Bihar Congress ticket fraud: Wasnik under fire
December 20th, 2010 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI
By Sitesh DwivediBurari (New Delhi), Dec. 20 (ANI): The final day of the three-day 83rd plenary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Monday saw Congress workers and leaders from ... Read more...
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PM, Sonia to use chopper to reach party plenary venue
December 14th, 2010 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Around 15,000 to 20,000 party workers and leaders are expected to attend the Dec 18-20 Congress plenary being held at Burari, on the outskirts of Delhi. ... Read more...
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5,700 cops to monitor Muharram processions in Karachi
December 13th, 2010 - 4:43 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Dec.13 (ANI): To avoid any untoward incident of terrorism or crime during Muharram, which falls on Friday, the Karachi Capital City Police will deploy 5, 700 of its personel to monitor ... Read more...
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Police officers misbehave with media at Delhi AICC session
November 2nd, 2010 - 5:59 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov.2 (ANI): Police officers and personnel deputed for security duties at the Talkatora Stadium for the day-long session of the All India Congress Committee, were on Tuesday, accused of ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh frets over Rahul Gandhi’s train travel
October 29th, 2010 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 29 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi has once again put the Uttar Pradesh government in a piquant situation by travelling unannounced in a second class compartment on the ... Read more...
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CRPF will be readied to face multi-faceted challenges: Vijay Kumar (Lead)
October 5th, 2010 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
By George Joseph
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Indian Police Service (IPS) officer K. Vijay Kumar, who will take over as the director general of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Wednesday, ... Read more...
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Vijay Kumar to take charge of CRPF Wednesday
October 5th, 2010 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Indian Police Service (IPS) officer K. Vijay Kumar, who headed the men who shot dead forest brigand Veerappan, will take over as the director general of the ... Read more...
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Visva-Bharati gears up to receive another Nehru-Gandhi scion
September 13th, 2010 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
Santiniketan (West Bengal), Sep 13 (IANS) With the nattily turned out Special Protection Group (SPG) personnel keeping a close watch, security arrangements have been tightened ahead of Congress general secretary Rahul ... Read more...
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Police take ‘full command’ of Commonwealth Games venues
September 12th, 2010 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
By Praveen Kumar
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Aiming to provide "foolproof security" during the Commonwealth Games, Delhi Police have taken over all the 11 competition venues and started holding mock drills and ... Read more...
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Rahul mingles with people, conducts road show
September 6th, 2010 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 6 (IANS) Sending security personnel into a tizzy, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Monday mingled with people and had a brief road show during his six-hour tour to the ... Read more...
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CPI-M’s days are numbered, thunders Rahul (Second Lead)
September 6th, 2010 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 6 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi declared Monday at his first ever rally here that the days of West Bengal's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) were numbered.
Recalling ... Read more...
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CPI-M doesn’t belong to West Bengal’s poor: Rahul (Lead)
September 6th, 2010 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 6 (IANS) Alleging there were "two Bengals", one of the poor and the other of the privileged people of the Communist Party of India-Marxist, Congress general secretary Rahul ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi on a day’s visit to Kolkata
September 6th, 2010 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 6 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi arrived in Kolkata Monday on a day's visit to launch the membership drive of the Youth Congress in West Bengal.
Clad in a ... Read more...
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Tight security blanket ensures peaceful I-Day in Delhi
August 15th, 2010 - 12:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Anti-aircraft guns, 35 CCTV cameras and around 3,000 security personnel deployed at the Red Fort alone - Delhi Police ensured tight security for the Independence Day ... Read more...
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PM, Sonia, Mayawati’s silence agonises dead boy’s parents
July 11th, 2010 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kanpur, July 11 (IANS) Eight days after a severely injured boy bled to death because he could not be taken to hospital in time due to security restrictions during Prime Minister ... Read more...
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Inquiry ordered after PM’s meal found adulterated
July 4th, 2010 - 8:12 pm ICT by ANI
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), July 4 (ANI): Officials in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur city on Sunday ordered an inquiry after it was found that the food served to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi’s stolen mobile found with IGI bag handler
June 28th, 2010 - 7:23 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 28 (ANI): The mobile phone of Congress General Secretary and Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi was stolen from his checked-in baggage at the Indira Gandhi International Airport last week.The ... Read more...
