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SC reserves verdict on Amit Shah’s bail in Sohrabuddin case (Lead)


September 6th, 2012 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday reserved its order on a CBI plea for cancelling the bail of former Gujarat minister Amit Shah in the 2005 Sohrabuddin ... Read more...

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India needs Pranab as president: Sharad Yadav


July 22nd, 2012 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Janata Dal-United (JD-U) chief Sharad Yadav Sunday said the nation needed a president like Pranab Mukherjee, particularly keeping in mind the 2014 general elections.Stating ... Read more...

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Mulayam keeps Congress guessing on presidential race (Lead)


June 11th, 2012 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Monday said his party will decide who to back in the presidential race only after knowing the candidates ... Read more...

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SP view on presidential poll on candidates’ merit: Mulayam


June 11th, 2012 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Monday said his party will decide its stance on the presidential polls after the Congress officially declares ... Read more...

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New president should be non-political: Hema Malini


June 11th, 2012 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 11 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party's former MP and veteran actress Hema Malini believes a candidate from a non-political background should be given preference during the country's upcoming ... Read more...

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Presidential poll: Priority to evolve consensus, says Congress


May 3rd, 2012 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The Congress Thursday said it was a priority to evolve consensus within the United Progressive Alliance and with supporting parties on the next presidential ... Read more...

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Hazare could be BJP’s presidential candidate: Congress


October 9th, 2011 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Oct 9 (IANS) Anna Hazare could be fielded by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as an all-party opposition candidate in the 2012 presidential elections, Congress leader Digvijay Singh ... Read more...

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Fake currency racket reaches Goa minister’s doorstep


August 11th, 2011 - 12:51 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 11 (IANS) An accused in a counterfeit currency racket busted recently was a regular visitor at a Goa minister's house, police said Thursday.The accused, a grass-roots Congress worker, ... Read more...

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Mayawati wants Dalit on Lokpal Bill committee (Lead)


April 22nd, 2011 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 22 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati Friday took on both the United Progressive Alliance government and the civil society for ... Read more...

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Iqbal Singh issue matter between him, government: Congress


April 18th, 2011 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) The Congress Monday declined to comment on the controversy surrounding Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Iqbal Singh, who had written a letter as an MP in ... Read more...

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Anna Hazare continues fast (lead)


April 8th, 2011 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Social activist Anna Hazare announced Friday night that he was continuing with his fast demanding a stringent Lokpal Bill, and said he expected a final ... Read more...

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Anna Hazare continues fast


April 8th, 2011 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Gandhian Anna Hazare announced Friday night that he was continuing with his fast demanding a stringent Lokpal Bill and said he expected a final government ... Read more...

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Non-political person must head panel, Hazare tells PM


April 8th, 2011 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Gandhian Anna Hazare Friday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to rethink and name a non-political person to head a panel to draft a stringent ... Read more...

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Hazare writes to PM, Sonia Gandhi


April 8th, 2011 - 3:11 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 8 (ANI): With the Centre turning down social activist Anna Hazare's two demands on the joint committee, the Gandhian, whose indefinite fast has entered a fourth day today, ... Read more...

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Padgaonkar, Radha Kumar, Ansari named Kashmir interlocutors (Lead)


October 13th, 2010 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Naming eminent journalist Dilip Padgaonkar, Information Commissioner M.M. Ansari and academician Radha Kumar as the interlocutors who would re-start peace talks in troubled Jammu and Kashmir, ... Read more...

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Salman is not articulate but should apologise: Dad Salim Khan


September 12th, 2010 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 12 (IANS) Salman Khan's father Salim Khan has said that his superstar son "should not" have made the remarks on the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks and should apologise. Salim ... Read more...

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Assault on Kerala professor: Al Qaeda CD found


July 9th, 2010 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
Aluva (Kerala), July 9 (IANS) A CD linked to the Al Qaeda has been found in the vehicle of a man suspected to be connected to the attack on a Kerala college ... Read more...

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Amar Singh compares Lok Manch with V.P Singh’s Jan Morcha


May 11th, 2010 - 1:44 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 11 (IANS) Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh said that his newly formed Lok Manch was on the lines of the late V.P. Singh's Jan Morcha which the latter ... Read more...

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Jairam admits to differences with Saran (Lead)


February 24th, 2010 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh Wednesday admitted to differences with Shyam Saran, who quit as the Prime Minister's Special Envoy on Climate Change who has resigned. "It's basically (about) ... Read more...

