Now Maoists say Hikaka will be tried April 25
April 20th, 2012 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 20 (IANS) Maoists in Odisha have set April 25 as the date to try Jhina Hikaka in a kangaroo court amid rumours that the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) ... Read more...
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Courts rejects BJP legislator’s plea in Dikshit case
April 19th, 2012 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) A Delhi court Thursday did not accept the intervening application filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijay Jolly in a case against Delhi ... Read more...
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Rajasthan lawmaker suspended for foul language
April 17th, 2012 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 17 (IANS) A Rajasthan legislator was Tuesday suspended for a year from the assembly for using foul language against a minister, officials said.
Hanuman Beniwal, who represents ... Read more...
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Assam cop is longest barefoot runner in world
April 17th, 2012 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, April 17 (IANS) A 22-year-old Assam Police constable was Tuesday officially entered in the Guinness World Records as the longest barefoot runner, having run 156.2 km in 24 hours.Abhijit ... Read more...
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Maoists scale down demand for Hikaka’s release (Lead)
April 15th, 2012 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 15 (IANS) While setting a Wednesday deadline, Maoists Sunday let go of the demand to free a key rebel in exchange for the release of Odisha's Biju Janata ... Read more...
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‘Kashmiris subjected to forced labour for 12 years’
April 14th, 2012 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 14 (IANS) A legislator of the Jammu and Kashmir Saturday alleged that people in north Kashmir had been subjected to forced labour for 12 years by the security ... Read more...
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Rajasthan legislator to get special facilities in jail (Lead)
April 13th, 2012 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 13 (IANS) A Rajasthan court Friday directed the Jaipur Central Jail authorities to provide facilities like mattresses, blankets, pillows, an air cooler and mosquito repellent to legislator ... Read more...
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Laxmikant Bajpayi appointed UP BJP president
April 13th, 2012 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 13 (IANS) After its drubbing in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, the national leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) changed the state unit president and appointed ... Read more...
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Amarinder, supporters storm police station against ‘false’ cases
April 13th, 2012 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 13 (IANS) Accompanied by a number of party workers and leaders, Punjab Congress president and former chief minister Amarinder Singh Friday stormed into the Dayalpura police station in ... Read more...
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Raja Bhaiya orders coolers for prisoners
April 10th, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 10 (IANS) Prisoners in Uttar Pradesh may look forward to a less harsh summer with Jails Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh aka Raja Bhaiya ordering installation of coolers, fans ... Read more...
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Teacher gets life term for murder
April 10th, 2012 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, April 10 (IANS) A Bihar court Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to a school teacher on charges of stabbing BJP legislator Raj Kishore Keshri to death last year.A Special ... Read more...
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BJP protesters clash with police in Jaipur
April 7th, 2012 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 7 (IANS) Supporters of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator, arrested by the CBI for a staged shootout, clashed with police at three places here and damaged ... Read more...
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Himachal legislators to get fat salary hike
April 5th, 2012 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 5 (IANS) Four bills were introduced in the Himachal Pradesh assembly Thursday to increase the legislators' salaries and allowances by around Rs.20,000 on grounds of inflation.A government spokesperson ... Read more...
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Missing nurse case: Maderna shifted to Jaipur jail
April 4th, 2012 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, April 4 (IANS) Sacked Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna, an accused in nurse Bhanwari Devi's disappearance and murder last year, was shifted to Jaipur jail Wednesday from Jodhpur, an official ... Read more...
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LSR students hail Suu Kyi’s much-awaited victory
April 2nd, 2012 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Amid cheers, enthusiasm and hope, students of New Delhi's Lady Shri Ram college Monday hailed alumna and Myanmarese leader Aung San Suu Kyi's landmark ... Read more...
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It’s victory of people, says Suu Kyi
April 2nd, 2012 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
Yangon, April 2 (IANS) Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi called it a "victory of the people" after her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), said she had won ... Read more...
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Jayalalithaa condoles legislator’s death
April 1st, 2012 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 1 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Sunday condoled the death of Communist Party of India legislator S.P. Muthukumaran, representing Pudukottai constituency, in a road accident.Muthukumaran, 43, ... Read more...
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Suu Kyi wins landmark Myanmar by-polls (Roundup)
April 1st, 2012 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
Yangon, April 1 (IANS) Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi Sunday scored a momentous victory following a decades-long fight for democracy by winning a parliamentary by-poll for a seat in ... Read more...
