‘Samajwadi Party will get full majority in UP’
February 10th, 2012 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Ahead of the second phase of assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party leader Mohan Singh said Friday the party will get a majority in ... Read more...
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Pranab to present 2012-13 budget on March 16 (Second Lead)
February 7th, 2012 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will present the budget for 2012-13 on March 16, the government announced Tuesday.Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi will present his budget ... Read more...
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Pranab to present budget on March 16
February 7th, 2012 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will present the budget for 2012-13 on March 16, the government announced Tuesday.Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi will present his budget ... Read more...
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Mamata announces sops for Sunderbans
January 31st, 2012 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
Gosaba (West Bengal), Jan 31 (IANS) Announcing various sops for the development of the Sunderbans area of South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday criticised ... 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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$2 bn aerospace, defence exports by India in 2011-12: Assocham
January 27th, 2012 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) India's aerospace and defence exports are likely to clock $2 billion in fiscal 2011-12 to March 31, industry lobby Assocham says.
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Mulayam promises youth laptops; announces sops for Muslims, farmers
January 20th, 2012 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 20 (IANS) Once opposed to English and computers, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has now realised the need to tap the youth voters in Uttar Pradesh, promising ... Read more...
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State elections: Fair ballot, rivetting battles expected (Comment)
January 14th, 2012 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Mayawati's statues and her election symbol of elephants carved out of stone have been covered, the Congress' pro-Muslim sops have been shot down, the officials believed to be biased in ... Read more...
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I will deal with land transfer case: Achuthanandan
January 12th, 2012 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Alappuzha (Kerala), Jan 12 (IANS) Former Kerala chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan, named as number one accused in a land transfer case by the vigilance department, Thursday said he will deal ... Read more...
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Budget after elections: Pranab
January 2nd, 2012 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) The budget for 2012-13 will be presented after the assembly elections in five states but the dates are yet to be decided, Finance Minister ... Read more...
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Pranab cautious on budget delay reports
December 25th, 2011 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 25 (IANS) As speculation over the delay in the presentation of the union budget due to assembly elections in five states made the rounds, union Finance Minister ... Read more...
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Poll schedule may defer union budget
December 24th, 2011 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) The railways and the general budgets for the year 2012-13 may have to be deferred by a few days due to the model code of ... Read more...
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Five states to go to polls January-March (Second Lead)
December 24th, 2011 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Elections will be held to the Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand assemblies between Jan 28 and March 3, 2012, and votes ... Read more...
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Mayawati’s sops for government employees
December 17th, 2011 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 17 (IANS) With an eye to the upcoming state assembly elections, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Saturday announced some sops for certain categories of government employees.Besides several financial ... Read more...
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NATO strikes an act of blatant aggression: Pakistan Army
November 30th, 2011 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 30 (IANS) The NATO air strikes on Pakistani checkposts were an "unprovoked act of blatant aggression" as the coalition was informed that it was an army check-post that ... Read more...
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Kerala cabinet clears sops for diaspora
November 16th, 2011 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 16 (IANS) The Kerala cabinet Wednesday unveiled sops for the diaspora by clearing a special housing scheme for them and also lowered the minimum amount for equity in ... Read more...
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‘More financial sops being considered for northeast’
November 16th, 2011 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Nov 16 (IANS) The central government may provide additional financial sops to the economically weak and revenue-starved northeastern states, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said here Wednesday quoting ... Read more...
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Charter flight operators seek sops
October 20th, 2011 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) An association of charter flight operators and related service providers Thursday said they will submit a memorandum to the government to seek cuts in taxes ... Read more...
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Maoist sympathisers doubt Mamata’s commitment to peace talks
October 15th, 2011 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 15 (IANS) Maoist sympathisers and pro-ultra activists Saturday scoffed at the seven-day ultimatum West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has given to the Left-wing extremists to choose ... Read more...
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Government offers Rs.1,700 crore sops to boost exports
October 13th, 2011 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) The Indian government Thursday announced various incentives, including interest subsidy, worth around Rs.1,700 crore to boost the growth of exports in view of the slowing ... Read more...
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Left government had debt of Rs.230,000 crore: Mamata
October 12th, 2011 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
Jalpaiguri (West Bengal), Oct 12 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday asked the central government to not take interest for the loan taken by the previous Left ... Read more...
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Can sacrifice our lives, but won’t part with Darjeeling: Mamata Roundup)
October 12th, 2011 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
Darjeeling, Oct 11 (IANS) Asserting that the West Bengal government will not give in to the demand for a separate Gorkhaland state, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday announced wide-ranging ... Read more...
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Board of trade to discuss sops for exporters
October 10th, 2011 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) The board of trade chaired by Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma is scheduled to meet Tuesday to discuss incentives to keep the growth momentum ... Read more...
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Chandy blames Air India for high fares to Middle East
October 3rd, 2011 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 3 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Monday blamed national carrier Air India for not offering "favourable" fares for the benefit of thousands of Keralites settled in ... Read more...
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Chandy asks liquor firms not to stop supplies
August 24th, 2011 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 24 (IANS) Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy Wednesday asked all liquor distilleries in the state not to stop supply and sought time for the government to look into ... Read more...
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Rainwater tanks among I-Day sops in Himachal
August 15th, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 15 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, in a list of incentives announced on Independence Day Monday, said every household in the state would be provided ... Read more...
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Mamata announces revised sops for surrendering Maoists
August 12th, 2011 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 12 (IANS) The West Bengal government has revised its surrender-cum-rehabilitation policy for Left-wing extremists and enhanced the compensation to be paid for depositing arms, Chief Minister ... Read more...
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War of nerves in Nepal as PM faces ouster
July 31st, 2011 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, July 31 (IANS) Under fire from his own allies, the Maoists, Nepal's communist Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal Sunday sought help from the opposition to save his five-month-old government ... Read more...
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Will follow Sachar’s advice on minority welfare: Mamata
July 30th, 2011 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 30 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday met Justice (retd) Rajinder Sachar and said her government will follow the suggestions of the former judge who ... Read more...
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Mamata announces sops for Muslims
July 30th, 2011 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 30 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, unveilinging scholarships and sops for the state's minorities, Saturday accused the previous Left government of sowing confusion by announcing ... Read more...
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Food sops for tribals in Bengal’s Maoist-affected areas
July 13th, 2011 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
Sarenga (West Bengal), July 13 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday categorised all tribal families of the Maoist-affected areas as below poverty line (BPL) so that everybody ... Read more...
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Mamata announces sops for Maoist-hit zone (Lead)
July 12th, 2011 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
Nayagram/Jhargram (West Bengal), July 12 (IANS) Promising jobs and development, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday announced an economic package for the Maoist-affected districts and asserted that violence ... Read more...
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Sops for diaspora in Kerala budget
July 8th, 2011 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 8 (IANS) The first budget presented by the Congress-led United Democratic Front has sops for the Kerala diaspora by way of a rehabilitation scheme, a legal aid cell ... Read more...
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Delhi government sops for poor house allottees
June 27th, 2011 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The Delhi government has decided to regularise the house sites allocated to the poor in the 1970s under the 20-point programme by granting them perpetual ... Read more...
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Economic development tamed terrorism: Tripura Police chief
June 15th, 2011 - 11:19 am ICT by IANS
Agartala, June 15 (IANS) Economic development helped defeat the four-decade-old insurgency in Tripura as did a crackdown by neighbouring Bangladesh on anti-India guerrillas, says the state's police chief."Development, largely ... Read more...
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