BJP criticises PM over advice to media
September 13th, 2012 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday criticized Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his remarks that media should avoid sensationalism in its reporting and said ... Read more...
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DMK withdraws from MPs delegation to Sri Lanka
April 15th, 2012 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 15 (IANS) Tamil Nadu's major opposition party DMK Sunday decided to pull out of the all-party delegation of Members of Parliament to Sri Lanka, saying the visit will ... Read more...
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AIADMK out of MPs team to Sri Lanka
April 11th, 2012 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 11 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Wednesday withdrew her AIADMK MP from an all-party delegation set to visit Sri Lanka April 16-21.The team led by BJP's ... Read more...
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Maharashtra opposition slams government on Kripashankar
March 2nd, 2012 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 2 (IANS) Maharashtra opposition parties Friday accused the Democratic Front state government of attempting to shield former minister and former city party chief Kripashankar Singh, who is ... Read more...
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Mamata U-turn: Blames CPI-M for Gyaneshwari train tragedy
February 19th, 2012 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) Months after accusing the Maoists of triggering the 2010 Gyaneshwari Express train derailment - which killed 149 people - West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, ... Read more...
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Congress stays away from sleazegate probe
February 15th, 2012 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 15 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday said it will not join the panel to probe three former Karnataka ministers caught watching porn in the assembly, saying the panel ... Read more...
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Sleazegate: BJP, opposition spar over three ministers
February 9th, 2012 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 9 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka and opposition parties Thursday stepped up their attack on each other over action against three sleazegate ministers ... Read more...
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Lukewarm response to renovated Ghalib’s haveli
December 29th, 2011 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib's 'haveli', which was recently renovated by the government, seems to have failed to please both the visitors and locals, who say ... Read more...
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Mayawati could be jailed for corruption: Uma Bharti
November 28th, 2011 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 28 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharti Monday reiterated her controversial threat to "set afire Walmart outlets", but said she has nothing in common with ... Read more...
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Stormy winter session of Madhya Pradesh assembly expected
November 20th, 2011 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Nov 20 (IANS) The winter session of Madhya Pradesh assembly beginning Monday is expected to be stormy with the Congress bringing in a no-confidence motion against the Shivraj ... Read more...
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Mayawati decides to split Uttar Pradesh, opposition fumes (Roundup)
November 15th, 2011 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 15 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, is to be broken into four states for better governance, Chief Minister Mayawati announced Tuesday, triggering an opposition outcry.The ... Read more...
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Parties term Uttar Pradesh split a political stunt (Lead)
November 15th, 2011 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Lucknow, Nov 15 (IANS) Major political parties have described the Uttar Pradesh cabinet's decision to divide the state into four as a political stunt aimed at the coming ... Read more...
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I will not let down Maran brothers: Karunanidhi
October 11th, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 11 (IANS) A day after the CBI booked M. Karunanidhi's grand-nephews -- former union minister Dayanidhi Maran and promoter of Sun TV and SpiceJet airline Kalanithi Maran -- ... Read more...
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Congress seeks president’s intervention in alleged Orissa scams
September 8th, 2011 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 8 (IANS) The opposition Congress in Orissa Thursday demanded probes by independent central agencies in allegations of large-scale corruption and scams in the state and sought President ... Read more...
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Separatist strike affects life in Kashmir
September 7th, 2011 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 7 (IANS) Life in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital and other major towns of the valley was severely affected for the second day Wednesday due to a ... Read more...
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Kejriwal asks people to switch off home lights
August 15th, 2011 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Just after activist Anna Hazare addressed a conference here Monday evening to announced his anti-corruption strategy, his team member Arvind Kejriwal appealed to people to ... Read more...
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Anna slams Lokpal bill, vows fast from Aug 16 (Second Lead)
August 11th, 2011 - 12:29 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Hardening its posture, Team Anna Hazare Wednesday told a parliamentary panel to recommend to the government to replace the Lokpal bill with a stronger anti-corruption ... Read more...
