All options open for presidential polls, says Mamata (Second Lead)
May 5th, 2012 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Friday gave a veiled warning to the Congress on her demand for interest moratorium ... Read more...
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All options open for presidential polls, says Mamata (Lead)
May 4th, 2012 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Friday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh regarding her demand for interest moratorium to the ... Read more...
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Sangma pitches for tribal as president
May 4th, 2012 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader P.A. Sangma Friday pitched for a tribal candidate as the next president of India, saying that an appeal will ... Read more...
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Presidential poll: Mamata meets Sonia as Congress seeks UPA consensus (Lead)
May 3rd, 2012 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi met Trinamool supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday as part of the Congress's efforts to build consensus ... Read more...
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Congress seems ahead in presidential sweepstakes, BJP stuck
May 3rd, 2012 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The Congress seems to have taken a head-start over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presidential poll campaign as it deftly moves for ... Read more...
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President polls: Congress hopes for Mamata’s support
May 3rd, 2012 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The Congress is hoping for the support of the Trinamool Congress in the presidential polls when West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee meets ... Read more...
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Himachal Congress tries to put house in order (Himachal Pradesh Newsletter)
April 28th, 2012 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 28 (IANS) As Himachal Pradesh goes to the polls for its 68 assembly seats later this year, the faction-ridden opposition Congress has begun an exercise to put ... Read more...
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Now opposition guns for Chidambaram, Lok Sabha disrupted
April 27th, 2012 - 3:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Opposition Lok Sabha MPs Friday demanded the resignation of Home Minister P. Chidambaram who is alleged to have helped his son get financial benefits ... Read more...
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Mukul to pursue Mamata’s Vision 2020 for railways
April 26th, 2012 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Railway Minister Mukul Roy Thursday said he would take his Trinamool party chief Mamata Banerjee's Vision 2020 forward and deepen the agenda of inclusive ... Read more...
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Hazare to meet political parties for strong Lokayukta
April 26th, 2012 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 26 (IANS) As a precursor to the proposed state tour for a strong Lokayukta bill, social activist Anna Hazare started his two-day consultations with all political parties ... Read more...
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Delhi government will release Rs.1,831 crore for MCD
April 21st, 2012 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The Delhi government will release Rs.1,831 crore for the upkeep of the newly-trifurcated Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), an official said Saturday."To balance the ... Read more...
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All set for working of trifurcated MCD: Government
April 21st, 2012 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The Delhi government Saturday said all arrangements had been made to ensure smooth functioning of the trifurcated Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).
"All ... Read more...
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Defeat in Delhi civic polls a wake up call to Dikshit
April 19th, 2012 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The loss in the capital's civic polls may not cause too much worry to the Congress at the centre but it has certainly dented ... Read more...
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China vows thorough probe into Bo Xilai scandal
April 18th, 2012 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 18 (IANS) China has vowed to thoroughly investigate events related to top politician Bo Xilai, a top politician, and his wife who is being linked to the death ... Read more...
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Ethics training needed for civil servants: Chinese official
April 17th, 2012 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 17 (IANS) Professional ethics training for civil servants is a "pressing and long-term strategic task" that could have a profound influence on the government's work efficiency as well ... Read more...
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Civic polls indicator for future: BJP
April 17th, 2012 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) A jubilant Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday called the results of Delhi civic polls a prelude for the coming state assembly and Lok Sabha ... Read more...
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Lalu slams Nitish for ‘bowing’ before Raj Thackeray
April 16th, 2012 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, April 16 (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Monday lashed out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for "bowing" before Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray ... Read more...
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As rumours swirl online, Chinese daily seeks clean up
April 16th, 2012 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 16 (IANS) The rapid development of internet has brought conveniences and efficiency to information exchanges, but has also speeded up the spread of rumours, Xinhua reported citing a ... Read more...
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Virbhadra moves to grab reins of power (Himachal Pradesh Newsletter)
April 15th, 2012 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 15 (IANS) The Congress policy of not announcing the chief minister's name before the elections in the state has come under fire by its own senior leader and ... Read more...
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CBI questions Andhra minister in Jagan case
April 14th, 2012 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 13 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday questioned a cabinet minister in Andhra Pradesh for eight hours in a case involving alleged illegal assets of YSR ... Read more...
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China cracks down on rumours, removes 210,000 online posts (Lead)
April 12th, 2012 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 12 (IANS) China has removed over 210,000 online posts since mid-March and shut down 42 websites in its crackdown on Internet-based rumour-mongering, a senior official said Thursday.Liu Zhengrong, ... Read more...
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China cracks down on rumours, removes 210,000 online posts
April 12th, 2012 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 12 (IANS) China has removed more than 210,000 online posts since mid-March and shut down 42 websites in its crackdown on Internet-based rumour-mongering, Xinhua quoted a senior official ... Read more...
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Chinese politician’s wife probed over Briton’s death (Lead)
April 11th, 2012 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 11 (IANS) A rising star of the Chinese political scene has been demoted from the country's powerful politburo after his wife was named by police as a prime ... Read more...
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Congress attacks Gadkari, BJP says charges baseless (Lead)
April 11th, 2012 - 12:45 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Congress Tuesday attacked BJP president Nitin Gadkari and demanded the resignation of his party colleague and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh over a ... Read more...
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Akhilesh to attend meet on internal security
April 9th, 2012 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 9 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is likely to attend the chief ministers' conference on internal security in New Delhi April 16 in a marked ... Read more...
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Cancel my son-in-law’s ticket: Bukhari
April 6th, 2012 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 6 (IANS) The Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid, Syed Ahmed Bukhari, Friday asked Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav to revoke the legislative council ticket of his ... Read more...
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Bahuguna wants UP to clear decade-old dues
April 3rd, 2012 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 3 (IANS) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna will Wednesday reach Uttar Pradesh, his home state, on a two-day visit during which he will call on Chief Minister Akhilesh ... Read more...
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Conspiracy in UP firing that killed three?
April 2nd, 2012 - 2:15 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 2 (IANS) Amid theories suggesting a "larger conspiracy", the Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a probe into the Sunday firing in Etawah that killed three people.Other than a ... Read more...
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12 IAS transferred in UP
March 27th, 2012 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 27 (IANS) After a major overhaul of the state police force, the Uttar Pradesh government Tuesday effected a major reshuffle of the state bureaucracy, transferring 12 Indian Administrative ... Read more...
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Hope BJP will support our Rajya Sabha candidate: JMM
March 26th, 2012 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, March 26 (IANS) The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Monday expressed hope that alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would vote for its candidate in the Rajya Sabha poll ... Read more...
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Turmoil in Andhra Congress, minister quits over poll defeat (Lead)
March 22nd, 2012 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 22 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh's ruling Congress was in turmoil Thursday following its defeat in assembly by-elections with a senior cabinet minister sending his resignation to party's ... Read more...
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Food bill: Thomas hopes for across spectrum support
March 22nd, 2012 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Expressing hope of getting the support of all political parties on the National Food Security Bill, Food Minister K.V. Thomas Thursday said the legislation is ... Read more...
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Number of poor should be decided politically: Plan panel member
March 22nd, 2012 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) Facing flak from several quarters, including various political parties, for releasing new estimates which allegedly underestimate poverty in India, a Planning Commission member Thursday said ... Read more...
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Rebellion peters out in Uttarakhand Congress
March 20th, 2012 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Dehradun, March 20 (IANS) The week-long crisis in Uttarakhand following the coronation of Vijay Bahuguna as chief minister finally seems to be easing out with senior Congress leaders Tuesday ... 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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