BJP terms Shivpal Yadav’s comments reckless
August 10th, 2012 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday termed as "reckless and bizarre" the reported remarks of Uttar Pradesh PWD Minister Shivpal Yadav that hard-working officials ... Read more...
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Minister flayed for saying officials can steal from state coffers
August 10th, 2012 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 10 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh's PWD minister Shivpal Yadav Friday back-tracked from his earlier statement in which he had reportedly told state government officials to steal but not ... Read more...
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Case will be made against CPI-M leader Mani: Chandy (Lead)
June 3rd, 2012 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, June 3 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Sunday said that a case will be made against CPI-M leader M.M. Mani for his speech that his party has committed ... Read more...
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Jagan’s bail plea dismissed, court reserves order (Lead)
June 1st, 2012 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 1 (IANS) A special court here Friday dismissed YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's petition while the Andhra Pradesh High Court rserved its orders on his quash ... Read more...
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Rajasthan lawmaker discharged in staged shootout case
May 31st, 2012 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, May 31 (IANS) Rajasthan legislator and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajendra Singh Rathore walked out of jail here Thursday after a court discharged him in criminal Dara ... Read more...
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Court posts orders on Jagan’s bail plea to Friday
May 31st, 2012 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 31 (IANS) A special CBI court posted to Friday orders on the bail petition of Member of Parliament Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, who is in jail in a disproportionate ... Read more...
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Congress, BJP spar over Jagan arrest (Lead)
May 29th, 2012 - 1:01 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) YSR Congress leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's arrest for illegally amassing wealth triggered a spat with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accusing the Congress of ... Read more...
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Mamata loses cool, walks out of TV programme
May 19th, 2012 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, known for losing cool over uncomfortable questions, Friday walked out of an interactive TV programme following a barrage of ... Read more...
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Minor raped at BSP MP’s house in Uttar Pradesh
April 30th, 2012 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 30 (IANS) A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped at gun point by the caretaker of a house owned by the Bahujan Samaj Party's member of parliament from ... Read more...
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Mulayam summons UP police chief, chief secretary over violence (Second Lead)
March 9th, 2012 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 9 (IANS) Rattled by incidents of violence in many parts of Uttar Pradesh and worried at them being attributed to workers of his victorious Samajwadi Party (SP), ... Read more...
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IPS officer’s killing: MP government slammed, judicial probe ordered (Roundup)
March 9th, 2012 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal/New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Friday ordered a judicial inquiry into the brutal Holi day murder of police officer Narendra Kumar while trying to stop a tractor ... Read more...
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Mayawati’s officials out to taint SP’s image: Akhilesh (Lead)
March 9th, 2012 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 9 (IANS) Pushed on the backfoot by reports of hooliganism by his party workers in several parts of Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav Friday ... Read more...
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Deceased IPS officer’s father alleges political murder
March 9th, 2012 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, March 9 (IANS) The father of deceased Indian Police Service officer Narendra Kumar, who was run over by a tractor-trolley in Madhya Pradesh, alleged Friday that his son's murder ... Read more...
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‘Coriolanus’-Shakespeare reloaded (IANS Movie Review)
January 21st, 2012 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Coriolanus"; Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Vanessa Redgrave; Director: Ralph Fiennes; Rating: ***1/2Everyone who has been exposed to Shakespeare through theatre indulges in a life-long love affair with the Bard. ... Read more...
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Nepalese ex-minister charged with kidnapping of businessman
January 18th, 2012 - 11:40 pm ICT by BNO News
KATHMANDU (BNO NEWS) -- Nepalese police on Tuesday charged a parliamentarian with masterminding the abduction of a businessman last month, the Himalayan Times reported on Wednesday.Constituent Assembly member Shyam Sundar Gupta is ... Read more...
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Kushwaha urges Gadkari to put his BJP membership on hold (Lead)
January 7th, 2012 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Amid the deepening divide within the Bharatiya Janata Party over his induction, Babu Singh Kushwaha, a former Bahujan Samaj Party leader, has written to ... Read more...
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BJP against passage of Lokpal bill, says Sibal (Lead)
December 27th, 2011 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) does not want the Lokpal bill to be passed so that it can raise the issue in the forthcoming ... Read more...
