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December 23, 2018 The India Observer #easeofbusiness, #GST, #singlerate

Jaitley Hints at Lower Taxes, Says Single GST Rate on the anvil

Mumbai, Dec 23: India is working towards a single National Sales Tax rate which could be a mid-point between 12 and

December 20, 2018 The India Observer #BULANDSHAHR, #cowslaughter, #NaseeruddinShah, #SUBODHKUMARSINGH, Aamir Khan, Ratna Pathak Shah

Death of cow given more significance than that of police officer: Naseeruddin Shah

Mumbai, December 20, 2018: In an apparent reference to the recent mob violence, actor Naseeruddin Shah said at many places the

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December 20, 2018 The India Observer #Elections2018, #hanuman, #RamMandir, #yogiadityanath

Hanuman was Muslim, says BJP MLC Bukkal Nawab

Bukkal Nawab argued that the deity’s name is very similar to the names among Muslims and many of them are

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Harsh Vardhan Shringla appointed new Indian ambassador to US

Shringla, a 1984-batch Indian Foreign Service diplomat will succeed Navtej Sarna. New Delhi, Dec. 20, 2018: Seasoned diplomat Harsh Vardhan Shringla

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December 20, 2018 The India Observer #BJP, #Elections2019, #MamtaBanerjee, #WestBengal, #yatras

Calcutta HC Allows BJP’s Rath Yatra in Bengal: Big blow to Mamata Banerjee,

The court slammed the reasoning of the Bengal government and said it would be ‘appropriate to permit the petitioner to

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December 20, 2018 The India Observer #Amithah, #Bihar, #Elections2019, #Mahagathbandhan, #NDA, #NitishKumar, #PMModi, #RahulGandhi, #UpemdraKushwaha

Upendra Kushwaha, Who Quit NDA, Joins Congress’s Mahagathbandhan

The announcement was made by Congress’ Ahmed Patel at a press conference in Delhi, attended by Tejashwi Yadav, Sharad Yadav,

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December 19, 2018 The India Observer #journalisticfreedom, #KishorechandraWangkhem, #Manipur, #NBirenSingh, #newscensorship, #Pressfreedom

Manipur Journalist Detained for Calling CM Biren Singh a Puppet of PM Modi

Kishorechandra Wangkhem was working for a television channel in the Manipur when he uploaded several video clips last month calling

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December 19, 2018 The India Observer #bulandshahrviolence, #cowslaughter, #SUBODHKUMARSINGH, #Yogigovernment

Bulandshahr Violence: Yogi changes ‘Accident’ to ‘Political Conspiracy’

Earlier Adityanath had denied the violence was a case of mob lynching but said it was an accident. New

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December 18, 2018 The India Observer #AkhileshYadav, #Bihar, #Congress, #Gujarat, #Jobs, #Kamalnath, #madhyapradesh, #unemployment, #UP

Kamal Nath’s ‘UP-Bihar’ comment has BJP, Akhilesh fuming

Taking a dig at the Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath, BJP general secretary Kailash Vijaywargiya raised his “outsider” background

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December 18, 2018 The India Observer #BJP, #ChangingIndia, #Congress, #Manmohansingh, #PMModi, #RBI, #The India Observer, #TIO, #UPA, India, India Observer, Observer, Prime Minister, Urjit Patel

Wasn’t the PM who was afraid to speak to press: Manmohan Singh’s retort to Narendra Modi

You are Here: Tweet, Like, Share, Comment, Subscribe…be the Voice of Free Press! The India Observer, TIO: “I was not

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December 18, 2018 The India Observer #Attari-Wagahborder, #HamidAnsari, #IndianinPakistanjail, #military, #The India Observer, #TIO, Afghanistan, Peshawar, software engineer

Indian techie returns after 6 yrs in Pakistan jail

Attari (Amritsar), Dec 18 (PTI) A software engineer from Mumbai, who had spent around six years in a Pakistan jail, was

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December 18, 2018 The India Observer #Congress, #Frmloanwaiver, #PMModi, #Rafale, #RahulGandhi

Rahul Challenges Modi to Match Congress’ Farm Loan Waivers

Rahul Gandhi said his party would join farmers across the country in building pressure on the Narendra Modi government to

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December 17, 2018 The India Observer #IndiraGandhiassasination, #OperationBluestar, #SajjanKumar, #sikhriots

1984 riots: Delhi HC convicts Cong leader Sajjan Kumar, sentences him to life imprisonment

