BJP leaders court arrest over price rise
June 22nd, 2012 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Concluding their nationwide agitation against price rise, several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Friday courted arrest in various parts of the country.While party president ... Read more...
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Court pulls up cop for lax rape probe
June 20th, 2012 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Pulling up the investigation officer (IO) in a four-year-old girl's rape case, a Delhi court has sought an explanation from her for not conducting the ... Read more...
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Parliament passes copyright amendment bill
May 22nd, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Parliamentary approval was Tuesday accorded to the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010 which will provide royalty to lyricists, remove operational difficulties and address newer issues related ... Read more...
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DMK withdraws from MPs delegation to Sri Lanka
April 15th, 2012 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 15 (IANS) Tamil Nadu's major opposition party DMK Sunday decided to pull out of the all-party delegation of Members of Parliament to Sri Lanka, saying the visit will ... Read more...
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Need national view on Telangana: Congress
March 29th, 2012 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) The issue of separate statehood to Telangana needed a "national view", the Congress said Thursday as the Lok Sabha continued to be disrupted for ... Read more...
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MPs outraged over Team Anna’s remarks, Lok Sabha adjourned (Second Lead)
March 26th, 2012 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day Monday after members cutting across party lines protested Anna Hazare's allegations of corruption against politicians.The issue ... Read more...
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MPs outraged over Anna’s remarks, Lok Sabha adjourned (Lead)
March 26th, 2012 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day Monday after members cutting across party lines protested Anna Hazare's allegations of corruption against politicians.The issue ... Read more...
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BJP’s Uma calculations go wrong
March 6th, 2012 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Brought back to the party fold with an eye to backward caste votes, Uma Bharti's presence does not seem to have helped the Bharatiya ... Read more...
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Never called Mayawati stone-hearted: Sushma
February 21st, 2012 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushma Swaraj Tuesday denied calling Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati a "stone-hearted woman"."I have never said Mayawati is stone-hearted or ... Read more...
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Gandhis resorting to theatrics: Sushma
February 17th, 2012 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 17 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj Friday accused the Gandhi family of indulging in theatrics and 'filmi masala' to gain public support in the ... Read more...
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Political changes ahead in 2012: Advani
December 31st, 2011 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran Lal Krishna Advani Saturday said the coming year is sure to bring "big changes in national politics".In a year-end ... Read more...
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Infighting in Karnataka BJP escalates
December 29th, 2011 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 29 (IANS) Factional feuding in Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party escalated Thursday with indications that it will only worsen in the coming days unless the party ... Read more...
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Lokpal debate begins in Lok Sabha
December 27th, 2011 - 2:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) The Lok Sabha Tuesday began discussing the much-debated Lokpal bill that envisages setting up of an anti-corruption ombudsman in India.Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj initiated ... Read more...
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Lokpal Bill: Who said what
December 22nd, 2011 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) The Lokpal bill, which seeks constitutional status to the ombudsman, was Thursday introduced in the Lok Sabha, amid objections from various political parties. ... Read more...
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Day 3 in Parliament: No work, logjam on over price rise, Telangana
November 24th, 2011 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Parliament didn't function for the third consecutive day of its winter session Thursday despite peace being in sight after the government and opposition agreed ... Read more...
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Advani draws big crowd, many leave during speech
November 20th, 2011 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Thousands of people filled the spacious Ramlila ground here to witness the conclusion of the 40-day Jan Chetna Yatra of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ... Read more...
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Two Team Anna members quit, Bedi denies cracks (Roundup)
October 18th, 2011 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) Two key Team Anna members Tuesday distanced themselves from the anti-corruption campaign, but Hazare's aide Kiran Bedi denied the movement was cracking up.Magsaysay award ... Read more...
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BJP to launch campaign against Mayawati
October 8th, 2011 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 8 (IANS) In its attempt to reach out to the masses in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the state 2012 assembly elections and exposing the alleged corruption in ... Read more...
