Tue, 20 Jun 2017 12:56:53
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday downplayed the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) decision of naming Bihar Governor Ramnath Kovind for the post of President and said it's not the first time when a person belonging to the minority community has been nominated for the top post, adding the Congress made a Dalit president 15 years ago, referring to K.R. Narayanan.
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Tue, 20 Jun 2017 12:52:56
With the Bharatiya Janata Party parliamentary board announcing Bihar Governor Ramnath Kovind as its presidential nominee, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) said the decision was influenced by 'political contest' as Kovind is from the ranks of RSS.
"Kovind ji was the chief of RSS's Dalit branch. So somewhere it is a political fight or contest. We are not commenting and giving any character
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Tue, 20 Jun 2017 12:45:47
The opposition Congress and the Communist Party of India (CPI) have decided to meet on June 22 to discuss the Centre's decision on presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind.
"We don't want to talk about his (Kovind's) personality but will talk on merit. This is true that he is a hardcore BJP and we were expecting someone neutral. On June 22, we are having a meeting under the leadership of Sonia Gand
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Tue, 20 Jun 2017 12:42:55
A woman was allegedly gangraped in a moving car in Sohna, Haryana, before she was thrown out in Greater Noida.
An investigation has been launched by the Haryana Police. However, no FIR has been lodged yet.
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Tue, 20 Jun 2017 12:38:47
Opposition BJP today demanded an immediate removal of Karnataka Forest Minister Ramanath Rai for allegedly directing a senior police official to take action against a local RSS functionary, following the recent group clashes at Kalladka in Dakshina Kannada district.
Raising the issue in the Assembly, the saffron party accused Rai, the minister in-charge of Dakshina Kannada district, of "instiga
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Tue, 20 Jun 2017 12:28:39
The Karnataka Assembly came under fire over a video in which the state's Forest Minister Ramanath Rai is seen ordering the Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police (SP) Bhushan Gulabrao Borase to arrest Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat of the RSS.
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Tue, 20 Jun 2017 12:23:53
The country's low-cost Mars spacecraft completed 1,000 Earth days in its orbit today, well beyond its designed mission life of six months or 180 days.
"The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) completes 1,000 earth days in its orbit, today (June 19, 2017) well beyond its designed mission life of six months," the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said.
It said 1,000 earth days correspond to 973
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Tue, 20 Jun 2017 12:20:16
A traffic police officer deployed at Bengaluru's Trinity Circle on Saturday won hearts of the city and the netizens alike for deftly making way for an ambulance even as a convoy of the President of India was to pass through a busy junction.
The Bengaluru Police later announced a reward for traffic police sub-inspector M.L. Nijalingappa for making way for an ambulance during the convoy movement
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Tue, 20 Jun 2017 12:12:39
India is set to get its second Dalit president as the BJP today picked Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind as the NDA nominee for the top constitutional post.
The 71-year-old low profile Dalit leader, a two-term BJP Rajya Sabha member, is seen as an astute choice by the saffron party, which has been targeted by opposition parties over Dalit issues, and his election is almost a certainty as the rulin
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