Dikshit hasn’t lost hope yet on Delhi’s Airport Metro
September 10th, 2012 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has not yet given up hope on the city's Airport Metro project, suspended since July 8 for structural faults, and ... Read more...
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Junketing at a time of drought
September 4th, 2012 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 4 (IANS) It's the local variation of Nero fiddling while Rome burned. Or politicians enjoying themselves while people suffer.At a time when Karnataka has been hit by ... Read more...
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Northeast exodus: Pakistan rejects Indian charge
August 19th, 2012 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Pakistan Sunday rejected Indian charges that morphed pictures of Assam and Myanmar violence which sparked an exodus of northeastern citizens from other states originalted in ... Read more...
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US playing blame game over Annan resignation: Iran
August 3rd, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Aug 3 (IANS) Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi Friday criticised the US for playing the blame game over the resignation of UN and Arab League special envoy to ... Read more...
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Power grid collapse will never happen again: Moily
August 1st, 2012 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Newly-appointed Power Minister M. Veerappa Moily Wednesday reassured the nation that a national transmission grid collapse of the kind seen earlier in the week would ... Read more...
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Power crisis: Centre, states in blame game (Lead)
July 31st, 2012 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Chandigarh/Jaipur/Lucknow, July 23 (IANS) As the power crisis Tuesday enveloped 19 states in India, the central government blamed the collapse on the second straight day to overdrawing of ... Read more...
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Team relied on class, not effort: Russian sports minister
June 23rd, 2012 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Sports minister Vitaly Mutko said Saturday that Russia relied too much on their natural class without putting in the required effort to qualify for the ... Read more...
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Delhi mayor attacks chief minister over women’s safety
May 8th, 2012 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Mayor of South Delhi Savita Gupta Tuesday attacked Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit over the rising cases of crime against women in the capital, ... Read more...
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Blame game over delay faced by new Bengal judges (Lead)
April 9th, 2012 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) The swearing-in ceremony of seven new judges of the Calcutta High Court had to be deferred by several hours Monday, leading to a blame game ... Read more...
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Antony panel to look into poll debacle in Punjab, Goa
April 7th, 2012 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) After a review of its performance in Uttar Pradesh by party general secretary Rahul Gandhi, the Congress has formed a panel headed by Defence ... Read more...
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UP out of reach, Congress runs to shield Rahul
March 6th, 2012 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow/New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) It was meant to be a virtuoso performance to put the Congress back in the reckoning in Uttar Pradesh, but star campaigner Rahul Gandhi's ... Read more...
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Maldives: for us climate change is a matter of survival
February 10th, 2012 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The Maldives, the tiny Indian Ocean archipelago that underwent a tumultuous regime change, says the "mistrust" between rich and poor nations on climate change ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Pakistani leaders seeking consensus on early polls
January 26th, 2012 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 26 (IANS) Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazlur) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said Thursday consultations were underway among Pakistan's political parties for evolving consensus on holding early elections.Early elections and a ... Read more...
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Hooch tragedy triggers familiar political blame game (West Bengal Newsletter)
December 18th, 2011 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 18 (IANS) In the aftermath of the AMRI Hospital fire here, parties across the political spectrum in West Bengal had put up a united face, but in ... Read more...
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India urges Israel, Palestine to resume direct talks
December 15th, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) Reiterating its support for the creation of an independent state of Palestine, India Thursday called for the resumption of direct talks between Palestine and Israel ... Read more...
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With no agreement, Durban climate talks spill over a day (Roundup)
December 9th, 2011 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Durban, Dec 9 (IANS) With differences among countries on some contentious issues yet to be bridged, the UN climate talks in Durban will continue on Saturday - though Friday was ... Read more...
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EU blames US, China for hampering progress in Durban talks (Lead)
December 8th, 2011 - 12:42 am ICT by IANS
Durban, Dec 7 (IANS) The rift between countries at the UN climate conference here became sharper Wednesday with the European Union (EU) blaming the US and China for hijacking the ... Read more...
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Climate talks hijacked by US-China differences: EU
December 7th, 2011 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Durban, Dec 7 (IANS) The rift between countries at the UN climate conference here became sharper Wednesday with the European Union (EU) blaming the US and China for hijacking the ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Americans ready to ‘Die Another Day’ (Washington Newsletter)
November 27th, 2011 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 27 (IANS) The world did not come to an end as a 'super committee' of lawmakers dispersed without making the miracle it was supposed to do - ... Read more...