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Team Anna to meet government panel on Lokpal
August 10th, 2011 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Civil society activists led by social reformer Anna Hazare Wednesday said they would meet a parliamentary standing committee on the anti-graft Lokpal Bill in the ... Read more...
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Mamata’s committees: Too many cooks?
July 30th, 2011 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 30 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's penchant for setting up expert committees on a range of issues has triggered a debate, with questions being raised ... Read more...
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Congress insists on CBI probe into UP girl’s murder
June 14th, 2011 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 14 (IANS) The Congress party in Uttar Pradesh Tuesday again demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the murder of a 14-year-old girl whose body was ... Read more...
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Prosecute Patnaik over pulses scam, BJP tells Orissa governor
February 16th, 2011 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 16 (IANS) A BJP delegation met Orissa Governor M.C. Bhadare Wednesday and submitted a memorandum seeking prosecution of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and his ministers over irregularities in ... Read more...
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Orissa assembly adjourned over pulses scam
February 15th, 2011 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 15 (IANS) The Orissa assembly was adjourned several times Tuesday, the second day of its budget session, as the opposition disrupted proceedings demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik ... Read more...
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Ratify UN convention against corruption: BJP demands
January 28th, 2011 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday termed as a "mere eyewash" Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's statement about steps to recover black money stashed abroad and called ... Read more...
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Special session was a trap: BJP
January 5th, 2011 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday called the Congress proposal for a special session of parliament on the 2G spectrum issue a 'trap' to divert attention from ... Read more...
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CBI quizzes Raja in 2G spectrum scam
December 24th, 2010 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday questioned former communications minister A. Raja here for several hours in connection with the 2G spectrum scandal, two weeks ... Read more...
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CWG scam: ‘I am innocent till proven guilty’, says Kalmadi
December 24th, 2010 - 6:32 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 24 (ANI): After the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted raids at his premises in New Delhi and in Pune for around eight hours, an embattled Commonwealth Games ... Read more...
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CWG scam: BJP terms CBI raids at Kalmadi’s residences an ‘eyewash’
December 24th, 2010 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI
Jammu, Dec 24 (ANI): Reacting to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raids being conducted at the premises of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi in New Delhi and in ... Read more...
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BJP, opposition rubbishes raids on Kalmadi, aide residences
December 24th, 2010 - 1:30 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec. 24 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and other opposition parties on Friday rubbished the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) raids on the residences of Commonwealth Games Organising ... Read more...
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CBI raids may not create immediate rift between Congress, DMK
December 15th, 2010 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 15 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) raids Wednesday on the premises of associates of former communications minister A. Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi as part of the 2G ... Read more...
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Raja raids mere eyewash, says opposition
December 8th, 2010 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raids on the homes of former telecom minister A. Raja over the 2G spectrum allocation are a mere eyewash, opposition ... Read more...
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Shunglu Committee only a cover-up, allege social activists
October 29th, 2010 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) A group of social activists Friday accused the prime minister of "misleading the nation" by setting up the Shunglu Committee to probe corruption charges in the ... Read more...
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Maoist truce offer is an eyewash, say experts
August 18th, 2010 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 18 (IANS) Top Maoist leader Kishanji's offer of a truce was nothing but an "eyewash", security experts said here Wednesday, stressing that the government should not fall in the "talks ... Read more...
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CAG raps Mayawati government for pulling down stadium
August 13th, 2010 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 13 (IANS) The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has rapped the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh for pulling down a sports stadium here to make room for ... Read more...
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Chidambaram heads ministers’ panel on Bhopal gas tragedy (Round-up)
June 9th, 2010 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has named Home Minister P. Chidambaram as head of the reconstituted high-level ministerial panel tasked with suggesting remedial measures to help victims ... Read more...
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Ministerial panel on Bhopal gas tragedy an eyewash: BJP
June 9th, 2010 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday slammed the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government over the reconstituted Group of Ministers (GoM) to look into the Bhopal ... Read more...
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