Will try to evolve consensus on president: Government
April 23rd, 2012 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Amid speculation over the possible names of presidential candidates, the government Monday said it will try to evolve consensus on one candidate, but added that ... Read more...
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Who will be next president? Many names but could be another dark horse (Lead)
April 20th, 2012 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) With less than three months before President Pratibha Patil demits office, a host of possible successors have now surfaced. But a poor Congress show ... Read more...
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Debt drives three more Vidarbha farmers to suicide (Lead)
April 20th, 2012 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, April 20 (IANS) Driven to desperation in the face of rising poverty and falling cotton prices, three more debt-ridden farmers in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region have ended their lives, an ... Read more...
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Three Vidarbha farmers end life
April 20th, 2012 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, April 20 (IANS) Three debt-ridden cotton farmers have ended their lives in the Vidarbha region since Thursday, an activist said Friday.Gajanan Thorat of Garmmahsal in Washim district, Kamalabai Chavan ... Read more...
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Delhi civic polls: BJP wooing rebels to gain power in south
April 18th, 2012 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Nine seats short of the majority mark in south Delhi corporation, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is now trying hard to woo party rebels ... Read more...
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Delhi votes BJP back to power in civic polls (Intro Roundup)
April 17th, 2012 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) A triumphant Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday retained control over Delhi's civic administration, with the results of elections to the trifurcated Municipal Corporation of ... Read more...
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Delhi votes BJP back to power in civic polls (Roundup)
April 17th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) A triumphant Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday retained control over Delhi's civic administration, with the results of elections to the trifurcated Municipal Corporation of ... Read more...
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Delhi votes BJP back to power in civic polls (Fourth lead)
April 17th, 2012 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) A triumphant Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday retained control over Delhi's civic administration, with the results of elections to the trifurcated Municipal Corporation of ... Read more...
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Congress, NCP score well in five civic bodies’ polls
April 16th, 2012 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 16 (IANS) Contrary to expectations, the ruling Congress-Nationalist Congress Party combine performed well in the elections to five municipal corporations, results of which were declared here Monday.Polling ... Read more...
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Maharashtra assembly supports Marathi-speaking people of Karnataka
April 12th, 2012 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 12 (IANS) In a gesture of solidarity with the Marathi-speaking people of Belgaum in Karnataka who have staged a sit-in agitation in the city, the Maharashtra legislative ... Read more...
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Goa Congress leaders to explain poll defeat to Antony
April 10th, 2012 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 10 (IANS) Top Congress leaders from Goa will be summoned to New Delhi to meet the high command later this week for a post-mortem of the party's ... Read more...
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Maharashtra government, opposition trade charges
April 9th, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 9 (IANS) Maharashtra Industry Minister Narayan Rane Monday claimed that he had a list of the state's opposition leaders who had allegedly acquired land for different purposes ... Read more...
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Bhujbal trust’s building to be probed
April 6th, 2012 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 6 (IANS) In an embarrassment for PWD and Tourism Minister Chhagan Bhujbal, a team from the Maharashtra Charity Commissioner is to inspect on Saturday the premises of an ... Read more...
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Vilasrao should resign: Maharashtra opposition
April 5th, 2012 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 5 (IANS) Opposition parties in Maharashtra Thursday sought the resignation of Union Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh after the Supreme Court pulled him up over land allocation ... Read more...
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10 Maharashtra ministers guilty of financial lapses: Opposition
April 4th, 2012 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 4 (IANS) Maharashtra's opposition parties said Wednesday that 10 state ministers had reportedly been held responsible for financial lapses and causing losses to the state exchequer by ... Read more...
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NCP leader flashes pistol, suspended
April 2nd, 2012 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 2 (IANS) Two Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) politicians, including the city unit head of Maharashtra's Roha town, have been booked for allegedly threatening a local official who tried ... Read more...
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14 Shiv Sena, BJP legislators in Maharashtra suspended for year
March 30th, 2012 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 30 (IANS) A total of 14 opposition legislators - 13 of the Shiv Sena and one of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) - were Friday suspended from ... Read more...
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New tax on domestic LPG in Maharashtra rolled back
March 30th, 2012 - 1:36 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 30 (IANS) Buckling under pressure from all political parties and the public, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Ajit Pawar Thursday effected a marginal rollback of ... Read more...
