IMG deallocates 8th coal block, Plan panel for privatising mining
September 18th, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) The inter-ministerial group (IMG) on coal block allocations Tuesday recommended de-allocation of Macherkunda block and deduction of bank guarantees of the Jitpur block and ... Read more...
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Advani blog: Sena fumes, JD(U) welcomes prediction (Lead)
August 7th, 2012 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) A political storm has stirred up over Bharatiya Janata Party veteran L.K. Advani's blog post predicting a non-Congress, non-BJP prime minister after the next ... Read more...
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Sangma lashes out at Mukherjee, Khurshid
July 10th, 2012 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) Purno Sagma, the presidential candidate of the BJP, BJD, AIADMK and several other parties, Tuesday lashed out at UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee, terming him ... Read more...
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Maharashtra government set to face opposition ire
July 8th, 2012 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 8 (IANS) Three weeks after a fire gutted the Maharashtra seccretariat, the Democratic Front government is preparing to face the opposition's ire over a host of issues ... Read more...
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UP gifts Rs.20 lakh to MLAs for cars, opposition protests
July 3rd, 2012 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 3 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh government Tuesday allowed the legislators to withdraw Rs.20 lakh from their development fund to purchase a car, a move that has triggered a ... Read more...
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Why was Anderson released? Arjun Singh’s book tells all
July 3rd, 2012 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) A top bureaucrat in New Delhi and not then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi had lobbied for bailing out Union Carbide chairman Warren Anderson after his ... Read more...
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Odisha gang rape: Doctors protest action
June 27th, 2012 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 26 (IANS) Doctors in Odisha Tuesday protested police action against three medics for allegedly not taking care of a gangrape victim who died after more than six months ... Read more...
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Odisha gangrape victim dies in hospital
June 21st, 2012 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 21 (IANS) A woman, who was allegedly gangraped in Odisha last year, Thursday died in a government hospital in Cuttack, around 26 km from here, after undergoing ... Read more...
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Three Odisha doctors charged in Pipli gangrape case
June 13th, 2012 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 13 (IANS) Odisha Police have filed a charge sheet in a local court against three doctors, including one a hospital chief, for allegedly neglecting treatment of a woman ... Read more...
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CPI-M removes Mani from post for his fiery speech
June 6th, 2012 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 6 (IANS) The Kerala unit of the CPI-M after its secretariat meeting here Wednesday night removed M.M. Mani from the Idukki district party secretary's post for his ... Read more...
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Pipili case: Charge sheet filed against dismissed cop
May 11th, 2012 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, May 11 (IANS) Odisha Police Friday filed a charge sheet in a local court against a dismissed police officer for allegedly not taking action in the Pipili gangrape case.The ... Read more...
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Comment on reforms not linked to 2014 election: Kaushik Basu
April 20th, 2012 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Government's chief economic advisor Kaushik Basu Friday clarified that his comments on economic reforms getting a push after 2014 was not linked to India's ... Read more...
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Andhra official probing liquor scandal transferred
April 4th, 2012 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 4 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government has transferred a senior police officer who was probing the liquor pay-offs scandal allegedly involving some top politicians.Additional Director of Anti-Corruption Bureau ... Read more...
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Rail budget row: Congress keeps options open, Trivedi set to go (Second Intro Roundup)
March 15th, 2012 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) With Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee adamant on the resignation of Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi and a rollback of train fare hikes, the Congress ... Read more...
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Rail budget row: Congress keeps options open, Trinamool wants Trivedi out (Intro Roundup)
March 15th, 2012 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) With Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee adamant on the resignation of Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi and a rollback of train fare hikes, the Congress ... Read more...
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Amid bedlam, UPA II gets some relief, courtesy allies (Afternoon Lead)
March 15th, 2012 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Amid uproar in parliament, the Congress-led government got some respite Thursday afternoon after the warring Trinamool Congress declared there was no threat to the ... Read more...
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Opposition rejects charge sheet on ‘Odisha gang rape’
March 12th, 2012 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 12 (IANS) The opposition Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Odisha Monday rejected the police charge sheet on the alleged gang rape of a woman in ... Read more...
