finalising the name of Naidu as a candidate for the vice presidential el
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Caitlyn Jenner seriously considering shot at politics
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Caitlyn Jenner has recently confessed her desire to give politics a shot as she is looking for new opportunities to make a bigger impact on the world.
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EC`s volte-face on lifetime ban on convicted legislators
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): The Election Commission on Wednesday took a U-turn on the lifetime ban on convicted and chargesheeted Member of Parliaments or the state Legislative Assembly members (MPs and MLAs) case and said it does not want a permanent ban, but it supported the decrimin
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Nitish lacks courage to ask Tejashwi to resign: Manjhi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 10 (ANI): Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi on Monday said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar practices politics of convenience and does not have the courage to ask Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav to
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Stop playing communal politics: BJP to Mamata
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India] July 6 (ANI): Following the recent upheaval in West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday lashed out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and asked her to stop playing communal politics and to maintain law and order.
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Former U.S. president Obama urges world to stand against 'aggressive
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], July 2 (ANI): Former United States president Barack Obama has called on the world to stand up for tolerance, moderation and respect for others, while warning that sectarian politics could lead to chaos and violence.
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GST rollout: BJP asks Rahul to rise above politics, join hands with Govt.
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru/ Kolkata [India], July 1 (ANI): Tearing into Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for claiming that the Good and Services Tax (GST) "is being executed by an incompetent and insensitive government", the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday said that the grand old party
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GST represents nation's collective will: BJP backs Jaitley's �
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has backed Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's assertion that there should be no politics involved in the launch and implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), to be rolled out at midnight on June 30.
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Political parties creating drama by hosting iftar parties: Giriraj Singh
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): Minister of State for Micro Small and Medium Enterises Giriraj Singh waded into controversy yet again, as he slammed the Congress Party for hosting an iftar party, saying it was spreading appeasement politics in the country.
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Rise above parties, politics; extend full support: Naidu on GST
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 26 (ANI): Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday exhorted the political parties to 'rise above politics' and extend their full support to the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
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Fighting Pakistan's dirty war in Kashmir Valley amid bad politics
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): The heinous abduction from a marriage ceremony in Kulgam town and killing of Lt. Umar Fayaz followed by the brutal massacre and mutilation of six Jammu and Kashmir policemen in Anantnag district and the barbaric lynching of Deputy Superintendent of Police Ay
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