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BJP fights former patrons in ‘Republic of Bellary’ (Karnataka Newsletter)
November 26th, 2011 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 26 (IANS) Locked in a supremacy battle in Karnataka's iron ore-rich Bellary district, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the rich and influential Reddy brothers, the mining barons ... Read more...
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Mumbai airport’s cost escalation: Shivaji statue in blame game
November 11th, 2011 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 11 (IANS) A Mumbai legislator has protested the purported statement of a top official of builder GVK blaming a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji for the cost escalation of ... Read more...
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Jharkhand not utilising development funds: Ramesh
October 8th, 2011 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Oct 8 (IANS) Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Saturday questioned the efficiency of the Jharkhand government in implementing welfare schemes in the state."There is lack of efficiency on ... Read more...
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Jobs bill exposes divide between Congress and White House
October 5th, 2011 - 10:37 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Oct 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The blame game in US politics has surfaced again. The proposed Jobs Bill has once again exposed the deep division between Congress and the White House. President ... Read more...
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Day after rain chaos, MCD plays blame game
September 16th, 2011 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) A day after unprecedented rains unleashed fury in the capital, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) said it can't be held accountable for all the ... Read more...
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Nobody to be blamed for India’s performance: Srikkanth
August 14th, 2011 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 14 (IANS) National cricket selection committee chairman Krishnamachari Srikkanth Sunday ruled out fatigue behind India's dismal performance against England and said "nobody is to be blamed" for it.India ... Read more...
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US loses AAA credit rating, terms it ‘a facts-be-damned decision’ (Lead)
August 6th, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 6 (IANS) Sending shock waves through America, credit rating agency Standard & Poor's has downgraded its top notch credit rating, stripping the world's largest economy of its prized ... Read more...
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US calls S&P; downgrade ‘a facts-be-damned decision’
August 6th, 2011 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 6 (IANS) As Standard & Poor's move to downgrade the credit rating of the US sent shock waves through America, Obama administration officials called it "a facts-be-damned decision," ... Read more...
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India has risen above blame game, says Pakistani daily
July 16th, 2011 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 16 (IANS) It is a positive sign that India has risen above the blame game and New Delhi has decided to go ahead with the foreign ministers' ... Read more...
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India needs to be ruthless against terrorists: UAE daily
July 15th, 2011 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, July 15 (IANS/WAM) Coordinated and ruthless action by Indian authorities against terrorists is the need of the day, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) newspaper said Friday."Three coordinated bomb ... Read more...
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No leader of opposition for Assam?
May 14th, 2011 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati/New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) For the first time in Assam, there will be no leader of opposition in the 126-member assembly with no party having the minimum required ... Read more...
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US-Pak ties facing biggest crisis since 9/11: Report
April 13th, 2011 - 1:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 13(ANI): US-Pakistan ties are heading towards their biggest crisis since the 9/11 attacks, owing to bitter disputes over covert CIA activities and drone attacks inside Pakistan, lack of progress ... Read more...
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Cleaning Yamuna to miss 2015 target: Jairam
March 27th, 2011 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Even as Delhi misses one deadline after another for treating sewage entering the Yamuna, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said Sunday the treatment of all sewage ... Read more...
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Blame game erupts between PML-N, PML-Q over Raymond Davis’ acquittal
March 17th, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Mar 17(ANI): The acquittal of double murder-accused CIA contractor Raymond Davis under the 'diyat' law has triggered a blame game between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid ... Read more...
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Train rooftop accident leaves 18 dead, blame game on (Lead)
February 2nd, 2011 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 2 (IANS) Four more youths succumbed to their injuries, taking the death toll in the train rooftop accident in Uttar Pradesh to 18 Wednesday. Even as some survivors blamed ... Read more...
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Train rooftop accident toll 17, blame game on
February 2nd, 2011 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 2 (IANS) Three more youths succumbed to their injuries in the train rooftop accident in Uttar Pradesh, taking the death toll to 17, officials said Wednesday. The authorities continue ... Read more...
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