PM regrets Trivedi’s departure as railway minister (Lead)
March 19th, 2012 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS)Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said he regretted the departure of Dinesh Trivedi as railway minister and signalled that the new incumbent will have the ... Read more...
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Rail fare hike will put strain on common man: Mamata
March 19th, 2012 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee Monday said the party was opposed to the hike in passenger fares proposed ... Read more...
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Environmentalist on indefinite fast to be hospitalised
March 19th, 2012 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Noted environmentalist G.D. Agarwal, who has been on a fast-unto-death since Jan 15 to save the Ganga river, is being shifted to the All India ... Read more...
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Will recommend acceptance of Trivedi’s resignation: PM
March 19th, 2012 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said he had received Dinesh Trivedi's resignation as railway minister and proposed to send it to President Pratibha ... Read more...
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Trivedi’s resignation under PM’s consideration: Pranab
March 19th, 2012 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday said Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi had submitted his resignation to Manmohan Singh and the matter was under the prime ... Read more...
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Dinesh Trivedi sows dissent in Trinamool ranks (West Bengal Newsletter)
March 18th, 2012 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) The continuing suspense drama over the Dinesh Trivedi episode has not been the best advertisement for West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress. But what could be ... Read more...
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Will resign if told properly: Trivedi (Lead)
March 17th, 2012 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi Saturday said he is ready to resign provided his Trinamool Congress party conveys it to him properly."I will abide by ... Read more...
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Dinesh Trivedi will be told when to go: Trinamool
March 15th, 2012 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Upset with Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi for announcing hikes in passenger fares, the Trinamool Congress Thursday sought to snub him by saying there was ... Read more...
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Trivedi’s fate rocks parliament, forces adjournment
March 15th, 2012 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) The fate of Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi, whose resignation has been demanded by his own Trinamool Congress for hiking rail fares, rocked both houses ... Read more...
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Is rail budget dead or alive, asks Sushma Swaraj
March 15th, 2012 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Is the rail budget "dead or alive", Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj asked in the house Thursday."Is Dinesh Trivedi's rail ... Read more...
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No minister has resigned: PM
March 14th, 2012 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) In the wake of speculation about Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi quitting following criticism by the Trinamool Congress leadership over the rail fare hike, Prime ... Read more...
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Stalemate continues in Himachal assembly
March 14th, 2012 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 14 (IANS) The stalemate in the Himachal Pradesh assembly between the opposition Congress and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) continued for third day Wednesday, with the ... Read more...
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Syrian parliamentary poll plan ridiculous: US
March 14th, 2012 - 12:49 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The US does not take seriously a desicion by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to hold parliamentary elections in the country hit by flagrant violence, State ... Read more...
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Syria sets May 7 for parliamentary polls
March 13th, 2012 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Parliamentary elections in Syria will take place May 7, President Bashar al-Assad said Tuesday.The elections will be the first under the country's new constitution, which ... Read more...
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Dhumal rejects health minister’s resignation
March 13th, 2012 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 13 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Tuesday rejected the resignation of Health Minister Rajiv Bindal, saying the opposition
allegations of corruption against him were baseless."He ... Read more...
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Upset over not being made CM, Rawat writes to Sonia
March 13th, 2012 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Union minister Harish Rawat Tuesday wrote to Congress president Sonia Gandhi expressing his displeasure over not being made the Uttarakhand chief minister.There were reports ... Read more...
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Himachal minister resigns amid assembly uproar (Lead)
March 12th, 2012 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 12 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Health Minister Rajeev Bindal, facing allegations of corruption, gave his resignation Monday to Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal in the assembly amid uproar.Refuting ... Read more...
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Himachal minister resigns
March 12th, 2012 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 12 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Health Minister Rajeev Bindal, facing allegations of corruption from the opposition Congress, denied the charges but Monday submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Prem ... Read more...
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I have not resigned: Amarinder
March 9th, 2012 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 9 (IANS) Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Friday said he owned responsibility for the party's defeat in the assembly elections but had not resigned.Putting to rest speculation ... Read more...
