Both Congress and BJP against quota in promotions bill: Mayawati
September 5th, 2012 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati Wednesday said both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party had "political motives" against reservations in job promotions for ... Read more...
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Virbhadra ready for graft case trial in lower court
August 29th, 2012 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 29 (IANS) Former union minister Virbhadra Singh, who took over as the Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee chief here Wednesday, said he was ready to stand trial in a ... Read more...
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Obama using drone strikes for political gains: Gilani
June 11th, 2012 - 9:23 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that US President Barack Obama is using drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal regions for political motives, Xinhua reported.Gilani's ... Read more...
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CBI summons Jagan for questioning May 25
May 23rd, 2012 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 23 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday summoned YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy for questioning in his alleged illegal assets case May 25, ... Read more...
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Hamas says political motives behind Gaza’s mounting energy crisis
March 21st, 2012 - 1:35 am ICT by IANS
Gaza, March 20 (IANS) Islamic Hamas movement, which rules the Gaza Strip, said on Tuesday that there are political motives behind the energy shortage that has been troubling the impoverished ... Read more...
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INS condemns news agent strike in Kerala
March 19th, 2012 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Ashish Bagga, president of The Indian Newspaper Society (INS), has denounced the indefinite strike by newspaper agents set to start in Kerala Tuesday as an ... Read more...
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Experts advice against vertical development of Delhi
February 16th, 2012 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Developing the Indian capital vertically is neither scientific nor in line with the character of the city, say planning experts.Commenting on union Urban Development Minister ... Read more...
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Chidambaram verdict: Who said what
February 4th, 2012 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) A special CBI court in Delhi Saturday dismissed Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy's plea to make P. Chidambaram a co-accused in the 2G spectrum ... Read more...
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‘Court must control Badal’s night stays in schools’
July 17th, 2011 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 17 (IANS) The opposition Congress in Punjab has sought the intervention of the Punjab and Haryana High Court to prevent Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal from misusing government ... Read more...
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BJP, RSS remote controlling Ramdev: Congress (Lead)
June 4th, 2011 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Even as the government continued its talks with Baba Ramdev on his fast against graft and black money, the Congress Saturday alleged that the ... Read more...
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Rail budget not biased towards West Bengal: Mamata
February 25th, 2011 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Rubbishing charges that the railway budget was biased towards West Bengal, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday said she had taken care of the entire country and ... Read more...
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Berlusconi calls for judicial reform, new immunity law
February 19th, 2011 - 8:34 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Feb 19 (IANS) Italy's beleaguered Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, facing trial for having sex with a teenaged prostitute, has called for an overhaul in the judicial system and said political leaders ... Read more...
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BJP leaders meet President, seek Bhardwaj’s recall (Lead)
January 24th, 2011 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders met President Pratibha Patil Monday and sought Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj's recall, with party leader L.K. Advani calling him biased and ... Read more...
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Will Jaganmohan Reddy express regret to Sonia Gandhi?
November 27th, 2010 - 11:07 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov.27 (ANI): Mixed signals are coming out of the camp of Kadappa Member of Parliament Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy on expressing regret over his television channel's attacks on Congress ... Read more...
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Jagan Reddy in touch with BJP, but to meet Congress leadership
November 27th, 2010 - 6:10 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov.27 (ANI): Out of favour Congress Member of Parliament Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy has reportedly sent out feelers to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), even as he plans to visit ... Read more...
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Congress to probe Jagan’s breach of party discipline
November 27th, 2010 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Union Urban Development Minister S. Jaipal Reddy Saturday hit out at Congress MP Jaganmohan Reddy "for violating party discipline" after a TV channel owned by him ... Read more...
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Jagan has violated Congress discipline through Sakshi TV slip: Jaipal Reddy
November 27th, 2010 - 2:18 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov.27 (ANI): Union Urban Development Minister S. Jaipal Reddy on Saturday said that Kadappa Member of Parliament Y S Jaganmohan Reddy has violated the party's discipline by criticizing Congress ... Read more...
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Kalmadi to stay, cabinet secretary to monitor CWG
August 13th, 2010 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) With the Congress Core Committee scheduled to meet Friday evening to discuss the Commonwealth Games (CWG) preparations and the controversies surrounding it, Congress circles indicated that ... Read more...
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Court reinstates Andhra varsity vice-chancellor
August 11th, 2010 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 11 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh High Court Wednesday reinstated Kusuma Kumari as the vice-chancellor of the Sri Krishnadevaraya University in Anantapur district. She was removed by the government earlier this ... Read more...
