Trinamool to skip July 18 UPA dinner
July 13th, 2012 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress - the second-largest constituent of the UPA - has decided to skip the July 18 dinner being hosted by Congress president and ... Read more...
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Am ready to talk to Mamata if she is ready: Pranab
July 9th, 2012 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) United Progressive Alliance (UPA) presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee Monday said he was willing to meet Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee provided she too was ... Read more...
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Pranab arrives in Kolkata, to meet supporters Monday
July 8th, 2012 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee was given a rousing welcome by Congress leaders as he arrived here to seek the support of parties from West ... Read more...
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Pranab is a friend of Communists: Trinamool
July 8th, 2012 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) A Trinamool Congress leader Sunday said that UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee has been a close friend of the Communists throughout his life."He (Mukherjee) owes ... Read more...
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Trinamool’s votes not needed in presidential poll: Congress
July 6th, 2012 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) Raising the pitch against ally Trinamool Congress, a leader of the Congress's West Bengal unit said the Mamata Banerjee-led party has become irrelevant in national ... Read more...
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Pranab will win, says Chidambaram; Sibal meets Mamata (Lead)
July 5th, 2012 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 5 (IANS) Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday expressed confidence that UPA presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee would win with 65 percent votes, even as Telecom Minister Kabil ... Read more...
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Sibal meets Mamata to seek support for Pranab
July 5th, 2012 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 5 (IANS) Telecom Minister and Congress leader Kabil Sibal Thursday met West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, urging her to support presidential ... Read more...
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Villas-Boas appointed Tottenham manager
July 3rd, 2012 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 3 (IANS) Former Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas was Tuesday named the new head coach of Tottenham Hotspur following the sacking of Harry Redknapp.
The 34-year-old Portuguese, who ... Read more...
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Trinamool MLA speaks out against factionalism, sycophancy
July 1st, 2012 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) Taking potshots at the top Trinamool Congress leadership, a party legislator Sunday said she was incapable of doing "politics of sycophancy" and complained of "factional ... Read more...
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GJM to go with Trinamool on presidential poll
June 28th, 2012 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 28 (IANS) The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha, which has three legislators in the West Bengal assembly, Thursday said it will go along the ruling Trinamool Congress's decision in ... Read more...
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Sangma meets Mamata; fails to get commitment on support (Lead)
June 26th, 2012 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 26 (IANS) Presidential candidate Purno A. Sangma Tuesday held talks with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seeking the votes of her Trinamool Congress for his bid ... Read more...
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Sangma meeets Mamata
June 26th, 2012 - 4:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 26 (IANS) Presidential candidate P.A. Sangma Tuesday began talks with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seeking her vote for his bid for the top post.Sangma, who ... Read more...
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Let Sangma read the constitution: Bengal Congress chief
June 24th, 2012 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 24 (IANS) Urging the Trinamool Congress to support United Progressive Alliance (UPA) presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee, the West Bengal Pradesh Congress chief Sunday rebuked his rival P.A. ... Read more...
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Pranab yet again appeals to Trinamool
June 24th, 2012 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 24 (IANS) In a fresh appeal apparently aimed at the Trinamool Congress, UPA presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee Sunday urged all political parties to vote for him."I am ... Read more...
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Will talk to Mamata if necessary, says Pranab
June 24th, 2012 - 1:11 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee, who has time and again sent feelers to Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee to back him, Saturday said there was no ... Read more...
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Pranab tries to woo Trinamool, to resign June 26 (Lead)
June 23rd, 2012 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) Noting that his four-decade-long involvement in party politics was coming to an end, UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee Saturday announced he would quit as finance ... Read more...
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Pranab tries to woo Trinamool, to resign Sunday
June 23rd, 2012 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) In an obvious reference to the Trinamool Congress, United Progressive Alliance (UPA)'s presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee Saturday said that except one, all parties which are ... Read more...
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Not the best of times for Mamata Banerjee (West Bengal Newsletter)
June 23rd, 2012 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) This is not the best of times for West Bengal's maverick Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.Checkmated by the Congress High Command in her presidential poll manoeuvre, ... Read more...
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Pranab appeals to undecided parties to support him (Lead)
June 22nd, 2012 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 22 (IANS) Union Finance Minister and United Progressive Alliance presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee, who arrived here Friday night to a tumultuous welcome, appealed to parties who are ... Read more...
