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BJP Wins In UP's Rampur, Dominated By Samajwadi's Azam Khan Since 2002
Samajwadi Party legislators had on Tuesday disrupted proceedings at the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, alleging the "murder of democracy" at the bypolls in Rampur Sadar.
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Farooq Abdullah Won't Contest Election For National Conference President
Farooq Abdullah has been President of National Conference since August 1981. In June 2002, he was replaced by son Omar Abdullah. However, in 2006, senior Abdullah took over the top party post again.
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Rape Convict Dera Chief Ram Rahim Allowed To Leave Jail For 21 Days
Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh - serving a life term for the murder of his manager in 2002 and also convicted for the rape of two women in 2017 - is expected to walk out of jail this evening after being given furlough for 21 days.
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Manipur Chief Minister Files Nomination From Seat He Never Lost Since 2002
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh filed his papers today to contest the assembly elections from his traditional Heingang constituency. He has never lost an election from this seat since 2002, when he first contested.
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Godhra Train Fire Part Of Congress "Conspiracy": Gujarat Board Book
The February 2002 Sabarmati train fire, which killed 59 kar sevaks and triggered large-scale riots, was part of a "conspiracy" hatched by Congress's elected members from Godhra, according to a reference book on political history of Gujarat published by a state board.
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Arun Jaitley, PM's "Precious Diamond", Can't Be In Modi 2.0 Government
Health seems to have paused, if not ended, a four-decade-long political career of Arun Jaitley -- regarded by some as Narendra Modi's original "Chanakya", his chief trouble-shooter since 2002 when the Gujarat riots hung over the then chief minister like a dark cloud.
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Election Results 2019: Jyotiraditya Scindia Concedes Defeat In Guna, His Constituency Since 2002
Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia today conceded defeat in Guna in Madhya Pradesh, his constituency for four terms and a stronghold of his family.
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Opinion: Modiji, This Is Not The Language Of A Vikas Purush
This is 2017 and as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's followers insist, we "liberals" remain stuck on his alleged role in 2002 and not his development agenda. One can agree that the allegations have grains of truth in it. But every time, we the liberals try to focus on the work done by the NDA government or hear Modi speak about the welfare of UP, he ...
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Arun Jaitley: BJP's key strategist forays into electoral politics
Arun Jaitley is a key strategist, having steered the BJP's campaign successfully in difficult states such as Gujarat (2002 and 2007), Madhya Pradesh (2003), Bihar (2005), Karnataka (2004 and 2008) and Punjab (2007 and 2012). And now he forays into electoral politics by entering the race for the Lok Sabha polls from Amritsar.
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Not silent on riots, but no exercise to understand truth: Narendra Modi
Narendra Modi has said that he was never silent on the 2002 riots in his Gujarat, but there was no exercise to "understand the truth."
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Narendra Modi sidesteps apology for riots, says Congress must account for its sins
Narendra Modi, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate, sidestepped a question on Tuesday on whether he would apologise for the 2002 riots in his Gujarat. On the Congress' demand for an apology, Mr Modi told a news channel "let them account for their own sins first."
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I quit after Gujarat riots, it wasn't accepted: Omar Abdullah tells critics
Omar Abdullah has said that he had resigned as a union minister after the 2002 Gujarat riots, but it was not accepted by then prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.
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Op-ed: By targeting Narendra Modi for 2002, what does Rahul Gandhi accomplish?
While his television interview a few weeks ago may have been a fiasco, Rahul Gandhi's interaction with the Press Trust of India (PTI) earlier this week certainly made a political point. Rather than loose thoughts on love, RTI and fresh air - usually the Congress vice-president's all-purpose solution to any Indian problem - this interview was focuse...
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Khurshid questions Modi clean chit: 'nursery kid with good marks can't be doctor'
Salman Khurshid has targeted Narendra Modi once again on the 2002 riots in his Gujarat, questioning the court's clean chit to him.
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Narendra Modi takes dig at Nitish Kumar, says Ram Vilas Paswan no hypocrite 'like some'
Narendra Modi today returned to arch rival Nitish Kumar's turf Bihar for a rally that showed off his latest ally, Ram Vilas Paswan, a past critic who returned to the BJP-led alliance last week, 12 years after walking out over the 2002 communal violence in Mr Modi's Gujarat. The BJP's prime ministerial candidate welcomed Mr Paswan to what he called...