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BJP against passage of Lokpal bill: Sibal
December 27th, 2011 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) does not want the Lokpal bill to be passed so that it can make it an issue in the ... Read more...
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I will appeal to higher court: Sukh Ram
November 19th, 2011 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Shimla, Nov 19 (IANS) Former union minister Sukh Ram, who was Saturday sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment in a 1996 telecom scam case by a Delhi court, said ... Read more...
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Ahmed Patel was mastermind behind cash-for-vote scam: Gadkari
November 18th, 2011 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Nov 18 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Nitin Gadkari Friday alleged that Ahmed Patel, advisor to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, was the 'mastermind' behind the ... Read more...
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Probe ordered into youth’s death in Mathura
November 2nd, 2011 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 1 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government Tuesday ordered a probe by state's police's Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID) into the death of a youth in Mathura district last ... Read more...
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Passengers stranded; Trinamool, CPI-M blame each other
October 1st, 2011 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS
Howrah, Oct 1 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress and the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Saturday blamed each other as passengers were stranded at various places en route to the Howrah ... Read more...
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Jharkhand minister agrees for DNA test
September 17th, 2011 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Sep 17 (IANS) Refuting that he married a teacher and fathered her son, Jharkhand Agriculture Minister Satyanand Jha 'Batul' Saturday agreed for a DNA test to clear his ... Read more...
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Court summons to Kerala minister in lewd SMS case
September 17th, 2011 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
Thodupuzha (Kerala), Sep 17 (IANS) A court in this Kerala town has served summons on state Water Resources Minister P.J. Joseph seeking his appearance in a case of sending lewd ... Read more...
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Rajasthan cops offer reward for clues to missing nurse
September 17th, 2011 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Sep 17 (IANS) Rajasthan Police have announced a cash reward of Rs.2,000 for anyone who gives clues on the disappearance of a nurse who allegedly features in a ... Read more...
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Gujarat government expresses happiness over apex court order
September 12th, 2011 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Sep 12 (IANS) After Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's tweet of "God is great", state government spokesperson Jaynarayan Vyas Monday expressed happiness at the Supreme Court's order on ... Read more...
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Mining baron Janardhana Reddy arrested, jailed
September 5th, 2011 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 5 (IANS) Former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy and his relative B. Srinivasa Reddy were sent to a jail here Monday evening after a ... Read more...
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Janardhana Reddy sent to jail for 14 days
September 5th, 2011 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 5 (IANS) A special court here Monday sent former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy and Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) director B. Srinivas Reddy to judicial ... Read more...
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Gujarat ex-minister alleges conspiracy in Haren Pandya case
August 31st, 2011 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Aug 30 (IANS) Former Gujarat minister of state for home Gordhan Jhadapia here Tuesday said that there was a larger conspiracy behind the killing of the former Bharatiya ... Read more...
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Jagan accuses Congress of political vendetta
August 10th, 2011 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 10 (IANS) YSR Congress party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy Wednesday indirectly accused the Congress party of pursuing politics of vendetta.Reacting to a high court order directing a Central ... Read more...
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Congress, TDP welcome apex court rejection of Jagan’s petitions
July 22nd, 2011 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 22 (IANS) The ruling Congress party and main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Friday welcomed the Supreme Court order rejecting YSR Congress party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's petitions ... Read more...
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Three held for killings at MP’s house in Bihar
July 21st, 2011 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 21 (IANS) Three people were arrested Thursday for the gunning down of three people at the house of a Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP in Bihar, police said.Five ... Read more...
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Ramdev fast a political conspiracy: Bukhari
June 4th, 2011 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Criticising yoga guru Baba Ramdev's fast against corruption as a "political conspiracy", Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari Saturday said "communalism is ... Read more...
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Rajasthan BJP leader accused in shoot-out case, denies charges (Lead)
June 3rd, 2011 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, June 3 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday named Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Rajasthan minister Rajendra Singh Rathore in its charge sheet for ... Read more...
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Maran attends cabinet meet, slams detractors (Roundup)
June 2nd, 2011 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Amidst a raging row over his alleged role in telecom licensing and growing demand for his resignation, Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran Thursday attended a ... Read more...
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