Congress rejects NCP’s pre-poll alliance in Meghalaya
August 30th, 2012 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Aug 30 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Thursday rejected the Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) proposal for pre-poll alliance with the Congress for the next assembly elections in ... Read more...
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NCP moots alliance to take on Sangma’s NPP
August 28th, 2012 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Aug 28 (IANS) The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Tuesday proposed a grand alliance with Meghalaya's ruling Congress and other regional parties in the state to take on former ... Read more...
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UPA coordination committee to meet in a few days
August 6th, 2012 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coordination committee, formed following a stand-off with coalition partner Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) late last month, is expected to ... Read more...
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Sangma expects ‘miracle’ in presidential election (Lead)
July 14th, 2012 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 14 (IANS) Opposition-backed candidate P.A. Sangma Saturday said he was expecting a "miracle" in his favour in the presidential election."I am supported by the main opposition BJP ... Read more...
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Sangma seeks support in Bihar
July 14th, 2012 - 2:20 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 14 (IANS) Opposition-backed candidate P.A. Sangma arrived here Saturday seeking support in the July 19 presidential election.Accompanied by BJP leaders Ravi Shankar Prasad and Anant Kumar, Sangma ... Read more...
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Sangma to canvass in Bihar July 14
July 10th, 2012 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 10 (IANS) Opposition-backed presidential candidate P.A Sangma will visit Bihar capital July 14 to canvass for the July 19 poll, BJP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Sushil ... Read more...
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Kashmir Congress slams ally NC over leader’s remarks
July 9th, 2012 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, July 9 (IANS) The Congress in Jammu and Kashmir has warned its ruling alliance partner National Conference (NC) that it should remember that it was in power in the ... Read more...
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Japanese PM reshuffles cabinet
June 4th, 2012 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, June 4 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda Monday reshuffled his cabinet for the second time, replacing five ministers out of 18 in a move to win support from ... Read more...
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Kerala land row: Opposition leaders meet governor
May 10th, 2012 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 10 (IANS) Kerala's opposition leaders Thursday met Governor H.R. Bhardwaj demanding action against Calicut University Vice-Chancellor M. Abdul Salam for allegedly trying to transfer a piece of ... Read more...
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Netanyahu calls for early polls in Israel
May 7th, 2012 - 9:29 am ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, May 7 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for an early general election in four months' time, BBC reported.The vote is expected to take place in ... Read more...
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Omar made National Conference working president
April 7th, 2012 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, April 7 (IANS) While retaining the presidency of the National Conference, central minister Farooq Abdullah has named his son and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah as the ... Read more...
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Five Goa ministers allotted portfolios
March 16th, 2012 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 16 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar of the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) Friday allotted portfolios to the five ministers who were sworn in a day after winning ... Read more...
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Amid bedlam, UPA II gets some relief, courtesy allies (Afternoon Lead)
March 15th, 2012 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Amid uproar in parliament, the Congress-led government got some respite Thursday afternoon after the warring Trinamool Congress declared there was no threat to the ... Read more...
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Few takers in Karnataka BJP for nation-first mantra (Karnataka Newsletter)
March 10th, 2012 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 10 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) goes to great lengths to claim that its members are driven by the motto of 'nation-first, party-second and individual-last'. But ... Read more...
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Family raj over and out in Goa? Think again
March 7th, 2012 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 7 (IANS) The record 82 percent-plus voting in Goa may have seen two political families being voted out of electoral contention, but if you think 'family raj' ... Read more...
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BJP-MGP alliance win in Goa; to stake claim Wednesday (Roundup)
March 6th, 2012 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 6 (IANS) Riding on a strong anti-incumbency wave, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) alliance Tuesday romped home, winning 24 seats in the 40-member Goa ... Read more...
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BJP-MGP alliance routs Congress-NCP in Goa (Roundup)
March 6th, 2012 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 6 (IANS) Riding on a strong anti-incumbency wave, the Bharatiya Janata Party-Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (BJP-MGP) alliance romped home Tuesday by winning 24 seats in the 40 member ... Read more...
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Trinamool to oppose UPA’s anti-people policies in parliament
February 29th, 2012 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 29 (IANS) Intensifying pressure on the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA), coalition partner Trinamool Congress Wednesday said it would oppose "tooth and nail" every "anti-people" policy and bill ... Read more...
