‘Samajwadi Party will get full majority in UP’
February 10th, 2012 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Ahead of the second phase of assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party leader Mohan Singh said Friday the party will get a majority in ... Read more...
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Independent legislator set to join Trinamool
February 8th, 2012 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 8 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress is set to induct an independent legislator who defeated last year the Trinamool candidate with Congress backing.Hamidul Rehman won from Chopra in ... Read more...
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Barabanki gets the chills, slow polling in first hours
February 8th, 2012 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Barabanki (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 8 (IANS) The enthusiastic first time voter and the loyal Dalit were out but many others stayed inside their homes Wednesday, waiting for the chill ... Read more...
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Raja meets DMK supporters near court lock-up
February 7th, 2012 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Around 60 supporters and DMK party colleagues of jailed former communications minister A. Raja met him Tuesday in the premises of a Delhi district court ... Read more...
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Stalkers may soon have tough time in Britain
February 5th, 2012 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 5 (IANS) The British government may soon formulate a law laying down "substantial" jail terms for stalkers.British parliamentarians believe the problem has become so acute that a new ... Read more...
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Not getting development funds, complains Trinamool MP
February 4th, 2012 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) Singer-turned-Trinamool Congress MP Kabir Suman Saturday complained that the developmental work in his Lok Sabha constituency was suffering with his MP Local Area Development funds ... Read more...
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Guilty should be punished in 2G, says Trinamool
February 4th, 2012 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress Saturday refused to comment on the special CBI court's order declining to make Home Minister P. Chidambaram an accused in the 2G ... Read more...
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Rahul, Ajit Singh’s joint rally at Meerut Thursday
February 1st, 2012 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Ajit Singh will address a joint poll rally at Meerut in western Uttar Pradesh ... Read more...
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SC restores JD-U MP’s Lok Sabha membership
February 1st, 2012 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The Supreme court Wednesaday set aside a Patna High Court order quashing the election of Janata Dal-United (JD-U) Lok Sabha member Manghni Lal Mandal from ... Read more...
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AIUDF to campaign for RLD in UP elections
January 31st, 2012 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) president Maulana Badruddin Ajmal Tuesday said he would campaign for Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) candidates in the forthcoming assembly ... 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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Shiv Sena MP seriously injured in accident
January 22nd, 2012 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Jan 22 (IANS) Shiv Sena MP Bharatkumar Raut Sunday suffered severe head injuries when his car met with an accident on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway Sunday and his condition is ... Read more...
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Kashmiri student out of danger (Lead)
January 22nd, 2012 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 22 (IANS) A Kashmiri student who was shot at Saturday in Ujjain district of Madhya Pradesh is out of danger in a Indore hospital, police said Sunday.Shabbir Ahmed, ... Read more...
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Omar talks to Chouhan on Kashmiri student
January 22nd, 2012 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday spoke to his Madhya Pradesh counterpart Shivraj Singh Chouhan, inquiring about the shooting of a Kashmiri student ... Read more...
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Triple crown for Haria in National Billiards and Snooker
January 17th, 2012 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Jan 17 (IANS) Teen-aged sensation Dhvaj Haria achieved a rare treble when he annexed the sub-junior snooker and the junior billiards crowns Tuesday in addition to sub-junior billiards ... Read more...
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Haria to meet Dhingra for sub-junior snooker title
January 16th, 2012 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Jan 16 (IANS) Gujarat's Dhvaj Haria will take on Maharashtra's Jaiveer Dhingra in the finals of the sub-junior snooker event at the Manisha National Billiards and Snooker championships here.In ... Read more...
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Congress MP quizzed by CBI in Emaar case
January 16th, 2012 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 16 (IANS) Congress Rajya Sabha MP K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao Monday appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Emaar-APIIC township scam.KVP, as he is popularly called, ... Read more...
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CWG graft: Order reserved on Kalmadi’s bail plea (Lead)
January 10th, 2012 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday reserved its order on the bail pleas of Suresh Kalmadi, jailed MP and former chief of the Commonwealth Games Organising ... Read more...
