VIP quota for Haj pilgrimage cut by apex court (Lead)
July 23rd, 2012 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday reduced the VIP quota for Haj pilgrimage from 2,550 to just 300.The apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice ... Read more...
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Increase Hajj pilgrimage quota: Jayalalithaa
July 14th, 2012 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 14 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Saturday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to enhance the state's Hajj pilgrimage quota.In a letter to Singh, Jayalalithaa said: ... Read more...
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Karnataka minister quits over land row, CM rejects (Lead)
June 23rd, 2012 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 23 (IANS) Karnataka Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Kumar Saturday resigned following a controversy over allotment of a housing site in the city in alleged violation ... Read more...
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Apex court reserves order on suit against Balakrishnan (Lead)
May 7th, 2012 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday reserved its order on a petition seeking a presidential reference into allegations of misconduct against National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairman ... Read more...
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Apex court reserves order on suit against Balakrishnan
May 7th, 2012 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday reserved its order on a petition seeking a presidential reference into allegations of misconduct against National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairman ... Read more...
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Houses of three Karunanidhi PSOs raided
March 2nd, 2012 - 2:27 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 2 (IANS) The homes of three personal security officers (PSOs) of former chief minister M. Karunanidhi were raided here on allegations that they had cheated the Tamil Nadu ... Read more...
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Amendments to Lokpal bill being considered, says Narayanasamy
February 11th, 2012 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The government is committed to a strong Lokpal bill and is looking at amendments suggested by its allies as well as the opposition parties ... Read more...
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Odisha abolishes discretionary housing quota
December 7th, 2011 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Dec 7 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday abolished the discretionary quota system in the allotment of houses and lands in the state's urban areas.The move came days ... Read more...
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Row over housing quota allotments in Odisha
November 14th, 2011 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Nov 14 (IANS) The allotment of houses and land to individuals for the past several decades under the state's discretionary quota has sparked off a major row in Odisha, ... Read more...
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Odisha minister in soup over availing houses on quota
November 9th, 2011 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Nov 9 (IANS) The opposition parties in Orissa Wednesday demanded the resignation of state Law Minister Bikram Keshari Arukh after he admitted that two houses were allotted to ... Read more...
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Land allotments again haunt Yeddyurappa
July 4th, 2011 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 4 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Monday said he had allotted residential plots in Mysore to four of his relatives on "compassionate grounds".The chief minister's acknowledgement came ... Read more...
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Fresh allegations against Bhushans, Sonia distances from smear campaign(Intro Roundup)
April 20th, 2011 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The controversies dogging the civil society representatives in the Lokpal Bill joint drafting committee continued to rage Wednesday with fresh allegations of graft ... Read more...
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Bhushans sink deeper into controversy but fight back (Roundup)
April 20th, 2011 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Fresh allegations of corruption surfaced against Lokpal bill joint committee co-chair Shanti Bhushan Wednesday. But the Bhushans fought back, demanding a public apology from ... Read more...
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Congress refuses to back Rita Bahuguna Joshi on Bhushans
April 20th, 2011 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi said Wednesday that after allegations of corruption Shanti Bhushan must step down as co-chair of the panel drafting ... Read more...
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Land not allotted through discretionary quota, say Bhushans (Lead)
April 20th, 2011 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Calling it a "malicious campaign" by corrupt people, Lokpal bill joint committee co-chair Shanti Bhushan Wednesday denied that he and his lawyer son Jayant Bhushan ... Read more...
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Karunanidhi trashes Swamy’s allegations in land allotment
February 8th, 2011 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 8 (IANS) Countering Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy's allegation that he abused his powers in housing allotment, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Tuesday told the state assembly the discretionary ... Read more...
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Karunanidhi hits back at Swamy, says no irregularities in land scam
February 8th, 2011 - 4:40 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, Feb 8 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) chief M Karunanidhi has refuted the charges of irregularities in the allotment of land under the discretionary quota, and ... Read more...
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Swamy seeks Karunanidhi’s prosecution for land allotment (Lead)
February 7th, 2011 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 7 (IANS) Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Monday sought the Tamil Nadu governor's sanction for prosecution of Chief Minister M. Karuananidhi for alleged irregularities in land allotment.Swamy handed over his ... Read more...
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Swamy to seek governor’s sanction to prosecute Karunanidhi
February 7th, 2011 - 2:27 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 7 (IANS) Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Monday said he would seek Tamil Nadu Governor Surjit Singh Barnala's sanction to prosecute Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi for alleged misuse of ... Read more...
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Land scam probe ordered by Yeddyurappa violates law: Ombusdman
November 29th, 2010 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 29 (IANS) Karnataka Lok Ayukta (ombudsman) Monday reiterated that the judicial probe into land scams ordered by Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa violates the law."The government has to take the ombudsman's ... Read more...
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United opposition stalls parliament, but split over Yeddyurappa (Roundup)
November 23rd, 2010 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) A united opposition saw parliament paralysed for the eighth day Tuesday over the demand for a parliamentary probe into allocation of 2G airwaves, but outside the ... Read more...
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Krishna rubbishes Yeddyruappa’s claims on land deals
November 16th, 2010 - 3:17 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 16 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna late Monday denied
he had denotified lands acquired by the Karnataka government to favour some people when
he was chief minister of the sate ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa to set up panel to probe land deals (Lead)
November 15th, 2010 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 15 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Monday declared that he would set up an inquiry commission headed by a former Supreme Court judge to investigate land deals across ... 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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Bengal plots for distinguished people under apex court scanner
November 8th, 2010 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday directed the West Bengal government to file an affidavit stating the number of residential plots under the chief minister's discretionary quota which have ... Read more...
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‘Slumdog’ kids finally get homes of their own
May 29th, 2009 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 29 (IANS) The two child stars of Oscar-winner "Slumdog Millionaire" finally have a reason to smile as Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan Friday announced Azharuddin Ismail Shaikh and Rubina ... Read more...
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Haryana lawmakers to get land in Gurgaon, Panchkula
July 14th, 2008 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 14 (IANS) Lawmakers in Haryana need not be bothered about rising land prices in two of the state's most attractive towns - Gurgaon and Panchkula. The state cabinet, chaired by ... Read more...
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Opposition boycotts minister’s reply in Madhya Pradesh assembly
March 11th, 2008 - 8:02 pm ICT by admin
Bhopal, March 11 (IANS) The entire opposition in the Madhya Pradesh's assembly - the Congress, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the Samajwadi Party - Tuesday staged a protest sit-in and ... Read more...
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