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January 11, 2019 The India Observer #BJP< #LokSabhaelections2019, #BrandModi, #Elections2019, #modi, #NamoAgain

BJP youth brigade, ‘Namo Again Hoodies’ and selfie go viral on social network

The snap of the BJP leaders in the ‘NaMo Again’ hoodies have gone viral on the social network. New Delhi,

January 11, 2019 The India Observer #AlokVerma, #BJP, #BJP#Modigovt., #CBIvsCBI, #Congress, #Corruption, #DELHIHIGHCOURT, #FIR, #Justice Najmi Waziri, #modi, #Modigovt., #RahulGandhi, #RakeshAsthana, #sathish Babu Sana

CBI vs CBI: HC refuses to quash FIR against Spl Dir Rakesh Asthana

New Delhi, Jan 11 (PTI) The Delhi High Court Friday refused to quash the FIR lodged against CBI Special Director Rakesh

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January 11, 2019 The India Observer #AlokVerma, #BJP, #CBIvsCBI, #Congress, #Rafale, #RakeshAsthana

Axed CBI director Alok Verma tells govt to treat him ‘deemed superannuated’

New Delhi, Jan 11 (PTI) Former CBI director Alok Verma, ousted by a high powered committee, Friday asked the government to

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January 11, 2019 Ninad Vengurlekar #Economicreservation, #forwardcastereservaton, #UpperCasteReservation

Upper castes have been recommended reservations. Entire India is now reserved.

Which means every caste in India has a reservation, either at central level or state level. Which, in a way

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January 10, 2019 The India Observer #AlokVerma, #CBICORRUPTION, #CBIvsCBI, #Fire Services, #Indiandemocracy, #IPS officer, #Mallikarjun Kharge, #PMModi, #Rafale, #RahulGandhi, #Rakesh Asthana, #SupremeCourt, #SupremeCourtofIndia, #TheIndiaObserver, #TIO

Alok Verma removed as CBI chief after 2-hour-long select panel meeting

Verma has been removed from the high-profile post on the charges of corruption and dereliction of duty making him the

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January 10, 2019 The India Observer #KaranJohar, #meetingwthModi, #PMModi, Bollywood

Bollywood stars meet PM Modi

New Delhi, Jan 10, 2019: Actors Ranveer Singh, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Rajkummar Rao, Vicky Kaushal, Ayushmann Khurrana,

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January 9, 2019 The India Observer #IASTopper, #JammuandKashmir, #killingsinKashmir, #ShahFaesal

Kashmiri IAS topper resigns from service to protest ‘unabated killings’

Shah Faesal’s reasons: ‘Killings in state, lack of sincere outreach by Centre’ Srinagar, January 9, 2019: To protest against the ‘unabated

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January 9, 2019 The India Observer #BJP, #Congress, #LokSabha, #Nirmalasitharaman, #PMModi, #Rafale, #RahulGandhi, #RakshaMantri

Rahul says PM got a woman to defend him on Rafale, Modi calls it insult to all women

Jaipur/Agra, Jan 9 (PTI) Congress president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said the prime minister got a woman to defend him in Parliament

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January 8, 2019 The India Observer #AYODHYA< BabriMasjid, #Elections2019, #LordRam, #modi, #Ramjanambhoomi, #RSS, VHP

CJI Ranjan Gogoi-led five judge bench to hear Ayodhya case from January 10

New Delhi, January 8: Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Tuesday constituted a five-judge Constitution Bench to hear from January

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January 8, 2019 The India Observer #GuruNanak, #Pakistan, #Sikhs, 3KartarpurSahibGurudwara, India

American Sikhs urge Pak to maintain Kartarpur complex in original state

Islamabad, January 8: The Tribune newspaper reported that American-Sikh communities have urged the Pakistan government to make sure that the Kartarpur

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January 8, 2019 The India Observer #AGP, #BJP, #Citizenshipamendmentbill, #rajnathsingh, Assam

AGP withdraws support to BJP in Assam over Citizenship Bill

Guwahati, Jan 7 (PTI) The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) on Monday withdrew its support to ruling BJP in Assam over the

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January 8, 2019 The India Observer #BJP, #Congress, #Elections2019, #hindus, #illegalimmigrants, #reservations, #UpperCasteReservation

LS passes citizenship (amendment) bill amid opposition protests

New Delhi, Jan 8 (PTI) A bill seeking to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangaldesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan was passed

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January 8, 2019 The India Observer #AlokVerma, #BJP, #CBIvsCBI, #modi, #Rafale, #RahulGandhi

CBI vs CBI: SC reinstates Alok Verma as CBI Director, restrains him from taking policy decisions

