MPs cycle their way to parliament
September 7th, 2012 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) A group of MPs from various political parties Friday cycled to parliament to spread awareness about the need to protect the environment and to ... Read more...
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AIFF forms two bodies for club-licensing criteria
August 22nd, 2012 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) With I-League clubs repeatedly failing to meet club licensing criteria, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) Wednesday formed two committees that would ensure that the ... Read more...
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Vice President Ansari welcomed by Rajya Sabha
August 13th, 2012 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Vice President M. Hamid Ansari was Monday welcomed by Rajya Sabha members as he attended the upper house as chairman for the first day ... Read more...
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Forest clearance panel reconstituted
August 6th, 2012 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) The environment ministry Monday reconstituted a panel for providing forest clearance to infrastructure projects, a ministry official said.The seven-member Forest Appraisal Committee (FAC) includes three ... Read more...
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Presidential poll ends in Assam
July 19th, 2012 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 19 (IANS) Voting for the presidential poll Thursday ended in Assam with almost all the members of the electoral college from the state casting their votes.The voting ... Read more...
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Congress set to form Uttarakhand government (Second Lead)
March 9th, 2012 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
Dehradun, March 9 (IANS) The Congress, supported by a regional party and three independent lawmakers, is all set to form the new government in Uttarakhand, ending days of uncertainty ... Read more...
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Congress garners numbers, to stake claim in Uttarakhand (Lead)
March 9th, 2012 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
Dehradun, March 9 (IANS) The Congress Friday said it would form the government in Uttarakhand with the support of three independents and a regional party member, ending days of ... Read more...
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‘Nuclear power safe in China’
March 6th, 2012 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 6 (IANS) China's existing technology can ensure the safety of the country's nuclear power plants, experts say.The experts belong to the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political ... Read more...
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PDP government delivered better with only 16 legislators: Mehbooba
December 13th, 2011 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Dec 13 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti Tuesday asserted that her party government, in coalition with Congress, had delivered much better in all ... Read more...
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‘Kerala’s police complaints authority inefficient’
November 18th, 2011 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Nov 18 (IANS) There is widespread dissatisfaction with the functioning and inefficiency of the authority that deals with complaints by and against the police in Kerala, according to an ... Read more...
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No threat to government: Meghalaya chief minister
September 13th, 2011 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Sep 13 (IANS) A day ahead of the trust vote in the Meghalaya assembly, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Tuesday said there is no threat to his coalition government.
"I don't ... Read more...
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Blatter re-elected as FIFA President amidst bribery scandal
June 2nd, 2011 - 1:28 am ICT by BNO News
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND (BNO NEWS) -- Joseph Blatter on Wednesday was re-elected as president of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) amidst bribery scandal and calls for postponing the vote.Blatter received 186 ... Read more...
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Congress, JD-S seek Yeddyurappa’s ouster; BJP woos rebels (Roundup)
May 14th, 2011 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Bangalore, May 14 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday mounted pressure on its 11 rebel legislators to back beleaguered Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa as opposition Congress and ... Read more...
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Kannada writer takes on Hema Malini in Rajya Sabha polls
February 21st, 2011 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 21 (IANS) Yesteryears film actress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice president Hema Malini Monday filed her nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections from Karnataka. She will face noted ... Read more...
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Congress, JD-S protest BJP move to suspend their legislators
January 14th, 2011 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 14 (IANS) The Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) Friday threatened various types of agitation if Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party goes ahead with its plan to suspend some of ... Read more...
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MQM decides to rejoin Pakistan’s ruling coalition
January 7th, 2011 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 7 (IANS) The Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) estranged ally Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has decided to rejoin the ruling coalition if Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani takes concrete steps ... Read more...
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Karnataka court upholds 11 BJP legislators’ disqualification (Lead)
October 29th, 2010 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 29 (IANS) The Karnataka High Court Friday upheld the disqualification of 11 rebel lawmakers of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from the state legislative assembly by Speaker ... Read more...
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Kashmir parties for independent probe into civilian killings (Roundup)
July 12th, 2010 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 12 (IANS) The all-party meeting convened by the Jammu and Kashmir government Monday decided to set up an independent commission to probe the killing of 14 civilians in firing ... Read more...
