Dissident leader upset but rules out split in BJD
May 30th, 2012 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, May 30 (IANS) Grievances in Odisha's Biju Janata Dal (BJD) have increased but there are no plans for a split, senior leader Pyarimohan Mohapatra said Wednesday amid speculation that ... Read more...
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CBI questions Jagan for third day
May 27th, 2012 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 27 (IANS) YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for the third consecutive day Sunday in the disproportionate assests case.Jagan, ... Read more...
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CBI to continue questioning Jagan Sunday (Lead)
May 26th, 2012 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 26 (IANS) For the second consecutive day, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) grilled YSR Congress Party leader Y.S.Jaganmohan Reddy for over seven hours in the disproportionate assets ... Read more...
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CBI begins grilling Jagan for second day
May 26th, 2012 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 26 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Saturday began grilling YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy for the second consecutive day in the disproportionate assets case.Jagan, ... Read more...
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CBI grills Jagan for over 7 hours, to continue questioning Saturday (Evening Lead)
May 25th, 2012 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 25 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday grilled YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy for over seven hours in the illegal assets case and will ... Read more...
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CBI grills Jagan in illegal assets case (Second Lead)
May 25th, 2012 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 25 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) here Friday continued grilling YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy in the illegal assets case amid speculation that he ... Read more...
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CBI grills Andhra minister in Jagan case
May 23rd, 2012 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 23 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday questioned a cabinet minister of Andhra Pradesh in YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's illegal assets case.Minister ... Read more...
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Noida chief now also heads Greater Noida, Expressway
May 21st, 2012 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 21 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government Monday gave additional charges of the Greater Noida Development Authority and the Yamuna Expressway Authority to senior Indian Administrative Services (IAS) ... Read more...
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Jagan case: Industrialist Prasad sent to CBI custody
May 17th, 2012 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 17 (IANS) A special court Thursday remanded leading industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad and bureaucrat K.V. Brahmananda Reddy to Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) custody for 10 days in YSR ... Read more...
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A ‘Kahaani’ of Indian bureaucracy, corruption, redemption (IANS Books, With Image)
May 15th, 2012 - 12:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) His surname inspired a key character in the hit Bollywood film "Kahaani". Now writer Amitabha Bagchi has knit a plot about Indian bureaucracy, corruption ... Read more...
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When Benazir enjoyed ‘Pakeezah’ in Shimla
May 13th, 2012 - 10:51 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) When her father Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto discussed peace with Indira Gandhi in Shimla, his daughter Benazir was busy viewing the Meena Kumari-starrer 'Pakeezah'.So says ... Read more...
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Rajasthan court orders probe against ex-bureaucrat
May 1st, 2012 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, May 1 (IANS) A Rajasthan court here Tuesday ordered a probe against a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and five others for irregularities in tenders for drinking water ... Read more...
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Abducted Sukma collector wanted to be journalist
April 25th, 2012 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 25 (IANS) Had he not been a bureaucrat, Chhattisgarh's Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon would have been a journalist, says an old friend, recalling how he switched ... Read more...
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Who grounded Tata bid to start an airline?
April 20th, 2012 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) In 1997, then civil aviation minister C.M. Ibrahim acted under pressure from Jet Airways to thwart the Tata group's bid to start an airline in ... Read more...
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Bureaucrat gets bail in rural health scheme scam
April 18th, 2012 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, April 18 (IANS) A special CBI court here Wednesday granted bail to an Uttar Pradesh bureaucrat in a case related to alleged irregularities in utilising funds given to Uttar ... Read more...
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Meet perfectionist Abhay Deol (Movie Snippets) (With Images)
April 11th, 2012 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Actor Abhay Deol has left no stone unturned to make his character of an IAS officer in "Shanghai" look authentic.He went through a complete ... Read more...
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Rights panel plans open hearing in Odisha
April 4th, 2012 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said Wednesday it will hold an open public hearing at Puri April 9 on various issues concerning the scheduled ... Read more...
