Ahead of meet with GJM, Mamata rejects Bengal’s division (Lead)
February 11th, 2012 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
Siliguri, Feb 10 (IANS) Ahead of a meeting with the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), which has threatened to re-start the Gorkhaland campaign, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday ... Read more...
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Bengal bars media conference at the assembly, CPI-M objects
February 10th, 2012 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 10 (IANS) The West Bengal assembly Friday barred press conferences at the media centre in the assembly premises when the house is not in session, drawing protests ... Read more...
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Will make Delhi slum-free, says Dikshit
February 10th, 2012 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Friday said the city government will try to make the capital slum free at the earliest."The Delhi State Industrial and ... Read more...
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Modi to campaign in Uttar Pradesh
February 10th, 2012 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will campaign in Uttar Pradesh, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukhtar Abbas Nazvi said Friday."Yes, he will participate in ... Read more...
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Karnataka to provide Indian medicine at hospitals
February 10th, 2012 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 10 (IANS) Government hospitals in districts and local bodies across Karnataka will provide the Indian system of medicine as an alternative treatment, Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda said ... Read more...
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‘Samajwadi Party will get full majority in UP’
February 10th, 2012 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Ahead of the second phase of assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party leader Mohan Singh said Friday the party will get a majority in ... Read more...
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Kashmir education minister resigns (Lead)
February 10th, 2012 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Feb 10 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Education Minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed Friday quit after police indicted him for the use of unfair means by his son in the ... Read more...
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Kashmir education minister resigns over examgate
February 10th, 2012 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Feb 10 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Education Minister Peerzada Sayed, whose son was involved in using unfair means for his Class 10 examinations, has resigned.According to family sources, ... Read more...
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Follow Nagaland’s example for food security, northeast urged
February 10th, 2012 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 10 (IANS) Northeastern states must follow the example of Nagaland - the only food sufficient state in the region - and increase food production to ensure food ... Read more...
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Land row: Shekhar Kapur favours Subhash Ghai
February 10th, 2012 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 10 (IANS) Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur has come out in support of director Subhash Ghai, who has been asked to return a plot allotted to his Whistling Woods International ... Read more...
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Bihar dismisses five police officials for corruption
February 10th, 2012 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Feb 10 (IANS) Five police officials in Bihar's Gaya district have been dismissed from service for corruption, officials said Friday.Magadh range Deputy Inspector General of Police N.H. ... Read more...
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Gorkha group to meet Mamata for honouring accord
February 10th, 2012 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Siliguri, Feb 10 (IANS) Amidst the rising political tempers in the hills of West Bengal, the pro-Gorkhaland Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leadership is all set to meet chief Minister ... Read more...
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Tripura Left Front ministry to be expanded Sunday
February 10th, 2012 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 10 (IANS) The Left Front ministry in Tripura will be expanded Sunday with the re-induction of former minister Sahid Chowdhury, an official said here Friday."Tripura Governor D.Y. Patil ... Read more...
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BJP makes Karnataka turf for scandals and self-goals
February 10th, 2012 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 10 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to be turning Karnataka from its 'gateway to the south' into its playground for scandals and self-goals. As of ... Read more...
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Remove atomic scientist, expand expert panel: Kudankulam activists
February 10th, 2012 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 10 (IANS) Activists spearheading the anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) protests Friday requested the Tamil Nadu government to expand a new four-member panel that will look into the ... Read more...
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Karunanidhi slams BJP on resignation of Acharya
February 10th, 2012 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 9 (IANS) DMK president M. Karunanidhi Thursday slammed BJP for trying to "help" Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa to come out of the disproportionate wealth case being ... Read more...
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BJP defends Modi, questions timing of SIT report (Lead)
February 10th, 2012 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday questioned the timing of the special investigation team (SIT) on Gujarat riots, even as senior leaders advocated a ... Read more...
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Narendra Modi among BJP’s PM candidates: Gadkari
February 9th, 2012 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Thursday said Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was one of the party's contenders for prime minister.On a ... Read more...
