Deshmukh’s mortal remains consigned to flames (Second Lead)
August 15th, 2012 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
Latur, Aug 15 (IANS) A sea of humanity poured out on all roads leading to Babhalgaon village in this Maharashtra district as thousands paid their last tributes to their ... Read more...
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1952 Olympics: Babu leads bunch of no-hopers to fifth gold (Sports Special)
July 10th, 2012 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
The team selection ahead of the 1952 Games was marred by such controversy that India looked destined to return home from Finland empty handed. There was a near-riotous situation concerning the ... Read more...
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Hockey Olympic gold medallists to get cash awards
June 15th, 2012 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Hockey India (HI) will be honouring 34 Olympic gold medallists with Rs.two lakh each at a grand felicitation ceremony June 24, coinciding with the departure ... Read more...
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Troubles galore as BJP enters final year of rule (Karnataka Newsletter)
May 26th, 2012 - 12:47 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 26 (IANS) Karnataka's scandals-scarred, dissidence-riven Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government completes four years of its maiden rule in the state next week, depending heavily on its troubled ... Read more...
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Apex court to hear Krishna’s plea Friday
January 26th, 2012 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court will Friday hear a petition by External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna challenging the registration of an FIR by the Karnataka Lokayukta (ombudsman) ... Read more...
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Krishna moves apex court against Lokayukta proceedings
January 24th, 2012 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking quashing of a private complaint and the probe ordered by the Karnataka Lokayukta for ... Read more...
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Illegal mining: Court allows probe of Krishna, Kumaraswamy’s role (Lead)
January 20th, 2012 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 20 (IANS) In a jolt to External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and a major embarrassment to the Congress, the Karnataka High Court Friday allowed probe into charges that ... 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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Krishna moves high court to quash illegal mining case
December 9th, 2011 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 9 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Friday petitioned the Karnataka High Court to quash the illegal mining case against him, a day after police launched a ... Read more...
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BJP demands Krishna’s resignation over illegal mining
December 9th, 2011 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 8 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka Thursday evening demanded External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna's resignation following the launch of a police probe into ... Read more...
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Krishna terms mining scam charges ‘unholy’ bid to malign him
December 8th, 2011 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 8 (IANS) External Affairs minister S.M. Krishna Thursday termed as "unholy attempts" at "character assassination" the allegations that he had allowed illegal mining in Karnataka for financial gains ... Read more...
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Three Karnataka ex-CMs named in mining scam FIR
December 8th, 2011 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 8 (IANS) In a major embarrassment to the Congress, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Thursday came under police scanner for his alleged role in allowing illegal mining ... Read more...
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Illegal mining: Embarrassment for Congress as Krishna faces probe
December 3rd, 2011 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 3 (IANS) The Congress, reeling under attack over corruption and other issues at the national level, Saturday faced embarrassment as Foreign Minister S. M. Krishna came under ... Read more...
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Defector Haryana lawmakers want disqualification petition dismissed
November 10th, 2011 - 12:36 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 9 (IANS) Five legislators from the Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) who had defected to the ruling Congress in 2009 Wednesday moved an application before the Haryana assembly speaker ... Read more...
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Six-year-old dies as school van overturns
August 5th, 2011 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 5 (IANS) A six-year-old student was killed and 10 children injured when their school van overturned in Uttar Pradesh Friday, police said.The accident took place in Naraini area ... Read more...
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Lokayukta denies naming Krishna in mining report
July 23rd, 2011 - 1:04 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 22 (IANS) Karnataka Lokayukta N. Santosh Hegde Friday denied he had named External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, who was chief minister in 1999-2004, in his report on illegal ... Read more...
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BJP, Congress sparring continues over Lokayuka report (Evening lead)
July 22nd, 2011 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore/New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday traded charges over illegal mining in Karnataka and the continuation of Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa ... Read more...
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Politicians’ illegal mining links leave Karnataka battered (Lead News Analysis)
July 22nd, 2011 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 22 (IANS) Politicians' deep involvement in illegal mining in Karnataka, as confirmed by Lokayukta N. Santosh Hegde, shreds to pieces the state's image and leaves its over ... Read more...