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Troops deployed in Maldives after mass cabinet resignation
June 30th, 2010 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, June 30 (DPA) The Maldives National Defence Force was deployed in the streets Wednesday after the cabinet resigned en masse over the alleged blocking of legislation by the opposition.
A Maldivian High ... Read more...
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Vote for party’s Rajya Sabha candidates, BJD tells legislators
June 13th, 2010 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 13 (IANS) The ruling Biju Janata Dal in Orissa Sunday issued a whip to all its legislators to ensure victory of the three candidates it has fielded in the ... Read more...
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Congress backs Orissa businessman for Rajya Sabha
June 7th, 2010 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 7 (IANS) Orissa's opposition Congress has backed businessman Tara Patnaik as an independent candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections.
Patnaik submitted his nomination papers with the Congress proposing his name. ... Read more...
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BJP to abstain from Rajya Sabha poll in Orissa
June 6th, 2010 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 6 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday said it will abstain from voting for the Rajya Sabha poll in Orissa as it wants to maintain equal distance from ... Read more...
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Biju Janata Dal fields three for Rajya Sabha poll
June 4th, 2010 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 4 (IANS) Three candidates of Orissa's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Friday filed their nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections June 17, an official said.
Pyari Mohan Mohapatra, ... Read more...
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Congress managers toiled to reach comfort zone (Parliament Sidelights)
April 27th, 2010 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The Congress appeared confident since Tuesday morning of coming up trumps in case of voting on the cut motions moved by the opposition in the ... Read more...
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BSP MPs to meet Tuesday to decide on parliament move
April 27th, 2010 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MPs are to meet Tuesday morning to decide their course of action in the parliament when the opposition moves cut motions on ... Read more...
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Congress finalises list of ministers for Meghalaya
April 23rd, 2010 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, April 23 (IANS) The Congress has finalised its list of ministers to be sworn in Saturday as ministers in the new Meghalaya government headed by Chief Minister Mukul M. Sangma. ... Read more...
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Sangma to be elected next Meghalaya chief minister
April 19th, 2010 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, April 19 (IANS) Congress legislators are expected to meet here later Monday to elect Mukul M. Sangma as their new leader in place of outgoing Meghalaya Chief Minister D.D. Lapang, party ... Read more...
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Congress ally in Meghalaya to support new chief minister
April 19th, 2010 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, April 18 (IANS) The United Democratic Party (UDP), which is a constituent of the Congress-led coalition government in Meghalaya, Sunday said it will continue its support under a new chief ... Read more...
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Four Independent MPs want their grouping recognised
February 28th, 2010 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Four independent MPs, led by expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh, are hoping Speaker Meira Kumar would recognise their grouping 'Lok Morcha' as a ... Read more...
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More Indian students killed than Australia government admits: Report (Lead)
July 1st, 2009 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, July 1 (IANS) Australian coroners have suppressed the details of the death of over 50 international students, nearly half of them from India, in 2008 "amid evidence the death toll is ... Read more...
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A month after Satyam’s Maytas fiasco, board minutes surface
January 17th, 2009 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 17 (IANS) A month after Satyam Computer Services founder B. Ramalinga Raju's aborted bid to buy two firms promoted by his sons, minutes of the board meeting on the issue ... Read more...
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Karnataka BJP minister quits
August 24th, 2008 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 24 (IANS) Karnataka Horticulture Minister S.K. Bellubbi Sunday resigned from the ministry to make way for a new entrant in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from opposition Janata Dal-Secular.Umesh ... Read more...
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PM flashes ‘V-sign’ ahead of crucial trust vote
July 21st, 2008 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday flashed the victory V-sign as he entered the Parliament House complex where his United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government faces its toughest political ... Read more...
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Northeast MPs divided over n-deal
July 11th, 2008 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala/Guwahati, July 11 (IANS) The 24 MPs in the seven northeastern states are a divided lot over the India-US nuclear deal, with some likely to vote in favour of the Congress-led government ... Read more...
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Jammu and Kashmir government falls as Azad quits (Lead)
July 7th, 2008 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 7 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Monday decided to quit his office rather than put his motion of confidence to vote in the state legislative assembly, ... Read more...
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