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Twitter lambast BJP leader Subramanian Swamy after he accused Rahul Gandhi of taking cocaine

Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal of Shiromani Akali Dal has also accused the Congress president Rahul Gandhi of taking drugs.

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Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad to visit China after suspending projects worth $20 billion

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Friday the "unfairness" of contracts for Beijing-backed projects would be a key issue he would raise during a visit to China next month.

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President Donald Trump signs executive order withdrawing US from TPP trade deal

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US-China trade war begins with tariffs on $34 billion worth of Chinese products

Tariffs on Chinese goods go into effect. Beijing promises it will retaliate, but doesn't say how.

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Supreme Court reiterates that Chief Justice is 'master of roster'; disposes Shanti Bhushan's PIL

Supreme Court ruled out outside intervention in the working of the apex court, saying it can harm the independence of the judiciary.

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Netizens rejoice while artists lament as EU Parliament rejects controversial copyright law

318 members of European Parliament voted against implementing the Copyright Directive. While it would have protected the right of artists and musicians with original content, the law would also have stifled the sharing of articles and memes on social networking platforms.

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Trump 2020 campaign flags being made in China amid trade war

A factory in China is busy churning out flags for Trump's 2020 re-election campaign, despite the fact that the US President has imposed tariffs on China for "stealing" American jobs and intellectual property.

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Scott Pruitt Resigns Amid Mounting Pressure

US Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt resigns after months of controversies

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency has decided to step down following months of ethical controversies that have caused "a toll" on his family.

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Arvind Kejriwal welcomed the Supreme Court ruling in favour of the Delhi Government

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Arvind Kejriwal welcomes Supreme Court ruling in favour of Delhi

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal welcomed the Supreme Court ruling and said the order should be implemented in "letter and spirit".

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Does Karnataka minister HD Revanna commute 342 km every day to avoid 'bad luck'?

Many reports claimed that Revanna had been advised by his astrologer not to spend a night at his Bengaluru residence as it might bring him 'bad luck,' but the JD(S) leader clarified his stance.

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Anna Hazare warns Modi of another agitation, reminds him of 'unfulfilled promises'

Hazare writes to Jitendra Singh after failing to get any acknowledgement from the Prime Minister despite writing to him several times.

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Karnataka Budget: Here's the list of everything that will be more expensive

The budget presented by Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy had its own hits and misses as several commodities like petrol, diesel, and liquor have all become more expensive.

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A unified transport body might end public transit woes in Bengaluru

A draft bill proposing The Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority for Bengaluru is currently being prepared. If it becomes law, it would integrate all public transport systems to one single authority and simplify public transport.

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Karnataka Budget 2018 highlights: Homeland security university in Shivamogga, Film City in Ramanagara

Farm loan waiver was a marquee offer by Kumaraswamy. But he ran into trouble with the coalition partner over this. The CM has managed to deliver a Rs 34,000 crore loan waiver in the Karnataka budget, but is that enough? Farmers have been demanding waiver of all loans, which runs into a whopping Rs 1.14 lakh crore.

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Karnataka budget 2018: CM Kumaraswamy likely to announce loan waiver package

The new Karnataka budget will focus on farm loan waivers, which has been an important part of the JD(S) campaign. The proposed write-off will be in addition to a similar waiver the previous Congress government declared in June for over 22-lakh farmers who borrowed crop loans up to Rs 50,000 each from the cooperative banks.

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Bullet train is 'magic train', it will never be constructed: Rahul Gandhi

Congress president Rahul Gandhi took a jibe at prime minister Narendra Modi's pet project, the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train, saying that it should instead be referred to as a magic train.

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