Scuffles, brawls in parliament, state assemblies (Timeline)
September 5th, 2012 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
The Rajya Sabha Wednesday witnessed high drama as a scuffle broke out between a Samajwadi Party member Naresh Agarwal and BSP member Avtar Singh Karimpuri as a bill on quotas ... Read more...
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Working on cash-for-votes money trail, cops tell court
May 10th, 2012 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The Delhi Police Thursday told a special court here that efforts are being made to unearth the money trail in the 2008 cash-for-votes case ... Read more...
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Raja Bhaiya dents Akhilesh’s clean credentials
March 15th, 2012 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 15 (IANS) For the last one week, the entry of Kunda independent legislator Raghuraj Pratap Singh aka Raja Bhaiya into the cabinet of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav ... Read more...
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Dimple Yadav to contest from Kannauj?
March 15th, 2012 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, March 15 (IANS) Dimple Yadav could be the Samjwadi Party candidate for the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat once the seat is vacated by her husband and Uttar Pradesh Chief ... Read more...
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On bookshelf, India blooms in all its colours (IANS Books This Week)
March 10th, 2012 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) This weekend, the book shelf is a portrait of India in all its mysterious - yet realistic - shades. Flip through the must-read titles with ... Read more...
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Rampur stuns Jaya Prada
March 6th, 2012 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 6 (IANS) Cine star-turned-politician Jaya Prada faced a humiliation in Rampur, her candidate losing badly to old foe and Samajwadi Party veteran Mohammed Azam Khan.Jaya Prada, who ... Read more...
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Jaya Prada takes on Azam Khan
March 3rd, 2012 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh), March 3 (IANS) Who will emerge the winner in Rampur? Actor-politician Jaya Prada or bitter rival and Samajwadi Party leader Mohammed Azam Khan?The 'Battle Royale' in ... Read more...
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Bail denied to suspended cop in Dara Singh killing
March 2nd, 2012 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, March 2 (IANS) A court here Friday rejected the interim bail application of suspended additional director general of police (ADGP) A.K. Jain, who surrendered three days ago in connection ... Read more...
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Plea against Amar Singh dismissed (Lead)
March 1st, 2012 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) A Delhi court Thursday dismissed a plea for registering an abduction case against Rajya Sabha member and former leader of Samajwadi Party Amar Singh and ... Read more...
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Order reserved on plea against Amar Singh
February 23rd, 2012 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) A Delhi court has reserved its order till March 1 on a plea seeking a review of a magistrate's order disallowing registration of an ... Read more...
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Probe Shanti Bhushan CD case properly, court tells police (Second Lead)
January 25th, 2012 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) A Delhi court Wednesday asked the police to properly probe a case related to a CD purportedly containing a conversation between lawyer and Team Anna ... Read more...
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Woman posing as PMO official arrested
January 25th, 2012 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) A 51-year-old woman who cheated several people by posing as an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), landed in the ... Read more...
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Agra mayor quits BJP, joins SP
January 20th, 2012 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Jan 20 (IANS) Agra Mayor Anjula Singh Mahaur Friday joined the Samajwadi Party, after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) denied her ticket to contest the Uttar Pradesh elections ... Read more...
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High Court dismisses Amar Singh’s plea
January 13th, 2012 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday dismissed a plea of Rajya Sabha member and former Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Amar Singh seeking modification in the ... Read more...
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Bus driver charges civic officers with negligence for pothole
January 11th, 2012 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 11 (IANS) A government bus driver, booked for running over two students, has filed a case against municipal officers for negligence in repairing roads. He alleged that a ... Read more...
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Cash-for-votes: Summons for Samajwadi Party MP quashed
December 15th, 2011 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday dismissed a trial court's summons to Samajwadi Party MP Rewati Raman Singh in the 2008 cash-for-votes scandal in parliament ... Read more...
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RGV announces film on 26/11 terror attack
December 13th, 2011 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) When Ram Gopal Varma visited the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel soon after the 26/11 terror attacks, it was speculated he would make ... Read more...