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Tight security ahead of Gandhi’s visit
June 25th, 2010 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 25 (IANS) Security has been tightened in Himachal Pradesh ahead of United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi's trip to Kullu district Monday.
Gandhi, who also heads the Congress party, ... Read more...
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BCCI appoints former SPG director as security advisor
May 18th, 2010 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 18 (IANS) Retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Ranjit Kumar Das will be the new security advisor of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). ... Read more...
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Dodging all, Rahul Gandhi meets families of stampede victims
March 5th, 2010 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
By Asit Srivastava
Mangarh (Pratapgarh), March 5 (IANS) Dodging policemen and giving his own partymen the slip, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi called on families of the victims of Thursday's stampede at ... Read more...
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Security stepped up for Sonia’s Meghalaya visit
March 3rd, 2010 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, March 3 (IANS) Tight security arrangements have been put in place ahead of Congress president Sonia Gandhi's visit to Meghalaya Friday.
A Special Protection Group (SPG) team has landed here ... Read more...
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Security drill causes panic at R-day rehearsal
January 23rd, 2010 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Commandos rushed to the VIP enclosure at the Republic Day's full dress rehearsal here Saturday to rescue VIPs said to have been shot by terrorists, leading to ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi’s Goa visit hits controversy
January 18th, 2010 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 18 (IANS) All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Rahul Gandhi's visit to Goa Tuesday and his proposed plans to address students at the Goa University (GU) campus have ... Read more...
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Prime minister visits ailing Jyoti Basu (Lead)
January 7th, 2010 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday paid a visit to 95-year-old Marxist veteran and former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu, who is in a critical condition at ... Read more...
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Indian security agencies unaware of third crasher in White House
January 5th, 2010 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Agencies in charge of VIP security in India were in the dark about the presence of another uninvited guest at the Nov 24 White House state ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi on another ’secret’ trip to Uttar Pradesh
December 20th, 2009 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 20 (IANS) Undaunted by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's repeated complaints to his "unannounced" visits to the state, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi was once again undertaking yet another ... Read more...
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Rahul denies dangerous landing in darkness
December 8th, 2009 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 8 (IANS)Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday denied that he persuaded his helicopter pilot to land in darkness in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur town and chided the state party chief ... Read more...
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Fitness freak Rahul’s midnight run in Hardoi
December 8th, 2009 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 8 (IANS) Forget about treadmills, steppers and other fancy gym equipment, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi clearly believes in working out anywhere and anytime -- even if it means ... Read more...
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I did not force pilot to land in zero visibility, says Rahul (Lead)
December 8th, 2009 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 8 (IANS) Contradicting Uttar Pradesh Congress president Rita Bahuguna Joshi, party general secretary and MP Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said he did not force his helicopter pilot to land in ... Read more...
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Rahul’s presser gets Mayawati’s green signal (Lead)
December 7th, 2009 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 7 (IANS) In a sudden change of tack, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Monday gave her nod to a press conference by Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, permission for ... Read more...
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Permission for Rahul’s press meet in Lucknow withdrawn
December 7th, 2009 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 7 (IANS) The Mayawati-led Uttar Pradesh administration Monday suddenly withdrew permission for a press conference that was to be addressed by Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, party leaders said.
Gandhi ... Read more...
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Indian security officials aghast at White House breach
November 27th, 2009 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Agencies in charge of VIP security in India are astounded at how two aspiring reality-television stars gatecrashed US President Barack Obama's state dinner for Indian Prime ... Read more...
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Priyanka drives brother Rahul in Amethi
November 20th, 2009 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 20 (IANS) Priyanka Gandhi took to the wheel even as elder brother and Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi sat next to her after the two landed in ... Read more...
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VIP security must be more sensitive, says Chidambaram
November 6th, 2009 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Nov 6 (IANS) VIP security must be sensitive to the "emergency needs" of the people, union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said here Friday while describing as unfortunate the death of ... Read more...
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Haryana helps kin of man who died at Chandigarh hospital (Lead)
November 5th, 2009 - 12:20 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 4 (IANS) The Haryana government Wednesday gave a cheque of Rs.200,000 to the aggrieved family of the 32-year-old man who died Tuesday at the gate of a hospital here ... Read more...
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