Race for AU’s top job moves into overdrive
July 13th, 2012 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
Addis Ababa, July 13 (IANS) The 19th African Union summit has kicked off in this Ethiopian capital with all eyes set on intense lobbying for what is touted as the "mother ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa gets his way, Shettar to be new Karnataka CM (Roundup)
July 7th, 2012 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Bowing to pressure from B.S. Yeddyurappa, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to replace Karnataka Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda with Rural Development ... Read more...
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Will abide by party decision, says Gowda
July 7th, 2012 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Reconciled to a change of guard in the state, Karnataka Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda Saturday said that he would abide by the decision ... Read more...
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Gowda to meet Advani, Gadkari in Delhi
July 7th, 2012 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 7 (IANS) Beleaguered Karnataka Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda Saturday left for New Delhi to meet Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) patriarch L.K. Advani and party president Nitin ... Read more...
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It’s show of strength on Virbhadra’s birthday
June 23rd, 2012 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 23 (IANS) It was virtually a show of strength by senior Congress leader and union minister Virbhadra Singh, who turned 78 Saturday and is hoping to take ... Read more...
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US seeks to mend ties with Pakistan
June 23rd, 2012 - 11:52 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 23 (IANS) The US government looks forward to working with Pakistan's newly-elected Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf to bring the strained relations between the two countries back ... Read more...
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Budget session ends, ruling BJP leadership tussle resumes (Karnataka Newsletter)
April 1st, 2012 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 1 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has achieved one more dubious distinction in its troubled rule in Karnataka. It barely managed a smooth end to ... Read more...
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BJP crisis shadow over Karnataka budget (Lead)
March 20th, 2012 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 20 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda will present the state budget Wednesday as a majority of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators supporting B.S. ... Read more...
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Leadership tussle hits Karnataka BJP
March 8th, 2012 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 8 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka Thursday virtually turned into a battle zone on the leadership issue, casting a shadow over the stability ... Read more...
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Parkash Singh Badal set to again be Punjab chief minister (Lead)
March 8th, 2012 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 8 (IANS) Setting aside speculation over the leadership issue, the Shiromani Akali Dal Thursday unanimously elected Parkash Singh Badal to be the party's legislature party leader. Badal ... Read more...
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RSS plain talk makes Karnataka BJP sing unity tune
January 12th, 2012 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 12 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka Thursday apologized to its cadres and supporters for the unseemly fight on the leadership issue, a day after ... Read more...
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Bitter 2012 for Karnataka after scandalous year (Karnataka Newsletter)
December 31st, 2011 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 31 (IANS) Karnataka, which saw its image battered by scandals in 2011, enters the New Year with trepidation as ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) factional feuding seems ... Read more...
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Infighting in Karnataka BJP escalates
December 29th, 2011 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 29 (IANS) Factional feuding in Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party escalated Thursday with indications that it will only worsen in the coming days unless the party ... Read more...
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Leadership battle intensifies in Karnataka BJP
December 28th, 2011 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore/New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) The leadership battle in Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) intensified Wednesday with rival groups mounting pressure on central leaders to settle the issue ... Read more...
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BJP parliamentary board will decide on PM candidate
September 28th, 2011 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday said the party's parliamentary board will decide if the 2014 general elections would be fought under collective leadership ... Read more...
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Rajnath, Jaitley in Bangalore, new chief minister Wednesday (Second Lead)
August 3rd, 2011 - 1:54 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 3 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Rajnath Singh and Arun Jaitley arrived here late Tuesday to help state party legislators pick a successor to outgoing chief ... Read more...
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Election of new BJP leader in Karnataka Aug 3
August 1st, 2011 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 31 (IANS) Lawmakers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will meet here Aug 3 to elect a new leader to form the second government in the state ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa resigns, wants Sadananda Gowda as successor (Third Lead)
July 31st, 2011 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 31 (IANS) Scam-hit B.S. Yeddyurappa, who resigned Sunday as the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) first chief minister in Karnataka, insisted on Lok Sabha member D.V. Sadananda Gowda ... Read more...