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Dutchman Stevens to coach Bundesliga club Schalke
September 28th, 2011 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Sep 28 (IANS) Bundesliga club Schalke signed coach Huub Stevens until 2013 as his predecessor Ralf Rangnick resigned due to burnout, the football club said Tuesday.After a long back ... Read more...
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Medvedev ‘breaking agreement’ to run for President for second time: Russian MP
May 2nd, 2011 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
Moscow, May 2 (ANI): Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is putting an effort to extend his tenure in the Kremlin against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's wishes, a senior politician from the country's ruling ... Read more...
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WikiLeaks: Suleiman told Israel he would ‘cleanse’ Sinai of arms runners to Gaza
February 10th, 2011 - 3:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb.10 (ANI): Egyptian Vice-President Omar Suleiman told the Israelis he wanted to start "cleansing the Sinai" of Palestinian arms smugglers.According to WikiLeaks-related leaked diplomatic cables, this is more evidence of the ... Read more...
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Omar Suleiman Israel’s favourite to replace Mubarak: WikiLeaks
February 8th, 2011 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 8 (IANS) Egypt's new Vice President Omar Suleiman is a long-standing favourite of Israel who spoke daily to the Tel Aviv government via a secret "hotline" to Cairo, US diplomatic ... Read more...
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Suleiman has long been Israel’s preferred choice to replace Mubarak as President: Wikileaks
February 8th, 2011 - 12:54 pm ICT by ANI
Cairo, Feb 8 (ANI): The latest releases of secret US diplomatic cables by Wikileaks have claimed that Egypt's new Vice President, Omar Suleiman, has long been Israel's preferred candidate to replace ... Read more...
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Your vote would soon get printed as proof: Poll panel chief
February 4th, 2011 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Cast your vote by pressing a button on the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) but eager to see proof on paper that your candidate has indeed got the ... Read more...
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Capello in dark about appointment of new England football coach
January 16th, 2011 - 1:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan.16 (ANI): Italian Fabio Capello has been left in the dark over the appointment of a new English coach to the national team set-up.Football Association general secretary Alex Horne revealed ... Read more...
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Democrat Alvin Greene Stuns Democrats Of South Carolina By Winning The South Carolinian Senate Primary
June 10th, 2010 - 8:08 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
Alvin Greene is a jobless black American and a military veteran, who belongs to the Democratic Party.Now, he is the Democratic candidate from South Carolina for the 2010 American ... Read more...
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WADA chief Fahey backs Howard for ICC presidency
February 9th, 2010 - 4:18 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Feb 9(ANI): Two of the world's top sports administrators are supporting former Australian Prime Minister John Howard as a candidate for the presidency of the International Cricket Council (ICC).World Anti-Doping Agency ... Read more...
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Speed backs Howard for ICC presidency
February 4th, 2010 - 5:28 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Feb 4(ANI): Former CEO of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and a past Australian chairman Malcolm Speed has said that the sport is lucky to have former Prime Minister John Howard ... Read more...
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Former Australia PM Howard in fray for cricket’s top job
January 22nd, 2010 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Jan 22 (DPA) Former Australian prime minister John Howard looks set to head the International Cricket Council (ICC) when the post is vacated by India's Sharad Pawar in 2012, news reports ... Read more...
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Howard pads away rumours of becoming Oz candidate for ICC prez
January 22nd, 2010 - 1:58 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra (Australia), Jan.22 (ANI): Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard has refused to comment on whether he will be his country's candidate for president of the International Cricket Council (ICC).Cricket Australia too ... Read more...
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First EU president to be picked Nov 19
November 10th, 2009 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
Brussels, Nov 10 (DPA) European Union (EU) leaders are expected to choose the first ever president of the 27-member bloc next week, at a summit scheduled for Nov 19, diplomats in ... Read more...
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Israel appoints new envoy to Washington
May 4th, 2009 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, May 4 (DPA) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed the appointment of Michael Oren as the country's new ambassador to the US, the premier's office announced Monday.
Oren, the preferred candidate ... Read more...
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Oz spinner Krejza vows to spin Proteas out at WACA
December 3rd, 2008 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec.3 (ANI): Australian spinner Jason Krejza has said that he will exploit South Africa''s "weakness" against spin during the first Test in Perth.
Krejza, who took 12 wickets in his debut ... Read more...
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Just one percent French people prefer McCain, 78 percent Obama
October 24th, 2008 - 2:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 24 (ANI): A new poll shows that Democratic White House candidate Barack Obama enjoys overwhelming support in western Europe.Its hardly a secret that Obama is Europes favorite US ... Read more...
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