Visva-Bharati warden’s action traditional cure: Agnivesh
July 10th, 2012 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) A nationwide outrage over a Visva-Bharati warden asking a class 5 student to drink her urine for bed-wetting notwithstanding, social activist Swami Agnivesh claimed Tuesday ... Read more...
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Twitterati target Mamata regime for professor’s arrest
April 13th, 2012 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 13 (IANS) "Extreme violation of freedom of expression" and reminiscent of the Emergency days were among the barrage of angry comments made on Twitter, including by exiled ... Read more...
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Anger at CPI-M rule surpasses that of Emergency: Trinamool leader
March 13th, 2011 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 13 (IANS) Anger among the masses in West Bengal against Left Front's rule is more than the discontent during the days of the Emergency in the ... Read more...
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Shiv Sena lauds opposition unity during shutdown
July 6th, 2010 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 6 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Tuesday lauded the unity of opposition parties and the spontaneous public support that led to the success of the nationwide shutdown against the rise ... Read more...
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Sharad Yadav calls on youth to join Bharat Bandh
July 2nd, 2010 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Accusing the central government of betraying the interests of the common man, Janata Dal-United (JD-U) president Sharad Yadav Friday urged the youth to come out on ... Read more...
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Government denies phone tapping amid parliament uproar (Afternoon Lead)
April 26th, 2010 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The government Monday "categorically" denied ordering the tapping of telephones of key political leaders amid vehement protests by a united opposition that stalled both houses of ... Read more...
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Angry opposition set to derail parliament over phone taps (Second Lead)
April 24th, 2010 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Angry opposition parties have vowed to cripple parliament Monday over a report claiming the government had tapped the telephones of key political leaders, including from the ... Read more...
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Fuming opposition set to derail parliament over phone taps (Lead)
April 24th, 2010 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Opposition parties Saturday vowed to cripple parliament Monday over a published report that the government had tapped telephones of four key political leaders including two from ... Read more...
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BJP flays Congress over alleged phone tapping
April 24th, 2010 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday accused the Congress of going back to the "Emergency" days after a report alleged that telephones of four top political ... Read more...
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BJP, Left accuse UPA Government of scuttling voice of Parliament
October 17th, 2008 - 7:21 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct.17 (ANI): The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government, which is headed by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, was roundly criticised on Friday by the Left and the Bharatiya Janata ... Read more...
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Russia set to exit Georgia, South Ossetia declares emergency (Lead)
August 18th, 2008 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow/Tbilisi (Georgia), Aug 18 (DPA) Georgians Monday were awaiting a promised pullout of Russian troops as the leadership of South Ossetia sacked its local government and declared temporary authoritarian rule. Russian troops ... Read more...
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South Ossetia’s president dismisses government, declares emergency
August 18th, 2008 - 1:00 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Aug 18 (DPA) The president of Georgia's pro-Russian separatist region of South Ossetia dismissed his government Monday and proclaimed a state of emergency, days after Georgia and Russia signed a six-point ... Read more...
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Protests erupt in Andhra Pradesh over scribes’ arrests (Lead)
June 25th, 2008 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 25 (IANS) The arrest of the editor and two reporters of a Telugu daily for slapping an effigy of a Dalit leader evoked widespread condemnation with activists of opposition parties ... Read more...
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