Rahul to file fresh apology to SC over ‘chowkidar chor hai’ misquote

Congress president Rahul Gandhi said he will apologize to the Supreme Court through a fresh affidavit for wrongly attributing the “chowkidar chor hai” remark and linking it with the top court’s order in Rafale case. Read More
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Mayawati may be in trouble as CBI files FIR in sugar mills case

The CBI has registered an first information report and six preliminary enquiries, a year after the Yogi Adityanath government recommended a probe into alleged irregularities in the disinvestment of 21 state-owned sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh in 2010-11, when Mayawati was the CM. Read More
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Narendra Modi files his nomination from Varanasi with allies join in show of strength

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday, filed his nomination papers to contest from Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi in the presence of NDA allies in a major show of strength for the upcoming Lok Sabha election in which he is fighting for a second term in power. Read More
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BJP contests on more LS seats than Congress for the first time

The Bhartiya Janata Party for the first time contesting on more seats than the Congress Party in the national election. BJP has declared the list of 437 candidates out of 545 for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Read More
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Congress ends suspense, fields Ajay Rai From Varanasi

The Congress Party, on Thursday, put an end to months of speculation, Priyanka Gnadhi Vadra will not contest from Varanasi against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the upcoming Lok Sabha election. The party has fielded Ajay Rai from Varanasi seat, who placed third in the 2014 election. Read More
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Cannot stop Sadhvi Pragya from contesting polls: NIA court

The special National Investigation Agency court, on Wednesday, rejected a plea to ban Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case and the Bharatiya Janata Party Lok Sabha candidate from contesting the upcoming election, citing that it is for the electoral officers to take Read More
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BJP releases Lok Sabha candidates’ list for 7 Delhi seats

The Bhartiya Janata Party has released the names of its seven candidates for the seven Lok Sabha seats from Delhi. Punjabi singer Hans Raj Hans is among the names, who replaces sitting BJP MP Udit Raj from Delhi Northwest. Delhi will go to the poll on May 12. Read More
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Lalu’s kin barred from meeting him in jail, Rabri says ‘attempt to kill him’

Former chief minister of Bihar, Rabri Devi accused the Centre for plotting against her husband, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, who is currently in jail. Authorities have banned visitors from meeting Lalu in Ranchi’s the Birsa Munda Central Jail. Read More
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Priyanka says Smriti ‘humiliated Amethi by distributing shoes’

Priyanka Gandhi, Congress general secretary in charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh, on Monday, lashed out Union minister Smriti Irani for distributing shoes to the common people of Amethi. Priyanka said Irani has disrespected the people of Amethi. Read More
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AAP says alliance talks with Congress in Delhi failed

After a monthlong discussion over the possibility of alliance between the AAP and the Congress in Delhi for the Lok Sabha election, the Aam Aadmi Party reiterated that the party had tried everything to forge an alliance with the Congress but failed. Read More
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