Delhi votes BJP back to power in civic polls (Roundup)
April 17th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) A triumphant Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday retained control over Delhi's civic administration, with the results of elections to the trifurcated Municipal Corporation of ... Read more...
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Delhi votes BJP back to power in civic polls (Fourth lead)
April 17th, 2012 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) A triumphant Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday retained control over Delhi's civic administration, with the results of elections to the trifurcated Municipal Corporation of ... Read more...
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UP BJP leaders blame Kushwaha episode for debacle
April 17th, 2012 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 17 (IANS) The disconnect and the discontent straining the national and the Uttar Pradesh unit leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is slowly trickling out ... Read more...
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Delhi civic polls: BJP headed for win (Third Lead)
April 17th, 2012 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was Tuesday headed for a big win in the Delhi civic polls with 49 of its candidates emerging victorious ... Read more...
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Delhi civic polls: BJP heads for big lead (Second Lead)
April 17th, 2012 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headed for a big lead in the Delhi civic polls with 22 of its candidates winning and the party ... Read more...
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Mayawati attacks Samajwadi Party
April 16th, 2012 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
Agra, April 15 (IANS) Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati Sunday refuted allegations by the ruling Samajwadi Party that her government wasted precious space ... Read more...
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Mayawati warns against razing statues
April 14th, 2012 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 14 (IANS) Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and national president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Mayawati Saturday warned the state government not to touch the statues ... Read more...
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UP government withdraws cases against 24 Tappal farmers
April 13th, 2012 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 13 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government late Friday revoked the cases slapped on two dozen farmers during an agitation over land acquisition at Tappal in Aligarh district ... Read more...
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Gehlot faces crisis, but may survive (Rajasthan Newsletter)
April 13th, 2012 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 13 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is facing vocal opposition from some Congress party colleagues over his style of functioning. But many believe he will manage ... Read more...
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Akhilesh Yadav files nomination for legislative council
April 12th, 2012 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 12 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Thursday filed his nomination papers for the state legislative council. Yadav, a member of parliament, needs to get elected ... Read more...
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‘Criminal charges against 9 percent MCD poll nominees’
April 10th, 2012 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Tweenty-three percent of the candidates in the April 15 municipal elections here are millionaires while nearly nine percent have criminal charges against them, think ... Read more...
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CBI probe in UP number plate deal
April 4th, 2012 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 4 (IANS) The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has ordered a Cental Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the decision of the former Bahujan Samaj ... Read more...
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Mayawati fast-tracks preparations for Lok Sabha polls
April 3rd, 2012 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 3 (IANS) Humbled in the Uttar Pradesh elections, theBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has fast-tracked preparations for the general elections due in 2014.And keeping in line with ... Read more...
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JD-U suggests chief ministers’ meet to rationalise central schemes
March 27th, 2012 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) The Janata Dal-United Tuesday called for a meeting of chief ministers to rationalise the central schemes as allies of the government and opposition parties ... Read more...
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Government’s fresh bid to end Lokpal logjam fails (Roundup)
March 23rd, 2012 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) An all-party meeting convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here Friday to end the stalemate on the anti-graft Lokpal bill ended inconclusively amid growing ... Read more...
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There is consensus against government’s Lokpal bill: BJP (Lead)
March 23rd, 2012 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Even as the all-party meeting on the Lokpal bill called by the prime minister failed to break the logjam, senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley ... Read more...
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Jawed Usmani takes over as UP chief secretary
March 23rd, 2012 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 23 (IANS) Senior Indian Administrative Service officer Jawed Usmani Friday took over as chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh.The unassuming, 1978-batch officer returned from a central deputation with ... Read more...
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BSP joins Uttarakhand government
March 20th, 2012 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
Dehradun, March 20 (IANS) Ten new ministers were added to the Vijay Bahuguna-led Congress government Tuesday. The swearing-in of the ministers was held at the Ambdekar Stadium at the ... Read more...
