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BJP Wants To Keep Communal Pot Boiling, Says Owaisi
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wants to keep the communal pot boiling in the country through its remarks on triple talaq.....
Politics Of Caste, Appeasement On Its Last Legs, Says Yogi
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said the time of developmental politics has come in the country and that people are no longer interested in politics of caste, creed and appeasement.....
Pradhan Orders Probe Into UP Petrol Pump Scam
Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday ordered an inspection of all petrol pumps in Uttar Pradesh and random checks on others across the rest of the country following the case of petrol pumps in the state cheating customers using chips.....
Uttar Pradesh To Roll Out GST From July 1
The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Tuesday approved the GST Bill ahead of introducing it in the forthcoming assembly session so that the new tax regime could be rolled out from July 1, state government spokesperson and Minister Siddharthanath Singh said.....
Focus On Muslim Education Than Triple Talaq, Government Told
Instead of raking up the triple talaq issue, the government should focus more on education and other basic facilities to India's "under-privileged" communities, including Muslims, a woman leader of the Jamaat-e-Islamic Hind (JeIH) said on Tuesday.....
Will Smriti Irani Send Bangles To PM Now? Sibal Asks On Soldiers' Mutilation
Condemning as "barbaric" the killing and mutilation of two Indian soldiers, Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Tuesday wondered if Union Minister Smriti Irani would now "gift bangles" to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as she had wanted to send to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after a similar killing in 2013.....
Sisodia Slams Vishwas For Criticising AAP In Media
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday slammed senior AAP leader Kumar Vishwas for making statements in the media over the ongoing infighting within the party in the wake of its civic polls debacle.....
Free And Vibrant Press Vital For Democracy: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday pitched for a "free and vibrant press" and said it is "vital for democracy". He said this on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day.....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was one of the first to offer prayers at the fabled Kedarnath temple here as the shrine on Wednesday opened its doors after a six month long winter break.....
Push For Electricity To Last 4,141 Villages By 2018, Says Minister
Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said that "a final push" is needed to provide electricity to the 4,141 un-electrified villages in the country by 2018.....