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BJP Wins In UP's Rampur, Dominated By Samajwadi's Azam Khan Since 2002
Samajwadi Party legislators had on Tuesday disrupted proceedings at the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, alleging the "murder of democracy" at the bypolls in Rampur Sadar.
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Farooq Abdullah Won't Contest Election For National Conference President
Farooq Abdullah has been President of National Conference since August 1981. In June 2002, he was replaced by son Omar Abdullah. However, in 2006, senior Abdullah took over the top party post again.
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Rape Convict Dera Chief Ram Rahim Allowed To Leave Jail For 21 Days
Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh - serving a life term for the murder of his manager in 2002 and also convicted for the rape of two women in 2017 - is expected to walk out of jail this evening after being given furlough for 21 days.
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Manipur Chief Minister Files Nomination From Seat He Never Lost Since 2002
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh filed his papers today to contest the assembly elections from his traditional Heingang constituency. He has never lost an election from this seat since 2002, when he first contested.
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Godhra Train Fire Part Of Congress "Conspiracy": Gujarat Board Book
The February 2002 Sabarmati train fire, which killed 59 kar sevaks and triggered large-scale riots, was part of a "conspiracy" hatched by Congress's elected members from Godhra, according to a reference book on political history of Gujarat published by a state board.
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Arun Jaitley, PM's "Precious Diamond", Can't Be In Modi 2.0 Government
Health seems to have paused, if not ended, a four-decade-long political career of Arun Jaitley -- regarded by some as Narendra Modi's original "Chanakya", his chief trouble-shooter since 2002 when the Gujarat riots hung over the then chief minister like a dark cloud.
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Election Results 2019: Jyotiraditya Scindia Concedes Defeat In Guna, His Constituency Since 2002
Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia today conceded defeat in Guna in Madhya Pradesh, his constituency for four terms and a stronghold of his family.
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Opinion: Modiji, This Is Not The Language Of A Vikas Purush
This is 2017 and as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's followers insist, we "liberals" remain stuck on his alleged role in 2002 and not his development agenda. One can agree that the allegations have grains of truth in it. But every time, we the liberals try to focus on the work done by the NDA government or hear Modi speak about the welfare of UP, he ...
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Arun Jaitley: BJP's key strategist forays into electoral politics
Arun Jaitley is a key strategist, having steered the BJP's campaign successfully in difficult states such as Gujarat (2002 and 2007), Madhya Pradesh (2003), Bihar (2005), Karnataka (2004 and 2008) and Punjab (2007 and 2012). And now he forays into electoral politics by entering the race for the Lok Sabha polls from Amritsar.
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Not silent on riots, but no exercise to understand truth: Narendra Modi
Narendra Modi has said that he was never silent on the 2002 riots in his Gujarat, but there was no exercise to "understand the truth."
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Narendra Modi sidesteps apology for riots, says Congress must account for its sins
Narendra Modi, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate, sidestepped a question on Tuesday on whether he would apologise for the 2002 riots in his Gujarat. On the Congress' demand for an apology, Mr Modi told a news channel "let them account for their own sins first."
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I quit after Gujarat riots, it wasn't accepted: Omar Abdullah tells critics
Omar Abdullah has said that he had resigned as a union minister after the 2002 Gujarat riots, but it was not accepted by then prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.
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Op-ed: By targeting Narendra Modi for 2002, what does Rahul Gandhi accomplish?
While his television interview a few weeks ago may have been a fiasco, Rahul Gandhi's interaction with the Press Trust of India (PTI) earlier this week certainly made a political point. Rather than loose thoughts on love, RTI and fresh air - usually the Congress vice-president's all-purpose solution to any Indian problem - this interview was focuse...
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Khurshid questions Modi clean chit: 'nursery kid with good marks can't be doctor'
Salman Khurshid has targeted Narendra Modi once again on the 2002 riots in his Gujarat, questioning the court's clean chit to him.
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Narendra Modi takes dig at Nitish Kumar, says Ram Vilas Paswan no hypocrite 'like some'
Narendra Modi today returned to arch rival Nitish Kumar's turf Bihar for a rally that showed off his latest ally, Ram Vilas Paswan, a past critic who returned to the BJP-led alliance last week, 12 years after walking out over the 2002 communal violence in Mr Modi's Gujarat. The BJP's prime ministerial candidate welcomed Mr Paswan to what he called...
