A popular touch to President Pranab’s At Home reception
August 15th, 2012 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Rain played the perfect tease, drizzling just a little for a couple of minutes on a hot sultry evening as President Pranab Mukherjee hosted ... Read more...
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PM, Sonia pay last respects to Deshmukh
August 15th, 2012 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
Latur, Aug 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi paid their last respects to former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh in Babhalgaon village here Wednesday.Soon ... Read more...
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Karnataka celebrates Independence Day
August 15th, 2012 - 11:33 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 15 (IANS) Karnataka celebrated the 66th Independence Day with flag-hoisting, national anthems and march past by police and others accompanied by bands.In Bangalore, Chief Minister Jagadish Shetter unfurled ... Read more...
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Team Anna apologises to media for scuffle
July 31st, 2012 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Asking supporters to stay away from violence, anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare and members of his team Tuesday apologised to the media for the scuffle ... Read more...
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After Pranab, Mamata grabs eyeballs at central hall (Sidelights)
July 25th, 2012 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) It was Pranab Mukherjee's day of course, but if there was any other person to grab attention at the swearing in ceremony in parliament's ... Read more...
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CBI questions Jagan in illegal wealth case (Lead)
June 3rd, 2012 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 3 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) questioned jailed YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy in the illegal wealth case Sunday, the first day of the ... Read more...
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CBI takes Jagan’s custody, begins questioning
June 3rd, 2012 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 3 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Sunday began questioning jailed YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy in the illegal assets case.The questioning began at the ... Read more...
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Jagan sent to jail for 14 days in assets case (Roundup)
May 28th, 2012 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 28 (IANS) Member of Parliament Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy landed in Chanchalguda Central Jail here Monday after a special court remanded him to judicial custody for 14 days ... Read more...
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CBI grills Jagan for over 7 hours, to continue questioning Saturday (Evening Lead)
May 25th, 2012 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 25 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday grilled YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy for over seven hours in the illegal assets case and will ... Read more...
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CBI grills Jagan in illegal assets case (Second Lead)
May 25th, 2012 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 25 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) here Friday continued grilling YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy in the illegal assets case amid speculation that he ... Read more...
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Jagan appears before CBI team amid tight security (Lead)
May 25th, 2012 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 25 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) here Friday began questioning YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy in the illegal assets case amid speculations that he ... Read more...
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Clinton, Mamata meet with folded hands
May 7th, 2012 - 1:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 7 (IANS) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the state secretariat here, with FDI in retail, the Teesta ... Read more...
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Narendra Modi takes pot shots at Manmohan, Kalmadi
March 19th, 2012 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
Pune, March 18 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Sunday took pot shots at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, joking that he had received an Oscar for acting."I received an ... Read more...
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Akhilesh takes over, shunts out Mayawati loyalists (Evening Lead)
March 15th, 2012 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 15 (IANS) Within an hour of taking over as the new Uttar Pradesh chief minister, promising "change in two days", Akhilesh Yadav Thursday overhauled the state bureaucracy ... Read more...
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Akhilesh Yadav becomes UP’s youngest chief minister (Third Lead)
March 15th, 2012 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 15 (IANS) Nine days after his Samajwadi Party (SP) won a thumping majority in Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav was Thursday sworn in as the 33rd chief minister ... Read more...
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‘Face’ of Gujarat riots to launch Mumbai protest initiative
February 26th, 2012 - 1:06 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 25 (IANS) Qutubuddin Ansari, the famous 'face' of the 2002 Gujarat riots, will exhort Indians to mark as a black day the 10th anniversary of the carnage ... Read more...
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Drunk man beaten up by police at railway station
February 14th, 2012 - 12:59 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Feb 13 (IANS) A drunk man creating a ruckus was brutally thrashed by police at a railway station in Madhya Pradesh. A police official Monday assured action against the ... Read more...
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MNS names candidates - with marks!
January 29th, 2012 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 29 (IANS) The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Sunday announced the party's first list of candidates for the 10 municipal corporation elections Feb 16 - along with the ... Read more...
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Punjab poll have something ‘official’ about it!
