Team Anna supporters protest outside PM house, detained (Second Lead)
July 28th, 2012 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Around 100 Team Anna supporters, including eight women, took security personnel by surprise as they suddenly turned up to protest outside Prime Minister Manmohan ... Read more...
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Team Anna hits out at PMO’s rejection of allegations (Lead)
June 9th, 2012 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Team Anna Saturday criticised the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) for rejecting its accusations against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on allocation of coal blocks, and ... Read more...
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PMO rejects Team Anna’s ‘loose’ allegations against Manmohan
June 9th, 2012 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Rejecting Team Anna members' allegations against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on allocation of coal blocks, the Prime Minister's Office has refused to accept ... Read more...
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Team Anna demolishing public confidence: Soni
May 31st, 2012 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Sharpening its attack on Team Anna, the government Thursday accused the anti-graft group of demolishing the confidence of the common man by making baseless ... Read more...
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Prime minister’s image beyond doubt, says Congress (Lead)
May 30th, 2012 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) With Team Anna accusing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of corruption, the Congress party Wednesday hit back and said his image is beyond reproach."The prime ... Read more...
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Have deepest regard for PM: Team Anna
May 30th, 2012 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, May 30 (IANS) Faced with a direct attack from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Team Anna said Wednesday it had the "deepest regard" for him but wanted to know ... Read more...
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Will quit if Team Anna allegations are proved: Manmohan (Second Lead)
May 30th, 2012 - 12:36 am ICT by IANS
On Board Air India One, May 29 (IANS) A combative Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday threatened to "give up" his public career if there was any truth in the ... Read more...
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Charges against PM not irresponsible: Shanti Bhushan
May 29th, 2012 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Team Anna member Shanti Bhushan Tuesday said allegations levelled by them against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh were not irresponsible as the PM was party ... Read more...
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Team Anna charges Manmohan, Chidambaram, Pranab of corruption (Second Lead)
May 26th, 2012 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Team Anna Saturday charged Prime Minster Manmohan Singh and 14 cabinet ministers of "massive" corruption and asked for an independent probe, but the Congress ... Read more...
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Team Anna attacks Manmohan, Chidambaram and Pranab (Lead)
May 26th, 2012 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Team Anna Saturday renewed its attack on the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, alleging Prime Minster Manmohan Singh and 14 cabinet ministers were ... Read more...
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Now opposition guns for Chidambaram, Lok Sabha disrupted
April 27th, 2012 - 3:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Opposition Lok Sabha MPs Friday demanded the resignation of Home Minister P. Chidambaram who is alleged to have helped his son get financial benefits ... Read more...
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Congress to take Chhattisgarh’s coal mining expose to public
April 16th, 2012 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 16 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's opposition Congress has decided to take to the public a recent report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on coal mining in order ... Read more...
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BJP demands Chidambaram’s immediate resignation (Second Lead)
February 2nd, 2012 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday demanded the immediate resignation of Home Minister P. Chidambaram after the Supreme Court in a verdict cancelled ... Read more...
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UPA, BJP in war of words over Lokpal ‘debate’ (Lead)
December 12th, 2011 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) The Congress Monday accused the opposition of "double standards" for raising the Lokpal issue outside parliament when it was in session but the Bharatiya ... Read more...
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BJP rebuts ‘disrespecting parliament’ charge
December 12th, 2011 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) With the Congress attacking all the parties which participated in the Lokpal debate at Jantar Mantar here for hurting parliament's dignity, the Bharatiya Janata ... Read more...
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Team Anna unhappy over final Lokpal bill draft
November 29th, 2011 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) Expressing unhappiness over the draft Lokpal bill prepared by the parliamentary panel, Team Anna members said Tuesday it was useless if the Central ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh BJP dares Congress to prove corruption charges
November 8th, 2011 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Nov 8 (IANS) Countering allegations of corruption, Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday asked the Congress to prove the charge that it had engineered scandals to the ... Read more...
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A bookshelf with love, cricket and Buddhism (IANS Books This Week)
September 22nd, 2011 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Go through a pile of page-turners this weekend.1. "The Shadow of the Buddha"; Written by Matteo Pistono; Published by Hay House; Priced at Rs.299For a ... Read more...
