Akalis field Olympian Pargat Singh, Sukhbir Badal files nomination
January 9th, 2012 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 9 (IANS) The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab Monday announced that former Indian hockey captain Pargat Singh will be the party's candidate for the Jalandhar Cantt ... Read more...
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No big revolt, things will calm down: Amarinder
January 7th, 2012 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 7 (IANS) Faced with a situation when his own younger brother has quit the Congress and joined the Akali Dal after being denied the party ticket for the ... Read more...
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Badal vs Badal vs Badal in Punjab’s Lambi seat
January 7th, 2012 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Lambi (Punjab), Jan 7 (IANS) The Lambi assembly seat in Punjab has been famous for one thing - its legislator and Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. But as the state ... Read more...
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Farmers’ suicides unabated in Chhattisgarh: Congress
January 2nd, 2012 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 2 (IANS) The Congress in Chhattisgarh Monday said it would step up campaign against the state's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government for "unabated suicide deaths of thousands ... Read more...
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Triangular contest on cards in most Punjab seats
December 25th, 2011 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 25 (IANS) As the Election Commission advanced the date of the elections for Punjab's 117 assembly seats to Jan 30, against the expected date of mid-February, the ... Read more...
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Punjab parties welcome Jan 30 assembly poll announcement
December 24th, 2011 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 24 (IANS) The main political parties in Punjab - the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine and the opposition Congress - Saturday welcomed the ... Read more...
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From minister to loner? Aides desert Manpreet Badal (Punjab Newsletter)
December 24th, 2011 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 24 (IANS) Just over a year ago, former Punjab finance minister Manpreet Badal was expelled from the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal owing to ideological differences with the top ... Read more...
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Can postpone Uttar Pradesh school exams for polls: CEC
December 22nd, 2011 - 1:28 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) With the Mayawati government having announced holding of high school and state board examinations between January and April next year, Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. ... Read more...
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Mayawati’s style of playing hide and seek with EC
December 16th, 2011 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 16 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has found a novel way of playing hide and seek with the Election Commission ... Read more...
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Reddy brothers’ future in BJP hinges on bypoll Wednesday
November 29th, 2011 - 5:43 pm ICT by IANS
Bellary (Karnataka), Nov 29 (IANS) The Bellary Rural assembly constituency byelection, slated for Wednesday, is set to decide mining barons Reddy brothers' future in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi figures prominently in Mayawati’s speech (Lead)
November 27th, 2011 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 27 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's forays into Uttar Pradesh appear to be high on the mind of Chief Minister Mayawati, who repeatedly referred to his ... Read more...
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Poll panel orders watch on former Punjab cop’s activities
November 13th, 2011 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
Ludhiana (Punjab), Nov 12 (IANS) The Election Commission has directed the deputy commissioner of Punjab's Moga district to keep a watch on the activities of former state director general of ... Read more...
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BJP to fight once-favourite Reddy brothers in Bellary
November 11th, 2011 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 11 (IANS) After virtually dancing to mining barons Reddy brothers' tune in the last three and a half years after coming to power in Karnataka, the Bharatiya Janata ... Read more...
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Bengal CPI-M to introspect on shortcomings, infuse young blood
October 31st, 2011 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 31 (IANS) Ahead of a crucial party conference, the West Bengal unit of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has decided to induct young blood in the party ... Read more...
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Hisar verdict referendum on Jan Lokpal bill: Kejriwal
October 17th, 2011 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
Banda (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 17 (IANS) The Congress should learn its lesson from its devastating defeat in the Hisar parliamentary bypoll, Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal said Monday, terming ... Read more...
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Buddhadeb to skip CPI-M politburo meet again
October 16th, 2011 - 1:25 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 15 (IANS) Former West Bengal chief minister and Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is likely to skip the politburo meeting in New Delhi ... Read more...
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Congress will instal Meira Kumar or Shinde as PM: Mayawati
October 14th, 2011 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, Oct 14 (IANS) Accusing the Congress of playing "gimmicks" to woo Dalits, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Friday claimed the Congress party ... Read more...
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Can sacrifice our lives, but won’t part with Darjeeling: Mamata Roundup)
October 12th, 2011 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
Darjeeling, Oct 11 (IANS) Asserting that the West Bengal government will not give in to the demand for a separate Gorkhaland state, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday announced wide-ranging ... Read more...
