SC issues notice to CBI on Pappu Yadav’s bail plea
February 6th, 2012 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court (SC) Monday asked CBI to respond to a plea by former RJD MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav seeking bail.Pappu Yadav is ... Read more...
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‘No action against MP who tore Lokpal bill’
February 1st, 2012 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha has conceded that despite a provision in parliamentary rules, no action was taken against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Rajneeti Prasad, who ... Read more...
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Trinamool takes on Congress in Manipur
January 22nd, 2012 - 4:01 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, Jan 22 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress Sunday said it will field 47 candidates in Manipur and that unlike West Bengal, it has no alliance with the ruling Congress ... Read more...
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Congress eyes hat-trick in Manipur (Manipur Newsletter)
January 20th, 2012 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, Jan 20 (IANS) The ruling Congress party in Manipur is making a spirited attempt to stage a political hat-trick, pitted as it is against a fractured opposition in the ... Read more...
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Ink attack stuns Ramdev, attacker faces mob fury (Roundup)
January 14th, 2012 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) A man hurled black ink on Baba Ramdev here Saturday when the yoga guru refused claims that the 2008 Batla House gun battle here ... Read more...
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Parties, Team Anna condemn attack on Ramdev (Lead)
January 14th, 2012 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Parties like the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) joined Team Anna Saturday in condemning the ink attack on yoga guru ... Read more...
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Rajya Sabha adjourned amid chaos, minus Lokpal (Second Lead)
December 30th, 2011 - 2:16 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Two days after the Lokpal bill was cleared by the Lok Sabha, it failed to get past the Rajya Sabha Thursday as the house ... Read more...
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Rajya Sabha disrupted, adjourned for 15 minutes (Lead)
December 30th, 2011 - 1:15 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for 15 minutes Thursday night following opposition protests when Minister of State V. Narayanasamy was making an aggressive speech during ... Read more...
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RJD MP tears document in Rajya Sabha
December 30th, 2011 - 12:45 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) In a shocking act, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) member Rajniti Prasad Thursday night tore the Lokpal bill after snatching it from Minister of State for ... Read more...
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Lokpal bill fate uncertain, hectic parleys on (Lead)
December 29th, 2011 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Uncertainty continued over the fate of the contentious Lokpal bill in the Rajya Sabha Wednesday evening even as government managers held hectic parleys ... Read more...
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Lokpal bill passage uncertain
December 29th, 2011 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The passage of Lokpal bill in the Rajya Sabha appears to hang in balance as an United Progressive Alliance (UPA) constituent and other parties ... Read more...
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BJP blocked strong Lokpal: Rahul Gandhi
December 28th, 2011 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
Lakhimpur-Kheri (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 28 (IANS) The anti-graft Lokpal ombudsman failed to get constitutional status due to the "betrayal" of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress leader Rahul Gandhi ... Read more...
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Congress eyes hat trick in Manipur (Lead)
December 25th, 2011 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, Dec 25 (IANS) The battlelines for next month's assembly elections in Manipur has been drawn, with the ruling Congress party eyeing a political hat trick and the regional ... Read more...
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Lokpal is still a long haul, but Anna damages his cause (Comment)
December 24th, 2011 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
Considering that Anna Hazare is dissatisfied with the Lokpal bill presented to parliament, it is obvious that a quick resolution of the confrontation between him and the government is not ... Read more...
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BJP ‘disappointed’ with Lokpal bill, Lalu fumes
December 22nd, 2011 - 5:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Strongly objecting to the "unconstitutional" minority quota provision in the Lokpal bill, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday demanded that the government withdraw the ... Read more...
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Lokpal bill best possible, says government
December 22nd, 2011 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) The government Thursday said its Lokpal bill was "the best" possible and trashed as mere politics the opposition to it from parties and social ... Read more...
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Lalu, Mulayam oppose Lokpal bill
December 21st, 2011 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Wednesday opposed the draft Lokpal bill, approved by the union cabinet Tuesday, saying it ... Read more...