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2G: Balwa, Aggarwal move high court
January 5th, 2012 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Corporate honchos Asif Balwa and Rajiv B. Agggarwal, accused in the 2G case, Thursday moved the Delhi High Court demanded that the CBI investigating officer ... Read more...
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Raja visited Kanimozhi’s Delhi house: Ex-aide
January 3rd, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Aseervartham Achary, ex-aide of jailed former communications minister A. Raja, Tuesday told a special court hearing the 2G case that his boss once told him ... Read more...
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Congress wins Chandigarh mayoral election
January 1st, 2012 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 1 (IANS) The Congress won the Chandigarh mayoral election that was held Sunday.The party won all three posts of mayor, senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor for ... Read more...
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I tore the bill because it was bad: Rajniti Prasad
December 30th, 2011 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Justifying his act of tearing a copy of the Lokpal bill in the Rajya Sabha, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) member Rajniti Prasad Friday said it ... Read more...
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Sad day for democracy: Trinamool
December 30th, 2011 - 2:25 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress Thursday said the adjournment sine die of the Rajya Sabha without vote on the Lokpal bill was shameful and a sad day ... Read more...
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RJD MP tears document in Rajya Sabha
December 30th, 2011 - 12:45 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) In a shocking act, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) member Rajniti Prasad Thursday night tore the Lokpal bill after snatching it from Minister of State for ... Read more...
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Will move amendment on Lokpal: Trinamool
December 29th, 2011 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Unhappy over the issue of setting up of state Lokayuktas, the Trinamool Congress Thursday said that it would move an amendment in the Rajya ... Read more...
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States should decide on Lokayuktas, says DMK
December 27th, 2011 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) United Progressive Alliance (UPA) constituent DMK Tuesday said the Lokpal bill should not come into effect retrospectively and enactment of Lokayuktas should be left to ... Read more...
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CPI-M to move amendments to Lokpal bill
December 26th, 2011 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Advocating a strong Lokpal outside the control of the government, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Monday said it would move two amendments to the ... Read more...
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At 68, De Niro a dad again
December 24th, 2011 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 24 (IANS) Robert De Niro, 68, is a father again! The veteran actor and his wife have welcomed a baby girl born via a surrogate mother.The representative ... Read more...
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Two Himachal BJP leaders resign from party posts
December 23rd, 2011 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Dec 23 (IANS) Factionalism within Himachal Pradesh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to the fore Friday when two senior leaders resigned from their party posts.Maheshwar Singh, a ... Read more...
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Maharashtra Rajya Sabha member wallet stolen in temple
December 21st, 2011 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) The wallet of a Rajya Sabha member from Maharashtra was stolen by some unidentified men when he was visiting a temple in the capital, police ... Read more...
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No majority in Chandigarh civic poll (Lead)
December 19th, 2011 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 19 (IANS) A clear majority eluded both the ruling Congress and their rival BJP-Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) combine in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections as results were ... Read more...
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BJP-Akali Dal make major gains in Chandigarh civic polls
December 19th, 2011 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 19 (IANS) The Congress was facing defeat in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections as counting of votes took place Monday. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Shiromani Akali Dal ... Read more...
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White paper on black money issue: Pranab
December 14th, 2011 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) The government would bring out a white paper on the issue of black money, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Wednesday. He also dismissed reports ... Read more...
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Samajwadi Party MP Rasheed Masood joins Congress
December 12th, 2011 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Samajwadi Party MP Rasheed Masood Monday joined the Congress, giving the party another boost in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh.Rasheed's entry comes two days after the Rashtriya ... Read more...
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Former Haryana MP Chiranji Lal dead
December 12th, 2011 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 12 (IANS) Four-time former Congres MP Chiranji Lal Sharma Monday morning passed away in a private hospital in Gurgaon. He was 88.Sharma, who died of old-age related ailments, ... Read more...
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