New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Monday convicted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar for conspiracy to commit murder

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December 16, 2018 The India Observer #BhupeshBaghel, #Chhatisgarh, #OBCleader

Bhupesh Baghel is the new Chhattisgarh chief minister

Baghel will take the oath at 5 pm on Monday, December 17. Raipur, Dec. 16, 2018: Senior Congress leader Bhupesh

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December 14, 2018 The India Observer #BJP, #CHIEFJUSTICERANJANGOGOI, #Congress, #Corruption, #JPC, #RafaleJets, #RahulGndhi, #TIO, Adam Rizvi, SupremeCourtJudgement

Congress snubs SC’s Rafale verdict, challenges Modi government for JPC probe

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the Congress had stated earlier that the Rafale issue cannot be decided by the

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December 14, 2018 The India Observer #BJP, #CBI, #DassaultAviation, #IndianAirforce, #PMModi, #Rafale, #RafaleJets, Arun Shourie, chief Justice, France, French government, India, K M Joseph, MMRCA, Ranjan Gogoi, S K Kaul, yashwant sinha

SC dismisses petitions seeking Rafale probe, says no reason to doubt decision making process

New Delhi, Dec 14, 2018 (PTI) There is no occasion to doubt the decision-making process in the procurement of 36 Rafale

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December 14, 2018 The India Observer #AshokGehlot, #Congress, #RahulGandhi, #RajasthanElections, #SachinPilot, #TheIndiaObserver, #TIO, Adam Rizvi, india elections

Gehlot will pilot Rajasthan, Sachin to be his deputy

New Delhi, Dec. 14, 2018: The suspense over the next Rajasthan Chief Minister came to an end when Ashok Gehlot was

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December 14, 2018 The India Observer #AkaliDal, #Congress, #IndiaraGandhi, #Kamalnath, #sikhriots, #The India Observer, #TIO, Capt. amarinder Singh, Digwijay singh, panjab, Prakash singh badal

Kamal Nath’s ‘role in ’84 riots’ leads to debate in Punjab Assembly

Chandigarh, Dec. 14, 2018: The Congress’s clearance to the appointment of Kamal Nath as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister despite his

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December 14, 2018 The India Observer #Congress, #Elections, #Kamalnath, #MadhyaPadesh, #MadhyaPradeshChiefMinister, #Rafale, #RahulGandhi, #The India Observer, #TIO, Adam Rizvi, gehlot, Raj Bhawan

Swearing-in ceremony of Kamal Nath as Madhya Pradesh CM on Dec 17

Bhopal, December 14, 2018: Congress leader Kamal Nath will meet Governor Anandiben Patel on Friday in Raj Bhavan here to stake

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December 13, 2018 The India Observer #Goa, #MANOHARPARRIKAR, #SteveJobs, Panaji

Goa Govt uses Steve Jobs argument to bat for ailing Manohar Parrikar in Court

State Advocate General Dattaprasad Lawande said the petition seeking bulletin of the Chief Minister’s health was not in good faith

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December 11, 2018 The India Observer #amitshah, #Assemblyelections2018, #BJP, #Congress, #modi, #RahulGandhi

Clear message to PM Modi that people are unhappy and it is time for change: Rahul on poll results

New Delhi, Dec 11 (PTI) Buoyed by Congress’ resurgence, party president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the assembly poll outcome is

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December 11, 2018 The India Observer #RBIGovernor, #Shaktikantdas, #UrjitPatel

Former Economic Affairs secretary Shaktikanta Das appointed as new RBI governor

Das, who is a member of the finance commission, will replace Urjit Patel who quit from the position citing ‘personal

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December 10, 2018 The India Observer #ArunJaitley, #KingfisherAirlines, #UKextradition, #VijayMallya

Business tycoon Vijay Mallya’s extradition ordered by UK court

Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya should be extradited from Britain to India to face fraud charges resulting from the collapse of

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December 10, 2018 The India Observer #ArunJaitley, #PMModi, #RBI, #UrjitPatel

RBI Governor Urjit Patel steps down amid rift with government

The 24th governor of RBI Urjit Patel today stepped down stating personal reasons for the decision. Reserve Bank Governor Urjit Patel today stepped down

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December 9, 2018 The India Observer #Haj, #Mehram, #MuslimwomenonHaj

More than 2000 muslim women likely to go on Haj without male companion: Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

For the first time, the Centre had lifted the ban on women going to Haj without Mehram, which resulted into