UPA still has substantial majority: Congress
September 19th, 2012 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday said that the UPA had "substantial majority" in the Lok Sabha despite the Trinamool Congress deciding to withdraw support, but hoped ... Read more...
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Karnataka caste politics set to get Sonia boost (Karnataka Newsletter)
April 22nd, 2012 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 22 (IANS) The Congress is going all out to woo a powerful caste group in Karnataka that is generally perceived to be a strong supporter of the ... Read more...
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Of sleazegate ministers and their conflicting answers (Karnataka Newsletter)
February 11th, 2012 - 1:06 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 11 (IANS) Will the three Karnataka sleazegate ministers corroborate or contradict one another in their replies to the assembly speaker's notice seeking their version on porn viewing ... Read more...
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Tie-up with secular party for next Lok Sabha poll: Karunanidhi (Lead)
February 4th, 2012 - 1:15 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 3 (IANS) The DMK party would align with a secular party having the nation's interest in mind in the next Lok Sabha elections, party president M. Karunanidhi ... Read more...
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Tie-up with secular party for next Lok Sabha poll: Karunanidhi
February 3rd, 2012 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 3 (IANS) The DMK party would align with a secular party having the nation's interest in mind in the next Lok Sabha elections, party president M. Karunanidhi said ... Read more...
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Need for CPI-M to expand influence, says Karat
January 28th, 2012 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Saturday said electoral reverses in West Bengal and Kerala had made it imperative for it to expand its ... Read more...
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CPI-M in wait and see mode for 2014 allies
January 20th, 2012 - 11:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has adopted a wait and watch policy for firming up alliances ahead of the 2014 general elections as it ... Read more...
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Ramayana controversy: India’s pluralism under threat again (Comment)
October 29th, 2011 - 11:01 am ICT by IANS
As Delhi University's pusillanimous decision to scrap A.K. Ramanujan's essay on 300 versions of the epic Ramayana shows, vice chancellors and professors easily choose the discretion of trashing a book ... Read more...
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Modi eying bigger national role, WikiLeaks reveals
September 4th, 2011 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is eying a bigger national leadership role and is positioning himself for a power struggle in the Bharatiya Janata ... Read more...
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Karat surprised over Congress-BJP ‘collusion’
August 5th, 2011 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 5 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat Friday expressed surprise over the Congress-led central government and the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ... Read more...
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Hegde bows to pressure, for the second time within a year
April 23rd, 2011 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 23 (IANS) For the second time within a year, Karnataka Lokayukta N. Santosh Hegde has bowed to pressure to stay, this time on the panel to draft ... Read more...
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Chiranjeevi authorised to decide on tie-up with Congress
February 3rd, 2011 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 3 (IANS) The Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) Thursday authorised its president K. Chiranjeevi to take a decision on the proposed alliance with the ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh.A crucial ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa claims threat to life; opposition ridicules him
January 31st, 2011 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore, Jan 31 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Monday said some people were resorting to "black magic" to eliminate him, a claim that immediately drew ridicule from the opposition parties."I ... Read more...
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We want budget session to function: Prakash Karat
January 17th, 2011 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Jan 17 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Prakash Karat has stuck to its demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into 2G scam but said he did ... Read more...
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Karat attacks UPA on fuel price hike, threatens countrywide protests (Roundup)
January 17th, 2011 - 12:47 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 16 (IANS) Flaying the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for failing to control rising food inflation and repeatedly hiking petroleum prices, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday said ... Read more...
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Karat attacks UPA on food inflation, petroleum price hike
January 16th, 2011 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 16 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday slammed the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for failing to control rising food inflation and repeatedly hiking petroleum prices and ... Read more...
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Congress to establish broad-based alliance in Bengal (Lead)
November 27th, 2010 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 26 (IANS) In an apparent bid to pressurise ally Trinamool Congress, the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Friday announced that it was eyeing a broad-based alliance with secular parties to ... Read more...
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Congress to form broad alliance in West Bengal
November 26th, 2010 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 26 (IANS) The Congress is eyeing a broad based alliance with secular parties to end the Left Front rule in West Bengal."We are trying to set up a grand alliance ... Read more...