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Namesakes seek to confuse pitch in Haryana by-poll
October 5th, 2011 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Oct 5 (IANS) Namesakes seem to abound in Haryana's poll politics. While Bhajan Lal, a stalwart of Haryana's dusty and defection-ridden politics, had to contend with five of ... Read more...
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Three victories for Mamata on golden Wednesday
September 28th, 2011 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 28 (IANS) For West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Wednesday turned out to be a golden day. Besides a thumping victory in her maiden assembly poll, she ... Read more...
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Five lawmakers to join Karnataka cabinet Thursday
August 11th, 2011 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 11 (IANS) Five lawmakers of Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will take oath here Thursday evening in the second cabinet expansion of the party's second government ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa resigns, wants Sadananda Gowda as successor (Third Lead)
July 31st, 2011 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 31 (IANS) Scam-hit B.S. Yeddyurappa, who resigned Sunday as the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) first chief minister in Karnataka, insisted on Lok Sabha member D.V. Sadananda Gowda ... Read more...
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Congress to go alone in Punjab assembly polls
July 15th, 2011 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
Nawanshehr (Punjab), July 15 (IANS) The opposition Congress in Punjab will contest next year's state assembly elections on its own, former chief minister Amarinder Singh said here Friday.Singh, who ... Read more...
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Farmers jubilant, but Mamata government has long haul ahead
June 27th, 2011 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) Mahadeb Das is elated. Having spearheaded the Trinamool Congress' agitation against land acquisition for Tata Motors' small carmaker plant in Singur, he is now counting ... Read more...
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Clearance to Ludhiana metro project election stunt: Amarinder
June 24th, 2011 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 24 (IANS) Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh Friday termed the approval of the multi-million-rupee Ludhiana Metro rail project by the ruling Akali Dal-led government an election stunt."The ... Read more...
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Congress announces agitation to oust Tripura’s Left Front
June 4th, 2011 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, June 4 (IANS) Enthused by the recent assembly election results which included the Left parties' rout in Kerala and West Bengal, Tripura's opposition Congress Saturday announced a seven-month ... Read more...
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Jharkhand ruling alliance bickers over by-poll
June 4th, 2011 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, June 4 (IANS) Jharkhand's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and ally Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) were Saturday locked in a war of words over the Jameshedpur Lok Sabha ... Read more...
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West Bengal’s railway projects on schedule: Mukul Roy
May 25th, 2011 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) Railway projects in West Bengal launched over the past three years were being implemented smoothly and would be completed in time, Minister of State for ... Read more...
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CPI-M pulls up former minister for criticising Buddhadeb
May 18th, 2011 - 12:17 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Tuesday publicly censured its legislator and former West Bengal minister Abdur Rezzak Mollah for his open criticism of top party ... Read more...
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Post-poll CPI-M leaders’ meet Monday likely to be stormy
May 15th, 2011 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The post-poll meeting of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo here Monday is likely stormy, with a number of leaders, especially from the ... Read more...
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Petrol price hiked Rs.5 per litre; opposition, people fume (Second Lead)
May 14th, 2011 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) In its steepest hike so far, the price of petrol will be raised Rs.5 per litre in an over 8 percent increase from Saturday ... Read more...
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BJP, Left slam petrol price hike
May 14th, 2011 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Left parties condemned the hike in petrol prices Saturday, terming it as an "attack" and a "cruel ... Read more...
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Short covering, state assembly results push Sensex up 195 points (Roundup)
May 13th, 2011 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets Friday slipped from its intra-day highs but still closed 195 points higher, as traders covered short positions and ... Read more...
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Muraleedharan wins his first assembly poll
May 13th, 2011 - 11:43 am ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 13 (IANS) Congress leader K. Muraleedharan, son of former Kerala chief minister K. Karunakaran, Friday won his first assembly election after he defeated a Left-backed candidate in the ... Read more...
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Ask me tomorrow on new railway minister: Chidambaram
May 12th, 2011 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday deftly evaded a tricky query on who will be the next railway minister if Trinamool Congress wins the West ... Read more...
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