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Moneylife Digital Team 16 October 2014
Mayaram, the topmost bureaucrat in the Finance Ministry is replaced by Rajiv Mehrishi, the top bureaucrat from Rajasthan   In a major re-shuffle of top-level babus, the Narendra Modi government on Thursday transferred Arvind Mayaram from finance ministry to tourism ministry. Mayaram,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 15 October 2014
The average voter turnout in the assembly elections in Maharashtra was over 60% while for Haryana it was above 72%. There were some incidents of EVM malfunctioning in both states   Maharashtra witnessed brisk polling as the state went to polls Wednesday to elect a new government, with...

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Moneylife Digital Team 14 October 2014
According to Nomura, assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana would help BJP to consolidate its position in Rajya Sabha and underline the Modi wave. In case there is hung assembly, there would be re-elections, increased uncertainty and this will raise doubts about BJP’s ability to carry...

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Moneylife Digital Team 07 October 2014
Even after the prosecution said it has no objection to granting conditional bail, the High Court rejected the bail plea of Jayalalithaa   The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday rejected a bail plea by Tamil Nadu's former chief minister J Jayalalithaa. The AIADMK supremo was last month...

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Moneylife Digital Team 07 October 2014
Arun Jaitley stands out as the richest minister in the Modi cabinet with assets totalling Rs72.10 crore, while Venkaiah Naidu has assets of just Rs20.45 lakh   Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assets worth Rs1.26 crore while Defence and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley stands out as the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 06 October 2014
Tharoor has responded positively to Modi's invitation to join the ambitious Swachh Bharat campaign. Congress in Kerala, Tharoor's home state, however is angry with him for lauding Modi's initiatives   The Congress in Kerala on Monday warned its leader and former union minister...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 September 2014
Shiv Sena, the second largest constituent of the NDA with 18 Lok Sabha MPs, was upset over poor representation it got in the Modi government as well as the heavy industries portfolio Geete had received   Anant Geete, Shiv Sena’s lone member in the Narendra Modi Cabinet, will resign,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 September 2014
In Jayalalitha's case, since the sentencing is for a period more than three years, only the High Court can grant bail   J Jayalalitha, former chief minister of Tamil Nadu on Monday filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court challenging her conviction and seeking bail in the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 September 2014
A one-km auto rickshaw ride in Ahmedabad takes Rs10 and India reached Mars at less than Rs10 per km, which is really amazing   Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday used the metaphor of cost of travel by auto in Ahmedabad to the expenditure incurred in the landmark Mars Orbiter...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 September 2014
Jayalalithaa, the AIADMK supremo now stands disqualified immediately from the Assembly and will have to step down as chief minister    Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Saturday was sentenced to four year imprisonment and fined Rs100 crore in the 18-year-old...

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Moneylife Digital Team 26 September 2014
BJP has demanded President's Rule in the state that is all set to elect its new government next month   Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has resigned from his post. On Thursday, Nationalist Congress Party had withdrawn its support from the Congress-led government. The...

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With major parties like Congress, NCP, Shiv Sena and BJP deciding to contest on their own, none is likely to get more than 100 seats. This could prove to be a bonanza for smaller parties and independents   The Assembly elections scenario in Maharashtra has spiced up after Thursday's...

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Moneylife Digital Team 25 September 2014
While parting ways, the BJP has blamed Shiv Sena for the breakup. Now all eyes are on Congress and NCP alliance   The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its oldest ally Shiv Sena have finally decided to part ways ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections. This would make the elections...

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Moneylife Digital Team 25 September 2014
The CCEA deferred a decision on revising natural gas prices by 45 days to 15th November due to elections, says Dharmendra Pradhan   The Indian government deferred an increase in natural gas price for a third time in view of next month’s Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana.

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Narendra Modi set twitter records   Prime minister (PM) Narendra Modi is now acknowledged as a master communicator.   His massive electoral victory was a powerful and carefully choreographed multi-dimensional effort, but his big initial breakthrough was in bypassing a hostile...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 September 2014
Maharashtra and Haryana would go to polls on 15th October in a single phase and election results would be declared on 19th October   Maharashtra and Haryana are set to go to polls on 15th October as per the legislative assembly election schedule announced by the Election Commission....

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 September 2014
The EC had asked Chavan why he should not be disqualified for failing to give his true and correct expenses incurred in 2009 Assembly polls   The Delhi High Court on Friday set aside an order issued by the Election Commission (EC) holding Maharashtra's former chief minister Ashok...

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Moneylife Digital Team 11 September 2014
The Magistrate Court in Muzaffarnagar returned the chargesheet against BJP chief Amit Shah to the police, saying they had not followed rules   In an embarrassment to the UP Police, a court in Muzaffarnagar on Thursday refused to take cognisance of the charge sheet against Bharatiya...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 September 2014
Amit Shah had landed in a major controversy for allegedly saying that the 2014 Lok Sabha polls were an opportunity to seek revenge for the insult inflicted during the riots in Muzaffarnagar in UP last year   Amit Shah, the president of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday was...

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Moneylife Digital Team 25 August 2014
Old rivals Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar together checkmated BJP's march in Bihar by winning six out of the 10 assembly seats   Rebonding of old rivals Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar on Monday checkmated Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s march in Bihar with winning six out of the 10...

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