UP Police chief, home secretary to review law and order
June 1st, 2012 - 1:00 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 1 (IANS) Rattled by the opposition attack for failing law and order in Uttar Pradesh, Director General of Police (DGP) A.C. Sharma and Principal Home Secretary R.M. Srivastava ... Read more...
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Parliament adjourned for day over FDI in retail
November 28th, 2011 - 2:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) Both houses of parliament were adjourned for the day Monday as a united opposition cornered the government on its decision to allow 51 percent ... Read more...
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Anna’s arrest allowed by law: Chidambaram
August 17th, 2011 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Amidst an opposition attack on the government over the arrest of Gandhian Anna Hazare, Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday defended the Delhi Police action, ... Read more...
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We will come out clean: Dikshit (Lead)
April 26th, 2011 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) A day after facing a stinging opposition attack on her government's alleged "bungling" in the creation of infrastructure for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Delhi ... Read more...
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Congress cutting short parliament sessions to avoid opposition: BJP
March 31st, 2011 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday accused the Congress of cutting short sessions of parliament and state assemblies to escape the opposition onslaught over ... Read more...
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Peace Dialogue - PM bats on front foot (ANI Exclusive)
March 26th, 2011 - 6:58 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar. 26 (ANI): For months, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, was batting on the back foot. Now, when the budget session, with all the cynicism generated by the ... Read more...
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Bansal faces opposition attack over shop allotment scam (Roundup)
March 14th, 2011 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal Monday faced opposition demand for his resignation over allegations of involvement in a multi-crore-rupee fraud in allotment of ... Read more...
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Parliament adjourns after paying tribute to deceased members
February 21st, 2011 - 5:04 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 21 (NAI): Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned till Tuesday after tributes were paid to former members who had died in the intervening period between the Winter and ... Read more...
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Manmohan Singh hopes Budget session will be peaceful, productive
February 21st, 2011 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 21 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, today said the Budget session of Parliament is very crucial and hoped the proceedings would be peaceful." This Budget ... Read more...
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Sonia blasts opposition for targeting PM
November 24th, 2010 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday described as "shameful" the opposition attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the 2G spectrum row and warned it would learn ... Read more...
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Congress strongly defends PM (Lead)
November 19th, 2010 - 11:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The Congress party Friday came out strongly in defence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, calling the opposition's attack on him over the 2G spectrum scam as ... Read more...
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CWG Scam: Aiyar says ‘no one is indispensable’
August 10th, 2010 - 5:27 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 10 (ANI): Former Sports Minister and Congress MP Mani Shankar Aiyar on Tuesday reacting on corruption charges against the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee hinted at the removal of ... Read more...
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Kalmadi should resign if found guilty: Digvijay Singh
August 10th, 2010 - 12:38 pm ICT by ANI
Shahjahanpur (UP), Aug 10 (ANI): Congress General Secretary and in charge of Uttar Pradesh affairs Digvijay Singh on Tuesday said the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi should resign if found ... Read more...
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CWG corruption allegations rock Lok Sabha proceedings
August 9th, 2010 - 6:42 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 9 (ANI): The Lok Sabha, on Monday, witnessed a heated debate between the government and the opposition over a demand for a joint parliamentary probe into all allegations of ... Read more...
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Food inflation falls to single digits at 9.67 percent
July 29th, 2010 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) For the first time this year, India's annual food inflation eased to single digits at 9.67 percent for the week ended July 17, from 12.47 percent a ... Read more...
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Kerala theme park ordered shut after opposition attack
July 19th, 2010 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 19 (IANS) Kerala's Congress-led opposition Monday raised the issue of a controversial mangrove theme park at Kannur and staged a walkout in the assembly, prompting the government to hastily ... Read more...
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Pawar does U-turn on milk prices after opposition attack (Roundup)
January 21st, 2010 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Under attack from the opposition, a defensive Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Thursday denied having said that prices of milk would go up in northern India.
"This is ... Read more...
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Gayle hits 16th ODI ton as West Indies win Scotiabank Cup
August 25th, 2008 - 9:56 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, Aug 25 (IANS) West Indies captain Chris Gayle scored a blistering 110 off 77 balls to lead his team to seven-wicket victory over Canada to clinch the first Scotiabank ODI triangular ... Read more...
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Row over sex education in Maharashtra assembly
April 23rd, 2008 - 10:14 pm ICT by admin
Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) In an unprecedented action, Speaker Babasaheb Kupekar Wednesday withheld in the state legislative assembly an announcement School Education Minister Vasant Purke ade about introduction of sex education in ... Read more...
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