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Odisha assault victim’s kin seek CBI probe
March 11th, 2012 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 11 (IANS) The brother of a woman assaulted in Odisha Sunday dismissed a police report that ruled out rape and demanded a CBI probe.Reacting to the chargesheet filed ... Read more...
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Investigating agency rules out rape in Pipili case
March 10th, 2012 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 10 (IANS) The crime branch of Odisha police Saturday filed a chargesheet in a local court against two persons in the much publicised case of assault on a ... Read more...
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Minister mulls legal action against gangrape remarks
March 7th, 2012 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 7 (IANS) Former Odisha agriculture minister Pradeep Maharathy Wednesday said he might file a defamation case against the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) chief for his remarks ... Read more...
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Arrest of ex-minister sought in Odisha gang rape
March 5th, 2012 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 5 (IANS) Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) P.L. Punia Monday sought the arrest of former Odisha Agriculture Minister Pradeep Maharathy in connection with the ... Read more...
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Odisha gang rape: Activists demand women panel chief’s sacking
February 19th, 2012 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 18 (IANS) Social and political activists Saturday staged a demonstration demanding dismissal of state women panel chairperson Jyoti Panigrahi for ruling out rape in her report on an ... Read more...
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Israel ‘plans attack on Tehran within months’
February 4th, 2012 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 4 (IANS) Israel is planning to attack Iran "within months", the Daily Mail reported Saturday.Fears of a global nuclear war breaking out were stoked after Israel said ... Read more...
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Odisha gang rape: Women panel seeks action against doctors
February 3rd, 2012 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 3 (IANS) Odisha's State Commission for Women (SCW) Friday has sought action against the doctors who neglected a woman who was allegedly gang-raped in state's Puri district in ... Read more...
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CBI probe sought into Odisha gangrape
January 30th, 2012 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 30 (IANS) Several social and political activists Monday staged a demonstration in Odisha capital Bhubaneswar seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged gangrape of ... Read more...
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AIIMS team examines Odisha gangrape victim
January 28th, 2012 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 28 (IANS) A team of experts from New Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Saturday arrived in Odisha to examine the state of a girl who ... Read more...
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Mamata, governor differ on farm suicides (Lead)
January 24th, 2012 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 23 (IANS) Amid a political storm over farmers' suicides in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday said only one peasant had taken his life during her ... Read more...
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Farmer suicides spark Bengal political storm (West Bengal Newsletter)
January 22nd, 2012 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 22 (IANS) The almost daily reports of farmer suicides are the latest political flashpoint in West Bengal. While Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says the suicides are not ... Read more...
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Daggers drawn in Bengal Trinamool-Congress alliance (West Bengal Newsletter)
January 8th, 2012 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 8 (IANS) The honeymoon was long over. But has the marriage of Congress and Trinamool Congress reached a point of no return? This is the question doing ... Read more...
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Low key birthday as Mamata turns 57
January 5th, 2012 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IANS) Mamata Banerjee turned 57 Thursday, marking her first birthday as West Bengal's chief minister, amid signs of a political storm brewing between her Trinamool Congress ... Read more...
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India’s stand on ‘ban Gita’ case in Russia vindicated: Government
December 29th, 2011 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) With a court in the Russian city of Tomsk dismissing a 'ban the Gita' case Wednesday, the Indian government Thursday said its views that ... Read more...
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Hindus in Russia celebrate Gita verdict; brace for possible appeal
December 29th, 2011 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Moscow, Dec 29 (IANS) As Hindus in Russia celebrated their legal victory over efforts to have the Bhagavad Gita banned, they are bracing to counter any move by Tomsk ... Read more...
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‘Ban Gita’ plea dismissed in Russia (Second Lead)
December 28th, 2011 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) In a hard-fought court case that sought to ban the Bhagavad Gita and brand it "extremist" literature, as first reported by IANS, Hindus in ... Read more...
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PM to focus on energy, economy during India-Russia summit (Lead)
December 16th, 2011 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 15 (IANS) Amidst political unrest over the Russian parliamentary elections and allegations of rigging, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here Thursday evening on a three-day visit ... Read more...
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Just 4 percent of India’s retail is organised
November 30th, 2011 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) The share of the organised sector in India's $400-billion retail industry is miniscule at around 4 percent, leaving scope for growth and foreign equity investment, ... Read more...
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