Narendra Modi kickstarts poll campaign in Gujarat
September 11th, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Sep 11 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday kicked off his Bharatiya Janata Party's campaign for the assembly polls in December, challenging the Congress to battle it ... Read more...
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Hooda government selling state to land mafia: INLD
August 30th, 2012 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 30 (IANS) Opposition Indian National Lok Dal has accused the state government in Haryana of selling the state to the land mafia operating out of Gurgaon.The accusation came ... Read more...
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Women’s group claims Goa government in cahoots with casinos
August 13th, 2012 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 13 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led coalition government in Goa is hand in glove with the casino industry, a leading women's organisation here alleged Monday.Sabina ... Read more...
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Bihar assembly committee to probe ‘health scam’
August 9th, 2012 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 8 (IANS) The Bihar assembly speaker Wednesday ordered a house committee probe into the alleged removal of uteruses of over 16,000 below poverty line women in the ... Read more...
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‘Noida ground water overuse probe not held’
July 19th, 2012 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, July 19 (IANS) A two-member official team which came to investigate complaints against mall developers overdrawing ground water in sector 18 here left without conducting any probe, an activist ... Read more...
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Green chilies, Mamata and the price war (West Bengal Newsletter)
July 7th, 2012 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 7 (IANS) While the green chilli is known for scalding the tongue, people in West Bengal and especially in this city have of late been feeling the ... Read more...
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Violence, killings down in Maoist areas, says Mamata
June 29th, 2012 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) There was a significant improvement in law and order in the three Maoist-affected districts of West Bengal with the number of violent incidents and killings ... Read more...
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Aamir strikes the right chord with ‘Satyamev Jayate’ (Roundup)
May 6th, 2012 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai/New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The much-awaited television show "Sataymev Jayate" has turned out to be another masterstroke from Aamir Khan. The star evoked a range of emotions as ... Read more...
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‘Satyamev Jayate’ gutsy, sensible show: Viewers
May 6th, 2012 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 6 (IANS) From filmmakers to clinical psychologists to professors - everyone has given the thumbs up to Aamir Khan's television show "Satyamev Jayate", saying it is a ... Read more...
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In ‘Satyamev Jayate’ Aamir deals with female foeticide - and how!
May 6th, 2012 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Disbelief, horror, tears, smiles --- Aamir Khan evoked all this among his rapt audience as he dealt with the sensitive topic of female foeticide ... Read more...
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Trinamool leader flung jug at me, says Bengal professor
April 25th, 2012 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 25 (IANS) A woman college professor's allegation that a former Trinamool Congress legislator flung a jug full of water at her following an altercation over teachers' association elections ... Read more...
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Kerala CPI-M legislator resigns
March 9th, 2012 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 9 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader R. Selvaraj Friday resigned as legislator, taking the party top brass by surprise and fuelling speculation that he was hand ... Read more...
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Experts express concern over illegal mining
February 24th, 2012 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The enormous environmental damage caused by rampant mining activity in the country is a neglected issue as the state is concerned only with rapid industrialisation, ... Read more...
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West UP can be industrial hub: BJP
February 22nd, 2012 - 12:37 am ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Feb 21 (IANS) Western Uttar Pradesh has a potential to become the commercial and industrial hub of India but during the last decade has turned into the ... Read more...
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Family matter: BJP government fights criticism from within (Himachal Pradesh Newsletter)
February 19th, 2012 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Feb 19 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been left squirming with embarrassment after the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), allied to the party, hit ... Read more...
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Bhanwari Devi case: Accused refuses to record statement
February 14th, 2012 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Feb 14 (IANS) In a major setback for the CBI, one of the main accused arrested on charges of hatching the conspiracy to kidnap and murder nurse Bhanwari Devi ... Read more...
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Congress MP quizzed in missing nurse case
February 9th, 2012 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Feb 9 (IANS) Congress MP Badri Jakhar Thursday appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for questioning in the case of missing Rajasthan nurse Bhanwari Devi, official ... Read more...
