Goa defends Parrikar as CM in HC, likens him to Steve Jobs

While comparing Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar with Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, the state’s advocate general has argued before the Goa bench of the Bombay HC that diagnosis of cancer is not a sufficient reason to ask the chief minister to resign from the post. Read More
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Urjit Patel resigns as RBI governor amid tiff with government

It is widely speculated that the ongoing row between the central bank and government has forced Patel to quit nearly one year prior to completion of his tenure. Read More
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BJP slams opposition meeting, asks them to name their PM pick

Top leaders of opposition parties are scheduled to meet in Delhi to form an anti-BJP alliance for 2019 Lok Sabha election. Ridiculing the meeting BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya has asked the parties to first name their PM candidate for the election. Read More
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Bulandshahr: FIR against 28 filed, 8 belong to right-wing groups

The Uttar Pradesh Police has filed FIR against 28 people in connection with the violence in Bulandshahr following rumours of cow slaughter that resulted in the death of a police inspector and a village youth. Read More
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Madhuri Dixit may contest on BJP ticket from Pune in LS poll

The Bharatiya Janata Party is planning to rope in renowned Bollywood actor Madhuri Dixit to contest from the Pune Lok Sabha constituency in the 2019 general election. Read More
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‘Cow slaughter’: Violence in UP’s Bulandshahr, cop among two dead

Clashes broke out in Bulandshahr’s Syana area in Uttar Pradesh over alleged cow slaughter in which two people, including a police inspector, were killed. The officer, Subodh Kumar Singh, was killed when a mob attacked a police outpost and set a police vehicle on fire. Read More
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In J&K, parties oppose ‘plan’ to change residency norms

While opposing the “plan”, purportedly initiated by the Jammu & Kashmir administration to bring changes in the rules for granting non-residents of the state permanent residency certificate, the state’s political parties have warned of “2008-like agitation”. Read More
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Sidhu attends Pakistan’s Kartarpur event, defends decision

Former cricketer and Punjab cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu has recently visited Pakistan to attend the Kartarpur corridor groundbreaking ceremony despite a request from chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh to reconsider the decision. Read More
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Activist Trupti Desai returns without entering Sabarimala

Women activist and Bhumata Brigade leader Trupti Desai along with six others had reached the Kochi airport on Friday at 4.45 in the morning. However, she was greeted by large number of police and CISF personnel and protesters at the airport. Read More
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Ananth Kumar, Union minister, dies of cancer at 59

Union minister and veteran BJP leader Ananth Kumar, 59, has died on Monday morning at a private hospital in Bengaluru. He was suffering from lung cancer and had been on ventilator in the last few days. Read More
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