Government for parliament session in September, BJP wants it soon (Second Lead)
August 5th, 2008 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
By Liz Mathew
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The government has decided to convene the monsoon session of parliament, earlier expected to begin Aug 11, in the second of week of September to ... Read more...
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Rescheduled monsoon session to be held in September(Lead)
August 5th, 2008 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
By Liz Mathew
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The monsoon session of parliament, earlier expected to begin Aug 11, will now be convened in the second of week of September, according to Parliamentary ... Read more...
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Government walks the razor’s edge, trust vote could go either way (Roundup)
July 18th, 2008 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
By Murali Krishnan, Liz Mathew and Kavita Bajeli-Datt
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Fighting with its back to the wall, India's United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government was Friday busy rustling up the numbers ... Read more...
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Government walks the tightrope over numbers game
July 18th, 2008 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
By Liz Mathew
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) With just four days remaining for the do-or-die trust vote in parliament, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is struggling to keep its flock together amid ... Read more...
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Congress rebel Bishnoi to vote against UPA
July 16th, 2008 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
By Liz Mathew
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Rebel Congress MP Kuldip Bishnoi said Wednesday that he would vote against the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in the July 22 trust vote as ... Read more...
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Nehru’s last will and testament changed in Kerala texts
July 7th, 2008 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
By Liz Mathew
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) He didn't believe in "religions ceremony", to be forced to do so, he said, would be a "hipocracy"... those are, according to a textbook for ... Read more...
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CPI-M to pull out Speaker Chatterjee also
July 2nd, 2008 - 10:03 am ICT by IANS
By Liz Mathew
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Once it severs its ties with the ruling coalition over the India-US civil nuclear deal, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) will ask Lok Sabha ... Read more...
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Left rejects Congress plea to reschedule strike day
June 25th, 2008 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
By Liz Mathew
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) The current strain in ties between the Congress and its Communist allies is showing. The Left has rejected the ruling party's plea to defer a ... Read more...
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Antony brought into n-deal talks on PM’s request
June 22nd, 2008 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
By Liz Mathew
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony has been roped in for all political discussions over the India-US civil nuclear deal on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's request, Congress ... Read more...
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At Rahul’s behest, Congress looking for full-time cadre
June 20th, 2008 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
By Liz Mathew
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) With a series of poll debacles behind it and a general election looming ahead, the Congress has identified a crucial weakness - few full time ... Read more...
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Pranab going to Tehran to push pipeline deal
June 14th, 2008 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
By Liz Mathew
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS)Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government is making a fresh bid to push the US$ 7.4 billion Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee going ... Read more...
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Moneybags calling the shots in Indian elections?
June 8th, 2008 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
By Liz Mathew
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) Although they themselves are to blame, political parties have finally started to vocally worry over the role of black money in elections in India. The ... Read more...
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Poor strategies, organisation led to defeat: Congress
May 25th, 2008 - 5:53 pm ICT by admin
By Liz Mathew
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Congress leaders were Sunday stunned by their defeat in Karnataka, with some saying that even party chief Sonia Gandhi was to blame for the rise ... Read more...
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The unholy doings of Kerala ‘godmen’
May 25th, 2008 - 12:48 pm ICT by admin
By Liz Mathew
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, May 25 (IANS) In 'god's own country' Kerala, the Left government is out godmen hunting! In an unusual drive against the numerous fake 'godmen' and 'godwomen' in the ... Read more...
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Brunei sultan pilots own plane to Delhi
May 21st, 2008 - 4:04 pm ICT by admin
By Liz Mathew
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Here is a ruler who believes in not only piloting the fortunes of his country but also his own plane - even during long haul ... Read more...
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Left leaders feel government misleading them over n-deal
May 20th, 2008 - 4:21 pm ICT by admin
By Liz Mathew
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Some leaders of leftist parties are beginning to wonder if the government is misleading them over the state of the almost-halted India-US nuclear deal in ... Read more...
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Mulayam cosies up closer to Congress
May 13th, 2008 - 7:12 pm ICT by admin
By Liz Mathew
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav Tuesday made his intentions to woo the Congress clearer than before lashing against Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati ... Read more...
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In Neruda’s Chile, good education eludes masses
May 11th, 2008 - 11:18 am ICT by admin
By Liz Mathew
Santiago, May 11 (IANS) In Chile - the land of literary giants like Pablo Neruda and Gabriela Mistral - its young citizens strangely do not have a great affinity for ... Read more...
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Globalisation hasn’t brought changes for women: Kanimozhi (Interview)
May 5th, 2008 - 11:47 am ICT by admin
By Liz Mathew
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Globalisation, as Tamil poet and MP K. Kanimozhi sees it, remains masculine in gender. It has not brought liberation for India's women who still do ... Read more...
