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EC Announces Re-poll In Srinagar Lok Sabha Constituency
The Election Commission on Tuesday announced that re-poll will be held on Thursday in 38 polling stations of the Srinagar Lok Sabha Constituency, which was hit by violence on Sunday.....
Manmohan, His PMO Gets Clean Chit On Commonwealth Games Wrongdoing
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has virtually absolved former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the then Prime Minister's Office of any wrongdoing in the Commonwealth Games held here in 2010.....
Work Like Hanuman, PM Modi Tells BJP MPs
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed satisfaction on a successful budget session, which he said had been "very meaningful and useful", and advised BJP MPs to work like Lord Hanuman to publicise the government's achievements.....
Congress Raps Government For 'bypassing' Rajya Sabha In Budget Session
The Congress on Tuesday slammed the BJP-led NDA government, saying it had bypassed Rajya Sabha and got many "imperfect bills" passed as Money Bills during the Budget session.....
Pakistan Will Face Tough Reaction If It Executes Jadhav: Hussain
BJP national spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain on Tuesday warned Pakistan of a "tough reaction" from India if it executes the death sentence on alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav.....
Normalcy Returns To Kashmir As Separatists Call Off Shutdown
After three days of protests, normalcy returned in the Kashmir Valley on Wednesday as the separatists called off the two-day shutdown.....
BJP Disowns Leader's Bounty Offer To Behead Mamata
The BJP on Wednesday disowned a youth leader who triggered outrage by offering Rs 11 lakh to anyone who beheads West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. ....
After 22 Years, India Mulling Resuming Sea Route Option For Haj
Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday said the Centre is "actively considering" a plan to resume -- after 22 years -- the use of the Arabian Sea route to ferry Haj pilgrims to Saudi Arabia and consultations with the Shipping Ministry are already on. ....
EC To Ask People To Try EVM Hacking In May
Amid criticism from various quarters over the funcioning of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), the Election Commission plans to throw an open challenge to people in May to try to hack EVMs, an official source said on Wednesday.....
Russia Vetoes UN Resolution On Syria Chemical Attack
Russia on Wednesday vetoed a UN resolution that would have required Bashar al-Assad's government to co-operate with international inquiries into last week's chemical attack in Syria.....