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Ridiculous, irresponsible, say ex-chiefs of report
April 4th, 2012 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) "Ridiculous," "irresponsible", "contemptible" and "mischief" were the common refrain of several former armed forces chiefs, senior officials and strategic analysts on the sensational media ... Read more...
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All is not well at South Block, still
April 3rd, 2012 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The acrimony and bad blood between Indian Army chief, Gen. V.K. Singh, and the defence ministry headed by A.K. Antony may seem to have ... Read more...
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CBI files additional chargesheet in Obulapuram case
March 30th, 2012 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 30 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday filed an additional chargesheet in the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) case, naming Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Y. ... Read more...
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Maya’s favoured officials dumped
March 29th, 2012 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 29 (IANS) Favourite officials of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati were Thursday shunted out to posts that do not carry clout.Kunwar Fateh Bahadur Singh, who was principal ... Read more...
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IAS officer surrenders in Emaar township case
March 29th, 2012 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 29 (IANS) Two days after the Andhra Pradesh High Court cancelled his bail, senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer B.P. Acharya Thursday surrendered before the special CBI court ... Read more...
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High court cancels IAS officer’s bail in Emaar case
March 27th, 2012 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 27 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh High Court Tuesday cancelled the bail granted by a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court to senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer ... Read more...
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About 70 percent of India is poor: Top adviser
March 25th, 2012 - 1:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) Debunking the government's claim that the number of poor in India has come down, a top adviser has claimed that around 70 percent ... Read more...
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Chargesheet in NRHM scam to take time: CBI director
March 23rd, 2012 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh), March 23 (IANS) It will be some time before the chargesheet in the massive National Rural Health Mission scam in Uttar Pradesh is filed, the director of ... Read more...
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Four elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Karnataka
March 22nd, 2012 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 22 (IANS) Four candidates, including two from Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and one from the opposition Congress were declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha, ... Read more...
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Table CAG report on coal in parliament: CPI-M
March 22nd, 2012 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Thursday asked the government to table in parliament a CAG report that has alleged huge losses to the ... Read more...
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CBI questions Andhra minister in Jagan case (Lead)
March 20th, 2012 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 20 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday questioned Andhra Pradesh cabinet minister Mopidevi Venkatramna and a top bureaucrat for four hours over the ... Read more...
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Cricket brings together BJP, Congress
March 17th, 2012 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, March 17 (IANS) In these troubled political times, BJP and Congress leaders came together to play cricket here Saturday, the MPs XI defeating legislators from Haryana by five ... Read more...
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Bail to IAS officer in Emaar case (Lead)
March 16th, 2012 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 16 (IANS) After remaining behind the bars for one-and-half months, Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer B.P. Acharya came out of jail Friday following the grant of bail by ... Read more...
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Bail to IAS officer in Emaar case
March 16th, 2012 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 16 (IANS) A special court Friday granted bail to senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer B.P. Acharya in the Emaar-APIIC case related to irregularities in the development of ... Read more...
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Parrikar’s innings at office begins with chaos at swearing in
March 9th, 2012 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 9 (IANS) Elected to power on the plank of good governance and promise of administrative performance, newly-elected Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and his cabinet Friday had their swearing-in ... Read more...
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Two Punjab bureaucrats-turned-politicians bite the dust (Poll sidelights)
March 6th, 2012 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 6 (IANS) Two top functionaries of the outgoing Punjab government who got into electoral politics have bitten the dust.In the assembly election results declared Tuesday, Darbara Singh Guru, ... Read more...
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Andhra villagers continue protest against power plant
February 29th, 2012 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 29 (IANS) A year after three villagers died in police firing on a group opposing an upcoming thermal power project, the struggle by people of Kakrapalli in Andhra ... Read more...
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Haryana bureaucrat arrested in corruption case
February 16th, 2012 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 15 (IANS) A Haryana Civil Services (HCS) officer was arrested by the state vigilance bureau Wednesday for his involvement in a case of corruption registered against him in ... Read more...
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