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Anna holds centrestage as government plays cat-and-mouse game (Comment)
December 17th, 2011 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
Before Delhi's winter froze Anna Hazare's campaign plans in the national capital, the government was very much on the backfoot, not least because the Congress shied away from the opportunity ... Read more...
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Bihar bypoll peaceful, 55 percent voter turnout
November 30th, 2011 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Nov 30 (IANS) About 55 percent voter turnout was recorded in the assembly byelection in Laukaha constituency of Bihar Wednesday, officials said.The bypoll, in Madhubani district, passed off peacefully ... Read more...
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Lokpal debate bypassing standing committee: Lalu Prasad
August 27th, 2011 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) As the Lok Sabha took up the debate on the Lokpal bill Saturday, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad got up agitatedly and ... Read more...
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Home minister justifies Hazare’s arrest (Lead)
August 17th, 2011 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Strongly defending the arrest of Anna Hazare, Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday said the social activist was taken into custody to prevent him from ... Read more...
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Opposition unites to demand statement from PM on Hazare (Lead)
August 16th, 2011 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) The arrest of Anna Hazare by Delhi Police Tuesday led to the opposition parties closing ranks against the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and ... Read more...
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Hazare invited to Bihar to study ‘land scam’
July 23rd, 2011 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 23 (IANS) The leader of opposition in the Bihar assembly Saturday asked anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare to visit the state and study the alleged land scam involving ... Read more...
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Three held for killings at MP’s house in Bihar
July 21st, 2011 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 21 (IANS) Three people were arrested Thursday for the gunning down of three people at the house of a Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP in Bihar, police said.Five ... Read more...
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Gunmen kill three in Bihar MP’s house
July 20th, 2011 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 20 (IANS) Three people were killed Wednesday when five gunmen barged into the house of a Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP in Bihar's Chapra town and opened random ... Read more...
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Speaker to meet politicians on women’s reservation bill
July 13th, 2011 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar will Thursday again try to build consensus at an all-party meet over the controversial women's reservation bill hanging fire ... Read more...
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RJD MP attacked in Bihar
July 10th, 2011 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 10 (IANS) A Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP was fired at by unidentified assailants in Bihar's Munger district, police Sunday said.Raneeti Prasad alleged that he was fired at ... Read more...
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Voting for Purnia by-poll under way in Bihar
June 25th, 2011 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 25 (IANS) Voting in the by-poll to the Bihar assembly from the Purnia constituency was peacefully under way Saturday amid tight security, officials said."The poll process is ... Read more...
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Consensus again eludes women’s reservation bill (Roundup)
June 22nd, 2011 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The women's reservation bill that seeks to reserve 33 percent seats for women in parliament and state legislatures hit another roadblock with an all-party ... Read more...
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All-party meet fails to evolve consensus on women’s quota bill (Second Lead)
June 22nd, 2011 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) An all-party meeting Wednesday failed to evolve consensus on the women's reservation bill, with two of its major opponents, the Samajwadi Party (SP) and ... Read more...
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BSP, SP boycott women’s quota bill meet (Lead)
June 22nd, 2011 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Wednesday called an all-party meeting to discuss the women's reservation bill, but the parties opposing the measure remained firm ... Read more...
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Women’s quota bill: Opposing parties hope for modifications
June 22nd, 2011 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Even as Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar called an all-party meeting Wednesday to discuss the women's reservation bill, the parties opposing it made it ... Read more...
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Anti-Posco stir hots up in Orissa
June 11th, 2011 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 11 (IANS) The stir against South Korean steel major Posco's proposed $12 billion steel project intensified with thousands continuing their sit-in demonstration Saturday at the project site, official ... Read more...
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Hundreds court arrest to protest Posco (Lead)
June 6th, 2011 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 6 (IANS) Hundreds of people, among them activists and leaders of five political parties, held a demonstration here Monday and courted arrests to protest forcible acquisition of ... Read more...
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Hundreds court arrest to protest Posco
June 6th, 2011 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 6 (IANS) Nearly 500 people, comprising activists and leaders of five political parties, held a demonstration here Monday and courted arrest to protest forcible land acquisition for a ... Read more...
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