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Bureaucracy cannot dictate policy: Jairam Ramesh on Shyam Saran


February 24th, 2010 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The tussle between Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh and Prime Minister's Special Envoy on Climate Change Shyam Saran which has led to Saran's resignation came out in ... Read more...

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No unmanned railway crossings in five years: Mamata


December 17th, 2009 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) There will be no unmanned railway crossing in the country in five years, the Rajya Sabha was informed Thursday. "There are 16,000 unmanned railway crossings in the country. ... Read more...

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Not approached yet, but ready to be CIC: Kiran Bedi


November 23rd, 2009 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
By Alkesh Sharma Patiala (Punjab), Nov 23 (IANS) Former top cop and Ramon Magsaysay award winner Kiran Bedi, whose name has been proposed by civil society members for the job of Chief ... Read more...

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Both CPI-M, Trinamool misusing funds: Kabir Suman


November 16th, 2009 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 16 (IANS) Noted Bengali singer Kabir Suman, who is now a Trinamool Congress MP, has said that he did not see any difference between West Bengal's ruling Communist Party of ... Read more...

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European countries should pay attention to refugees: Jolie


June 20th, 2009 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Hollywood beauty Angelina Jolie, who along with her superstar partner Brad Pitt, has donated $1 million to help refugees and displaced people in Pakistan, feels European ... Read more...

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Mallika Sarabhai to take on Advani from Gandhinagar (Lead)


March 19th, 2009 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, March 19 (IANS) Declaring that she was not a political person but spoke for the people in Gujarat and the rest of the country, noted danseuse Mallika Sarabhai announced Thursday ... Read more...

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Bobby Jindal to give Republican response to Obama address


February 25th, 2009 - 1:26 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 24 (IANS) Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has been given the crucial role of delivering the Republican Party's official response to President Barack Obama's address to the Congress, catapulting the 37-year-old ... Read more...

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Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt is the SP’’s candidate from Lucknow


January 8th, 2009 - 10:56 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai/Lucknow, Jan.8 (ANI): Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt will contest the 2009 general elections on a Samajwadi Party (SP) ticket. Fellow actor and Bhojpuri film star Manoj Tiwari will also contest the ... Read more...

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Sanjay Dutt to be Samajwadi Party candidate from Lucknow


January 8th, 2009 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Bollywood film star Sanjay Dutt will be the Samajwadi Party candidate to contest the next Lok Sabha elections from Lucknow, the party announced here Thursday.Party general ... Read more...

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India under fire over Nepal presidential poll


July 18th, 2008 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar Kathmandu, July 18 (IANS) After setting the country's top political parties at one another's throats, Nepal's first presidential election scheduled for Saturday has now brought India under fire, with Left ... Read more...

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Nepal’s first presidential poll July 19


July 15th, 2008 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar Kathmandu, July 15 (IANS) Nepal will hold its first ever presidential polls Saturday to find a successor to deposed king Gyanendra, who was the earlier head of state. The parliamentary ... Read more...

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No reaction from PM, goes about business as usual


July 8th, 2008 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
Sapporo (Japan), July 8 (IANS) There was no immediate reaction from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the news Tuesday afternoon that the Left had withdrawn support to his coalition government and reduced ... Read more...

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I will stand by Tibetan cause: Kelly Dorji


April 17th, 2008 - 2:46 pm ICT by admin
By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, April 17 (IANS) Model-turned-actor Kelly Dorji's presence at a Tibetan world-peace rally last week surprised many, but the actor with a Tibetan connection is unperturbed and says he ... Read more...

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I don’t subscribe to Raj Thackeray’s politics: Suniel Shetty


March 6th, 2008 - 5:24 pm ICT by admin
By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, March 6 (IANS) Actor-producer Suniel Shetty says he is not joining Raj Thackeray's party Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and is just supporting his proposal to form an association ... Read more...

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Archaeologists discover ancient queens tomb in Yemen


January 21st, 2008 - 2:12 pm ICT by admin
Sanaa, Jan 21 (ANI): Archaeologists have discovered three ancient tombs in the city of Ibb in Yemen, with one believed to belong to a queen from the Hemiriate dynasty.According to a report ... Read more...

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Rising above party lines, Paswan wants Bharat Ratna for Phule, Jagjivan Ram, Md Rafi


January 14th, 2008 - 6:14 pm ICT by admin
By Pankaj YadavNew Delhi, Jan 14 (ANI): Alleging that both the BJP and the BSP had indulged into petty party politics by recommending Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Kanshi Rams names, respectively, for ... Read more...

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