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PM’s role ‘questionable’ in 2G scam, CWG
August 7th, 2011 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 7 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's role was "questionable" in the spectrum saga and the now jailed Suresh Kalmadi's ... Read more...
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Bihar legislator under attack in Chhattisgarh
August 1st, 2011 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 1 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's main opposition Congress Monday sought a probe into the tenure of Rajib Ranjan as chairman of Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board (CSEB). Ranjan is currently ... Read more...
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Meat ration for Indian soldiers hiked
July 2nd, 2011 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Indian soldiers will now get to eat better quantity non-vegetarian meal on par with their officers, with the defence ministry approving a higher ration of ... Read more...
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Congress, JD-S rally against Yeddyurappa rule
May 9th, 2011 - 6:17 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore/Shimoga, May 9 (IANS) The Congress and Janata Dal-Secular in Karnataka staged rallies Monday in Bangalore and Shimoga, respectively, against "corruption" and "various scams" in the Bharatiya Janata Party ... Read more...
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BJP’s nation-wide campaign to expose UPA’s failure: Venkaiah
March 26th, 2011 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 26 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will launch an almost three-month-long nationwide campaign April 6 to expose the failures of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, ... Read more...
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PML-N to continue monitoring PPP’s performance
February 28th, 2011 - 3:39 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Feb 28(ANI): Two days after expelling the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) from its Punjab government, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has said that it would continue monitoring the federal government's measures ... Read more...
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Former chief of Philippines Armed Forces commits suicide
February 8th, 2011 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, Feb 8 (IANS) The former chief of Philippines' Armed Forces Angelo Reyes shot himself Tuesday in front of his mother's grave at the Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina City.Reyes was pronounced ... Read more...
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Copy India to end corruption in Pakistani military: daily (Lead)
January 24th, 2011 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 24 (IANS) Pakistan should emulate India and act against corrupt military officers, a daily said Monday, noting that no action has ever been taken against retired or serving soldiers. "The ... Read more...
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`Pakistan should emulate India’s example to courtmartial general’
January 24th, 2011 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 24 (IANS) Pakistan "should emulate" the example of India to courtmartial a serving general for a land scam, a Pakistani daily said, adding "the only way Pakistan can ever become ... Read more...
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Jaitley attacks Congress, says ‘it has no place to hide their face’
January 11th, 2011 - 5:46 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 11 (ANI): Launching a vitriolic attack on the UPA Government, leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, said after the "massive corruption charges including the 2G ... Read more...
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Government trying to cover criminal culpability: BJP
December 9th, 2010 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) As the logjam in parliament continued for the 20th day, the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleged Thursday that the government was denying the demand ... Read more...
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Palin used Alaska ethics scandal to achieve political stardom
October 24th, 2010 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Oct. 24 (ANI): Former Governor Sarah Palin reportedly used a massive corruption case brewing in Alaska in 2006 to achieve political stardom.From the early days of her primary campaign ... Read more...
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Gilani gags Pak govt officials from having ‘direct contact’ with media
October 6th, 2010 - 7:40 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct 6 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, who is facing allegations of a massive corruption and misgovernance, has reportedly asked the government officials not to have 'direct contact' with ... Read more...
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Pak MNA accuses his own party of massive corruption over flood aid
October 6th, 2010 - 6:52 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct 6 (ANI): A Pakistani Member of National Assembly (MNA) from Mardan representing the Awami National Party (ANP), has reportedly slammed his party-led Government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for massive corruption, and ... Read more...
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Misappropriation scam hits Sindh flood victims amidst international corruption fears
August 21st, 2010 - 5:14 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug.21 (ANI): Amidst international concerns over the misuse of funds meant for flood victims owing to the massive corruption prevalent in the country, reports of misappropriation of government funds in Pakistan's ... Read more...
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BJP seeks debate on CWG preparations
August 2nd, 2010 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded a discussion in the Rajya Sabha on the "slow preparations" for the Commonwealth Games and complaints of corruption ... Read more...
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Poor construction of CWG stadiums worries sports federations
August 2nd, 2010 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Vijay Kumar Malhotra, president of the General Association of National Sports Federations (GANSF) Monday expressed serious concern over the reported poor construction of stadiums for the Commonwealth ... Read more...
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