Former Union minister and senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid, in a tweet said, the Indian Air Force pilot, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, earned his flying badge in 2004 and “matured” as a fighter pilot during the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance rule.
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Right after Imran Khan said the captured IAF pilot Abhinandan Varthaman will be released as a “gesture of peace”, Narendra Modi raised eyebrows on both sides of the India-Pakistan when he apparently used “pilot” as a pun during a function in New Delhi.
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As the Supreme Court hearing on Article 35A is scheduled ahead, the National Conference vice-president, Omar Abdullah, on Monday, said any fiddling with Jammu & Kashmir’s special status would have serious and far-reaching consequences in the state.
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Karnataka deputy chief minister G Parameshwara said he had to reluctantly accept the deputy CM’s post because as a victim of dalit suppression he missed the chance to become the chief minister.
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With the BCCI wanting to forfeit the clash with Pakistan in the upcoming World Cup 2019, Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli, on Saturday, said that they will stand by whatever decision the cricket body takes.
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PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti sparked a controversy when she questioned the legal grounds of detaining Jamaat-e-Islami cadres and Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front leader Yasin Malik. She said, “You can imprison a person but not his ideas.”
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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited chairman R Madhavan said HAL has moved away from its strategy of depending entirely on IAF orders to build products and is now venturing into building products before orders are placed.
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Just days after Bhupen Hazarika’s son Tej’s purported statement on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 and Bharat Ratna stirred a huge controversy, Tej said it will be a “dreamlike privilege” to receive the highest civilian award for his father
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Soon after the Supreme Court announced its verdict on regulations of services in the national capital pertaining to the power tussle between the Delhi government and LG Anil Baijal, CM Arvind Kejriwal, called it as “against the Constitution” and “against democracy”.
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The prime minister was apparently referring to Chidambaram’s victory from Tamil Nadu’s Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency amid calls for recounting of votes, during the 2009 general election.
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