1992 Olympics: Indian hockey suffers due to indiscipline (Sports Special)
July 20th, 2012 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
In a desperate bid to extricate Indian hockey from the quagmire it had sunk into, Balkrishen Singh was brought back to coach the team for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.There was ... Read more...
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Akhilesh withdraws Rs.20 lakh largesse for legislators (Lead)
July 4th, 2012 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 4 (IANS) Faced with widespread criticism of his decision to allow legislators to buy cars worth Rs.20 lakh from the local area development (LAD) funds, Uttar Pradesh ... Read more...
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Akhilesh withdraws Rs.20 lakh largesse for legislators
July 4th, 2012 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 4 (IANS) Faced with widespread criticism of his decision to allow legislators to buy cars worth Rs.20 lakh from the local area development (LAD) funds, Uttar Pradesh Chief ... Read more...
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IPL final: Chennai Super Kings primed for hat-trick (Preview)
May 26th, 2012 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 26 (IANS) Chennai Super Kings, playing their fourth Indian Premier League (IPL) final in five seasons, look all primed to win their third consecutive title as they ... Read more...
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BCCI honours 15 veteran cricketers
May 24th, 2012 - 2:17 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 24 (IANS) Recognising their yeoman contribution to the game in their heydays, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Wednesday honoured 15 ex-cricketers and rewarded them ... Read more...
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Help artists in distress: Pakistani daily
May 23rd, 2012 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 23 (IANS) A leading Pakistani daily has highlighted the plight of a Pakistani pop music pioneer and demanded that the government should disburse funds and lend support ... Read more...
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No religion-based reservation, says Mamata
May 18th, 2012 - 12:48 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday rubbished demands of reservation for Muslims on the basis of religion and said the idea cannot work as ... Read more...
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Court reserves order on Raja’s bail plea (Lead)
May 11th, 2012 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Friday reserved for May 15 its order on the bail plea of former telecom minister A. Raja, ... Read more...
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GAAR rollback a surrender to US: CPI-M
May 8th, 2012 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) India's decision to defer the implementation of the General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR) by one year "is a meek surrender to finance capital ... and the ... Read more...
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Is Mamata wooing Muslims with panchayat polls in mind? (West Bengal Newsletter)
May 6th, 2012 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) With Muslims comprising nearly 30 percent of the state's 92 million population, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee continues to dole out largesse to ... Read more...
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Oman industrialist good Samaritan for Vidarbha farm widows
April 23rd, 2012 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, April 23 (IANS) Widows of Vidarbha farmers who ended their lives unable to bear the stress of high debt have found a good Samaritan in an Oman-based industrialist.
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Hooda’s sporting decision becomes political game (Haryana Newsletter)
April 21st, 2012 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 21 (IANS) Bhupinder Singh Hooda may have proved his political acumen by being chief minister of Haryana for a second consecutive term, but he is dabbling in ... Read more...
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Table CAG report on coal in parliament: CPI-M
March 22nd, 2012 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Thursday asked the government to table in parliament a CAG report that has alleged huge losses to the ... Read more...
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Akhilesh assumes charge, shunts out Mayawati loyalists
March 15th, 2012 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 15 (IANS) Swinging into action within an hour of taking over as Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Akhilesh Yadav Thursday undertook a major shake-up of the bureaucracy, showing the ... Read more...
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Dhumal in please-all mode in election year (Himachal Pradesh Newsletter)
March 3rd, 2012 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 3 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal is on a spree to please-all ahead of the state assembly polls later this year.The debt-ridden state, which ... Read more...
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Power bill waiver: Rs.3,900 crore arrears for Haryana
February 29th, 2012 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 29 (IANS) A populist scheme in 2005 by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda to waive off electricity bills worth nearly Rs.1,600 crore has left Haryana in the red. ... Read more...
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Maharashtra gears up for civic polls
January 4th, 2012 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 4 (IANS) Maharashtra Wednesday geared up for the crucial polls to 10 top civic corporations and 27 zilla parishads (district councils) across the state, in an exercise ... Read more...
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Ahead of polls, largesse for Maharashtra’s urban flat buyers
January 3rd, 2012 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS) An hour before elections to Maharashtra's municipal corporations and zila parishads were declared Tuesday afternoon, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan announced an amendment to the rules ... Read more...