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BJP rally in support of arrested ex-MP
September 30th, 2011 - 12:54 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Sep 29 (IAS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday held a rally in Madhya Pradesh's Mandla district to protest the arrest of its tribal leader and former MP Faggan ... Read more...
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Probe Sushma’s links to Reddy brothers: Digvijay
September 5th, 2011 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Sep 5 (IANS) Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh said here Monday that the CBI should probe the "commercial ties" between senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj and Karnataka's mining ... Read more...
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Khar meets Advani, Sushma; BJP protests Hurriyat meeting
July 27th, 2011 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday conveyed to Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khan its protest over her meeting Kashmiri separatist leaders when she ... Read more...
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Khar to meet PM
July 27th, 2011 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi,July 26 (IANS) Visiting Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday to convey greetings of top leadership from her country to sustain ... Read more...
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Three new-borns languish in Ghaziabad hospital
July 11th, 2011 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, July 11 (IANS) Three newly-born children, including a pair or twins, are languishing in a hospital here with their mothers unable to care for them and no sign of ... Read more...
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Munde moves will not affect saffron alliance: Bal Thackeray
June 22nd, 2011 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader Gopinath Munde's plan to leave his party would not affect the alliance of Shiv Sena-BJP-Republican Party of India in ... Read more...
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Security breach ‘bogus’, says Pranab; BJP demands probe (Lead)
June 22nd, 2011 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday demanded a full-fledged probe in the adhesives found in Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's office, the minister ... Read more...
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Haryana couple takes love to great height - Mt Everest
May 20th, 2011 - 2:27 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 20 (IANS) While the average couples plan families and buying a new car and house on bank loans, Sushma and Vikas Kaushik planned something unusual to take their ... Read more...
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Coming soon, new faces at top of bureaucratic pyramid
May 15th, 2011 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) A near overhaul of the top brass of the Indian bureaucracy is on the anvil as a spate of retirements of top secretaries starts at ... Read more...
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First woman from India’s northeast conquers Everest
May 11th, 2011 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 11 (IANS) As new records begin to be written on Mt Everest, a 25-year-old woman from India's Arunachal Pradesh state has become the first Indian to peak the ... Read more...
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Everest waits for Indian tricolour
May 9th, 2011 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 9 (IANS) With efforts mounted to create new records on Mt Everest and the first summits having already started last week, the world's highest peak is now awaiting ... Read more...
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Three Nepali women held with drugs
May 5th, 2011 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 5 (IANS) Three Nepali women were arrested from Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district for carrying cannabis worth around Rs.20 lakh, police said Thursday.Vanarmala, Harikama and Sushma Gujel, all in ... Read more...
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HIV positive couple marry in Pune (With Images)
April 28th, 2011 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, April 28 (IANS) In a noble initiative, a city-based social organisation organised the wedding of an HIV-infected tribal couple Thursday.The initiative was taken by Suryoday Aids Foundation (SAF), an ... Read more...
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‘Not fair’, Sushma says to chopper landing denial
April 10th, 2011 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) "Really not fair", is how BJP leader Sushma Swaraj Sunday tweeted her ire over her chopper being denied landing permission in Palakkad in Kerala ... Read more...
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Government to stick to fiscal deficit target, borrowing limit
April 9th, 2011 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The Indian government will meet the fiscal deficit target during the current fiscal and not exceed its borrowing limit, top finance ministry officials said ... Read more...
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Provident fund scam accused judges get bail
April 1st, 2011 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, March 31 (IANS) A CBI court here granted bail to six judges accused in the provident fund (PF) scam case and adjourned the hearing to April 13.The CBI ... Read more...
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Bangalore aerospace students reassemble crashed aircraft
March 27th, 2011 - 5:46 pm ICT by ANI
Bangalore, Mar.27 (ANI): Aerospace engineering students from Bangalore have reassembled an aircraft, which was used to fly dignitaries before it crashed in 1996.The Agragami Aviation Institute had brought the aircraft from the ... Read more...
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