After Pranab, Mamata grabs eyeballs at central hall (Sidelights)
July 25th, 2012 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) It was Pranab Mukherjee's day of course, but if there was any other person to grab attention at the swearing in ceremony in parliament's ... Read more...
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Pranab is India’s next president, Sangma bruised (Intro Roundup)
July 22nd, 2012 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Pranab Mukherjee, the ruling United Progressive Alliance's key strategist and a long-time minister, was Sunday elected India's 13th president by an overwhelming ... Read more...
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Pranab heads for Rashtrapati Bhavan, Sangma bruised (Roundup)
July 22nd, 2012 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Statesman and sagacious strategist, 76-year-old Pranab Mukherjee was Sunday voted India's 13th president by a vast majority of MPs and legislators across the political ... Read more...
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Raj-Uddhav Thackeray ‘bonhomie’ fuels political speculation
July 16th, 2012 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 16 (IANS) As Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray Monday drove Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray, activists of both parties here wondered whether he succeeded in ... Read more...
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Crucial assembly by-poll in Tripura Tuesday
June 11th, 2012 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, June 11 (IANS) Amidst unprecedented security and high political significance, the by-election to the Nalchar assembly constituency in western Tripura would be held Tuesday."In all, over 600 BSF (Border ... Read more...
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PM’s all-party meet on promotions quota put off
May 22nd, 2012 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's all-party meeting Wednesday to discuss the way forward on giving reservations in job promotions to the Scheduled Castes (SC) and ... Read more...
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PM calls all-party meet May 23 over job quota
May 18th, 2012 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) With quota politics hotting up, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called an all-party meeting May 23 to discuss the way forward on giving reservations ... Read more...
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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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BRICS steps up joint efforts to reform global governance (Lead)
March 5th, 2012 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) With less than a month to go, India has stepped up preparations for the March 29 BRICS summit of the five emerging economies and stressed ... Read more...
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BRICS can transform global governance: India
March 5th, 2012 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Ahead of the BRICS summit here, India Monday said the grouping of five major emerging economies was not ranged against anyone but is "a responsible ... Read more...
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‘1971 war not aptly projected in Bangladesh’
November 12th, 2011 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 12 (IANS) The political significance of the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war was never aptly projected among the country's youth and the nation has failed to become what it ... Read more...
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By-poll results Monday; all eyes on Hisar amid Hazare’s ‘maun vrat’
October 16th, 2011 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) Results of the by-polls to the Hisar Lok Sabha seat and to five assembly seats will be out Monday as attention is focused on ... Read more...
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India, China helping decrease global inequality: IMF
September 12th, 2011 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 12 (IANS) Even as inequality is getting worse in many countries, the rise of India and China has contributed to the decrease in global inequality, according to the ... Read more...
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Obama will get a boost, but spike may not last
May 4th, 2011 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 4 (IANS) US President Barack Obama is likely to receive a strong boost in the polls with the historic announcement about the killing of Osama bin Laden, ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa dismisses talk of dissidence
April 13th, 2011 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 13 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Wednesday dismissed talk of dissidence in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here as the state unit president K.S. Eshwarappa ... Read more...
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Omar Abdullah terms Manmohan Singh’s invitation to Pak PM ‘historic’
March 29th, 2011 - 10:07 pm ICT by ANI
Jammu, Mar 29 (ANI): Stating that the relationship between India and Pakistan has a direct bearing on Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan ... Read more...
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Afghans fear creation of anti-Taliban militias could revive dreaded warlords
February 17th, 2011 - 12:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 17 (ANI): Afghans fear that the dramatic build up of a controversial anti-Taliban militia could revive the country's detested warlords.The local defence program known as Interim Security Critical ... Read more...
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MIT Pune to host ‘Parliament of Student Council Leaders’
October 3rd, 2010 - 5:31 pm ICT by ANI
Pune, Oct 3 (ANI): The first ever 'Parliament of Student Council Leaders' (Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad) will be held at Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT) campus in Pune from January 12 to ... Read more...
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BJP vague on Jaswant, Uma Bharti’s return
May 26th, 2010 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was Wednesday ambiguous about the much touted return of veterans Jaswant Singh and Uma Bharti to the party fold. ... Read more...
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Indian outsourcing to figure at British ’summit’ on Jaguar Land Rover
November 3rd, 2009 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, Nov 3 (IANS) British union leaders are to meet lawmakers from a key manufacturing belt Wednesday in what has been dubbed an 'MPs' summit' to discuss the fate ... Read more...
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PM inaugurates historic railway link in Kashmir
October 28th, 2009 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir), Oct 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday flagged off a new train service on the 18-km track linking south Kashmir with Srinagar and other places in ... Read more...
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Dhaka dinner diplomacy: Hasina invites Khaleda to Iftar (Lead)
August 27th, 2009 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Aug 27 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday invited opposition leader Begum Khaleda Zia for an Iftar party, triggering speculation of a political rapprochement.
Hasina's protocol officer Proloy Joardar Thursday ... Read more...
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Dhaka dinner diplomacy: Hasina invites Khaleda to Iftar
August 27th, 2009 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Aug 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday invited opposition leader Begum Khaleda Zia for an Iftar party, triggering prospects of a political rapproachment.
Hasina's protocol officer Proloy Joardar Thursday morning ... Read more...
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Rane blames Shiv Sena for cousin’s murder, CID to probe (Lead)
April 20th, 2009 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and Maharashtra Industries Minister Narayan Rane Monday evening blamed rival Shiv Sena for the abduction and murder of his cousin in the state's Sindhudurg district. ... Read more...
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Narayan Rane’s kin found dead in Maharashtra village
April 20th, 2009 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) Maharashtra Industries Minister Narayan Rane's cousin has been found dead in a town in Sindhudurg district two days after he went missing, police said Monday.
The semi-decomposed ... Read more...
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White House mulls shoe check in, check out policy for pressers!
December 17th, 2008 - 1:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec.17 (ANI): In the wake of last Sundays shoe-throwing incident against US President George W. Bush in Baghdads highly secured Green Zone, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino, who received an ... Read more...
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3,000-year-old “Spider God” temple found in Peru
October 30th, 2008 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 30 (ANI): Archaeologists have discovered a 3,000-year-old temple featuring an image of a spider god in Peru, which may hold clues to little-known cultures in the ancient past of ... Read more...
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Sonia to address farmers’ rally in Maharashtra
March 15th, 2008 - 11:43 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) With the Congress competing with its allies to claim credit for the Rs.600 billion farm loan waiver, party president Sonia Gandhi will address a series of farmer ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh BJP asks party men to get ready for polls
March 9th, 2008 - 11:09 pm ICT by admin
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), March 9 (IANS) The two-day state executive meet of Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), that concluded here Sunday, has resolved to get party activists into an election mode ... Read more...
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