BJP legislator’s son shot dead in UP
May 8th, 2012 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 8 (IANS) The son of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator was shot dead in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district Tuesday after a spat with the guard of ... Read more...
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Abducted Odisha cop shot dead by Maoists (Third Lead)
May 8th, 2012 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, May 8 (IANS) The bullet-riddled body of a police officer was found in Odisha's Nuapada district shortly after he had been kidnapped by Maoist guerrillas Tuesday, officials said.Assistant Sub-Inspector ... Read more...
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Vodafone plea denied as Mukherjee says ‘India no tax haven’
May 8th, 2012 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
N0ew Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday declined to roll-back a change in the Income Tax Act with retrospective effect to tax foreign firms for capital ... Read more...
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Abducted Odisha cop shot dead by Maoists (Second Lead)
May 8th, 2012 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, May 8 (IANS) The bullet-riddled body of a police officer was found in Odisha's Nuapada district shortly after he had been kidnapped by Maoist guerrillas Tuesday, official sources said.Assistant ... Read more...
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Rajasthan BJP crisis: Raje supporters want her as state chief
May 7th, 2012 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, May 7 (IANS) The crisis in the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Rajasthan unit continued Monday as more party legislators came out in support of former chief minister Vasundhara ... Read more...
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Cabinet induction of Goa’s only woman minister in limbo
May 7th, 2012 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 7 (IANS) The suspense over induction of Alina Saldanha, Goa's only woman minister in the 12-member cabinet, continues with the ball now in the court of the Election ... Read more...
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Terrorists want Mulayam to intercede on their behalf
May 5th, 2012 - 5:43 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 5 (IANS) Buoyed by the Uttar Pradesh government's moves seeking dropping of charges against terrorists involved in bomb blasts in Faizabad and Lucknow courts, a young Indian Mujahideen ... Read more...
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NCP demands Meghalaya CM’s resignation
May 4th, 2012 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, May 4 (IANS) The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Friday demanded Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma's resignation over the deteriorating law and order situation in the three insurgency-ravaged districts of ... Read more...
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Odisha does not want foreigners in Maoist-affected areas
May 3rd, 2012 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, May 3 (IANS) Odisha has decided to discourage visits by foreigners to Maoist-affected areas, Tourism Minister Prafulla Samal said Thursday."We will tell all the tour operators not to take ... Read more...
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Nurse case: Rajasthan legislator opposes jail change
May 3rd, 2012 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, May 3 (IANS) Malkhan Singh Bishnoi, Congress legislator arrested for alleged involvement in the murder of nurse Bhanwari Devi last year, filed an application in the Rajasthan High Court ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh lawmaker Mukhtar Ansari’s trial begins May 22
May 3rd, 2012 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) A Delhi court Thursday framed charges under a stringent law against Mukhtar Ansari, mafia don-turned-politician and Uttar Pradesh legislator, for allegedly being a ... Read more...
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Going slow on hurried divorce
May 2nd, 2012 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Speedy divorce got delayed Wednesday with a proposed amendment to the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, getting stalled in the Rajya Sabha.The Marriage Law (Amendment) ... Read more...
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Ramdev remark angers MPs (Lead)
May 2nd, 2012 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) As Ramdev stoked a controversy calling MPs "dacoits and murderers", RJD chief Lalu Prasad Wednesday termed these as the utterings of a frustrated man while ... Read more...
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Ex-Trinamool legislator surrenders over assault, gets bail
April 30th, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) Former Trinamool Congress legislator Arabul Islam, booked for several offences following complaints of physical assault by some college teachers, Monday surrendered before a West Bengal ... Read more...
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Nitish development claims non-existent: CPI-ML
April 29th, 2012 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, April 29 (IANS) Hundreds of Communist Party of India- Marxist-Leninst (CPI-ML) cadres protested against the visit of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to Kaimur district Sunday and rejected his "claims" ... Read more...
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Court rejects senior Rajasthan police officer’s bail plea
April 27th, 2012 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 27 (IANS) Rajasthan High Court Friday rejected the bail application of suspended Indian Police Service (IPS) officer A. Ponnuchami who was arrested for his alleged involvement in ... Read more...
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Not poaching among BJP for Bahuguna’s seat: Rawat
April 27th, 2012 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The Congress is not "poaching" any Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member to ensure Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna's election to the state assembly as ... Read more...
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Trinamool warns against mixing politics with profession
April 27th, 2012 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal government Friday warned the employees of institutions providing essential services against indulging in politics at the cost of their work."There is ... Read more...