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Virbhadra Singh threatens to sue Kejriwal
April 1st, 2012 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal's remark against MPs came back to haunt him Sunday as union minister Virbhadra Singh threatened to sue him while ... Read more...
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Suu Kyi wins Myanmar by-elections
April 1st, 2012 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Yangon, April 1 (IANS) Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party, Sunday won the parliamentary by-elections, securing a seat in Myanmar's lower ... Read more...
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Myanmar votes to elect Suu Kyi (Lead)
April 1st, 2012 - 3:14 pm ICT by IANS
Yangon, April 1 (IANS) Thousands Sunday voted in Myanmar's parliamentary by-elections in which Nobel laureate and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is contesting for the first time.Over six million ... Read more...
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Myanmar holds landmark votes
April 1st, 2012 - 8:54 am ICT by IANS
Yangon, April 1 (IANS) Polling began Sunday in Myanmar's by-elections that promise to be the most open contest in decades, with Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi among those standing.Standing ... Read more...
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Debt trap: Trinamool candidate in Goa in hiding
March 30th, 2012 - 11:41 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 30 (IANS) Hounded by creditors, a Trinamool Congress candidate who borrowed money to fund his campaign in the recently concluded Goa assembly elections is now in ... Read more...
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‘Clarify on withdrawal of case against Sheila Dikshit’
March 29th, 2012 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) A Delhi court Thursday asked the locus standi -- the right to address the court on a matter before it -- of Delhi Police ... Read more...
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‘Witch hunting’ on the rise in Assam
March 29th, 2012 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 29 (IANS) Incidents of 'witch hunting' increased in Assam in 2011 with Kokrajhar district in lower Assam recording the highest number of witch hunting-related deaths in the year, ... Read more...
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‘Narsimha’ - must watch for Ravichandran fans (Kannada Movie Review)
March 24th, 2012 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Narasimha"; Cast: Ravichandran, Nikisha Patel, Sanjjana, Ramakrishna Ramesh Prasad, Shobharaj, Neenasam Aswath; Dialogues-Screenplay-Direction: Mohan; Producer: N. Kumar; Camera: Suresh Byrasandra; Music: Hamsalekha; Rating: **1/2"Narasimha" is the remake of Tamil ... Read more...
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Himachal BJP legislator slams his own party’s government
March 23rd, 2012 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 23 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Himachal Pradesh Friday faced flak when its own legislator slammed it for promoting illegal mining and corruption.Speaking ... Read more...
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Deposit Rs.50,000 for case against Delhi Speaker, BJP leader told
March 22nd, 2012 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has asked a Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) leader to deposit cost of Rs.50,000 with the court to pursue his plea seeking ... Read more...
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Congress scores in Karnataka, Gujarat, mauled in Andhra (Roundup)
March 21st, 2012 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) The Congress scored crucial victories in BJP-ruled Karnataka and Gujarat as well as in Kerala, but lost in all the seven assembly by-polls in ... Read more...
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AIADMK wins Sankarankoil by-poll (Second Lead)
March 21st, 2012 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 21 (IANS) V. Muthuselvi of the ruling AIADMK was Wednesday elected to the Tamil Nadu assembly from Sankarankoil constituency, defeating her DMK rival by over 68,000 votes in ... Read more...
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BJP again caught in porn scandal, now in Gujarat (Lead)
March 21st, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, March 21 (IANS) Barely a month after a porn scandal hit its ministers in Karnataka, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday found itself mired in more sleaze after ... Read more...
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Karnataka bypoll fallout: Test for BJP, hope for Congress (News Analysis)
March 21st, 2012 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 21 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) defeat in the Karnataka Lok Sabha bypoll Wednesday poses a difficult test for its national leaders - demonstrating that ... Read more...
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AIADMK wins Sankarankoil by-election (Lead)
March 21st, 2012 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 21 (IANS) V. Muthuselvi of the ruling AIADMK was Wednesday elected to the Tamil Nadu assembly from Sankarankoil constituency, defeating her DMK rival by over 68,000 votes.Muthuselvi bagged ... Read more...
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BJD wins in Odisha
March 21st, 2012 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 21 (IANS) Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Wednesday won the Athagarh assembly by-election, defeating the Congress by over 47,000 votes.Former sports minister Ranendra Pratap Swain got ... Read more...
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AIADMK leading in Sankarankoil bypoll
March 21st, 2012 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 21 (IANS) V. Muthuselvi of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK was Wednesday way ahead of his nearest DMK rival in the Sankarankoil assembly constituency by-election with an impressive lead ... Read more...
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