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CPI-M denies attack on Achuthanandan at party meet
February 9th, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 9 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist politburo member Kodiyeri Balakrishnan Thursday denied media reports that party delegates launched an attack on veteran comrade and former chief minister V.S. ... Read more...
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BJP’s troubles mount: Karnataka advocate general quits (Lead)
February 9th, 2012 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 9 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka, already battling debilitating scandals, is now caught in a new controversy. State advocate general B.V. Acharya has ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu sets up expert committee on Kudankulam
February 9th, 2012 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 9 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government Thursday announced a four-member expert committee to look into the safety aspects of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) and the ... Read more...
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Jamia to build hostel for Kashmiri students
February 9th, 2012 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Jamia Millia university is building a hostel for students from Jammu and Kashmir as part of confidence building measures for the people from ... Read more...
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TERI to open centre in Himachal
February 9th, 2012 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Feb 9 (IANS) The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) will open its centre in Himachal Pradesh to help the state adopt measures on climate change, Chief Minister Prem Kumar ... Read more...
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Kashmiri students on ‘mission’ know the nation
February 9th, 2012 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) For most of them, it was their first experience of travelling beyond the 2.5-km-long Jawahar tunnel through the Pir Panjal mountain range which links ... Read more...
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Land return: Subhash Ghai to appeal in Supreme Court
February 9th, 2012 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 9 (IANS) Bollywood director Subhash Ghai will challenge in the Supreme Court the Bombay High Court order Thursday asking him to return a plot of land allotted to ... Read more...
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Odisha hooch toll is 32, excise minister resigns (Second Lead)
February 9th, 2012 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 9 (IANS) The deaths caused by a spurious drink Thursday climbed to 32 in Odisha, while state Excise Minister Ananga Udaya Singh Deo submitted his resignation to Chief ... Read more...
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Sleazegate: BJP, opposition spar over three ministers
February 9th, 2012 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 9 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka and opposition parties Thursday stepped up their attack on each other over action against three sleazegate ministers ... Read more...
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Court asks Subhash Ghai to return land given for film institute
February 9th, 2012 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 9 (IANS) The Bombay High Court Thursday directed filmmaker Subhash Ghai to return a plot of land allotted to his Whistling Woods International film institute.Ghai is running the ... Read more...
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BJP in another row: Karnataka advocate general quits
February 9th, 2012 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 9 (IANS) For the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka, nothing seems to be going right as the state's advocate general B.V. Acharya has quit citing ... Read more...
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Zakia seeks copy of SIT report on Gujarat riots
February 9th, 2012 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Feb 9 (IANS) A day after the Supreme Court-appointed SIT probing the 2002 Gujarat riots filed its final report, petitioner Zakia Jafri Thursday threatened to file a protest ... Read more...
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Mayawati our leader and will always be so, say Dalits
February 9th, 2012 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Feb 9 (IANS) Allegations of corruption against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati find no takers in large parts of this Dalit land where people from socially marginalised communities ... Read more...
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Munda unhappy over leaking of Chidamabaram’s letter
February 9th, 2012 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Feb 9 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda Thursday expressed unhappiness over the leaking of a letter by union Home Minister P. Chidambaram to him over the Maoist ... Read more...
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Odisha, Jharkhand to check iron ore smuggling
February 9th, 2012 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 9 (IANS) Mineral rich Odisha and Jharkhand have decided to take joint measures to prevent cross-border transport of iron ore mined illegally, an official said Thursday.Senior officials of ... Read more...
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Nepal PM to attend Bihar Global meet
February 9th, 2012 - 1:18 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Feb 9 (IANS) Nepal Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai is likely to attend the second Bihar global meet to be held here to discuss development strategies for the state."The Bihar ... Read more...
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Lahore factory collapse toll reaches 22
February 9th, 2012 - 4:57 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 9 (IANS) The toll in a factory building collapse in Pakistan's Lahore city has risen to 22, among them 16 women.At least 60 people were working in the ... Read more...
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