January 20th, 2012 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 20 (IANS) Elections to the 117 assembly seats in Punjab are not about political parties and politicians alone. The state's officialdom has got involved this time - not ... Read more...
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PM offers prayers at Golden Temple on New Year
January 1st, 2012 - 8:33 am ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Jan 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived at the holiest of Sikh shrines 'Harmandar Sahib', popularly known as Golden Temple, early Sunday to offer prayers on the ... Read more...
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Dump this Lokpal bill, says Team Anna
December 27th, 2011 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 27 (IANS) Team Anna Tuesday urged parliament to dump the government Lokpal bill, saying it will only fuel more corruption instead of combating it."We are appealing to ... Read more...
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We oppose communalism too, says Kejriwal
December 26th, 2011 - 4:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 26 (IANS) The Anna Hazare campaign against corruption is equally opposed to communalism, his confidante Arvind Kejriwal said Monday.Speaking to journalists after Team Anna's core group held ... Read more...
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Families appeal to Maoists to release labourers
December 11th, 2011 - 1:18 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Dec 11 (IANS) The distraught family members of seven labourers, who were abducted by Maoists in Bihar's Jamui district two days ago while constructing a bridge, Sunday appealed to ... Read more...
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Pawar slapped, attacker says ‘they’re all thieves’ (Intro Roundup)
November 24th, 2011 - 10:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar was Thursday slapped by a Delhi youth angry over rising prices and corruption, sparking nationwide condemnation and questions over VVIP ... Read more...
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Warmth of bonhomie amid ‘winter chill’ in parliament
November 22nd, 2011 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Their strong differences notwithstanding, many MPs cutting across party lines warmly greeted each other as parliament opened Tuesday for a nearly month-long session. And ... Read more...
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Kejriwal forks out Rs.9.7 lakh in dues, writes to PM (Lead)
November 3rd, 2011 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal, an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, Thursday returned Rs.9.27 lakh dues to the Income Tax department "under protest".Accusing the ... Read more...
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Silence, anxiety, some tears, as charges read in 2G case
October 22nd, 2011 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) The Special Court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) at Patiala House here was enveloped in suspenseful and anxious silence minutes before Judge O.P. ... Read more...
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President hosts Independence Day reception
August 15th, 2011 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Diplomats, politicians and ministers descended at the Rastrapati Bhavan Monday evening on a rain-soaked Independence Day for the At Home reception hosted by President ... Read more...
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Gaiety, patriotic fervour mark I-Day in Karnataka
August 15th, 2011 - 12:19 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 15 (IANS) Gaiety and patriotic fervour marked the 65th Independence Day Monday with the hoisting of the tricolour, rendering of the national anthem and march past by ... Read more...
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Nitish Kumar ties rakhi to a tree
August 13th, 2011 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 13 (IANS) In a rare move to promote environmental awareness on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday tied rakhi to a tree ... Read more...
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Babri demolition, BSP alliance Congress’s mistakes: Digvijay
June 25th, 2011 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh Saturday said failure to prevent demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992 and the pre-poll alliance with the Bahujan ... Read more...
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YSR’s family ’stand divided’ on Kadappa polling day
May 8th, 2011 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 8 (IANS) Even the worst political rivals greet each other when they come face-to-face during polling. But it was a different story Sunday in Kadapa, where ... Read more...
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Sathya Sai Baba passes away, millions in grief (Intro Roundup)
April 25th, 2011 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Puttaparthi (Andhra Pradesh), April 24 (IANS) Sathya Sai Baba, one of India's most revered spiritual leaders, died here Sunday after prolonged illness, plunging millions of his followers across the ... Read more...
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Devotees begin last ‘darshan’ of Sai Baba
April 24th, 2011 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
Puttaparthi (Andhra Pradesh), April 24 (IANS) Thousands lined up at Prashanti Nilayam in this pilgrim town for a last 'darshan' of spiritual leader Sathya Sai Baba, who died Sunday.The devotees, ... Read more...
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Andhra governor, CM pay last respects to Sathya Sai Baba
April 24th, 2011 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
Puttaparthi (Andhra Pradesh), April 24 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan, Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy and his cabinet colleagues Sunday paid their last respects to spiritual leader Sathya ... Read more...
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