Virbhadra as chief to end Himachal Congress confusion (News Analysis)
August 26th, 2012 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) The move by the Congress leadership to appoint Virbhadra Singh as the Himachal Pradesh Congress chief, three months ahead of the assembly elections, has ... Read more...
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BJP leaders meet on economic downturn (Lead)
August 18th, 2012 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Organising its act against Congress-led central government, the Bharatiya Janata Party Saturday organised a meeting of its chief ministers and state leaders to asses ... Read more...
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Sonia to visit Rae Bareli
July 25th, 2012 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 25 (IANS) Congress president and United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi will Thursday begin a two-day visit to her parliamentary constituency Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, party ... Read more...
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Want out of Trinamool alliance, Congress leaders tell Chidambaram
July 6th, 2012 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 5 (IANS) Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday faced a volley of questions from the West Bengal Congress leadership, which expressed a desire to walk out of ... Read more...
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Rahul to review Himachal Congress July 2
July 1st, 2012 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Ahead of the Himachal Pradesh assembly elections early 2013, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will review the party's preparedness with state leaders July 2-3 ... Read more...
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War rages in Bihar between BJP, JD-U (Bihar Newsletter)
June 23rd, 2012 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 23 (IANS) A vocal war is raging in Bihar between the two parties which rule the state -- the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).Chief ... Read more...
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NDA to decide presidential nominee Sunday
June 16th, 2012 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance will meet Sunday morning to decide on its nominee for the July 19 presidential poll, BJP spokesperson ... Read more...
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Disunity rocks Congress amid talks of early polls (Karnataka Newsletter)
June 2nd, 2012 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 2 (IANS) The Congress in Karnataka seems to be going the way of the state's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with rifts in the party amid mounting ... Read more...
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No Euro 2012 boycott, says Polish PM
May 25th, 2012 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
Warsaw, May 25 (IANS) There will be no boycott of the Euro 2012 football championship in Ukraine and Poland, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said after talks with European Union ... Read more...
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US committed to help Tamil Nadu, says Powell
May 21st, 2012 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 21 (IANS) The United States is committed to help Tamil Nadu realise the goals set in its Vision 2023 document, to put the state on par with upper ... Read more...
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Let Chen go to US, say Chinese experts
May 10th, 2012 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 10 (IANS) Bling Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng is most likely to lose his influence once he leaves for the US, a Chinese expert said in remarks published Thursday.The ... Read more...
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No leadership vacuum in India, says Pranab
April 23rd, 2012 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 23 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has rejected a suggestion from corporate America that a leadership "vacuum" was chipping away at India's investment climate and asserted that ... Read more...
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India has a very powerful prime minister: Mukherjee
April 22nd, 2012 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 22 (IANS) Asserting that India has a "very powerful, strong and acceptable prime minister," Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Sunday rejected a suggestion from corporate America that a ... Read more...
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UP BJP leaders blame Kushwaha episode for debacle
April 17th, 2012 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 17 (IANS) The disconnect and the discontent straining the national and the Uttar Pradesh unit leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is slowly trickling out ... Read more...
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Orchha BJP executive meet marred by intra-party mudslinging
April 8th, 2012 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, April 8 (IANS) The two-day working committee meeting of the Madhya Pradesh unit of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) ended Sunday in Orchha but allegations by a woman councilor ... Read more...
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Congress should understand regional aspirations, say experts
March 8th, 2012 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Following its dismal performance in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress needs to urgently work out its strategy for the 2014 general elections, start rebuilding the ... Read more...
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BJP ministers watch porn in Karnataka assembly; face sack (Second Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 2:02 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 8 (IANS) Two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ministers in Karnataka, Laxman Savadi and C.C. Patil, were Tuesday caught watching porn on a cell phone in the state ... Read more...
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CPI-M Kerala unit to meet to map its future
February 6th, 2012 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 6 (IANS) The Kerala committee of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) meets here for four days from Tuesday, with its two top state leaders still at loggerheads.Former ... Read more...