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Counter opposition, Farooq exhorts party legislatrs
February 22nd, 2012 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Feb 22 (IANS) The ruling National Conference held its party legislature meeting in Jammu on Wednesday to counter the "provocations" of main opposition Peoples Democratic Party.The meeting was held ... Read more...
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BJP’s ‘fight’ against illegal mining wilting in Goa’s poll heat (Goa Newsletter)
February 11th, 2012 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 11 (IANS) In the face of blistering electoral heat, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) "fight" against indiscriminate mining in Goa appears to have all but wilted.With an ... Read more...
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Bihar to confiscate BJP lawmaker’s assets
February 4th, 2012 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Feb 4 (IANS) After confiscating the assets of corrupt officials, Bihar has now initiated a process to confiscate the property of a ruling party legislator in a corruption ... Read more...
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Ties with US not normal: Sherry Rehman
January 28th, 2012 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 28 (IANS) The Pakistan-US relationship was certainly not going through "normal" times, Islamabad's ambassador to Washington Sherry Rehman has said, and asked the Pakistani-American community for their support ... Read more...
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After Trinamool, NCP adds to Congress’s coalition travails (Lead)
January 9th, 2012 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Alliance woes multiplied for the Congress -- already facing salvoes from a belligerent Trinamool Congress -- with coalition partner in Maharashtra, the Nationalist Congress ... Read more...
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National Conference, Congress hold co-ordination meet
January 7th, 2012 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Jan 7 (IANS) The National Conference (NC) and the Congress -- Jammu and Kashmir's ruling coalition partners -- held a co-ordination committee meeting here Saturday which underlined the ... Read more...
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NC-Congress coordination panel to meet Saturday
January 6th, 2012 - 3:56 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Jan 6 (IANS) The coordination committee of Jammu and Kashmir's ruling National Conference (NC) and Congress will meet here Saturday "to hammer out difference and avoid further ... Read more...
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Lokpal Bill alive, to be taken up in budget session: Bansal (Lead)
December 30th, 2011 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The Lokpal Bill may not be have been passed by Rajya Sabha Thursday, but it is still alive to be taken up in the ... Read more...
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Farooq Abdullah asks brother to quit as party spokesman
November 10th, 2011 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Nov 10 (IANS) National Conference (NC) patron Farooq Abdullah Thursday asked his younger brother Mustafa Kamal to immediately resign as the party's additional general secretary and chief spokesman, the ... Read more...
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Congress rejects Farooq Abdullah’s overtures
November 4th, 2011 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Nov 4 (IANS) Congress Friday rejected National Conference president Farooq Abdullah's regrets over his party leader Mustafa Kamal's anti-Congress diatribe.Reacting to Farooq Abdullah's statement issued late Thursday evening in ... Read more...
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Soz to meet Congress high command on AFSPA
October 29th, 2011 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Oct 29 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir's Congress unit chief Saif-ud-Din Soz will be briefing the party leadership about Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's statement that the Armed Forces Special ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa arrest: Congress jubilant, JD-S wary
October 15th, 2011 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 15 (IANS) The Congress in Karnataka was jubilant Saturday following the arrest of former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa of the Bharatiya Janata Party in a corruption case ... Read more...
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CBI should probe Goa’s land mafia, politician nexus: NCP
September 23rd, 2011 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 23 (IANS) Politicians, land mafia and revenue officials in Goa have formed a criminal nexus involved in peddling coastal land to foreigners with dubious records, an official of ... Read more...
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Nepal’s Prime Minister postpones resignation
August 14th, 2011 - 3:57 am ICT by BNO News
KATHMANDU (BNO NEWS) -- Nepal's Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal on Saturday put on hold his resignation despite his pledge that he would resign if any notable progress was not made in ... Read more...
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Nepali PM Khanal vows to step down if peace process doesn’t progress
August 2nd, 2011 - 6:23 pm ICT by BNO News
KATHMANDU (BNO NEWS) -- Nepali Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal said on Monday that he will step down if the government fails to make concrete progress in the peace process by August ... Read more...
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Giving home portfolio to NCP a mistake: Chavan
July 15th, 2011 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 15 (IANS) Two days after the triple bombing in the metropolis, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan Friday said the Congress's decision to concede the key home portfolio to ... Read more...
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Goa NCP leader summoned in illegal mining case
July 11th, 2011 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 11 (IANS) The crime branch of Goa Police Monday issued fresh summons to a leader of the ruling Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in connection with a multi-crore bauxite ... Read more...
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