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Sonia Gandhi rules out leadership change in Meghalaya (Lead)
July 8th, 2011 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jul 8 (IANS) Putting an end to the month-long political impasse in Meghalaya, Congress president Sonia Gandhi Friday asked Mukul Sangma to continue as chief minister, ruling out ... Read more...
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Four Meghalaya legislators demand Sangma’s resignation
July 8th, 2011 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, July 8 (IANS) Demanding Chief Minister Mukul Sangma's resignation, four Meghalaya Congress legislators have threatened to quit, even as party president Sonia Gandhi meets him and and his ... Read more...
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Meghalaya’s rebel Congress legislators to meet Sonia
June 5th, 2011 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, June 5 (IANS) Eighteen rebel Meghalaya Congress legislators, including six cabinet ministers, Sunday decided to meet Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi to demand the ouster of ... Read more...
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No central rule, Meghalaya leadership issue resolved: Lyngdoh
June 3rd, 2011 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, June 3 (IANS) Hours after the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) demanded president's rule in Meghalaya, the Congress Friday ruled out the central rule and said the political bickering within ... Read more...
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Beleaguered Meghalaya chief minister leaves for Delhi
June 2nd, 2011 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, June 2 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Thursday rushed to New Delhi to meet senior Congress leaders amid growing demands from rebels for his ouster, party ... Read more...
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Rebel Meghalaya legislators seek chief minister’s ouster
June 1st, 2011 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, June 1 (IANS) Exerting pressure on party leadership to remove Mukul Sangma from the chief minister's post, rebel Congress legislators in Meghalaya Wednesday told party chief Sonia Gandhi ... Read more...
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Leadership rift in Meghalaya Congress
May 17th, 2011 - 1:02 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, May 16 (IANS) Sharp differences again surfaced in the Congress' Meghalaya unit Monday over the demand by rebel Congress legislators for the removal of Chief Minister Mukul Sangma.The ... Read more...
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Five-time Nagaland chief minister loses by-poll
May 13th, 2011 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
Mokokchung (Nagaland), May 13 (IANS) Veteran Congress leader and former Nagaland chief minister S.C. Jamir Friday lost an assembly by-poll to the ruling Naga People's Front (NPF) candidate Toshikopba Longkumer."Longkumer ... Read more...
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ULFA cadre in Myanmar disillusioned: surrendered rebel
September 14th, 2010 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Sep 14 (IANS) A sense of disillusionment coupled with an acute funds crunch has been choking cadres of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) in bases inside Myanmar, forcing ... Read more...
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MIC move to unite Indians for better bargaining power with Malaysian govt.
June 22nd, 2010 - 6:05 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur June 22 (ANI): In a bid to strengthen MIC's base in Malaysia,the party is spearheading a move to unite the Indian community to buildstronger bonds and bargaining ... Read more...
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Manmohan, Pranab cannot become Congress chief: Gadkari
May 12th, 2010 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 12 (IANS) Chiding the Congress Party for promoting dynasty politics, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Wednesday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee cannot ... 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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Lapang admits losing majority support (Lead)
April 18th, 2010 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, April 18 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister D.D. Lapang Sunday admitted he had lost the support of the majority of Congress legislators in the state but said the leadership issue was ... Read more...
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Meghalaya chief minister admits losing majority support
April 18th, 2010 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, April 18 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister D.D. Lapang Sunday admitted losing majority support in the Congress Legislature Party (CLP), but asserted that the leadership issue in the state was still open.
Lapang's ... Read more...
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Assam opposition in tatters after shock defeat in Rajya Sabha polls (News Analysis)
March 28th, 2010 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, March 28 (IANS) The shock defeat of the combined opposition candidate in the just concluded Rajya Sabha polls in Assam has once again exposed chinks in ... Read more...
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We don’t have the time to run BJP: RSS chief
December 5th, 2009 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 5 (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat Saturday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is an independent political organisation and the RSS had "no time' to run it.
Interacting ... Read more...
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