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Bedi panel turns down plea for Omar’s cross-examination
April 27th, 2012 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 27 (IANS) The Justice H.S. Bedi Commission, probing ruling National Conference (NC) worker Haji Yusuf's death, Friday disallowed a plea to summon Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for cross-examination.Advocate ... Read more...
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Mumbaikars’ mixed reactions to Sachin’s Rajya Sabha nomination
April 26th, 2012 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 26 (IANS) The reactions of Mumbaikars varied to batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar's nomination to the Rajya Sabha, with some welcoming the move and others critical of ... Read more...
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Two kidnappings: Maoists release MLA, hold on to collector (Roundup)
April 26th, 2012 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Balipeta (Odisha)/Raipur, April 26 (IANS) Freedom for one, continuing captivity for the other. Maoist guerrillas Thursday released Odisha legislator Jhina Hikaka more than a month after they kidnapped him but ... Read more...
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33 days on, Maoists free Odisha legislator Hikaka (Fourth lead)
April 26th, 2012 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Balipeta (Odisha), April 26 (IANS) Thirty-three days after he was kidnapped by Maoists, Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) legislator Jhina Hikaka was Thursday freed from captivity and walked into ... Read more...
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Relief, tears as Maoists release Odisha legislator Hikaka (Third lead, changing dateline)
April 26th, 2012 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
Balipeta (Odisha), April 26 (IANS) Emotions ran high as Odisha legislator Jhina Hikaka walked into a crowd of people here Thursday, released by Maoists after being held captive for over ... Read more...
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Maoists release Odisha legislator Hikaka
April 26th, 2012 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 26 (IANS) Maoists Thursday released Odisha legislator Jhina Hikaka in the state's Koraput district after holding him in captivity for more than a month, sources said.Left-wing extremists, who ... Read more...
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Maoists set free Odisha legislator Jhina Hikaka (Lead)
April 26th, 2012 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 26 (IANS) Maoists Thursday released Odisha legislator Jhina Hikaka in Koraput district after holding him captive for more than a month.TV visuals showed Hikaka, looking healthy and relieved, ... Read more...
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‘Abducted collector Menon is safe’
April 26th, 2012 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 26 (IANS) Alex Paul Menon was "fine and safe", Left leader Manish Kunjam said Thursday after delivering asthma medicines for Chhattisgarh's Sukma collector who has been in Maoist ... Read more...
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Maoists release Odisha legislator Hikaka (Second Lead)
April 26th, 2012 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 26 (IANS) Maoists Thursday released Odisha legislator Jhina Hikaka in the state's Koraput district after holding him captive for more than a month.Reporters and photographers surrounded a relieved ... Read more...
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Jailed BJP legislator alleges ill-treatment
April 25th, 2012 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 25 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Rajasthan legislator Rajendra Singh Rathore, who has been arrested for his alleged involvement in a staged shootout, Wednesday told ... Read more...
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Nurse case: Court rejects accused’s bail plea
April 25th, 2012 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, April 25 (IANS) A court here Wednesday rejected the bail application of Shahabuddin, an accused in the case of Rajasthan nurse Bhanwari Devi, who was kidnapped and murdered last ... Read more...
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Congress to field ex-CPI-M legislator in Kerala by-poll
April 25th, 2012 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, April 25 (IANS) R. Selvaraj, a two-time Kerala CPI-M legislator who quit the party last month, will contest the June 2 by-election to the Neyattinkara assembly constituency as ... 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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Warrant issued for Bihar legislator’s arrest
April 25th, 2012 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, April 25 (IANS) A local court in Bihar Wednesday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Janata Dal-United (JD-U) legislator Sarfaraz Alam in connection with a 10-year-old assault and loot ... Read more...
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Maoists to release Hikaka Thursday (Second Lead)
April 25th, 2012 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 25 (IANS) Maoists have decided to release Odisha legislator Jhina Hikaka Thursday after he promised to resign from the assembly and the primary membership of the ruling Biju ... Read more...
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Maoists to release Hikaka Thursday, says lawyer (Lead)
April 25th, 2012 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 25 (IANS) Maoists have decided to release Odisha legislator Jhina Hikaka Thursday after he promised to resign from the assembly if the rebels' demands were not fulfilled, a ... Read more...
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Maoists to release Hikaka Thursday: lawyer
April 25th, 2012 - 11:53 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 25 (IANS) Maoists who have held Odisha legislator Jhina Hikaka hostage for over a month will release him Thursday, a lawyer who fights cases for the rebels said ... Read more...
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