Mufti’s call for government change in J&K;
May 26th, 2012 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 26 (IANS) Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron and former chief minister Mufti Mohamamd Sayeed Saturday sought public support for changing "the present inept and corrupt system" to improve ... Read more...
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Jammu and Kashmir to have new police chief June 1
May 26th, 2012 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 26 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Police will have a new police chief June 1 as current incumbent Kuldeep Khoda is retiring May 31.Khoda made this announcement while addressing ... Read more...
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Raja gets bail, can’t visit DoT or Tamil Nadu (Third Lead)
May 15th, 2012 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Former communications minister A. Raja, who has been in jail since February 2011, was Tuesday granted bail in the 2G spectrum allocation case but with ... Read more...
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Raja gets bail after 15 months in jail (Second Lead)
May 15th, 2012 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Former communications minister A. Raja, who has been in jail since February last year, was Tuesday granted bail in the 2G spectrum allocation case.Raja, the ... Read more...
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2G case: Citing parity, Raja seeks bail (Second Lead)
May 9th, 2012 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) A day before his 49th birthday, former telecom minister A. Raja moved a bail application in a special CBI court Wednesday after the Supreme Court ... Read more...
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2G case: Raja seeks bail citing parity (Lead)
May 9th, 2012 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) A day before his 49th birthday, former telecom minister A. Raja Wednesday moved a bail application in a special CBI court after the Supreme Court ... Read more...
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MCI bill introduced in Rajya Sabha
May 9th, 2012 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The central government Wednesday introduced in the Rajya Sabha a bill to extend by another year the tenure of the board of governors of the ... Read more...
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Trinamool MPs vote against government bill; Bansal calls Banerjee
May 7th, 2012 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Trinamool Congress members Monday voted against a government bill in the Lok Sabha, prompting Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal to take up ... Read more...
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Court issues notice to sports ministry (Lead)
April 25th, 2012 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the youth affairs and sports ministry on directing all the sports federations to hold their elections if ... Read more...
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Court issues notice to sports ministry
April 25th, 2012 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the youth affairs and sports ministry on directing all the sports federations to hold their elections if ... Read more...
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US judge busted after sexting picture to colleague
April 24th, 2012 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 24 (IANS) A judge in the US has been busted for sending a nearly nude picture of himself to a married woman court official. He has also defiantly ... Read more...
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Jealousy fuelling malicious campaign against Banerjee: Trinamool
April 24th, 2012 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 24 (IANS) With the Mamata Banerjee government drawing flak for many of its actions, the ruling Trinamool Congress Tuesday claimed there was a malicious campaign against her, ... Read more...
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Tenders for Goa’s second international airport by September
April 23rd, 2012 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 23 (IANS) Global tenders for Goa's second international airport will be floated within six months, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said Monday.Speaking to reporters after chairing a Mopa airport ... Read more...
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Railways is self-sufficient: Mukul Roy
April 23rd, 2012 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) The railway ministry had constraints but was financially self- sufficient unlike other ministries that look for central aid, Railway Minister Mukul Roy said Monday."The news ... Read more...
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CBI probe recommended against Yeddyurappa kin
April 20th, 2012 - 4:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court appointed central empowered committee on environmental matters Friday recommended to the apex court that the CBI probe payments made by a mining ... Read more...
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BJP fields Ahluwalia for Rajya Sabha seat
April 19th, 2012 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's will field S.S. Ahluwalia, its former deputy leader in the Rajya Sabha, for a seat in the upper ... Read more...
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Azad lambasts National Conference, PDP alike
April 19th, 2012 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, April 18 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Wednesday took on Jammu and Kashmir's ruling alliance partner National Conference and opposition Peoples Democratic ... Read more...
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7 mn unorganised sector workers to get pensions
April 12th, 2012 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Aiming to benefit around 7 million workers in the unorganised sector, the cabinet Thursday provided additional funding support of Rs.2,065 crore to the Swavalamban ... Read more...
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Hira new Himachal chief secretary
March 31st, 2012 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 31 (IANS) Harinder Hira, a 1976-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, will be the new chief secretary of Himachal Pradesh, replacing Rajwant Sandhu, who retired Saturday. She is ... Read more...
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Antony should quit: Achuthanandan
March 30th, 2012 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 30 (IANS) Leader of opposition and veteran CPI-M leader V.S. Achuthanandan Friday said Defence Minister A.K. Antony should resign in the wake of "the biggest ever scams" that ... Read more...
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Omar says AFSPA may go this year
March 29th, 2012 - 12:20 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, March 28 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday said that concrete steps would be taken for the removal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) ... Read more...
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12 IAS transferred in UP
March 27th, 2012 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 27 (IANS) After a major overhaul of the state police force, the Uttar Pradesh government Tuesday effected a major reshuffle of the state bureaucracy, transferring 12 Indian Administrative ... Read more...
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24×7 power for Akhilesh, Mulayam’s constituencies
March 22nd, 2012 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 22 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government Thursday ordered round-the-clock power supply to the constituencies represented by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, his father and Samajwadi Party (SP) president Mulayam ... Read more...
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No information on any scam: Coal minister
March 22nd, 2012 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Even as opposition parties united against the government over an alleged coal mining scandal, which they termed as "mother of all scams", Coal Minister Sriprakash ... Read more...
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Andhra minister appears before CBI in Jagan case
March 20th, 2012 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 20 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh cabinet minister Mopidevi Venkatramna Tuesday appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for questioning in the case relating to alleged illegal assets ... Read more...
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2G: Raja examines ex-telecom regulator
March 14th, 2012 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Jailed former communications minister A. Raja, an accused in the 2G case, Wednesday cross-examined prosecution witness and former Telecom Regulatory Authority of India chairman Nripendra ... Read more...
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Court sacks 18 Saibaba temple trustees
March 13th, 2012 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
Shirdi (Maharashtra), March 13 (IANS) In a jolt to the Maharashtra government, the Bombay High Court Tuesday sacked the 18 members of the Shirdi-based Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust, a lawyer ... Read more...
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Apex court given report on ex-chief justice Balakrishnan (Lead)
March 12th, 2012 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The government Monday submitted to the Supreme Court the status report of the probe by the income tax department into allegations that relatives of former ... Read more...
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Supreme Court notice on favours to Jaganmohan’s firms
March 12th, 2012 - 3:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday issued notice on 26 government orders issued during the tenure of late Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajashekara Reddy to allegedly ... Read more...
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Centre submits report on former chief justice Balakrishnan
March 12th, 2012 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The centre Monday submitted to the Supreme Court the status report of the probe into allegations that close relatives of former chief justice K.G. ... Read more...
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Mayawati steps down as UP chief minister (Second Lead)
March 7th, 2012 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 7 (IANS) Declaring that she had worked hard for the state, Mayawati stepped down as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Wednesday after her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ... Read more...
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Expect good result for assembly polls: Gadkari
March 2nd, 2012 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) With the assembly election results to be out next week, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Friday said the party has done its ... Read more...
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Pakistan won’t extend ISI chief’s term
February 26th, 2012 - 10:37 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 26 (IANS) The Pakistani government has decided not to extend the tenure of Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha, a media report said.Pasha, who ... Read more...
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Court seeks probe report on RAW graft complaint
February 22nd, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) A Delhi court hearing a retired major general's complaint alleging lapses in the purchase of communication gadgets by RAW official Wednesday asked the Central Bureau ... Read more...
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Government appoints committee to select new TRAI chairman
February 21st, 2012 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The government has set up a search-cum-selection committee to appoint a new chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).J.S. Sarma, the present chairman, ... Read more...
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