UPCC chief wants utility before loyalty from cadres
September 11th, 2012 - 10:48 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 11 (IANS) The new president of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) Nirmal Khatri Tuesday told party workers and leaders that loyalty to the party was no longer ... Read more...
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Disillusionment, infighting caused Congress defeat
June 2nd, 2012 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 2 (IANS) Disillusionment with the Congress besides infighting in the party ranks are being widely blamed for the end of its 26 years of control over the ... Read more...
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Medvedev elected ruling party leader (Lead)
May 26th, 2012 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Members of Russia's ruling United Russia party Saturday elected Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as its leader at a party congress.In April, President Vladimir Putin announced ... Read more...
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Goa chief minister to pen ‘hilarious, bestselling’ memoir (Goa Newsletter)
May 11th, 2012 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 11 (IANS) Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who single-handedly scripted the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) victory in the recently held Goa polls, may soon be 'scripting' yet another ... Read more...
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Kushwaha chapter closed, says BJP
January 10th, 2012 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) On the mat over its anti-corruption agenda after induction of tainted former Uttar Pradesh minister Babu Singh Kushwaha, the Bharatiya Janata Party Tuesday brushed ... Read more...
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Meet to pick Yeddyurappa’s successor put off indefinitely (Lead)
July 29th, 2011 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 29 (IANS) The much-awaited meeting of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators to elect a new leader has been postponed indefinitely due to the growing rift ... Read more...
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Congress to revamp Kerala unit
June 8th, 2011 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 8 (IANS) The executive committee of the Congress in Kerala Wednesday decided to go for a total revamp of the party organisation in the state before August, a ... Read more...
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JD-U revokes suspension of two MPs
July 10th, 2010 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The Janata Dal-United (JD-U) Saturday revoked the suspension of two of its Lok Sabha members from Bihar - Jagdish Sharma and Purnmasi Ram - who faced action ... Read more...
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Chittagong loss creates rift in Bangladesh’s ruling Awami League
June 19th, 2010 - 3:14 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, June 19 (IANS) Bangladesh's ruling Awami League's loss in the all important Chittagong city corporation polls has triggered differences within the party with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina congratulating the opposition-backed ... Read more...
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Congress rules out any leadership change in Goa
January 15th, 2010 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 15 (IANS) The Congress Friday ruled out any leadership changes in Goa and asked the dissidents to use appropriate means to resolve their grievances instead of venting these in the ... Read more...
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Will do ‘more work for minorities’: Gadkari (Lead)
December 24th, 2009 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Expanding the organisational base of the beleaguered Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by reaching out to minorities and Dalits is the first priority of its new chief ... Read more...
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The lone woman minister in Karnataka storm is a gritty fighter
November 3rd, 2009 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 3 (IANS) Shobha Karandlaje, the lone woman minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) first ministry in Karnataka, whose scalp is being demanded by the rebels, is not perturbed.
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Ashok Chavan gets advance b’day gift - second stint as chief minister (With Images)
October 25th, 2009 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
By Quaid Najmi
Mumbai, Oct 25 (IANS) For Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, his birthday Wednesday will be extra special. Three days before he turns 51, the Congress offered him ... Read more...
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Migration to richer states inevitable: Official
July 14th, 2009 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 14 (IANS) Equating the flow of migrants into Goa with Punjab, which attracts hordes of farm labourers from Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh, a member of the Commission on Centre-State ... Read more...
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Amar Singh meets Sonia, will give fresh letter of support
July 8th, 2008 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh Tuesday met United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi and assured her of his party's support for the government on the India-US ... Read more...
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Vellu in control of MIC: Malaysian analyst
February 22nd, 2008 - 4:47 pm ICT by admin
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 22 (IANS) Senior Malaysian Indian politician S. Samy Vellu is in control of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) as it approaches the March 8 general elections as part of ... Read more...
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