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SP, BSP, Trinamool bailout government on NCTC in Rajya Sabha (Third Lead)
March 20th, 2012 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) The government Tuesday defeated opposition-backed amendments on the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) in the Rajya Sabha, where it lacks majority, with help from ... Read more...
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Congress to seek explanation from absent MPs
March 20th, 2012 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) Relieved after defeating in the Rajya Sabha the opposition's amendments on the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), the Congress will seek an explanation from ... Read more...
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SP, BSP, Trinamool help government score in Rajya Sabha (Second Lead)
March 20th, 2012 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) The government Tuesday defeated opposition backed amendments on the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) in the Rajya Sabha, despite lacking majority in the house, ... Read more...
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Opposition objects to government’s new poverty line norm
March 20th, 2012 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday strongly objected to and termed as "unfortunate" the government's new concept of people living on less than Rs.28 ... Read more...
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UPA defeats opposition amendments on NCTC in Rajya Sabha (Lead)
March 20th, 2012 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) With help from the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and ally Trinamool Congress, the government Tuesday defeated the opposition backed amendments ... Read more...
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Ruckus in Rajya Sabha over lowering poverty line
March 20th, 2012 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday led other opposition parties in the Rajya Sabha to protest the Planning Commission's move to lower the poverty ... Read more...
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Government wins first NCTC battle, defeats opposition amendments (Roundup)
March 19th, 2012 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) In a major relief for the government over the fiercely contested National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), three amendment motions moved by the opposition on ... Read more...
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Lok Sabha adopts motion of thanks on president’s address (Lead)
March 19th, 2012 - 4:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) The Lok Sabha Monday adopted the motion of thanks on the president's address after a huge number of amendments moved by the opposition were ... Read more...
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UPA politics: games of brinkmanship and compulsions (Comment)
March 17th, 2012 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
The fact that Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi survived for more than 24 hours after Mamata Banerjee sent a "communication" to the prime minister saying 'off with his head' - like ... Read more...
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In stormy times, opposition, SP slam budget (Lead)
March 17th, 2012 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's Budget for 2012-13 was Friday roundly criticised by the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Left, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and ... Read more...
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In stormy times, opposition slams budget
March 16th, 2012 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party, the Left and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ganged up Thursday to blast the Union Budget and warring ally Trinamool ... Read more...
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Budget has failed to benefit common man: BSP
March 16th, 2012 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Friday criticised the union budget for 2012-13, saying it was "below mediocre" and failed to benefit the common man."The ... Read more...
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Bahuguna sworn in amid revolt by Harish Rawat (Second Lead)
March 13th, 2012 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
Dehradun/New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Vijay Bahuguna, the Congress MP from Tehri Garhwal, was Tuesday sworn in as chief minister of Uttarakhand after the Congress leadership overruled dissent by ... Read more...
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Bahuguna sworn in asUttarakhand chief minister (Lead)
March 13th, 2012 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Dehradun, March 13 (IANS) Vijay Bahuguna was Tuesday sworn in as chief minister of Uttarakhand at an event clouded by strong dissent from a section of Congress workers owing ... Read more...
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Mayawati files nomination for Rajya Sabha
March 13th, 2012 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 13 (IANS) Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati Tuesday filed her nomination for the Rajya Sabha.BSP leader Munqad Ali also filed ... Read more...
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Congress cannot take our support for granted: Shahid Siddiqui
March 13th, 2012 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Set to reign Uttar Pradesh on the back of a massive mandate, the Samajwadi Party (SP) wants the Congress-led UPA government in New Delhi ... Read more...
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Maya’s olive branch to Congress on Uttarakhand
March 12th, 2012 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 12 (IANS) In keeping with her image of springing surprises, Uttar Pradesh's outgoing chief minister Mayawati has decided to extend "unconditional support" to the Congress in Uttarakhand ... Read more...
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