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Poll-eve largesse to urban flat buyers, opposition cries foul
January 3rd, 2012 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
QN-NAT-POLL EVE LARGESSE FOR FLAT BUYERS, OPPN CRIES FOUL5 QN 03NAT/ (@ 525-words)India-./Poll-eve largesse to urban flat buyers, opposition cries foulMumbai, Jan. 03 (IANS) An hour before the elections to ... Read more...
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Maharashtra largesse for slum-dwellers, house-seekers
January 3rd, 2012 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 2 (IANS) Ahead of the forthcoming civic bodies polls, the Maharashtra government Monday announced two major decisions which would make affordable housing a reality and better amenities for ... Read more...
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A Rs.300 crore ‘Thank You’ from Hooda! (Haryana Newsletter)
December 18th, 2011 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 18 (IANS) It could easily qualify as the biggest 'thank you' ever made. Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda did that last week when he doled out a ... Read more...
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Sahai’s Rs.100 crore largesse for Jharkhand tourism
December 14th, 2011 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Jharkhand has been allocated Rs.100 crore in 2011-12 to ramp up its tourism infrastructure, Union Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai said Wednesday."Jharkhand is a ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi figures prominently in Mayawati’s speech (Lead)
November 27th, 2011 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 27 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's forays into Uttar Pradesh appear to be high on the mind of Chief Minister Mayawati, who repeatedly referred to his ... Read more...
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Mayawati woos Brahmin community
November 13th, 2011 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 13 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Sunday sought to convey to the Brahmin community that her party "alone was the ... Read more...
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Hooda government on backfoot over land allotment
August 28th, 2011 - 10:54 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 28 (IANS) The Congress party touts Haryana as having the best land acquisition policy but some land allotment decisions, especially the charge of showing favours to the ... Read more...
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Mayawati’s largesse for judiciary on Ambedkar Jayanti
April 15th, 2011 - 1:06 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 14 (IANS) On Dalit icon Babasaheb Ambedkar's birth anniversary here Thursday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati announced an unprecedented largesse of Rs.560 crore for enhancing facilities for the ... Read more...
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Indian cricketers may have to share goodies with taxman
April 10th, 2011 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) They are being showered with rewards, titles and honorary doctorates after bringing cheer to 1.2 billion Indians by winning the World Cup after a ... Read more...
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Corruption does not harm all companies: study
March 22nd, 2011 - 4:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 22 (ANI): A new study has found that corruption, which is endemic in many countries, is not harmful to all companies, and can be beneficial to the performance of some.Even ... Read more...
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Silvio’s spendthrift lifestyle revealed
March 10th, 2011 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 10 (IANS) Italy's billionaire prime minister Silvio Berlusconi seems to have lived quite a spendthrift lifestyle as the list of gifts he gave away to his friends and ... Read more...
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Railway budget largesse to Kerala leaves LDF unimpressed
February 25th, 2011 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 25 (IANS) Poll-bound Kerala got a dozen new trains besides the long-demanded Sabari line in the railway budget Friday, but the ruling Left Front appeared dissatisfied.Close to a dozen stations ... Read more...
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Hijacked sailor’s wife prays ‘every hour’ for his release
February 23rd, 2011 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 23 (IANS) Zenaida Pereira, wife of a Goan sailor who along with 21 other sailors has been taken hostage by African pirates on an Iranian cargo ship off the coast ... Read more...
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Berlusconi ‘entertained women 2 or 3 times a week at Roman castle’
February 16th, 2011 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 16 (ANI): Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who is set to face trial on charges of sex with a 17-year-old girl, apparently entertained young women two or three times a ... Read more...
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Jayalalithaa asks PM to break silence on scams
February 9th, 2011 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 9 (IANS) AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa Wednesday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to speak up on the major corruption scams that have rocked the country.Referring to a controversial ... Read more...
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CPI-M flays Sibal over spectrum saga
January 8th, 2011 - 5:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Saturday said the government had lost "all credibility" by rubbishing an audit report that spoke about huge losses to the exchequer ... Read more...
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The curious case of the fake Taliban: Pakistani daily
November 28th, 2010 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 28 (IANS) A man who posed as a Taliban leader and hoodwinked his way into getting access to the corridors of power in Afghanistan and also got his bank ... Read more...
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