New Delhi, Jan 8 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma, setting aside the Centre’s decision

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January 7, 2019 The India Observer #biopic, #Elections2019, #NarendraModi, #OmungKumar, #VivekOberoi

Role of a lifetime: Vivek Oberoi on playing PM Narendra Modi

Mumbai, January 7: Vivek Oberoi is set to portray Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an upcoming biopic and the actor, a

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January 7, 2019 The India Observer #BJP, #Elections2019, #Government, #LokSabhaeections2019, #PMModi, #reservations, #UpperCastequota, India

Centre clears 10% quota for economically weak in general category

The Opposition questioned its timing with the Congress dubbing it a “election gimmick”. New Delhi, January 7, 2019: In a major

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January 4, 2019 The India Observer #AmnestyInternational, #BULANDSHAHR, #COW, #Dr. Martin Luthar King, #Hindu-Muslim, #NaseeruddinShah, #TheIndiaObserver, #TIO, #Uttar Pradesh', Adam Rizvi, subodh kumar singh

Walls of hatred erected in name of religion: Naseeruddin Shah

Walls of hatred are being erected in the name of religion in India and those who stand against this “injustice”

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January 4, 2019 The India Observer #LokSahaelections2019, #nationalregisterofcitizens, #NRC, #PMModi, Assam

No genuine citizen will be left out of NRC, assures PM

Silchar (Assam), Jan 4 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday assured the people of Assam that no genuine citizen will be

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January 4, 2019 AVIK GANGOPADHYAY #ballot, #Cold War, #Dictators, #Economic, #Elections, #Liberal modernization theory, #Politcs, #SouthAsia, #The India Observer, #Third World, #TIO, #transparency, #Voters, Democracy, India

Free And Fair Elections: Democracy in the Developing Countries

After the ‘so-called’ end of the Cold War, there has been a massive and profound optimism concerning the prospects for

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January 4, 2019 Saeed Naqvi #AtalBihariVajpayee, #Ayatullahs, #CIA, #Iran, #JimmyCarter, #Kabul, #Khomeini, #Mir Akbar Khyber, #MorarjiDesai, #Pakistan, #President Jimmy Carter, #TheIndiaObserver, Adam Rizvi, Afghanistan, Zbigniew Brzezinski

Remembering 40 Years Ago When Afghanistan, Pakistan, The Region Changed Forever

“Problems” like Afghanistan, even Iran, created in the thick of the Cold War, are now in the lap of a

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January 4, 2019 The India Observer #BJP, #Congress, #NarendraModi, #Nirmalasitharaman, #Rafaledeal, #RahulGandhi

No scam in Rafale deal; it will help Modi come back to power: Sitharaman in Lok Sabha

New Delhi, Jan 4 (PTI) In a fiery “point-by-point” rebuttal to Congress’s charges on the Rafale deal, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

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January 4, 2019 Nazarul Islam #arabSpring, #IslamistRadicals, #MiddleEast

Dangerous liaisons: an investigative report!

The ‘Arab Spring’ is known for the recent upheavals, impacting the political direction of the Middle East. Obviously, this had

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January 2, 2019 The India Observer #AdamRizvi, #AmericanCongress, #China, #Congress, #CRS, #DonaldTrump, #Greencard, #H1-BVISAS, #H1B, #Immigration, #IT, #Philippines, #TIO, #USCIS

Ending green card cap to allow India to dominate path to US citizenship

Washington, January 2, 2019: Eliminating the country quota from the most sought-after Green Cards will end the current discrimination in the

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January 2, 2019 The India Observer #LordAyappa, #LordAyyappa, #Sabrimala, #womenentry

2 women enter Sabarimala; temple shut for ‘purification’

Sabarimala, January 2, 2019: Scripting history, two women in their 40s entered the Lord Ayyappa temple in Kerala early on Wednesday

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January 2, 2019 The India Observer #AnilAmbani, #ArunJaitley, #BJP, #Congress, #HAL, #IAF, #Parliament, #Rafaledeal, #RahulGandhi

Bitter war of words between govt, Opposition in LS over Rafale

New Delhi, Jan 2 (PTI) The Opposition and the government were involved in a bitter war of words on the Rafale

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January 2, 2019 The India Observer #ArunShourie, #BJP, #Congress, #PrashantBhushan, #Rafaledeal, #YashwantSinha, SupremeCourtJudgement

Yashwant Sinha, Arun Shourie move SC seeking review of December 14 Rafale verdict

In their review plea, they alleged that the judgement “relied upon patently incorrect claims made by the government in an