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US pressure robs chopper order from Hindustan Aeronautics
May 4th, 2008 - 1:06 pm ICT by admin
By Liz Mathew
Santiago, May 4 (IANS) India's state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has lost out on an ambitious deal to sell its Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv to Chile due to "arm ... Read more...
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President’s son conducts personal business on official tour(Lead)
April 30th, 2008 - 6:46 pm ICT by admin
By Liz Mathew
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil's son Rajendra Singh Shekhawat, who accompanied her on her trip to Latin America in April, went away briefly to the US to ... Read more...
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Who is responsible for president’s embarrassment in Latin America?(Lead, rephrasing para 12)
April 27th, 2008 - 8:15 pm ICT by admin
By Liz Mathew
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Who is to blame for the embarrassments President Pratibha Patil faced during her recent visit to Latin American countries? The president, who was on her ... Read more...
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Who is responsible for president’s embarrassment in Latin America?
April 27th, 2008 - 11:11 am ICT by admin
By Liz Mathew
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Who is to blame for the embarrassments President Pratibha Patil faced during her recent visit to Latin American countries? The president, who was on her ... Read more...
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Latin America keen to work with India for food security
April 25th, 2008 - 6:02 pm ICT by admin
By Liz Mathew
On Board Air India One, April 25 (IANS) Latin American countries are interested in further cooperating with India in the agriculture sector to work towards food security, President Pratibha Patil ... Read more...
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President Patil concludes 12-day Latin American visit
April 24th, 2008 - 11:29 am ICT by admin
By Liz Mathew
Santiago, April 24 (IANS) Indian President Pratibha Patil concluded her 12-day tour of Latin American countries during which she pitched for a deeper South-South cooperation in trade, initiated efforts for ... Read more...
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Chilean president calls Patil ‘dear friend’
April 23rd, 2008 - 8:05 pm ICT by admin
By Liz Mathew
Santiago, April 23 (IANS) A day after their first meeting, the bonding between Indian President Pratibha Patil and her Chilean counterpart Michelle Bachelet seems to have intensified. To express her ... Read more...
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President Patil visits ‘Republic of India’ in Chile
April 23rd, 2008 - 10:09 am ICT by admin
By Liz Mathew
Santiago (Chile), April 23 (IANS) Jamin Andrale, the 11-year-old Spanish girl does not know where India is. But she sings "Jana Gana Mana", India's national anthem, every morning along with ... Read more...
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Chile proposes FTA, India hesitant
April 22nd, 2008 - 1:53 pm ICT by admin
By Liz Mathew
Santiago, April 22 (IANS) India and Chile can enter into a free trade agreement (FTA), suggested Chilean President Michelle Bachelet. But Indian officials are not sure if this is the ... Read more...
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When two presidents meet, and bond as women
April 22nd, 2008 - 1:44 pm ICT by admin
By Liz Mathew
Santiago, April 22 (IANS) It was diplomacy at the highest level, from one woman to another. When India's first woman president Pratibha Patil met her Chilean counterpart Michelle Bachelet, the ... Read more...
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Patil donates $65,000 for Indian plaza in Chile
April 22nd, 2008 - 1:01 pm ICT by admin
By Liz Mathew
Santiago, April 22 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil, who is on a visit to Chile, has donated $65,000 for the upkeep of Plaza de la India, a square dedicated to Indian ... Read more...
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Chile can be a hub for Indian businesses: Bachelet
April 22nd, 2008 - 12:56 pm ICT by admin
By Liz Mathew
Santiago, April 22 (IANS) Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has said that her country can be a hub for Indian businesses and extended support to India's bid for a permanent ... Read more...
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India, Chile to sign four pacts during Patil visit
April 21st, 2008 - 1:02 pm ICT by admin
By Liz Mathew
Santiago, April 21 (IANS) India and Chile will sign agreements on air services, sports, science and technology as well on cooperation in Antarctica during President Pratibha Patil Read more...
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President’s husband celebrates birthday on special flight
April 20th, 2008 - 8:19 pm ICT by admin
By Liz Mathew
On Board Air India One, April 20 (IANS) It was a rare occasion on which Indian President Pratibha Patil's husband hogged the limelight: Devisingh Shekhawat turned 74 Saturday and the ... Read more...
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Guadalajara - moving tableaux of past and present
April 20th, 2008 - 8:17 pm ICT by admin
(A Mexico Diary)
By Liz Mathew
Guadalajara (Mexico), April 20 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil appeared to have enjoyed her visit to Guadalajara, the second most populous city in Mexico, thoroughly. Patil, who earlier looked ... Read more...
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Businessmen should cement India-Mexican ties: Patil
April 19th, 2008 - 12:48 pm ICT by admin
By Liz Mathew
Mexico City, April 19 (IANS) India and Mexico have elevated bilateral ties to a "privileged partnership", and it is the turn of business community to take the journey forward, said ... Read more...
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