2G verdict tight slap on government: Bal Thackeray
February 3rd, 2012 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court verdict cancelling 122 telecom licences issued in 2008 is a "tight slap" on the government's face, an editorial by Shiv Sena supremo ... Read more...
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Journalists’ delegation meets Chavan to seek action on attack
February 1st, 2012 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 31 (IANS) A delegation of journalists Tuesday met Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan to discuss the action on attack on a media house last week."We met Chavan and ... Read more...
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Ties with US not normal: Sherry Rehman
January 28th, 2012 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 28 (IANS) The Pakistan-US relationship was certainly not going through "normal" times, Islamabad's ambassador to Washington Sherry Rehman has said, and asked the Pakistani-American community for their support ... Read more...
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Press Club condemns Times of India attack
January 28th, 2012 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 28 (IANS) Condemning the attack on The Times of India building here Saturday, the Press Club, Mumbai, said that the assault was against the entire media fraternity."The attack ... Read more...
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Shiv Sainiks storm Times Of India office (Lead)
January 28th, 2012 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 28 (IANS) More than 50 angry Shiv Sena activists Saturday afternoon stormed into the Times Of India building here and damaged furniture and fittings in the reception areas ... Read more...
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Depressurised plane makes emergency landing in Russia
January 24th, 2012 - 6:04 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Boeing-737 with 78 people on board, flying from Russia's Rostov-on-Don city to Moscow, had to make an emergency landing 20 minutes after take-off ... Read more...
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Mamata’s stubbornness blocking investment: CPI-M
January 17th, 2012 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Mocking the West Bengal government's initiative to attract investments by organising business summit "Bengal Leads 2012", the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), the state's main ... Read more...
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CPI-M slams Trinamool for sidelining Congress
January 9th, 2012 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 8 (IANS) Fuelling the controversy of the Congress acting as the B-Team of the Left, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday alleged that Chief Minister Mamata ... Read more...
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Bal Thackeray targets Team Anna, Hazare
January 8th, 2012 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 8 (IANS) Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Sunday trained his guns on Team Anna members Kiran Bedi, Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, terming them "a bunch of ... Read more...
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Thackeray attacks Sonia, Rahul
January 8th, 2012 - 2:53 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 8 (IANS) Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Sunday attacked Congress president Sonia Gandhi by raking up her foreign origin and also questioned party general secretary Rahul ... Read more...
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BJP: hypocrisy of the holier-than-thou (Comment)
January 7th, 2012 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
After taking the high moral ground on the corruption issue in parliament and on the public stage with Anna Hazare, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fallen from grace on ... Read more...
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BJP faces criticism from own ranks, allies on Kushwaha issue
January 5th, 2012 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party Thursday continued to face criticism from various party members and well wishers as well as allies over its decision to ... Read more...
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Congress misleading on Ambedkar memorial, Thackeray warns Dalits
January 2nd, 2012 - 11:44 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 2 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Monday asked Dalits not to get "misled" by the central government's assurance that the Indu Mills land in south-central Mumbai would be ... Read more...
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Pro-Maharashtra party ruled Belgaum civic body dissolved
December 15th, 2011 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 15 (IANS) Karnataka Thursday dissolved the pro-Maharashtra party-ruled city corporation in Belgaum following several acts considered anti-Kannada by the government and pro-Kannada organizations."The Belgaum city corporation has been ... Read more...
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Lokpal bill could create a ‘Gaddafi’: Thackeray
December 15th, 2011 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 15 (IANS) After targeting social activist Anna Hazare, the Shiv Sena Thursday came out strongly against the proposed Jan Lokpal bill, stating it could create a 'Gaddafi' ... Read more...
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Slapgate: Thackeray lampoons Hazare for targeting Pawar
December 9th, 2011 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 9 (IANS) Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Friday questioned the credentials of social crusader Anna Hazare's anti-corruption campaign, claiming it appeared to target only Agriculture Minister Sharad ... Read more...
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The Love Bird has gone: Thackeray grieves for Dev Anand
December 5th, 2011 - 12:16 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 5 (IANS) "The Love Bird has gone…" This was how Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Monday mourned the demise of evergreen actor Dev Anand.In a rare, signed ... Read more...
