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Breakaway JD-S faction returns to party fold

November 11th, 2008 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) A breakaway faction of the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S), led by Lok Sabha MP from Kerala M.P. Veerendrakumar, Tuesday returned to the party fold at a function here."Considering ...

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Yeddyurappa to review situation in Karnataka after attack on churches

September 22nd, 2008 - 12:30 pm ICT by ANI -
Bangalore, Sept 22 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa will review the prevailing law and order situation in the state with his cabinet ministers here today, after the recent attacks on ...

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Life gets back to normal in violence-hit Mangalore

September 17th, 2008 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS -
Mangalore, Sep 17 (IANS) Educational institutions and shops were open and public transport was back on the roads Wednesday in this Karnataka city, which was hit by three days of violence following ...

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Karat meets Mayawati in bid to push forward ‘third front’

August 24th, 2008 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) In their effort to push forth a united 'third front', Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat met Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief and Uttar ...

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Rail services hit by shutdown in Assam

Rail services hit by shutdown in Assam

August 8th, 2008 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS -
Silchar (Assam), Aug 8 (IANS) Schools and offices remained closed and rail services were disrupted in four Assam districts Friday as students and youth organisations called a 12-hour shutdown to protest delay ...

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JDS helps Congress bag Karnataka council chairperson post

JDS helps Congress bag Karnataka council chairperson post

August 5th, 2008 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS -
Bangalore, Aug 5 (IANS) Janata Dal-Secular headed by former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda Tuesday helped Congress bag the post of chairperson of the Karnataka legislative council dashing ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's ...

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Mortal remains of Surjeet consigned to flames (Update)

Mortal remains of Surjeet consigned to flames (Update)

August 3rd, 2008 - 9:52 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi , August 3 (ANI): The mortal remains of veteran Marxist leader Harkishan Singh Surjeet were consigned to flames this evening at Nigambodh Ghat in New Delhi . His pyre ...

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BJP, Left and JD (S) condemn bomb blasts in Bangalore

BJP, Left and JD (S) condemn bomb blasts in Bangalore

July 25th, 2008 - 10:33 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Jul 25 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Left today condemned the serial blasts in Bangalore and accused the Centre of failing to uncover the terror network responsible ...

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A day after defeat, opposition vows to fight on (Combines Third Front and BJP stories)

A day after defeat, opposition vows to fight on (Combines Third Front and BJP stories)

July 23rd, 2008 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The Indian opposition put up a brave face Wednesday after suffering a bruising defeat in a parliament trust vote which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government won to ...

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Mayawati, Left, regional parties to hold nationwide stir

Mayawati, Left, regional parties to hold nationwide stir

July 23rd, 2008 - 2:10 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The morning after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government won the trust vote in parliament, opposition parties, including the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), the Left and other political ...

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Left, BSP and UNPA leaders meet to chalk out future strategy

Left, BSP and UNPA leaders meet to chalk out future strategy

July 23rd, 2008 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, July 23 (ANI): A day after the UPA Government scored a victory in the Parlaiment, leaders of the Left parties, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the United National ...

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Congress maintains record of winning trust votes

Congress maintains record of winning trust votes

July 23rd, 2008 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) The congress Tuesday maintained its record of never having lost a trust vote in parliament. With this, of the nine trust votes in the Lok Sabha in ...

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Government has support of more than 291 MPs: Rashtriya Janata Dal

July 21st, 2008 - 2:08 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, July 21 (ANI): The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) today claimed that the government has the support of more than 291 MPs to win tomorrow''s trust vote in te Lok ...

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UPA government in an ICU: Advani

UPA government in an ICU: Advani

July 21st, 2008 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has been reduced to a patient in an ICU, Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani said Monday in his opening remarks on ...

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Government will prove its majority: Manmohan Singh

Government will prove its majority: Manmohan Singh

July 21st, 2008 - 1:00 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, July 21 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today said that his Government would prove its majority in the house during the July 22 floor test. Arriving at Parliament, Dr. ...

