Indecisive BJP leaves its Karnataka unit exasperated (Karnataka Newsletter)
April 14th, 2012 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 14 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's claim to be a party with a difference has, for long, become the butt of ridicule. It may soon be dubbed ... Read more...
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Mata Prasad Pandey elected UP assembly speaker
April 13th, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 13 (IANS) Veteran Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mata Prasad Pandey was Friday elected unopposed speaker of the Uttar Pradesh state assembly.This would be the second stint for ... Read more...
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Bengal gets thumbs-up from HSBC on entry tax
April 13th, 2012 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 12 (IANS) The West Bengal government Thursday got the thumbs-up from British banking company HSBC for its move to reintroduce 'Entry Tax' on goods.The West Bengal Tax on ... Read more...
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Akhilesh Yadav files nomination for legislative council
April 12th, 2012 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 12 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Thursday filed his nomination papers for the state legislative council. Yadav, a member of parliament, needs to get elected ... Read more...
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Karat bats for Achuthanandan
April 10th, 2012 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kozhikode (Kerala), April 10 (IANS) CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat Tuesday dismissed as baseless reports that former Kerala chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan was "ousted" from the politburo.Karat said told the ... Read more...
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Marx and Engels not untouchables: Mamata
April 9th, 2012 - 11:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday said her government did not regard Karl Marx or Frederich Engels as "untouchables", in the backdrop of a ... Read more...
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Himachal needs policy to check illegal mining
April 7th, 2012 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 7 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh needs a comprehensive mining policy and requires to put in place a system to check illegal mines, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India ... Read more...
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Himachal keen to expand airports
April 6th, 2012 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 6 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh is keen to expand its existing airports in Kullu and Kangra districts to strengthen air connectivity, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said here Friday.For ... Read more...
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Hostage crisis: Maoist’s wife, 26 others to be freed (Lead)
April 5th, 2012 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 5 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday announced the names of 27 people, including a Maoist's wife, whose release will facilitate the freeing of an Italian and ... Read more...
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Kohli relaxed going into IPL
April 5th, 2012 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 5 (IANS) India's in-form batsman Virat Kohli says he is a lot more relaxed going into the Indian Premier League-V than the last season.The 23-year-old has been ... Read more...
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Akhilesh is candidate for Legislative Council
April 5th, 2012 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 5 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav was Thursday declared the Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate for the upper house of the state assembly.Six other leaders including SP ... Read more...
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2,000 new cancer cases in Himachal in last one year
April 5th, 2012 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 5 (IANS) More than 2,000 new cases of cancer have been reported in Himachal Pradesh in the past one year, Health Minister Rajeev Bindal said here Thursday."As many ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh government hauled up over CAG expose
April 4th, 2012 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 4 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's opposition Congress grilled the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state assembly Wednesday over a report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) ... Read more...
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59 MoUs for power plants in Chhattisgarh
April 3rd, 2012 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 3 (IANS) Chhattisgarh, which has roughly one-fifth of India's total known coal reserves, has signed 59 memoranda of understanding (MoUs) since January 2007 with various power plants, ... Read more...
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Mayawati fast-tracks preparations for Lok Sabha polls
April 3rd, 2012 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 3 (IANS) Humbled in the Uttar Pradesh elections, theBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has fast-tracked preparations for the general elections due in 2014.And keeping in line with ... Read more...
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Coalitions have their compulsions: Azad
April 1st, 2012 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, April 1 (IANS) Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Sunday that coalition governments are laden with compulsions and are not easy to run."It is not easy to ... Read more...
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‘Tamil Nadu won’t allow Mekedatu dam across Cauvery’
March 30th, 2012 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 30 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Friday assured the state assembly that her government would not permit neighbouring Karnataka to build a dam across the river ... Read more...
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‘Witch hunting’ on the rise in Assam
March 29th, 2012 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 29 (IANS) Incidents of 'witch hunting' increased in Assam in 2011 with Kokrajhar district in lower Assam recording the highest number of witch hunting-related deaths in the year, ... Read more...
