FDI pause wins peace in parliament, disappoints India Inc. (Roundup)
December 7th, 2011 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) Thirteen days after what was seen as a major reformist move, the government Wednesday was forced to suspend its decision on foreign investment in ... Read more...
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Corporate governance, new companies act top priorities: Moily
July 13th, 2011 - 11:19 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Corporate Affairs Minister M. Veerappa Moily took charge of his new portfolio here early Wednesday and said the passage of a new bill to ... Read more...
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Why the Red Fort crumbled in West Bengal (Comment)
May 16th, 2011 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
There is no Shakespearean tragedy in the rout of the Left in West Bengal. In a democracy, political parties win and lose electoral battles. In Kerala, which gave the world ... Read more...
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India Inc has fingers crossed over political crisis
March 5th, 2011 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Economic policy decisions and reformist legislations could be the main casualty of the sudden decision by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam to withdraw support to ... Read more...
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Arjun Singh: Crafty Congress strategist, Rajiv loyalist (Obituary)
March 4th, 2011 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Arjun Singh, who died here Friday, was a wily politician who badly wanted to be prime minister at one time, but who saw his ... Read more...
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Budgetary allocation doubled but mixed response in northeast (Lead)
February 28th, 2011 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Guwahati, Feb 28 (IANS) The near-doubled budgetary allocation of Rs.8,000 crore (Rs.80 billion/$1.7 billion) for the development of the northeast by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday has evoked mixed reactions, ... Read more...
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Mixed response to budget in northeast
February 28th, 2011 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 28 (IANS) The budget for 2011-12 has evoked mixed response in the northeast, with industry captains and Assam's ruling Congress party terming it balanced, while the opposition described it as ... Read more...
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Iran witnesses new wave of protests: Reports
February 21st, 2011 - 1:39 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Feb 21 (IANS) Iran witnessed a new wave of anti-government protests in different parts of the country Sunday as demonstrators took to streets in various cities, media reports said. There ... Read more...
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Pro-democracy Egyptian protestors fear army will install a ‘new Mubarak’ to cling on to power
February 20th, 2011 - 5:06 pm ICT by ANI
Cairo, Feb 20 (ANI): Amid concerns that the current military regime in Egypt is strongly anti-reformist, the pro-democracy protestors fear that the army would promote a candidate as a "new Mubarak" ... Read more...
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Iran opposition says Monday anti-government rally will go ahead
February 14th, 2011 - 9:51 am ICT by ANI
Tehran, Feb.14 (ANI): Iran's opposition leaders have said that their planned anti-government march on Monday will go ahead, as they see it as an expression of their solidarity with the Egyptian people. ... Read more...
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Mubarak ready to quit, but vows to complete term (Second Lead)
February 2nd, 2011 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo/Washington, Feb 2 (IANS) Embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has said he would not run for re-election but defied the call to quit - the principal demand of protesters who have ... Read more...
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El Baradie joins anti-government protest in Egypt
January 28th, 2011 - 4:47 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, Jan 28 (IANS) Former chief of UN nuclear watchdog agency and Egypt's reformist leader Mohamed El Baradie arrived in Cairo to join the ongoing protests against the country's 30-year rule of ... Read more...
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Maharashtra celebrates 62nd Republic Day
January 26th, 2011 - 2:20 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 26 (IANS) Maharashtra celebrated the 62nd Republic Day with patriotic fervour and enthusiasm Wednesday with Governor K. Sankaranarayanan unfurling the national flag at Shivaji Park here. Sankaranarayanan took salute from ... Read more...
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India like elder brother to South Africa, says Zuma
June 3rd, 2010 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) South African President Jacob Zuma Thursday said India was like an "elder brother" to his country that has stood by it in good and bad ... Read more...
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Iran’s ex-president barred from travelling abroad
March 9th, 2010 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, March 9 (IANS) Iran has barred former president and reformist leader Seyed Mohammad Khatami from leaving the country, sources said.
Executive Secretary of Tehran's Vo'az (preachers) community Hojjatoleslam Abbas Amirifar announced that ... Read more...
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Six-year jail for former Iranian reformist
January 17th, 2010 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Jan 17 (DPA) Reformist official and former head of Iran's football federation, Mohsen Safaie-Farahani, was sentenced by the revolutionary court to a six-year jail term for his role in post-election unrest, ... Read more...
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Iranian security suppresses new opposition protests in Isfahan
December 24th, 2009 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran (Iran), Dec. 24 (ANI): Iranian security forces violently suppressed opposition supporters in the city of Isfahan yesterday as tensions increased before nationwide demonstrations planned for this weekend.Two days after massive ... Read more...
