Pranab visits Kashmir on poll campaign
July 15th, 2012 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 15 (IANS) United Progressive Alliance (UPA) presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee arrived here Sunday to meet Jammu and Kashmir leaders ahead of the July 19 poll, even as ... Read more...
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Sonia wants rubber stamp president: Swamy
June 7th, 2012 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 7 (IANS) Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy Thursday accused Congress president Sonia Gandhi of wanting "a rubber stamp as the next president" and said A.P.J. Abdul Kalam ... Read more...
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Stand up for the law, Pakistani daily tells speaker
May 16th, 2012 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's fate was dependent on Pakistan speaker Fehmida Mirza's course of action, said a daily Wednesday, exhorting her to "stand up ... 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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Not easy to forgive Jaganmohan: Congress leaders
November 22nd, 2010 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Congress leaders say Kadapa MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, whose TV channel attacked party chief Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, is a person of "no ... Read more...
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Congress seeks report on TV programme attacking PM, Sonia
November 21st, 2010 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The Congress has sought a report from its Andhra Pradesh unit on a programme aired by Sakshi TV channel, owned by party MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, ... Read more...
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Cricket Australia hopes to capitalize on new format of Twenty20 ‘Big Bash’
October 25th, 2010 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Oct. 25 (ANI): Cricket Australia wants to capitalise on the popularity of the KFC Big Bash and faces one of the most important days in history on Friday when its senior ... Read more...
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I am not a ‘rubber stamp’ selector: Mohsin Khan
October 21st, 2010 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Oct 21(ANI): Pakistan's chief selector Mohsin Khan has dismissed talks that he is a 'rubber stamp' worker, who follows Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ijaz Butt's orders.Mohsin also denied that former ... Read more...
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Kalmadi wants ‘rubber stamp’ hockey chief, says Pargat
July 26th, 2010 - 4:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Two days before the Hockey India (HI) elections, Olympian Pargat Singh, a candidate for the president's post, launched another scathing attack on Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president ... Read more...
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ECB may oppose Rajasthan Royals’ tie-up with Hampshire
February 9th, 2010 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 9 (IANS) England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is likely to oppose Rajasthan Royals' tie-up with Hampshire.
The Guardian reported that, as per the tie-up, both the teams will play under ... Read more...
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Ranbir Kapoor Stamped Gauhar Khan
December 16th, 2009 - 3:42 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
On one hand, when every co-star of Ranbir Kapoor can't withhold going ga-ga about the latest heartthrob of the nation, there is one lady who is full of complaints. Yes, Gauhar ... Read more...
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Musharraf did ‘colossal damage’ to Kashmir issue: Sharif
October 26th, 2009 - 5:18 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Oct.26 (ANI): Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has blamed former President General Pervez Musharraf for the current chaotic scenario in the country and said that he (Musharraf) had done ... Read more...
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Israeli Left expresses dismay over Obama’s low popularity
August 30th, 2009 - 2:54 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Aug. 30 (ANI): The Israeli Left has expressed disappointment over a recent Jerusalem Post poll which found that only four percent of Jewish Israelis believe that US President Barack Obama's ... Read more...
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Kim Jong Il re-elected to North Korea’s top post
April 9th, 2009 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
Seoul, April 9 (DPA) North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament Thursday re-elected the country's leader, Kim Jong Il, to the government's highest post.
The Supreme People's Assembly re-confirmed Kim as the chairman of the National ... Read more...
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Gilani says Parliament is supreme, denies rift with Zardari
January 13th, 2009 - 2:00 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan 13 (ANI): Dispelling the impression of Pakistan National Assembly being a rubber stamp, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that they believed in the supremacy of the Parliament ... Read more...
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Pak PM says NA will decide working ties with President
May 5th, 2008 - 4:06 pm ICT by admin
Multan, May 5 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that matters relating to the Presidency will be handled constitutionally and the issue of forging a working relationship with ... Read more...
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Squandering of US aid money an insult to brave Pak soldiers: PPP
December 25th, 2007 - 2:50 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, Dec 25 (ANI): The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has expressed its shock over a New York Times (NYT) report that there were too few controls over how US aid money of ... Read more...
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