Hold your horses, Bengal minister tells taxi, bus owners (Lead)
September 14th, 2012 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 14 (IANS) As bus, minibus and taxi operators in West Bengal threatened an indefinite strike if fares were not immediately raised in the wake of the abrupt ... Read more...
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Court gives government time in missing engineer case (Lead)
June 1st, 2012 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday granted the central government time to file its reply to the plea of Nikhat Parveen, who has sought to know ... Read more...
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Apex court grants time to centre on missing engineer case
June 1st, 2012 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday granted the central government time to file its reply to Nikhat Parveen's plea seeking whereabouts of her husband Fasih ... Read more...
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More trouble for Achuthanandan’s son
October 21st, 2011 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 21 (IANS) Education Minister P.K. Abdu Rabb Friday told the Kerala assembly that very strong action would be taken against V.A. Arun Kumar, the son of veteran CPI-M ... Read more...
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Quran exhibition called off after protests
September 24th, 2011 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) An exhibition on Quran and the message of Islam being held here was called off Saturday mid-way through its schedule after facing protests from other ... Read more...
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Opposition unites to demand statement from prime minister
August 16th, 2011 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) The opposition Tuesday rose unitedly against the government handling of the Anna Hazare episode and has decided to demand a statement from Prime ... Read more...
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New Indian envoy’s arrival in Nepal delayed
August 10th, 2011 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 10 (IANS) The arrival of India's ambassador-designate to Nepal, Jayant Prasad, has been delayed with Nepal's foreign ministry saying it had no immediate information when he would assume ... Read more...
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Withdraw troops from schools, apex court tells Chhattisgarh (Lead)
January 18th, 2011 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday directed the Chhattisgarh government to get vacated within four months all schools, educational institutions and hostels being used as camps by security forces ... Read more...
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Bengal taxi operators threaten indefinite strike
August 19th, 2010 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 18 (IANS) West Bengal's taxi operators Wednesday threatened to go on an indefinite strike from Sep 1 unless the state government raises the taxi fares.
"We will go on an indefinite ... Read more...
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India has poor aviation safety standards, says expert
May 22nd, 2010 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) India has poor aviation safety standards and accidents like Saturday's crash near Mangalore are bound to occur if these are not improved, said Captain M.R. Wadia, founder ... Read more...
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UP Govt agrees to stop construction of all statues, memorial parks
September 8th, 2009 - 7:58 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 8 (ANI): The Mayawati - led Uttar Pradesh Government on Tuesday agreed to stop further construction of all the statues and memorials in the state.The state government in it's ... Read more...
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Fare freeze, service quality are focus of India’s rail budget (Lead)
July 3rd, 2009 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
By Arvind Padmanabhan and Anuradha Shukla
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) According top priority to social commitment as opposed to economic viability, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday presented her ministry's budget for ... Read more...
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Mirwaiz asks ’strong’ Congress government to solve Kashmir issue
May 21st, 2009 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 21 (IANS) Separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Thursday urged the new Congress-led "strong government" to solve the Kashmir issue and fulfil the promise of India's first prime minister Jawaharlal ... Read more...
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PM attacks Left for not cooperating in nuke deal
April 11th, 2009 - 4:58 pm ICT by ANI
Kochi, Apr 11 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday condemned the Left for not cooperating with the Central Government during negotiations for the crucial nuclear deal with the US.Addressing his ... Read more...
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Left has always been on the wrong side: PM
April 11th, 2009 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, April 11 (IANS) Training his guns at the Left, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday said the Communists had made the wrong choice over many policies, from the Green Revolution to ... Read more...
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Brakel team meets Himachal officials over controversial project
November 21st, 2008 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Nov 21 (IANS) Executives of Holland's Brakel Corp NV, the firm contracted to set up the Thopan-Powari-Jangi hydropower project in Himachal Pradesh, Friday met the government once again to present its ... Read more...
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Call for shutdown on Christmas deepens divide in Orissa
November 20th, 2008 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Nov 20 (IANS) The communal divide in Orissa has deepened with a radical Hindu group calling for a statewide shutdown on Christmas Day and Christians demanding that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik ... Read more...
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Nun’s rape: Orissa asks for proof of Bajrang Dal role
October 17th, 2008 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) The Orissa government Friday told the Supreme Court that the archbishop of Cuttack must substantiate his allegation that Bajrang Dal activists were behind the rape of a ... Read more...
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Pak lawyers to stage sit-ins protest across the country
August 25th, 2008 - 6:42 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug 25 (ANI): Aitzaz Ahsan, President of Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association, today said that the lawyers and civil society will be holding countrywide sit ins on August 28 to ... Read more...
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Parliament to meet in September
August 5th, 2008 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The monsoon session of parliament will convene in the second week of September, to give the government time to try restoring normalcy in Jammu region, according to ... Read more...
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Ban seeks clarification of UN role in Nepal’s peace process
July 15th, 2008 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, July 15 (IANS) Asked by Nepal's government to extend the term of the UN political mission assisting in the thorny peace process, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has suggested that ... Read more...
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TRS seeks separate Telangana for supporting UPA
July 11th, 2008 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 10 (IANS) The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), which has two members in the Lok Sabha, was mounting pressure on the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) to make a firm commitment on ... Read more...
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Government may fall by Aug 15, says BJP
June 19th, 2008 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) With the Left sharpening its claws over the India-US civil nuclear deal, the Bharaiya Janata Party (BJP) warned Thursday that the Congress-led government could collapse by Aug ... Read more...
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Pak PM says no pressure from Presidency to restore sacked judges
May 20th, 2008 - 2:51 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad , May 20 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that there was no pressure from the Presidency to restore the sacked judges, and that the constitutional experts ... Read more...
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Advani was the weakest home minister ever: Congress
March 25th, 2008 - 9:55 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) Intensifying its attack on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani, the Congress Tuesday labelled him the "weakest home minister ever" and said his statement that he ... Read more...
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