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Death of Grand Ayatollah Montazeri sparks off protests in Iran
December 21st, 2009 - 1:17 pm ICT by ANI
Dubai, Dec. 21 (ANI): Iran has sent riots squads into the holy city of Qom to quell protests over the death of Grand Ayatollah Montazeri, the Islamic Republic's most senior dissident cleric, ... Read more...
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Iran releases Newsweek reporter on bail
October 18th, 2009 - 3:51 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Oct 18 (DPA) Iran Saturday released Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari on bail after four months' detention, the ILNA news agency reported.
Iranian-Canadian Maziar Bahari was released on bail amounting to almost $300,000, ... Read more...
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Khamenei: Dead or Alive?
October 15th, 2009 - 9:10 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Oct. 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The World suddenly seems to be abuzz with rumors of Ayatollah Khamenei's death. There seems to be numerous claims of 'confirmations' from so called 'authentic' ... Read more...
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Iran confirms 3 death sentences amid Amnesty warning
October 10th, 2009 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran/London, Oct 10 (DPA) Iran's judiciary Saturday confirmed that three death sentences had been handed down to dissidents, even as Amnesty International (AI) warned of the prospect of a wave of death ... Read more...
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Iran’s main opposition daily newspaper banned
August 17th, 2009 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Aug 17 (DPA) The Tehran prosecutor's office has temporarily banned the country's main opposition newspaper Etemad Melli, the daily's website reported Monday.
The paper, which belongs to the reformist Etemad Melli party ... Read more...
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US willing to talk to Ahmadinejad government
August 6th, 2009 - 3:32 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 6 (DPA) The United States said Wednesday that it would be willing to engage the Iranian government led by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was sworn in for a second ... Read more...
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NREGA a bottomless pit, used to make money: Yashwant Sinha
July 11th, 2009 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 11 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former finance minister
Yashwant Sinha Saturday described the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme as a "bottomless pit" for looting money."It ... Read more...
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Obama ‘outraged’ by Iran’s violent crackdown
June 24th, 2009 - 3:12 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 24 (DPA) US President Barack Obama Tuesday strongly rejected Iranian accusations of interfering in the election crisis and in some of his toughest language yet said he was "appalled ... Read more...
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Respect genuine will of Iranian voters: Ban
June 16th, 2009 - 1:33 am ICT by IANS
New York, June 16 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Monday he was closely following the dispute over Iran's presidential electoral results, and called for respect of the "genuine will" of ... Read more...
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Who is Hossein Moussavi?
June 15th, 2009 - 8:48 pm ICT by John Le Fevre
As thousands of angry Iranians take to the street in support of Mir Hossein Moussavi, the man many have labeled as a reformist, the irony is that in his time as ... Read more...
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Iran extends poll hours following high turnout (Lead)
June 12th, 2009 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, June 12 (IANS) The Election Commission of Iran Friday decided to allow voting for an additional two hours following heavy turnout in the presidential elections.
The polls were due to close at ... Read more...
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Iran’s supreme leader blasts Ahmadinejad for corruption claims
June 5th, 2009 - 2:27 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, June 5 (ANI): Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has blasted the country's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for labeling his critics corrupt during a furious television debate on Wednesday.Ahmadinejad traded charges with ... Read more...
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India Inc has wish list ready for next government
May 17th, 2009 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Tabling a regular national budget will top the economic agenda of the next government, with India Inc hoping for fair doses of policy reform since the ... Read more...
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Markets expected to soar Monday on UPA win
May 17th, 2009 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) It's buoyant equities markets that are expected when trade resumes Monday morning.
Last week, when the rest of India was anticipating a fractured mandate, the ... Read more...
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Indian markets expected to rejoice surprise electoral outcome
May 16th, 2009 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
By James Jose
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Hoping for continuity in governance, stock markets in India are expected to rejoice Monday as the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) looked all set to ... Read more...
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NATO bombed Serbia in 1999 - but much remains the same
March 20th, 2009 - 11:48 am ICT by IANS
By Thomas Brey
Belgrade, March 20 (DPA) When NATO bombed Serbia in 1999, it wanted to end bloodshed in Kosovo. Cracking Slobodan Milosevic's autocratic regime in the process and paving the way for ... Read more...
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Chaplinesque irony? Remembering Vivekananda’s words on tolerance
March 17th, 2009 - 11:15 am ICT by IANS
By Joydeep Gupta
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The irony is inescapable. A Karnataka filmmaker was stopped by fanatical Hindu activists from putting up a statue of Charlie Chaplin near a temple on ... Read more...
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Khatami pulls out of Iran’s presidential polls
March 16th, 2009 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, March 16 (IANS) Iran's former president Mohammad Khatami has withdrawn from the country's presidential election, Iranian media reports said Monday.
According to Mehr news agency, the reformist leader has endorsed former ... Read more...
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