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  Hadd kardi aapne: Sushma Swaraj cautions Mamata Banerjee against using derogatory words for PM Modi

  May 09, 2019 13:25 IST

  The External Affairs Minister also quoted a couplet penned by noted Urdu poet Bashir Badr.

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  200 DU teachers issue statement condemning Modi's remarks on former PM Rajiv Gandhi

  India | May 07, 2019 19:00 IST

  Their statement came after Modi had in a rally on Saturday targeted Congress president Rahul Gandhi on the Rafale issue and said "your father was termed 'Mr Clean' by his courtiers, but his life ended as 'Bhrashtachari No 1' (corrupt number 1)."  

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  Mamata Banerjee says she wants to 'give Modi a tight slap of democracy'

  May 07, 2019 18:11 IST

  PM Modi had, in a rally in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls, said, "West Bengal, under Mamata Banerjee, was known for 'triple T -- Trinamool, Tolabaazi, Tax'."

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  Matching of VVPAT slips with EVMs: SC dismisses review plea of 21 Opposition leaders

  May 07, 2019 11:33 IST

  "We are not inclined to modify our order," a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said.

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  PM Modi's wisecrack about Rahul Gandhi has Kapil Sharma, 'Avengers' references

  May 05, 2019 8:47 IST

  In the run up to May 23, the day of result of Lok Sabha polls, this is probably the most historic interview of PM Modi -- where he takes on all sorts of questions - from Balakot airstrike to his personal life.

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  'Bajrang Bali ki Jai' over 'meethhi meethhi baatein': That's how, PM Modi says, Balakot airstrike happened

  India | May 04, 2019 23:45 IST

  In the interaction, PM Modi also spoke about what led to his meeting with former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his telephonic interaction the current prime minister, Imran Khan, the ongoing Lok Sabha polls and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.

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  Beg your pardon, but there is a reason why Akshay Kumar did not vote

  May 01, 2019 20:24 IST

  Mumbai went to vote on April 29, and while many film stars went and cast their vote, Akshay did not.

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  Nitish Kumar's telling silence during PM Modi's Vande Mataram chant

  May 01, 2019 12:56 IST

  A video has gone viral -- in which Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar can be seen not reacting to PM Modi's call for shouting Vande Mataram into the air. Kumar, in fact, is all silent and is waiting for the chants to get over.

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  'Saavdhaan rahein': Mayawati says may rethink support to Congress

  April 30, 2019 13:30 IST

  Cracks have begun to appear in the Opposition's bonhomie in the run up to May 23 -- the day of the result of Lok Sabha 2019 polls.

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  PM Modi says TMC leaders are in touch with BJP, Derek charges him with horse-trading

  April 29, 2019 16:54 IST

  Senior TMC leader Derek O'Brien has said they would register a complaint with the Election Commission of India (ECI) and charge PM Modi with horse-trading.

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  Maneka Gandhi Muslim community row: EC warns BJP leader to not repeat 'such misconduct'

  April 29, 2019 14:46 IST

  Maneka Gandhi was, on April 12, caught on camera threatening a few members of the Muslim community to vote for her in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls or face consequences.

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  72 Lok Sabha seats in nine states go to polls in fourth phase on April 29

  April 28, 2019 20:51 IST

  The stakes are high for the ruling BJP and its allies as it had swept 56 of these seats in 2014, leaving just two for the Congress and the rest for other opposition parties such as the Trinamool Congress (six) and the Biju Janata Dal (six).

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  Lok Sabha polls: CPI(M) candidate from Jhargram is an unlikely YouTube star

  April 28, 2019 15:36 IST

  She has been in active politics for decades and even a minister in the Left government, but Deblina Hembram, CPI(M) candidate from Jhargram Lok Sabha seat, shot into the limelight only after a fiery speech she made at a rally in February went viral on YouTube. 

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  No surprise: Priyanka Gandhi was never contesting elections

  April 25, 2019 20:06 IST

  She has the charisma of her grandmother Indira Gandhi and the charm of her father Rajiv Gandhi. From the time she came into active politics in January, there was a buzz that she will contest in the ongoing polls, from Varanasi.

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  Kya PM Modi aam khaatey hain? 'Of course, I do,' he tells Akshay Kumar

  April 24, 2019 16:03 IST

  PM Modi, in a 70-minute long 'chai par charchaa' with Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar on Wednesday, said he has always loved mangoes, but has become a little cautious now -- and is keeping a tab on its intake.

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  Lok Sabha polls, April 24: As it happened

  April 25, 2019 22:58 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday addressed a rally in Jharkhand's Lohardaga. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi began her three-day tour of Fatehpur, Mahoba and Hamirpur, Hansi, Orai, Jalaun and Barabanki constituencies.

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  Prime Minister's post not for auction: PM Modi tells Mamata Banerjee

  April 24, 2019 7:20 IST

  Observing that Banerjee is "dreaming" of becoming the prime minister, Modi also ridiculed the TMC chief's 'Bengal model of development', which she plans to implement across the country if voted to power, as the "Tolabaji (extortion) model".

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  Petrol may not go beyond Rs 75/litre in Delhi till poll-end

  India | April 24, 2019 6:15 IST

  Official sources said that public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs) have been told in no uncertain terms to keep a check on the rising price transport fuels - petrol and diesel - even though rise in global oil prices and India's daily pricing mechanism makes it impossible to control price rise.

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  A Hindu can never be a terrorist: Amit Shah defends Sadhvi Pragya

  April 24, 2019 6:12 IST

  "A Hindu can never be a terrorist. They have fabricated false cases to frame her. It was a conspiracy for vote bank politics," Amit Shah said, while addressing a rally at Rajnagar in Chhatarpur district, on Tuesday.

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  Kejriwal alleges Congress candidate openly seeking votes for BJP in Goa

  Politics | April 24, 2019 11:45 IST

  “Is this the reason why Congress refused to do an alliance in Goa?” the Aam Aadmi Party chief said in a tweet and tagged a news report which quoted South Goa Congress candidate Francisco Sardinha.