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CID to probe Maharashtra legislators’ ‘fake signatures’
March 29th, 2012 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 29 (IANS) The Maharashtra Legislative Council Thursday ordered a CID probe into allegations made by a Shiv Sena member claiming her signature had been forged on some papers.Taking ... Read more...
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Clamour for action against V.K. Singh grows (Lead)
March 29th, 2012 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) The chorus for strong action against army chief Gen. V.K. Singh grew louder Thursday following reports that he had sought a CBI probe on graft ... Read more...
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Shirdi temple gets new trustees (Second Lead)
March 28th, 2012 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
Shirdi (Maharashtra), March 28 (IANS) Moving swiftly to meet a court deadline, the Maharashtra government has appointed a new board of trustees for a trust that manages the reverred Shirdi ... Read more...
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Shirdi temple: new trustees appointed (Lead, changing dateline)
March 28th, 2012 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
Shirdi (Maharashtra), March 28 (IANS) Moving swiftly to meet a court deadline, the Maharashtra government has appointed a new board of trustees for the Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust (SSST) to ... Read more...
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Shirdi temple: new trustees appointed
March 28th, 2012 - 11:26 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 28 (IANS) In a late night move, the Maharashtra government has appointed a new board of trustees for the Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust to replace the old set ... Read more...
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Hardeep Puri, Prashant Bhushan at Harvard meet (Lead)
March 24th, 2012 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
Boston, March 24 (IANS) Leaders representing India's government, business, politics, law, media and entertainment, including Hardeep Puri, India's Permanent Representative at the UN and Supreme Court lawyer and civil ... Read more...
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Government’s fresh bid to end Lokpal logjam fails (Roundup)
March 23rd, 2012 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) An all-party meeting convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here Friday to end the stalemate on the anti-graft Lokpal bill ended inconclusively amid growing ... Read more...
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There is consensus against government’s Lokpal bill: BJP (Lead)
March 23rd, 2012 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Even as the all-party meeting on the Lokpal bill called by the prime minister failed to break the logjam, senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley ... Read more...
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UPA to meet thrice a week to decide parliament strategy
March 21st, 2012 - 1:32 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) The Congress may have finally woken up to the need to improve its floor management in parliament and has decided to meet with allies ... Read more...
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PM’s statement appalling: Sharad Pawar
March 20th, 2012 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 20 (IANS) Stating that his party was hurt by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's comments, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar said Tuesday his party never objected ... Read more...
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Congress legislator apologises for assaulting photo-journalist
March 20th, 2012 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, March 20 (IANS) A Congress legislator in Meghalaya Tuesday apologised for assaulting a photojournalist inside the assembly premises, after a photo of him sleeping in the house was snapped.Founder ... Read more...
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Government to root out Goa mining mafia: Governor (Lead)
March 20th, 2012 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 20 (IANS) In an unprecedented assault on the mining sector, Goa Governor K. Sankaranarayanan Tuesday said the government would crack down on the illegal mining mafia in the ... Read more...
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Government will root out Goa’s mining mafia: Governor
March 20th, 2012 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 20 (IANS) Goa Governor K. Sankaranarayanan Tuesday said his government would crack down on the illegal mining mafia in the state.In his address to the newly-elected assembly on ... Read more...
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8 candidates in fray for 6 Rajya Sabha seats from Maharashtra
March 19th, 2012 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 19 (IANS) The biennial elections for six Rajya Sabha seats from Maharashtra became interesting with eight candidates in the fray at close of nominations here Monday.The last ... Read more...
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Rajya Sabha members express concern over poor sex ratio
March 19th, 2012 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Rajya Sabha members Monday expressed concern over the poor sex ratio in India, pointing out that stringent steps were needed to contain the situation.Raising ... Read more...
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Dalit party upset with Sena-BJP in Maharashtra
March 17th, 2012 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 17 (IANS) Barely a month after the civic elections in Maharashtra, cracks seemed to have appeared in the Republican Party of India's (RPI) ties with the Shiv ... Read more...
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Illegal mining report looms large over Goa (Goa Newsletter)
March 17th, 2012 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 17 (IANS) The spectre of the Justice M.B. Shah Commission report on illegal mining in India looms large over Goa.The findings of the report, submitted to the ... Read more...
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