BJP manifesto promises Goa Lokayukta within 100 days
February 19th, 2012 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 19 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will institute a Lokayukta in Goa within 100 days of coming to power, according to the party's poll manifesto released ... Read more...
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Goa illegal mining scam worth $423 million: Trinamool Congress
February 15th, 2012 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 15 (IANS) Trinamool Congress president in Goa Wilfred de Souza Wednesday said he had a glimpse of Justice M.B. Shah commission report on illegal mining and that ... Read more...
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56 Uttar Pradesh assembly seats to go to polls Wednesday
February 14th, 2012 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 14 (IANS) Fifty-six seats spread across 10 districts will Wednesday go to polls in the third leg of the seven-phased Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.The most high-profile of ... Read more...
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Denied ticket, Goa Congress legislator slams Sonia
February 11th, 2012 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 11 (IANS) Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's double-speak on 33 percent reservation for women has been exposed, party leader and Goa's only woman legislator Victoria Fernandes said Saturday, ... Read more...
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Finance minister says losing sleep over rising subsidy bills
February 8th, 2012 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) A worried Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday said he is losing sleep over the rising subsidy bills, notably on food, fertiliser and petroleum products."As ... Read more...
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State ministers meet to discuss PDS reforms
February 6th, 2012 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Food and agriculture ministers from states will meet here this week to discuss reforms in the public distribution system (PDS).Senior union cabinet ministers and ... Read more...
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Andhra ministers dare IAS officers to name corrupt
February 5th, 2012 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 5 (IANS) A day after IAS officers pointed fingers at them, cabinet ministers in Andhra Pradesh Sunday hit back at top bureaucrats daring them to name the corrupt ... Read more...
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Swamy mocks at Sibal, Khurshid
January 31st, 2012 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy Tuesday mocked at cabinet ministers Kapil Sibal and Salman Khurshid, both lawyers, after the Supreme Court upheld his plea on ... Read more...
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Jayalalithaa drops two ministers, inducts two
January 27th, 2012 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 26 (IANS) In a reshuffle on Republic Day, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa dropped two cabinet ministers and inducted two new ministers while reallocating a senior minister's ... Read more...
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Goa Congress likens illegal mining to ‘murder on the street’
January 23rd, 2012 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 23 (IANS) The Congress in Goa Monday compared the mega illegal mining scam to "a murder on the street", but claimed the Congress-led coalition government was not directly ... Read more...
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From peons to clerks, raids unveil Madhya Pradesh’s millionaires
January 20th, 2012 - 11:14 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 20 (IANS) "MP gajab hai'...You've heard that touristy catchphrase saying Madhya Pradesh is truly amazing! But the slogan acquires a new meaning in the light of startling revelations ... Read more...
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Kiran Reddy inducts two ministers, drops one (Lead)
January 19th, 2012 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 19 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy Thursday carried out a minor reshuffle of his cabinet, inducting two legislators from the erstwhile Praja Rajyam ... Read more...
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Two PRP leaders sworn in as Andhra ministers
January 19th, 2012 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 19 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh cabinet was expanded Thursday with the induction of two legislators from the erstwhile Praja Rajyam Party (PRP), which merged with the ruling ... Read more...
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Goa Congress denies illegal mining charges
January 17th, 2012 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 17 (IANS) The ruling Congress in Goa Tuesday shrugged off allegations of proximity to the multi-crore illegal mining lobby, even as it welcomed a politician arrested a ... Read more...
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NRIs unhappy with Chouhan’s absence from diaspora event
January 12th, 2012 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 12 (IANS) Non-resident Indians of Madhya Pradesh origin who want to invest in the state Thursday said they were disappointed with the absence of Chief Minister ... Read more...
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Free education for children in Israel
January 9th, 2012 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Jan 9 (IANS) Israeli children, aged above three, will now be able to get free eduction after the government approved an amendment in an existing law.Following a debate in ... Read more...
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Supreme Court breather for five Haryana legislators (Lead)
January 4th, 2012 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) In a breather to five legislators of the Haryana Janhit Congress-Bhajan Lal party, the Supreme Court Wednesday stayed a high court order on their temporary ... Read more...
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Black flags to PM not at our behest: Team Anna
January 1st, 2012 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Team Anna Sunday denied involvement of its members in showing black flags to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his visit to the Golden Temple ... Read more...
