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Manish Tewari criticizes NDA regime over FYUP

New Delhi, June 23 (ANI): Congress leader Manish Tewari on Monday criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government for playing with the lives of students aspiring for admission to Delhi University (DU) because of the Four year Under Graduate Programme (FYUP). Condemning the University Grants Commission (UGC's) decision to go back to the three year undergraduate course, Tewari demanded answers from the UGC and Delhi University for implementing the FYUP in the first place. On Sunday, the University Grants Commission (UGC) put up three separate notices for Delhi University, the colleges under it and students and parents, saying that the four-year undergraduate programme has been scrapped. It ordered colleges to admit students for the three-year course instead of the four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP) which had been introduced last year. Jun 23, 2014
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BJP says govt's top priority safe return of Indians from Iraq

New Delhi/ Navsari/ Hoshiarpur, June 21 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday said primary concern of the government was safe return of stranded and abducted Indians in Iraq as families prayed for their security in the war zone. Meanwhile, CPI leader Atul Anjan asked the central government to send a special plane to Baghdad to airlift stranded citizens. Chief of Mission of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)-Delhi, Dominik Bartsch, said it would have big impact in the region, as refugees would stream out. Jun 21, 2014
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Akhil Akkineni to debut in Tollywood

Akhil Akkineni, son of Nagarjuna and grandson of late ANR has announced about his debut film. He is all set to act in 2014. He did a cameo role in the highest grosser film of the Akkineni Family, Manamin tollywood. Jun 21, 2014
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Modi Government Slows Down on Hindi Promotion after Backlash

Not long after the Modi-government's diktat to government officials and bureaucrats to strictly use the Hindi language while communicating through official accounts or even on social media, it has now been said it was applicable only for Hindi-speaking states. The comment comes following a strong backlash from all quarters. Jun 21, 2014
Nitish Kumar's Overtures to Lalu for Rajya Sabha by-polls Draw Ire from BJP

JD (U) Wins Rajya Sabha Bypolls in Bihar Amid Cross-voting

The two candidates fielded by the Janata Dal (United) for the Rajya Sabha by-polls in Bihar won the elections with support from Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, leaving behind the two independent candidates who were reported to have been backed by the Bharatiya Janata Party. Jun 20, 2014
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Union Minister Refuses to Quit Over Rape Charges

On the day Rajasthan rape survivor called for Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Nihalchand Meghwal's resignation, the minister brazenly refused to step down, when questioned by the media. Jun 19, 2014
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Politicos disapprove BJPs demand of governors resignation

New Delhi, June 18 (ANI): Politicos on Wednesday condemned ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after it demanded resignation of governors appointed by previous Congress government. CPI leader, Atul Anjan, said the BJP has equated the post of governor to that of a security guard. Congress leader, P.C. Chacko, downplayed the issue. Meanwhile, NCP leader, Tariq Anwar, said BJP’s decision is incorrect and must be condemned. Jun 18, 2014
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Women Congress workers gun for Nihal Chand's ouster

New Delhi, June 18 (ANI): Women Congress workers gathered in front of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters to demand the removal of Minister of State for Chemical and Fertilizers, Nihal Chand Meghwal, who is an accused in a sexual assault case. A 20-year-old married woman had filed a complaint accusing her husband and his friends, including the Union Minister, of sexual assault. Jun 18, 2014
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Politicians clamour for Nihal Chand's resignation

New Delhi, June 18 (ANI): Political leaders across parties have slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for failing to take any action against Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Nihal Chand, who is an accused in a rape case of a married woman. The court in Jaipur, Rajasthan had summoned Chand and 17 others after a 20-year-old woman filed a complaint accusing her husband and his friends, including the minister, in a sexual assault case. Meanwhile, the woman has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sack Chand. She claims she is receiving threats and that she was promised a job in return for withdrawing the case. Jun 18, 2014