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‘Your Highness’: Rahul Gandhi Hits Back at Modi’s Oppn Rally Jibe
thequint.com - PTI
Congress President Rahul Gandhi hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, 20 January, over his "bachao, bachao" swipe at the Opposition, …
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Demonstration
How to hack Indian EVMs? US cyber expert set to demonstrate to a live London audience
theprint.in - Moushumi Das Gupta
The Indian Journalists’ Association (Europe) is organising the event and says the unnamed expert is an EVM designer. Election Commission sticks to …
Mamata Banerjee
How Former NDA Partners, Including Mamata, Got Together at Kolkata Rally to Protest Against BJP
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The only exceptions to this group were Tejashwi Yadav from the RJD, Arvind Kejriwal from AAP, Nationalist Congress Party leader Sharad Pawar, …
Mamata Banerjee
‘Modi vs chaos’: Arun Jaitley’s stinging takedown of Opposition’s unity
hindustantimes.com - HT Correspondent
Jaitley, who is in the US for a regular medical check-up, wrote that the fear of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “popularity and comeback” have …
Mamata Banerjee
Will quit the day BJP leaderships asks me to: Shatrughan Sinha
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Mumbai, Jan 21 Unfazed by threats of action by the BJP, dissident MP Shatrughan Sinha says his sympathies are with the opposition and that he will …
Business (India)
Farm support measures to push states’ fiscal deficit to 3.2%: India Ratings
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Loan waiver and other support measures for farmers are expected to raise the aggregate fiscal deficit of states to 3.2 per cent in the current fiscal …
Rahul Gandhi
Why the anti-BJP Front is refusing to name a PM candidate ahead of the polls
thenewsminute.com - Priyanka Thirumurthy
While Stalin had endorsed Rahul Gandhi for PM in an event in Tamil Nadu last month, in Kolkata, he was conspicuously silent on the issue. In the run …
AlJazeera
Kumbh Mela
Hindus take auspicious plunge during India's Kumbh Mela
AlJazeera - Al Jazeera
At the world's largest human gathering, millions will mark the holy festival by bathing in the Ganges River on Monday. Millions of Hindu devotees will take a holy dip in the Ganges River on Monday on of
Financial Services
Printing of Budget documents begins with 'Halwa' ceremony
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New Delhi: Minister of State for Finance and senior officials of the Finance Ministry on Monday observed the symbolic 'Halwa Ceremony' to mark the …
Lok Sabha
PM Modi to Contest 2019 Lok Sabha Elections from Gujarat’s Rajkot?
thequint.com - The Quint
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Gujarat’s Rajkot seat, reported news channel TV9 Gujarat. There …
Voting
3.18 cr people registered in final Odisha voters list
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Bhubaneswar, Jan 21 A total of 3,18,00,787 people have been registered in Odisha's final voters list for this year's Assembly and Lok Sabha …
Rahul Gandhi
Mayawati Should Join Hands With BJP, Says Minister
ndtv.com - ANI
Union Minister Ramdas Athawale called the SP-BSP alliance opportunistic. Lucknow: Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Monday suggested the Bahujan Samaj …
Elections
After Hindi Heartland Wins, Rahul and Sonia Head to Amethi and Raebareli
news18.com - Qazi Faraz Ahmad | News18@qazifarazahmad
On Wednesday, Rahul will pay homage to martyrs at Shaheed Smarak Sthal at Nehar Kothi, Amethi, at 11:20am, following which he will meet local gram …
Homebuying
‘No flats, no votes in 2019’: Aggrieved Amrapali homebuyers protest against UP government, Centre
hindustantimes.com - HT Correspondent
The buyers, from all housing projects of the Amrapali Group in Noida and Greater Noida took a rally out from the Noida Stadium to the office of Noida …
Elections
Meeting to thank CM turns into election campaign
thehindu.com - Staff Reporter
A meeting organised in Kallikudi here on Sunday to thank Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami for making Kallikudi a new taluk turned into an …
Andhra Pradesh
Chandrababu Naidu writes to Centre seeking reimbursement of Rs 3,722 crore for Polavaram project
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New Delhi, Jan 21 Faced with fund crunch, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu Monday shot off a letter to Union Water Resources …
DNA India
Lok Sabha
Delhi: BJP, AAP spat over recently announced electoral list
DNA India - dna Correspondent
The BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party clashed again over the recently-released electoral roll. While the former alleged 'mass' deletion of names to favour …
Lok Sabha
After UP, turbulence hits grand opposition alliance in Bihar
indiatimes.com - Anshuman Kumar
The grand opposition alliance in Bihar is going through a difficult phase. Tension is growing among the partners, especially in the Congress after …
Quartz
India
Surveys and data are key weapons in the great Indian political battle of 2019
Quartz
Ahead of India’s general election, slated for this spring, top political parties are pulling out all stops to gauge the national temperature on various policy issues. From attendance at political rallies
Arvind Kejriwal
No, Kejriwal Didn’t Say Modi-Shah Duo Would Ruin Pak If Voted Back
thequint.com - The Quint
CLAIM A 19-second video on social media has been shared with the narrative “केजरीवाल यह सोचकर काँप उठता है कि की मोदी और शाह दुबारा सत्ता में लौटे तो …
Polling
Polling for first phase of Telangana Panchayat election begins
indiatoday.in - Press Trust of India
Polling began for the first phase of the panchayat elections in Telangana amid tight security. This is the first ever polls for panchayats after the …
Elections
After Skipping Oppn Rally, KCR to Perform 3 Yagyas Today to Become PM
news18.com - Sanjay Tiwari | News18
The yagya is slated to begin on January 21 and will go on for five days. More than 200 priests have been called for the religious program, while 33 …
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Investing
FPI outflow crosses Rs 4,000 crore in January so far; foreign investors continue with 'wait and watch' approach
Firstpost - Press Trust of India
New Delhi: Foreign investors have pulled out more than Rs 4,000 crore from the Indian capital markets so far in January, highlighting their cautious …
Localization
RSS ideologue Govindacharya backs Mukesh Ambani's data localisation pitch
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Data localisation has become a thorny issue in the past year, with the government making a push for local data storage in several policies and …
Elections
Quota on caste, economic status wrong, says Dwarka seer
hindustantimes.com - K Sandeep Kumar
Dwarka Peeth Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati has disapproved of the Centre’s decision to provide 10% reservation to economically poor in …
Piyush Goyal
Centre notifies 10% EWS quota for government jobs
indianexpress.com
The Centre has notified the 10 per cent reservation for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in government jobs. Referring to an Office Memorandum …
Business (India)
Farm Support To Raise States' Deficit In Election Year: India Ratings
ndtv.com - Thomson Reuters
The competitive populism is hitting the capital spending and state finances, the chief economist of India Ratings and Research has said. New Delhi: The …
Consumer Price Index
Left parties gear up for their Feb 3 Brigade Parade rally
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Kolkata, Jan 20 After Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee's 'United India' rally at the Brigade Parade Ground, the Left parties are trying …
Rahul Gandhi
Modi’s projection in Delhi will not work for BJP in LS polls, says Sheila Dikshit
thehindu.com - PTI
Three-time Chief Minister and newly appointed Delhi Congress president Sheila Dikshit on Sunday said BJP’s plan to build its election campaign around …
India
UPDATE 1-India sacks PNB execs for lapses in $2 bln fraud in first firings -sources
investing.com - in.investing.com
* First instance of sacking since bank fraud came to light * Both execs sacked with immediate effect * Execs fired on grounds of "dereliction of duty" …