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Dalit group seeks action against Andhra home minister
December 24th, 2011 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 24 (IANS) The war between two cabinet ministers in Andhra Pradesh has taken caste overtones with a Dalit group demanding action against Home Minister P. Sabita Indra Reddy ... Read more...
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Court declares five Haryana lawmakers as unattached (Lead)
December 20th, 2011 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 20 (IANS) Five Haryana legislators, who defected from the Haryana Janhit Congress to the ruling Congress in November 2009, will now be deemed unattached members in the assembly, ... Read more...
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Andhra textiles minister attacked, blames home minister
December 20th, 2011 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 20 (IANS) The war between two cabinet ministers in Andhra Pradesh came into the open Tuesday when followers of one attacked the other with stones, eggs and tomatoes.Minister ... Read more...
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Goa government lambasted on illegal mining in anniversary feature
December 13th, 2011 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 13 (IANS) Constant efforts by the state government to play down the illegal mining scandal in Goa notwithstanding, a feature article released by the Press Information Bureau ... Read more...
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Salman Khurshid: effective communicator in difficult times
December 13th, 2011 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) The beleaguered Manmohan Singh government seems to have found in Law Minister Salman Khurshid an effective public face, someone who is at ease with ... Read more...
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Chidambaram’s junior tables bill amid opposition boycott
December 12th, 2011 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) As the opposition continued to boycott him, a bill listed in Home Minister P. Chidambaram's name was Monday introduced in the Lok Sabha by ... Read more...
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Win people’s trust, Rahul exhorts youth Congress leaders
November 29th, 2011 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday exhorted youth leaders of the party to win the trust of the people and learn to lead.
"The ... Read more...
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Omar’s olive branch to army on AFSPA
November 24th, 2011 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Nov 24 (IANS) Extending a hand of cooperation toward the Indian Army to get the Armed Forces Special Powers Act lifted from some parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Chief ... Read more...
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Home ministry nod for MCD’s trifurcation
November 23rd, 2011 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) The union home ministry Wednesday approved the proposed trifurcation of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said Wednesday.
"The home minister (P. ... Read more...
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Vidarbha legislator ends 7-day fast
November 20th, 2011 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Nov 20 (IANS) Independent legislator from Vidarbha Ravi Rana ended his seven-day long hunger strike Sunday after an embarrassed Maharashtra government assured him that the pricing issue raised by ... Read more...
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Ashok Gehlot emerges triumphant - for now (Rajasthan Newsletter)
November 20th, 2011 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Nov 20 (IANS) By bringing his government out of turmoil, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has proved his political acumen of 40 years.The Bharatpur violence and the disappearance ... Read more...
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Mario Monti sworn in as Italian premier
November 17th, 2011 - 8:46 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 17 (IANS) Mario Monti took over as Italy's new premier Wednesday after leading the newly selected cabinet ministers who were sworn in at the presidential palace here.Monti's ... Read more...
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India assumes chair of Indian Ocean Rim grouping (Lead)
November 15th, 2011 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 15 (IANS) India Tuesday for the first time became chairman of the Indian Ocean Rim countries grouping at its ministerial meeting in this tech hub.External Affairs Minister S.M. ... Read more...
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Mario Monti is Italy’s new PM (Lead)
November 14th, 2011 - 3:32 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 14 (IANS) Mario Monti, an eminent economist and former European commissioner, was Sunday appointed as Italy's new prime minister.President Giorgio Napolitano has asked Monti to head the new ... Read more...
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BJP’s politics of pamper returns to haunt it (Karnataka Newsletter)
November 13th, 2011 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 13 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) unending troubles in Karnataka are a lesson on public life: it does not pay to gloss over immoral acts ... Read more...
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Eminent sportsmen support sports bill
November 10th, 2011 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Eminent sportsmen, including India's lone Olympic gold medallist champion Abhinav Bindra and 1983 World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev, Thursday came out strongly in ... Read more...
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Israeli minister denies plans to strike Iran
November 8th, 2011 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Nov 8 (IANS) Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak Tuesday dismissed media reports that his government was gearing for a military strike on Iran's nuclear sites, saying a decision had ... Read more...
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