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Kashmir’s examgate: education minister indicted? (Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Feb 8 (IANS) After seven days of inquiry, Jammu and Kashmir Police have reportedly indicted state Education Minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed for using "unfair means" to favour his son ... Read more...
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Kashmir’s examgate: education minister indicted ?
February 8th, 2012 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Feb 8 (IANS) After seven days of inquiry, Jammu and Kashmir Police crime branch has reportedly indicted state Education Minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed for using "unfair means" to ... Read more...
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Bhanwari Devi case: CBI quiz three accused together
January 28th, 2012 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Jan 28 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Saturday took Pukhraj Bishnoi, an accused in the government nurse Bhanwari Devi disappearance case, to the Jodhpur Central Jail and ... Read more...
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CBI arrests two more in missing nurse case
January 25th, 2012 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 25 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday arrested two more accused in connection with the disappearance and killing of nurse Bhanwari Devi, sources said.A court had ... Read more...
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Missing nurse case: Another accused refuses to testify
January 24th, 2012 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Jan 24 (IANS) In another major setback for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), another man arrested on charges of disposing of kidnapped and murdered nurse Bhanwari Devi's body, ... Read more...
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Bhanwari case: Suspect’s property to be seized
January 22nd, 2012 - 3:10 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 21 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will seize the properties belonging to a Congress legislator's sister Indra Bishnoi if she fails to surrender before the agency ... Read more...
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One more arrested in Bhanwari case
January 17th, 2012 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Jan 17 (IANS) One more accused in the disappearance of Rajasthan nurse Bhanwari Devi was arrested by the CBI Tuesday, taking the number of arrests in the case ... Read more...
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Bhanwari case: Setback for CBI as accused refuses to testify
January 11th, 2012 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Jan 11 (IANS) In a major setback for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), a man, arrested on charges of disposing of kidnapped nurse Bhanwari Devi's body, Wednesday refused ... Read more...
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Bhanwari was killed at politician’s behest, says CBI
January 10th, 2012 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 10 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday confirmed before the Rajasthan High Court that missing nurse Bhanwari Devi was killed at the behest of a politician, ... Read more...
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Bhanwari Devi case: Some more items recovered
January 7th, 2012 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Jan 7 IANS) A Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) team Saturday recovered some more items from a crater and a canal near Jaloda village in rural Jodhpur suspecting them to ... Read more...
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Bhanwari Devi case: Ashes sent to Delhi for DNA test (Lead)
January 6th, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Jan 6 (IANS) A team of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) Friday sent ashes collected from a site in Jodhpur to New Delhi for a DNA test to ... Read more...
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Trinamool members, others held for assault on principal (Lead)
January 6th, 2012 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 6 (IANS) Thirteen people, most of them from the ruling Trinamool Congress, were arrested from the Raiganj area of West Bengal's North Dinajpur district Friday for the ... Read more...
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Political war erupts as CBI raids Kushwaha’s premises (Roundup)
January 4th, 2012 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) A day after he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), sacked BSP leader Babu Singh Kushwaha's premises were raided by the CBI Wednesday for ... Read more...
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Joined BJP to protect backward castes: Kushwaha
January 4th, 2012 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Professing his innocence of any financial wrongdoing in the Uttar Pradesh rural health scam, newly-joined BJP member and backward caste leader Babu Singh Kushwaha ... Read more...
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Embarrassed over Kushwaha, BJP targets Congress, BSP (Lead)
January 4th, 2012 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Embarrassed over the allegations of corruption against former Uttar Pradesh minister Babu Singh Kushwaha, now a BJP leader, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday ... Read more...
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CBI raids on Kushwaha motivated: BJP
January 4th, 2012 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday termed as motivated the CBI raids on the premises of Babu Singh Kushwaha, saying the Congress and the ... Read more...
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CBI nabs one more in Bhanwari Devi case
January 4th, 2012 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Jan 4 (IANS) In a major breakthrough in the case of Rajasthan nurse Bhanwari Devi, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a man who is believed to ... Read more...
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BSP trying to cover sins: BJP
November 21st, 2011 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Soon after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati denied any political motive behind her move to divide the state into four parts, the Bharatiya Janata ... Read more...
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