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Cash-for-votes: Order reserved on complaint against Amar Singh (Lead)
December 7th, 2011 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) A trial court here Wednesday reserved till Dec 12 its order on a complaint by a prosecution witness in the 2008 cash-for-votes case, alleging ... Read more...
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Bhushan accuses PMO of thwarting Jan Lokpal bill
December 5th, 2011 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan Monday accused the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) of defamation and "thwarting" the Jan Lokpal bill by "falsely" replying to ... Read more...
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Cop beats jeweller to death in Uttar Pradesh
November 24th, 2011 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 24 (IANS) A police officer has been accused of beating a jeweller to death in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur district, police said Thursday.Ram Kumar, 48, died Wednesday after police ... Read more...
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Gorkha Rifles veterans relive memories
November 20th, 2011 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Nov 20 (IANS) It was a nostalgic occasion Sunday when officers and other ranks of the Gorkha Rifles assembled in a Himachal Pradesh army cantonment to relive their memories.Over ... Read more...
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Ahmed Patel was mastermind behind cash-for-vote scam: Gadkari
November 18th, 2011 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Nov 18 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Nitin Gadkari Friday alleged that Ahmed Patel, advisor to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, was the 'mastermind' behind the ... Read more...
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Expose beneficiaries of cash-for-vote: Kulkarni
November 18th, 2011 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) A day after he was let out of Tihar jail on bail, Sudheendra Kulkarni, the ex-advisor to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, said ... Read more...
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Cash-for-votes: Kulkarni, four others walk out of Tihar (Lead)
November 17th, 2011 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Sudheendra Kulkarni, ex-advisor to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and four others, including two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) former MPs, who were accused ... Read more...
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Cash-for-votes: Kulkarni, two BJP former MPs walk out of Tihar
November 17th, 2011 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Sudheendra Kulkarni, ex-advisor to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) former MPs, who were accused in the 2008 ... Read more...
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Cash-for-votes: Government indeed tried to buy MPs, says BJP
November 17th, 2011 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) A day after six accused in the cash-for-votes case got bail, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday said the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government ... Read more...
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Cash-for-votes: Bail for Kulkarni, five others
November 16th, 2011 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday granted bail to Sudheendra Kulkarni, ex-advisor to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and five other accused in the ... Read more...
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Amar Singh visits Bachchan family to wish them
November 16th, 2011 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 16 (IANS) Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh was one of the first ones to visit to Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan's baby girl Wednesday.Dressed in a ... Read more...
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Cash-for-votes: Bail for Kulkarni, five others (Second Lead)
November 16th, 2011 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday granted bail to Sudheendra Kulkarni, ex-advisor to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and five others accused in the ... Read more...
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Issue white paper on money spent on parks: Amar Singh to Mayawati
November 15th, 2011 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Rashtriya Lokmanch president Amar Singh Tuesday demanded a white paper from Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on the money spent in constructing Ambedkar parks in ... Read more...
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Cash-for-votes: Order on bail plea of five accused Nov 16 (Lead)
November 14th, 2011 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday reserved till Nov 16 its order on the bail plea of Sudheendra Kulkarni, advisor to Atal Bihari Vajpayee when ... Read more...
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Band with a difference rocks Srinagar - for a message
November 12th, 2011 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Nov 12 (IANS) Applauded by a throng of enthusiastic students, a New York rock band, which uses solar energy to power its performances, spread the message of environmental ... Read more...
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Solar-powered New York rock band performs in Srinagar
November 12th, 2011 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Nov 12 (IANS) A solar-powered eco rock band from New York performed in Srinagar Saturday to create awareness about environment and ecology."We organised a unique event by 'Solar Punch' ... Read more...
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Police response sought on bail plea of Amar Singh’s ex-aide (Lead)
November 9th, 2011 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to police on the bail plea of Sanjeev Saxena, a former aide of MP Amar Singh and ... Read more...
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Court seeks police response on Amar aide’s bail plea
November 9th, 2011 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the police on the bail plea of Sanjeev Saxena, a former aide of MP Amar Singh and ... Read more...
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