Government staring at house trouble in budget session’s second half
April 22nd, 2012 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The budget session of parliament is set to resume Tuesday with the government hoping to pass some key pending bills, but also staring at ... Read more...
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BJP faces revolt over Rajya Sabha nomination (Lead)
March 21st, 2012 - 1:33 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) The row in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Rajya Sabha nominations erupted Tuesday as senior leader Yashwant Sinha slammed the decision not to ... Read more...
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BJP faces revolt against Jharkhand Rajya Sabha nomination
March 20th, 2012 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) The conflict within the Bharatiya Janata Party on the Rajya Sabha nominations came out in the open Tuesday as senior leader Yashwant Sinha slammed ... Read more...
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Rollback of fares is PM’s prerogative: Mamata
March 19th, 2012 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) The rollback in passenger tariff, proposed in the 2012-13 rail budget, was a prerogative of the prime minister, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool ... Read more...
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Trivedi says adieu, to attend party meet
March 19th, 2012 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Dinesh Trivedi, who quit as railway minister, said Monday he would visit Rail Bhavan to bid farewell to his colleagues and also attend the ... Read more...
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Dinesh Trivedi speaks to Mamata, to quit (Second Lead)
March 18th, 2012 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) Ending days of stalemate, Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi Sunday agreed to quit after speaking with his Trinamool Congress party chief Mamata Banerjee, a short ... Read more...
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Dinesh Trivedi sows dissent in Trinamool ranks (West Bengal Newsletter)
March 18th, 2012 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) The continuing suspense drama over the Dinesh Trivedi episode has not been the best advertisement for West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress. But what could be ... Read more...
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Trinamool tells Trivedi to quit, he wants Mamata’s written order (Roundup)
March 17th, 2012 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata/New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) In a hardening of stands, the Trinamool Congress Saturday asked its nominee and Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi to resign from the post, but the ... Read more...
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Kabir Suman bats for Trivedi, says railway minister not Trinamool property
March 15th, 2012 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 15 (IANS) As the Trinamool Congress leadership seemed to be inching toward putting a full stop to Dinesh Trivedi's stint as railway minister, he found a supporter ... Read more...
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No threat to UPA: Trinamool
March 15th, 2012 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress (TMC) Thursday ruled out any threat to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and said it never asked Railway Minister Dinesh ... Read more...
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Mamata tells PM: Let Mukul Roy replace Trivedi
March 15th, 2012 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday night to make her Trinamool colleague Mukul Roy railway minister after her nominee ... Read more...
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Trinamool demands fare hike roll-back, hints at Congress hand (Third Lead)
March 14th, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress Wednesday demanded a roll-back of the fare hike announced by Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi, who is from the same party, and ... Read more...
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Fare hike has to be withdrawn: Mamata
March 14th, 2012 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) Stating that her Trinamool Congress had not been informed about the rail fare hike, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday sought a rollback of ... Read more...
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Trinamool talks tough, threatens to oppose policies in parliament
March 9th, 2012 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) Giving a tough message to the Congress ahead of parliament's budget session beginning Monday, the Trinamool Congress Friday said it would not accept any cut ... Read more...
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UP governor accepts Mayawati’s resignation
March 8th, 2012 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 7 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Governor B.L. Joshi Wednesday accepted the resignation of outgoing Chief Minister Mayawati and asked her to continue on the post till the next government ... Read more...
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Trinamool to oppose UPA’s anti-people policies in parliament
February 29th, 2012 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 29 (IANS) Intensifying pressure on the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA), coalition partner Trinamool Congress Wednesday said it would oppose "tooth and nail" every "anti-people" policy and bill ... Read more...
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Congress to seek explanation from absentee MPs (Second Lead)
December 28th, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday said it will seek an explanation from party MPs who were absent without prior information during the voting Tuesday night in ... Read more...
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Don’t be defeatist: Sonia to Congress MPs (Second Lead)
December 21st, 2011 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Exuding confidence that the Congress will do well in the assembly polls next year, party chief Sonia Gandhi Wednesday asked her MPs not to ... Read more...