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Brazil president says asylum offer to adulterous Iran woman is humanitarian gesture
August 4th, 2010 - 4:12 pm ICT by ANI
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug. 4 (ANI): The decision to give refuge to a convicted Iranian woman should be seen as a humanitarian act without political motives, said Brazilian President Luiz Inacio ... Read more...
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Pakistan unlikely to give Musharraf second chance to rule: Editorial
June 11th, 2010 - 5:52 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jun.11 (ANI): Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf's aim of returning to country's political stage may have received a boost recently with the launch of his newly floated party-the All ... Read more...
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Husband Shoaib Malik Joined Salman’s Team Against Pakistan For Sania’s Sake!
June 5th, 2010 - 2:28 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
June 5, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): This has got to be the strangest and most tantalizing marriage of two opposing sides ever. First, Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik comes to India and marries ... Read more...
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Andhra ministers back Rosaiah after Jagan’s attack
June 1st, 2010 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 1 (IANS) A day after Congress MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy blamed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah for last week's violence in Warangal district, state ministers Tuesday came together ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu says had no role to play in Prabhakaran’s mother deportation
April 19th, 2010 - 6:14 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, Apr 19 (ANI): The Tamil Nadu Government on Monday said it had no role to play in the deportation slain Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) leader V Prabhakaran's mother, Parvathi, ... Read more...
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Gujarat challenges SIT power to summon Modi
April 16th, 2010 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Gujarat government Friday contended that neither can the Supreme Court halt trials of various post-Godhra riot cases and nor can the special probe panel ... Read more...
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Venezuelan TV news chief kidnapped
March 16th, 2010 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Caracas, March 16 (IANS/EFE) Hooded and armed men Monday kidnapped Carlos Roca, news chief of the Televisa de Zulia television channel in the northeastern Venezuelan state of Zulia, said authorities in Maracaibo, ... Read more...
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Unions accuse BBC cuts to be ‘politically motivated’
March 3rd, 2010 - 1:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar. 3 (ANI): Following the confirmation of BBC's proposal to axe two radio stations, including the Asian Network, unions have accused director general Mark Thompson of having political motives behind announcing ... Read more...
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T-shirts with pro-democracy message seized in Hong Kong
February 13th, 2010 - 11:17 am ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, Feb 13 (DPA) Customs officers in Hong Kong were Saturday accused of censorship for staging a raid to seize T-shirts that poke fun at a pro-China political party.
More than 100 ... Read more...
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Don’t see Dinakaran issue in caste terms, says Congress
December 21st, 2009 - 12:38 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The Congress said Sunday that it does not see the matter of Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran, who is facing an impeachment motion, ... Read more...
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Gujarat makes voting a must in local elections (Lead)
December 19th, 2009 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Dec 19 (IANS) A bill to make voting compulsory in all local self-government bodies in Gujarat was passed by the state assembly Saturday - the first such move in the country ... Read more...
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PDP protests price rise, shopian report in Jammu and Kashmir
December 17th, 2009 - 10:50 pm ICT by ANI
Jammu /Srinagar, Dec 17(ANI) : Activists of People's Democratic Party (PDP), staged a demonstration over the price hike in Jammu while the CBI's report on Shopian murder was protested in Srinagar on ... Read more...
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Kerry Lugar Bill ‘conditions’ were drafted with Pak Army’s acquiescence: Berman
October 10th, 2009 - 12:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct.10 (ANI): While the Pakistan Army has been raising questions over some of the conditionalities attached with the Kerry-Lugar Bill, saying it is against nation's sovereignty and integrity, a top US ... Read more...
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Fiji regime extends emergency powers till end of the year
July 2nd, 2009 - 11:53 am ICT by IANS
Wellington, July 2 (DPA) Fiji's military regime has extended emergency powers, which ban political meetings and criticism of the government, until the end of the year, according to reports from the capital ... Read more...
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‘Aravalli: Poor implementation will lead to illegal mining’
May 8th, 2009 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court order Friday to continue the ban on mining activities in the Aravalli foothills in Haryana can only materialise if proper implementation by the state ... Read more...
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Congress’ West Bengal report card selective statistics: CPI-M
April 6th, 2009 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) A day after the Congress party attacked the Left over its three decades of "misrule" in West Bengal, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Monday refuted ... Read more...
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