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CPI-M mocks Mamata’s industrial revolution remark
November 1st, 2011 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 1 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Tuesday mocked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's promise of ushering in an "industrial revolution" and said projects announced ... Read more...
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Bal Thackeray demands Bharat Ratna for Big B
October 29th, 2011 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 29 (IANS) Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Saturday demanded that the country's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, be conferred on Amitabh Bachchan."Amitabh Bachchan is the last ... Read more...
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Michele Norris steps down as host of ‘All Things Considered’
October 25th, 2011 - 7:49 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Oct 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) National Public Radio’s Michele Norris has announced that her husband has picked up an offer to be part of President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. Her husband, ... Read more...
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Manmohan is intelligent man, quiet worker: Bal Thackeray
October 18th, 2011 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was intelligent but "very mild", Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray said Tuesday while giving kudos to the late Indira Gandhi as ... Read more...
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Thackeray congratulates Prashant Bhushan’s attackers
October 14th, 2011 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 14 (IANS) Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Friday congratulated the people who attacked senior lawyer and Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan in his chamber in the Supreme Court ... Read more...
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Thackeray asks Manmohan Singh to go
September 29th, 2011 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 29 (IANS) Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray Thursday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to immediately resign and recommend dissolution of the Lok Sabha.Attacking Manmohan Singh for "wearing ... Read more...
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Mamata promises to start writing again
September 27th, 2011 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 27 (IANS) The literary side of West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will come to fore again with Banerjee Tuesday promising to write ... Read more...
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Thackeray hits out at Ajit Pawar
September 26th, 2011 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 26 (IANS) Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Monday hit out at Nationalist Congress Party leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.In an editorial in the party ... Read more...
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Partymen missed Sonia in her absence, says Congress mouthpiece
September 12th, 2011 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi's successful surgery in the US finds a mention in the latest issue of party mouthpiece 'Congress Sandesh' with the editorial ... Read more...
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Please end fast, Thackeray appeals to Hazare (Lead)
August 24th, 2011 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 24 (IANS) Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Wednesday made a personal appeal to veteran anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare to end his nine-day hunger strike in view of his ... Read more...
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Impose President’s rule in the country, says Shiv Sena
August 23rd, 2011 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 23 (IANS) President's rule should be imposed in the country as the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has been unable to control the anti-corruption movement led by ... Read more...
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Government underestimated Anna’s movement: Anil Shastri
August 22nd, 2011 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) In an indication of unease in the Congress about the handling of Anna Hazare's fast, party leader Anil Shastri said Monday the government underestimated his ... Read more...
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Mamata’s bluff as railway minister called: CPI-M
August 21st, 2011 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 21 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of misleading the masses by making false promises during her stint ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi ‘missing’, says Shiv Sena ad
August 14th, 2011 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 14 (IANS) The Shiv Sena party mouthpiece Saamna in Marathi Sunday carried a 'missing people' advertisement taking a sarcastic dig at Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, ... Read more...
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Vijayan denies complaining against Achuthanandan
August 13th, 2011 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
Kannur (Kerala), Aug 13 (IANS) Pinarayi Vijayan, Kerala secretary of the Communist Party of India-Marxist(CPI-M), Saturday denied reports that the state unit had complained to the party against former chief ... Read more...
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China not backing India’s stand on Pakistan terror camps: Daily
August 12th, 2011 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) China Daily, widely seen as the mouthpiece of the ruling Communist Party, has confirmed the recent visit of the ISI chief to Beijing, but has ... Read more...
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CBI files case against lottery dealers in Kerala
August 6th, 2011 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Aug 6 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Saturday filed a complaint against lottery giant Santiago Martin and his associate John Kennedy in four different cases relating to ... Read more...
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Achuthanandan justifies visit to ousted CPI-M leader
August 5th, 2011 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 5 (IANS) Veteran Kerala CPI-M leader and former chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan Friday justified his visit to the man who was ousted from the party a few years ... Read more...
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