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Lokpal bill is pathbreaking legislation: Sonia
December 21st, 2011 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Describing the Lokpal bill as a pathbreaking legislation, Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday urged Anna Hazare to accept it.Addressing the Congress Parliamentary Party, Gandhi ... Read more...
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BJP submits privilege motion against Chidambaram
December 20th, 2011 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday submitted a privilege motion against Home Minister P. Chidambaram, who has been in the focus of opposition ire ... Read more...
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Despite yatra, Advani is no Vajpayee (Comment)
November 26th, 2011 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Since politicians are generally suspected of hiding their self-serving interest under homilies, it is unlikely that there are many takers for L.K. Advani's claim that his recent rath yatra - ... Read more...
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NDA MPs to give ‘no black money’ declaration next week
November 23rd, 2011 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) National Democratic Alliance (NDA) MPs will next week give a declaration that they don't have any black money stashed away in banks abroad."The NDA ... Read more...
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TDP evicted, DMK gets Room No.5 in Parliament House
November 23rd, 2011 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Hyderabad, Nov 23 (IANS) Parliament authorities have removed the nameplate of a Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader from the door of room No. 5 on the ground floor ... Read more...
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Will not bear another hike, says Mamata as PM rules out rollback
November 9th, 2011 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata/New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Tuesday gave a reprieve to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) but served a fresh ultimatum of walking out ... Read more...
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Trinamool wants to dump UPA, awaits PM’s return
November 4th, 2011 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 4 (IANS) Giving a virtual ultimatum, the Trinamool Congress Friday threatened to quit the UPA against "repeated unilateral decisions" to raise fuel and coal prices but its ... Read more...
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Trinamool MPs for quitting ministry, Mamata awaits PM’s return
November 4th, 2011 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 4 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress parliamentary party Friday favoured quitting the government in protest against "repeated unilateral decisions" to raise petrol prices. Party chief Mamata Banerjee, however, ... Read more...
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Petrol hike: Angry Trinamool summons parliamentary party meet
November 4th, 2011 - 12:36 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 3 (IANS) Angry over the latest petrol price hike, Trinamool Congress - the second largest constituent of the Congress-led ruling United Progressive Alliance at the centre - ... Read more...
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Advani’s last throw of the dice (Comment)
October 15th, 2011 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
For a believer in astrology, L.K. Advani cannot be too pleased with the way he set off on his latest rath yatra. First, he had to shift the starting point ... Read more...
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Cash-for-votes: Advani taunts government to jail him
September 8th, 2011 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Thursday dared the government to put him behind bars for approving the display of cash by party ... Read more...
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U.S. gov’t refuses to take Maoist party off terrorism lists despite election win
August 30th, 2011 - 10:06 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- The U.S. State Department on Tuesday said it continues to have concern about the activities of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M) and will therefore not ... Read more...
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Concerned about Hazare logjam: Rahul Gandhi
August 25th, 2011 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said Thursday he was concerned over the logjam in the wake of Anna Hazare's fast for a stronger Lokpal bill."Of ... Read more...
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Lokpal bill part of UPA’s commitment: Congress
August 25th, 2011 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) The Lokpal bill had not been brought to parliament under any pressure but as part of the commitment of the Congress and the United Progressive ... Read more...
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Three BJP MPs threaten to resign over party’s anti-graft stand
August 24th, 2011 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) parliamentary party meet Wednesday to discuss the strategy on the Lokpal bill turned stormy with three MPs, including senior leader ... Read more...
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BJP likely to raise CAG report on CWG in parliament
August 7th, 2011 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to raise the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on Commonwealth Games (CWG) in parliament Monday, party ... Read more...
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BJP signals a stormy monsoon session
July 30th, 2011 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Signalling a stormy monsson session of parliament, the Bharatiya Janata Pary (BJP) Saturday said it would seek parliamentary debates on the alleged rampant corruption ... Read more...
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