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Devegowda demands dismissal of BJP Govt. in Karnataka
October 25th, 2010 - 4:10 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct. 25 (ANI): Former Prime Minister H.D. Devegowda on Monday called for the immediate dismissal of the B.S. Yeddyurappa-led BJP Government in Karnataka, accusing it of taking the practice of ... Read more...
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Sonia Gandhi calls Nitish Kumar an opportunist
October 18th, 2010 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
Kishanganj (Bihar), Oct 18 (ANI): Launching veiled attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday described Nitish as an opportunistic politician.Addressing an election rally here, Sonia ... Read more...
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Two Assam parties likely to forge alliance
September 24th, 2010 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Sep 24 (IANS) Assam is bound to witness some major realignment of forces ahead of the 2011 assembly polls with the Asom United Democratic Front (AUDF) and the Bodo People's ... Read more...
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Non-NDA opposition unites to protest price rise
July 29th, 2010 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Non-NDA opposition parties Thursday staged a demonstration in the Parliament House complex demanding a discussion on the price rise under rules that provide for voting.
After both houses ... Read more...
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Congress legislators disrupt Karnataka assembly over illegal mining
July 12th, 2010 - 10:12 pm ICT by ANI
Bangalore, Jul 12 (ANI): Congress legislators in Karnataka on Monday halted the assembly proceedings over the issue of illegal mining of iron ore, in which two state cabinet ministers have been ... Read more...
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Left labels strike ‘unprecedented success’, threatens more protests (Lead)
July 5th, 2010 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Describing the nationwide shutdown against the hike in fuel prices as an "unprecedented success", India's Left parties Monday threatened to intensify their protests inside and outside ... Read more...
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Left threatens more stir if no rollback of prices
July 5th, 2010 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) The Left parties Monday threatened to intensify their protests against the fuel price hike inside and outside parliament if the government did not roll back the hike ... Read more...
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Largescale illegal mining in Karnataka: Chief minister
June 30th, 2010 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 30 (IANS) Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa said Wednesday there has been largescale illegal mining in Karnataka in the last 10 years and in 2007-08 alone, 4.7 million tonnes of iron ... Read more...
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Hegde sticks to resignation, Yeddyurappa unmoved (Roundup)
June 24th, 2010 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 24 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Thursday hinted he was in no mood to persuade Lok Ayukta (ombudsman) N. Santosh Hegde to take back his resignation.
Hegde too reiterated ... Read more...
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Ombudsman’s resignation clouds BJP government’s anniversary fete
June 24th, 2010 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 24 (IANS) The resignation of Karnataka's anti-corruption panel head has chipped away some sheen off a grand function planned by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government to mark its ... Read more...
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Karat, Bardhan court arrest against price rise (Lead)
April 8th, 2010 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Around 1,000 Left activists and leaders including Communist Party of India-Marxist's (CPI-M) Prakash Karat courted arrest here Thursday as part of a nationwide campaign against rising prices, ... Read more...
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Fuel, food price hikes likely to ignite parliament
March 2nd, 2010 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Opposition MPs are planning to raise a storm over petrol and diesel price hikes when parliament reconvenes Wednesday after a four-day break.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ... Read more...
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Differences in UPA egg opposition on to target government
February 28th, 2010 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) With some allies of the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) ranged against any hike in fuel prices, the opposition is ganging up in Parliament against the government ... Read more...
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Congress trying to bring in religion-based quotas: BJP
February 19th, 2010 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Indore, Feb 19 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday accused the Congress of attempting to introduce religion-based quotas and said it will oppose all such moves.
Speaking at the party's national ... Read more...
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Thousands pay homage to Kannada superstar Vishnuvardhan
December 30th, 2009 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 30 (IANS) Police cane charged and burst tear gas shells here Wednesday to control fans who turned unruly while waiting to pay homage to Kannada superstar Vishnuvardhan. The 60-year-old ... Read more...
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BJP wins Karnataka assembly speaker’s poll
December 30th, 2009 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 30 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's K.G. Bopaiah was Wednesday elected Karnataka assembly speaker amid protests by opposition Congress and Janata Dal-Secular parties.
Congress and JD-S members trooped into ... Read more...
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Will Yeddyurappa ‘bare all’ on Reddys’ mining activities?
December 13th, 2009 - 1:03 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 13 (IANS) The Karnataka legislature begins its winter session Monday with the members and people keenly awaiting the promised 'bare all' from Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on the allegations of ... Read more...
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