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Rita Bahuguna Joshi meets Sonia, offers to quit
March 9th, 2012 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi Friday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and offered to step down following the party's poor performance in ... Read more...
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Ibobi heads for Delhi to meet Congress leadership
March 8th, 2012 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, March 8 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh left for New Delhi Thursday to consult Congress president Sonia Gandhi and other party leaders on the formation of ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh BJP chief offers to quit
March 8th, 2012 - 4:41 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 8 (IANS) Taking responsibility for the dismal performance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, state unit chief Surya Pratap Shahi has ... Read more...
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Argentine transport minister resigns
March 8th, 2012 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, March 8 (IANS) Argentine Transport Minister Juan Pablo Schiavi has resigned due to ill health, the official media reported.Schiavi had sent his resignation to President Cristina Fernandez, Xinhua ... Read more...
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UP governor accepts Mayawati’s resignation
March 8th, 2012 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 7 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Governor B.L. Joshi Wednesday accepted the resignation of outgoing Chief Minister Mayawati and asked her to continue on the post till the next government ... Read more...
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Uncertainty over government formation in Uttarakhand (Second Lead)
March 7th, 2012 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
Dehradun, March 7 (IANS) The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday scrambled to win the crucial support of independent and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) lawmakers as uncertainty ... Read more...
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Mayawati steps down as UP chief minister (Second Lead)
March 7th, 2012 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 7 (IANS) Declaring that she had worked hard for the state, Mayawati stepped down as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Wednesday after her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ... Read more...
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Mayawati quits as UP chief minister (Lead)
March 7th, 2012 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 7 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati resigned Wednesday following the defeat of her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in the assembly election.A day after the Samajwadi Party ... Read more...
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Fake marks-sheet: Dikshit’s aide offers to resign (Lead, superseding earlier story)
March 6th, 2012 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Congress legislator and chief minister's parliamentary secretary Tarvinder Singh Marwah, who allegedly got his daughter admitted to a Delhi University college using a fake marks-sheet, ... Read more...
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Fake marks-sheet case: Congress legislator offers to resign
March 6th, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Congress legislator Tarvinder Singh Marwah, who allegedly got his daughter admitted to a Delhi University college using fake Class 12 marks-sheet, has offered to resign ... Read more...
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Kamat resigns as Goa chief minister
March 6th, 2012 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 6 (IANS) Digambar Kamat Tuesday resigned as chief minister of Goa and blamed his Congress party's sidelining him ahead of the assembly elections for the debacle ... Read more...
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Mayawati to resign as UP chief minister
March 6th, 2012 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 6 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati was expected to reach Raj Bhavan here Tuesday at 3.30 p.m. to submit her resignation to Governor B.L. Joshi, official ... Read more...
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Andhra speaker disqualifies 16 Jagan loyalists
March 3rd, 2012 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 2 (IANS) Ending the long suspense, the Andhra Pradesh assembly speaker Friday disqualified 16 rebel lawmakers belonging to the ruling Congress party who were loyal to Y.S. Jaganmohan ... Read more...
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I want to be England captain: Gerrad
February 26th, 2012 - 1:08 am ICT by IANS
London, Feb 25 (IANS) Liverpool captain Steven Gerrad has said he would be keen to lead the English national side for the European Championships 2012 to be co-hosted in Poland ... Read more...
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Kevin Rudd to challenge leadership
February 24th, 2012 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
Brisbane, Feb 24 (IANS) Former Australian foreign minister Kevin Rudd Friday announced he has decided to stand against Prime Minister Julia Gillard in Monday's Labor Party leadership ballot.Rudd made ... Read more...
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Howard Stern starts filming for America’s Got Talent
February 24th, 2012 - 12:01 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Feb 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Howard Stern has filmed his first audition of the talent hunt show “America’s Got Talent.” After the first audition of the show, Howard was the first ... Read more...
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