Of sleazegate ministers and their conflicting answers (Karnataka Newsletter)
February 11th, 2012 - 1:06 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 11 (IANS) Will the three Karnataka sleazegate ministers corroborate or contradict one another in their replies to the assembly speaker's notice seeking their version on porn viewing ... Read more...
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Sleazegate scalps three Karnataka ministers, leaves BJP red-faced (Roundup)
February 8th, 2012 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 8 (IANS) Three Bharatiya Janata Party ministers in Karnataka Wednesday quit over viewing porn in the assembly and were barred from house proceedings till cleared, but demands ... Read more...
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Karnataka sleazegate ministers quit, BJP embarrassed (Second Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 8 (IANS) Three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ministers in Karnataka resigned from their posts Wednesday, a day after two of them were caught watching porn on the ... Read more...
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BJP ministers watch porn in Karnataka assembly; face sack (Second Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 2:02 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 8 (IANS) Two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ministers in Karnataka, Laxman Savadi and C.C. Patil, were Tuesday caught watching porn on a cell phone in the state ... Read more...
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Karnataka minister caught watching porn in assembly
February 7th, 2012 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 7 (IANS) Karnataka Cooperation Minister Laxman Savadi was Tuesday caught watching blue film clippings on his cell phone in the state assembly, plunging the ruling Bharatiya Janata ... Read more...
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Protests over Odisha women panel’s report on gang rape
February 7th, 2012 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 7 (IANS) The head of the Odisha women's commission has come in for criticism over the panel's report on an alleged gang rape victim with opposition parties ... Read more...
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Punjab polls turnout 78.67 percent, re-poll in one booth
January 31st, 2012 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 31 (IANS) The final vote count in the election to 117 assembly seats in Punjab Monday has come to 78.67 percent -- the highest-ever in the electoral ... Read more...
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Heavy voting in Punjab: Who will pay a heavy price? (News Analysis)
January 31st, 2012 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 31 (IANS) Having set a new record with 76.63 percent voting in Punjab's election to 117 assembly seats, voters have left the main parties and leaders in ... Read more...
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Punjab, Uttarakhand register record polling (Roundup)
January 31st, 2012 - 12:50 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh/Dehradun, New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Punjab and Uttarakhand witnessed record voter turn out at 77 percent and 70 percent respectively Monday with one death in the country's grain ... Read more...
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Record voting in Punjab, nearly 77 cast franchise (Intro Roundup)
January 31st, 2012 - 12:48 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 30 (IANS) Setting a record, nearly 77 percent of Punjab's 1.76 crore voters cast their ballots Monday to pick a new state assembly and Election Commission (EC) ... Read more...
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Over 77 percent voting in Punjab, one killed in violence (Roundup)
January 30th, 2012 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 30 (IANS) Over 77 percent of Punjab's 1.76 crore voters cast their ballots Monday to pick a new state assembly. Election Commission (EC) officials said the final ... Read more...
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65 per cent voting in Punjab (Evening Lead)
January 30th, 2012 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 30 (IANS) Around 65 percent of Punjab's 1.76 crore voters had cast their ballots by 5 p.m. Monday to pick a new state assembly, while thousands ... Read more...
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Nearly 40 percent vote in Punjab polls (Afternoon Lead)
January 30th, 2012 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 30 (IANS) With a bright and sunny day at most places, thousands of people queued up outside polling booths across Punjab to elect a new assembly Monday ... Read more...
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Bright and sunny as polling picks up in Punjab (Second Lead)
January 30th, 2012 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 30 (IANS) Thousands of people queued up outside polling booths across Punjab to elect a new assembly Monday with over 15 percent of 1.76 crore voters casting ... Read more...
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Polling under way in Punjab (Lead)
January 30th, 2012 - 10:04 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 30 (IANS) Casting of votes started across 19,841 polling stations in Punjab's 117 assembly seats at 8 a.m. Monday, Election Commission (EC) officials said here.Despite the winter ... Read more...
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1.76 crore Punjab residents to vote Monday
January 29th, 2012 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 29 (IANS) Over 1.76 crore voters are eligible for casting their vote during the one-day election to 117 assembly seats in Punjab Monday (Jan 30), Election Commission ... Read more...
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All eyes on Lambi as Punjab heads for assembly polls
January 28th, 2012 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 28 (IANS) The importance of Punjab's Lambi assembly seat could be gauged from the fact that Saturday, the last day of campaigning for assembly elections in Punjab, ... Read more...