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Deve Gowda family has amassed Rs.1,500 crore assets: BJP (Lead)
June 28th, 2011 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 28 (IANS) Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday alleged that former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda's family has amassed known assets of Rs.1,500 crore through corrupt ... Read more...
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BJP says Congress, JD-S encouraged mining mafia in Karnataka
May 9th, 2011 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 9 (IANS) Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday charged the Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) with encouraging illegal iron ore and granite mining in the state.The ... Read more...
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Corrupt taint against Yeddyurappa a perception: Gadkari
April 9th, 2011 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) With the anti-corruption movement taking centrestage across India, BJP president Nitin Gadkari Saturday faced some tough questioning from industry honchos on the party's failure to ... Read more...
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Haryana’s defector legislators object to hearing
February 4th, 2011 - 11:12 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 4 (IANS) The five legislators from the Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) who defected to the ruling Congress Friday objected to the anti-defection issue against them being heard by Haryana assembly's ... Read more...
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Hooda expands ministry, includes HJC defectors
January 28th, 2011 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 28 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Friday expanded his ministry, inducting four new cabinet ministers, including two legislators who had defected from the Haryana Janhit Congress ... Read more...
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It’s season of petitions in Karnataka (Letter from Karnataka)
January 26th, 2011 - 11:14 am ICT by IANS
By V.S. Karnic
Bangalore, Jan 26 (IANS) Once hailed as a city of pensioners, this Karnataka capital has almost become a city of petitioners. Keeping track of pleas, both filed and planned, ... Read more...
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Railway tracks being doubled in Jammu and Kashmir
December 30th, 2010 - 7:47 pm ICT by ANI
By Tahir Nadeem KhanJammu, Dec.30 (ANI): The Northern Railway has commenced the doubling of the tracks between Pathankot and Jammu in Samba region of Jammu and Kashmir.The railway tracks would soon witness ... Read more...
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Haryana speaker asked to decide on defectors within 4 months
December 20th, 2010 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 20 (IANS) The Punjab and Haryana High Court Monday directed the Haryana assembly speaker to decide within four months on the disqualification of five legislators who defected. Justice Ajay ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa to meet BJP top brass over land scam issue tomorrow
November 19th, 2010 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 19 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, who has been summoned by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership following the controversy surrounding the allocation of de-notified State-owned ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa denies wrongdoing in sons’ land deals
November 15th, 2010 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 15 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Monday asserted that no wrong has been done or law broken in his sons getting prime land in and around Bangalore."There is no ... Read more...
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Securitymen attacked, rifles snatched away
November 3rd, 2010 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 3 (IANS) Two armed men in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district attacked a policeman and a Home Guard and shot one of them before making away with their rifles early Wednesday.Constable ... Read more...
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BJP, JD-S win Karnataka bypolls, Congress comes third (Second Lead, superseding earlier story)
September 16th, 2010 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 16 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and opposition Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) Thursday bagged one seat each in two Karnataka bypolls, but the Congress drew a blank, continuing ... Read more...
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BJP, JD-S win Karnataka bypolls, Congress loses again (Lead)
September 16th, 2010 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 16 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) Thursday grabbed a seat each in two Karnataka bypolls, but the Congress again drew ... Read more...
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BJP, JD-S win Karnataka bypolls, Congress loses again
September 16th, 2010 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 16 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and opposition Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) Thursday bagged one seat each in two Karnataka bypolls, but the Congress drew a blank, continuing ... Read more...
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Over 50 percent polling in Karnataka by-polls (Lead)
September 13th, 2010 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 13 (IANS) Over 50 percent of 350,000 eligible voters Monday cast their ballots in the two assembly by-polls in Karnataka, an election official said here.
"The polling for Kadur seat in ... Read more...
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Voting in Karnataka by-polls gets under way
September 13th, 2010 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 13 (IANS) Around 15 percent of over 350,000 eligible voters had cast their ballots in the first four hours of polling Monday in the two assembly by-polls in Karnataka, ... Read more...
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Karnataka assembly by-polls Monday, prestige of 3 parties at stake
September 12th, 2010 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 12 (IANS) Voting will take place Monday for two assembly seats in Karnataka, the outcome of which will impact the prestige and morale of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party ... Read more...
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