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George Bush to get Estonian Order for expanding NATO
February 2nd, 2012 - 6:34 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) US ex-president George Bush Jr. will receive Estonia's highest state decoration for foreigners for his role in Estonia's 2004 accession to NATO, the Delfi news ... Read more...
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RSS plain talk makes Karnataka BJP sing unity tune
January 12th, 2012 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 12 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka Thursday apologized to its cadres and supporters for the unseemly fight on the leadership issue, a day after ... Read more...
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Adityanath opposes Kushwaha’s entry into BJP
January 5th, 2012 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 5 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Gorakhpur Yogi Adityanath Thursday launched a scathing attack on the party's Uttar Pradesh leadership, which he entirely blamed for ... Read more...
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Sikorsky delivers passenger chopper to Maharashtra (With images)
December 29th, 2011 - 6:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) US aircraft major Sikorsky Friday delivered a mid-sized commercial utility aircraft to the Maharashtra government for transporting senior state leaders and bureaucrats."The helicopter's versatility, reliability, ... Read more...
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Fierce debate as Chhattisgarh assembly discusses no-trust motion
December 16th, 2011 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Dec 16 (IANS) Charges and counter-charges flew thick and fast among members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and opposition Congress as the Chhattisgarh assembly Friday began ... Read more...
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Congress workers to court arrests in Chhattisgarh
December 5th, 2011 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Dec 5 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's main opposition Congress party claimed Monday that thousands of its cadres, besides senior state leaders, will court arrest on Dec 9 against the ruling ... Read more...
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France proposes new sanctions against Iran
November 22nd, 2011 - 6:43 am ICT by IANS
Paris, Nov 22 (IANS) France has called on its western partners and the European Union to jointly impose new sanctions against Iran to force it to negotiate on its nuclear ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh BJP dares Congress to prove corruption charges
November 8th, 2011 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Nov 8 (IANS) Countering allegations of corruption, Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday asked the Congress to prove the charge that it had engineered scandals to the ... Read more...
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Advani plays down graft charges in Karnataka BJP
October 30th, 2011 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 30 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani late Sunday played down the slew of graft charges faced by the ruling party in Karnataka at a ... Read more...
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Telangana employees call off 42-day-old strike
October 25th, 2011 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 24 (IANS) Government employees in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh Mondaynight called off their 42-day-long strike for a separate Telangana state.Leaders of Telangana Employees Joint Action ... Read more...
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Telangana: Congress steps up consultations, rules out president’s rule
October 9th, 2011 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Hyderabad, Oct 8 (IANS) The Congress Saturday ruled out imposition of president's rule in Andhra Pradesh even as it held hectic consultations led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ... Read more...
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Gowda stakes claim to form government in Karnataka
August 3rd, 2011 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 3 (IANS) D.V. Sadananda Gowda Wednesday staked claim to form the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) second government in Karnataka following his election as the legislative party leader ... Read more...
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Congress accuses BJP of collective corruption
July 25th, 2011 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Branding the BJP as the "Kaveri of corruption", the Congress party Monday accused Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and the BJP central leadership of ... Read more...
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Telangana activists pay last respects to Yadi Reddy
July 22nd, 2011 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 22 (IANS) Hundreds of Telangana activists Friday bid a tearful adieu to M. Yadi Reddy, who committed suicide in New Delhi two days ago for a ... Read more...
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Tributes paid to YSR on birth anniversary
July 8th, 2011 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 8 (IANS) Rich tributes were paid to the late Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy on his 62nd birth anniversary Friday.The late leader's widow Vijaylakshmi, son ... Read more...
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Crisis deepens as more Telangana lawmakers quit amid crippling strike (Roundup)
July 5th, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Hyderabad, July 5 (IANS) The political crisis in Andhra Pradesh deepened Tuesday with the resignation of four more parliament members and 18 legislators from Telangana even as the ... Read more...
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Expose corrupt Chhattisgarh government, says Congress
June 17th, 2011 - 1:25 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, June 16 (IANS) Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh were Thursday asked to dig out information through Right to Information Act (RTI) to "expose the corrupt Bharatiya Janata Party ... Read more...
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