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Akalis, Congress claim victory as campaigning ends in Punjab
January 28th, 2012 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 28 (IANS) As campaigning officially ended Saturday evening for Monday's (Jan 30) election to Punjab's 117 assembly seats, the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance ... Read more...
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Akali government blamed for lack of NRI voters
January 27th, 2012 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 27 (IANS) The NRI cell of Punjab's opposition Congress Friday blamed the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government for the lack of numbers of NRIs wanting ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh gets notice for botched eye operations
January 24th, 2012 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 24 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh High Court Tuesday issued notice to the state's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government on botched eye operations in September that left several aged ... Read more...
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Akali Dal promises laptops, data cards to students
January 22nd, 2012 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
Ludhiana, Jan 22 (IANS) While making promises to all sections of the society, Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal Sunday said that all Class 11 and 12 students would be given ... Read more...
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Scandal brews, Tripura orders probe against senior cop
January 20th, 2012 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 20 (IANS) The alleged presence of a widow in the official residence of Tripura's additional director general of police has led to controversy, forcing the government to probe ... Read more...
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Chouhan patronising illegal mining in Madhya Pradesh: Congress (Lead)
January 17th, 2012 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 16 (IANS) The opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh Monday claimed that a team of its legislators had found large-scale illegal sand mining in Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's ... Read more...
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Chouhan patronising illegal mining in Madhya Pradesh: Congress
January 16th, 2012 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 16 (IANS) The opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh Monday claimed that a team of its legislators had found large scale illegal sand mining in Chief Minister Shivraj Singh ... Read more...
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Opposition parties demand justice for rape victim
January 16th, 2012 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 16 (IANS) Displaying rare unity, opposition parties in Odisha Monday joined a massive rally here to demand justice for a gang rape victim.The leaders and activists of ... Read more...
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Controversy over Manik Sarkar’s refusal to don convocation robe
January 13th, 2012 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 13 (IANS) A controversy erupted Friday over Chief Minister Manik Sarkar's refusal to wear the regulation gown at the Tripura University convocation, with the opposition Congress saying ... Read more...
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‘Jeeta and Jaggi’, ‘Jhootha and Thaggi’ colour Punjab campaign
January 13th, 2012 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 13 (IANS) If the opposition Congress can unleash 'Jeeta and Jaggi', the Shiromani Akali Dal can hit back with 'Jhootha and Thaggi'. After all, the electoral battle ... Read more...
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1,880 file nominations for Punjab polls
January 12th, 2012 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 12 (IANS) A total of 1,880 candidates have filed their nominations for the 117 seats of the Punjab assembly for which elections will be held Jan 30.A ... Read more...
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Protest in Chhattisgarh over rising cement prices
January 11th, 2012 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 11 (IANS) Nearly 500 people Wednesday blocked the entry points of Century Cement's production unit in Chhattisgarh to protest rising prices of cement, police said.Members of ... Read more...
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Congress, BJP trade charges over assault on Chhattisgarh protesters
January 9th, 2012 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 9 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and opposition Congress Monday traded charges over last weekend's police action in Korba district against dozens of villagers who ... Read more...
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Amarinder’s brother leads list of Punjab Congress rebels
January 7th, 2012 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 7 (IANS) Though the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP combine as well as the opposition Congress are facing party rebels in many constituencies for Punjab's Jan ... Read more...
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Cement price in Himachal reduced
January 5th, 2012 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Jan 5 (IANS) Three cement majors Thursday reduced the price of cement by Rs.25 per bag in Himachal Pradesh, said Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal."Ambuja, ACC and Jaypee have ... Read more...
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Bitter 2012 for Karnataka after scandalous year (Karnataka Newsletter)
December 31st, 2011 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 31 (IANS) Karnataka, which saw its image battered by scandals in 2011, enters the New Year with trepidation as ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) factional feuding seems ... Read more...
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Punjab: where politics and religion mix well (Punjab Newsletter)
December 31st, 2011 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 31 (IANS) In a country where secularism is enshrined in the constitution, mixing religion with politics may be a big no-no for many political parties. But, in ... Read more...
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New districts, sub-divisions and blocks for Tripura
December 28th, 2011 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 28 (IANS) Ahead of its 40th statehood day on Jan 21, Tripura will get four new districts, six sub-divisions and five rural development blocks in order to make ... Read more...
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