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498 killed in Maoist violence since March 2010: Chhattisgarh
March 28th, 2012 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 28 (IANS) As many as 498 people were killed in Maoist violence in Chhattisgarh since March 2010, the state assembly was informed Wednesday.Maoists, who are locally called Naxals, ... Read more...
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Bengal library ban on leading English, Bengali papers slammed
March 28th, 2012 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) The Mamata Banerjee-led government's decision to ban all dailies except eight vernacular newspapers in state-funded libraries to promote "free thinking" among readers, has drawn widespread ... Read more...
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Himachal debt rises to Rs.25,313.70 crore
March 27th, 2012 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 27 (IANS) The debt burden of Himachal Pradesh has increased to Rs.5,140.56 crore over the past four years, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said here Tuesday."The debt from ... Read more...
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Congress creates uproar in Chhattisgarh assembly
March 26th, 2012 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 26 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's opposition Congress raised slogans and created ruckus in the state assembly Monday over the recent custodial death of a youth and the gang-rape of ... Read more...
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Gehlot presents populist budget with eye to coming polls
March 26th, 2012 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, March 26 (IANS) With an eye to the coming state assembly elections by the end of next year, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who also holds the finance ... Read more...
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Question mark over hanging of BKI terrorist Rajoana (Roundup)
March 26th, 2012 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 26 (IANS) The March 31 hanging of Sikh terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana in the assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh appeared unsure Monday after the ... Read more...
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Another man dies for Telangana, TRS calls for shutdown
March 26th, 2012 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 26 (IANS) One more person died Monday and another was battling burn injuries after he attempted to immolate himself for separate statehood to Telangana, prompting the Telangana ... Read more...
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Over 100 Congress workers arrested in Chhattisgarh
March 25th, 2012 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 25 (IANS) Over 100 workers of Chhattisgarh's opposition Congress party were arrested Sunday in the state capital Raipur during a street protest over an alleged police assault ... Read more...
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Tribal leaders seek probe into police crackdown
March 24th, 2012 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 24 (IANS) Tribal leaders in Chhattisgarh Saturday sought a judicial probe into alleged police atrocities during a street protest in the state capital by hundreds of tribals to ... Read more...
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Suresh Raina meets UP CM, demands better sports facilities
March 24th, 2012 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 24 (IANS) Team India cricketer Suresh Raina met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav here Saturday and demanded better sports facilities for sportsmen and women in the state.Raina ... Read more...
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Bengal to provide facilities to job-seekers
March 23rd, 2012 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) The West Bengal government Friday announced the creation of an 'Employment Bank', its flagship programme, to provide a common platform among job-seekers, employers and placement agencies."I ... Read more...
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Bengal proposes 11.6 percent rise in plan outlay
March 23rd, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) Giving emphasis on infrastructure, education, health and tourism, West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra Friday proposed an 11.56 percent hike in plan expenditure for the financial ... Read more...
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Jharkhand stops land acquisition for BCCL
March 23rd, 2012 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, March 23 (IANS) The Jharkhand government has stopped land acquisition for Coal India Ltd. (CIL) subsidiary Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) as it was not following the prescribed rehabilitation ... Read more...
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My government opposed to shutdowns and strikes: Banerjee
March 22nd, 2012 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) Reterating that her government was opposed to the "politics of shutdowns", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said such "disruptive movements" have adversely affected ... Read more...
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Nadda elected to Rajya Sabha from Himachal
March 22nd, 2012 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 22 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary J.P. Nadda was Thursday declared elected to the Rajya Sabha unopposed from Himachal Pradesh.State assembly secretary Goverdhan Singh declared ... Read more...
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Chiranjeevi, five others elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha
March 22nd, 2012 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 22 (IANS) Telugu superstar K. Chiranjeevi and Congress party spokesperson Renuka Chowdary were among six candidates Thursday elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh.Congress party's Chiranjeevi, Chowdary, ... Read more...
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Windstorm declared a natural calamity: Omar
March 22nd, 2012 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, March 22 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government has declared the windstorm that lashed the Valley and parts of Jammu earlier this week a natural calamity, Chief Minister Omar ... Read more...
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