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Special Lok Sabha session begins

Special Lok Sabha session begins

July 21st, 2008 - 10:09 am ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, July 21 (ANI): The two-day special session of the Lok Sabha will begin here today where the trust vote by the UPA government will be taken up. The special session ...

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Manmohan Singh hosts dinner for UPA leaders confident of facing trust vote

Manmohan Singh hosts dinner for UPA leaders confident of facing trust vote

July 20th, 2008 - 11:13 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh is hosting a dinner tonight for the leaders of UPA ahead of the trust vote. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha. (JMM) Chief .Shibu ...

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Deve Gowda moves closer to Mayawati

Deve Gowda moves closer to Mayawati

July 20th, 2008 - 10:18 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): Janata Dal (Secular) chief and former Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda after meeting Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati announced here today that his party ...

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Gowda, Mayawati join hands to oust government

Gowda, Mayawati join hands to oust government

July 20th, 2008 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) supremo and former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda Sunday joined hands with Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati in efforts to topple the UPA ...

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Governments have won six of eight trust votes

Governments have won six of eight trust votes

July 20th, 2008 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Of the eight trust votes taken in the Lok Sabha in the last 19 years, the government of the day has won six while in two cases ...

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Left, Mayawati attend UNPA lunch

Left, Mayawati attend UNPA lunch

July 20th, 2008 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Taking forward their attempts to build a bigger Third Front and vote out the Manmohan Singh government, the Left parties and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati ...

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Deve Gowda keeps UPA guessing

Deve Gowda keeps UPA guessing

July 20th, 2008 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS -
Bangalore/New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader H.D. Deve Gowda Sunday kept everyone, especially the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, guessing on his next move on ...

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Nine trust votes moved since 1979

Nine trust votes moved since 1979

July 20th, 2008 - 12:22 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): Nine attempts have been made by the government of the day to secure a vote of confidence since 1979. Of these nine attempts, six have been ...

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JD (S) to decide stand on trust vote today

JD (S) to decide stand on trust vote today

July 20th, 2008 - 12:02 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): Janata Dal (Secular) with crucial votes of three MPs will hold its political affairs committee meeting today to decide its stand with regard to the confidence ...

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Meetings, wooing continue as countdown begins for trust vote

Meetings, wooing continue as countdown begins for trust vote

July 19th, 2008 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) With the ruling and opposition parties counting each vote ahead of Tuesday's confidence motion in parliament, both sides were holding hectic parleys in the national capital Saturday ...

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JD-S to oppose confidence motion: Veerendra Kumar

JD-S to oppose confidence motion: Veerendra Kumar

July 18th, 2008 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS -
Kozhikode, July 18 (IANS) Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) member of parliament from Kerala M.P. Veerendra Kumar said he and the two of hsi fellow party MPs would vote against the confidence motion of ...

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Government walks the tightrope over numbers game

Government walks the tightrope over numbers game

July 18th, 2008 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS -
By Liz Mathew New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) With just four days remaining for the do-or-die trust vote in parliament, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is struggling to keep its flock together amid ...

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TRS seeks separate Telangana for supporting UPA

July 11th, 2008 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS -
Hyderabad, July 10 (IANS) The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), which has two members in the Lok Sabha, was mounting pressure on the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) to make a firm commitment on ...

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JD-S may back Manmohan government in confidence vote

JD-S may back Manmohan government in confidence vote

July 8th, 2008 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS -
Bangalore, July 8 (IANS) Ignored at the national level, battered in the Karnataka assembly polls and facing desertions from legislators, the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) is likely to back the Manmohan Singh government ...

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UPA’s number crunch begins

UPA’s number crunch begins

July 8th, 2008 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) With the 59-member Left Front withdrawing support to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, the Manmohan Singh government has been reduced to 227 members in the ...

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