Kerala minister vows to quit smoking on mother turning 80
June 28th, 2012 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 28 (IANS) Kerala Labour Minister Shibu Baby John has decided to give up cigarettes, his "companion" for the past 32 years, as a birthday gift for his mother ... Read more...
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Karat again elected CPI-M boss (Lead)
April 9th, 2012 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kozhikode (Kerala), April 9 (IANS) Prakash Karat was Monday re-elected general secretary of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), but the veteran V.S. Achuthanandan failed to make it to the ... Read more...
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Achuthanandan not in politburo, Buddhadeb in
April 9th, 2012 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kozhikode (Kerala), April 9 (IANS) There were question marks over both. But while former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee retained his place in the CPI-M politburo, former Kerala chief ... Read more...
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No clue of missing fishermen or hit and run ship
March 2nd, 2012 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kollam(Kerala), March 2 (IANS) The navy and coast guard continued to search for three missing fishermen Friday, a day after a ship collided with their boat off the Kerala coast, ... Read more...
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Kannada model-actress scripts book on Rahul Gandhi’s leadership
February 27th, 2012 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Clad in denims, a cotton kurti and a big blue "bindi" and with a marked Kannada accent, the dusky model, movie actress and doctoral ... Read more...
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SC issues notice to CBI on Pappu Yadav’s bail plea (Lead)
February 6th, 2012 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked the CBI to respond on a bail plea by former Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, undergoing ... Read more...
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SC issues notice to CBI on Pappu Yadav’s bail plea
February 6th, 2012 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court (SC) Monday asked CBI to respond to a plea by former RJD MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav seeking bail.Pappu Yadav is ... Read more...
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Regency Ceramics declares lockout at Yanam unit
February 1st, 2012 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 1 (IANS) Floor tiles major Regency Ceramics Ltd Wednesday declared a lockout at its unit in Yanam, Puducherry, which was burnt down during last week's labour unrest.A three-page ... Read more...
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Regency Ceramics to revive damaged plant in Yanam
January 31st, 2012 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 31 (IANS) Regency Ceramics plans to re-open in the next few months its factory in Yanam, which sustained massive damage in labour unrest last week, but is waiting ... Read more...
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Police hunt for contractor in Posco violence
December 19th, 2011 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Dec 19 (IANS) Odisha Police are looking for a contractor to investigate his role in the Dec 14 clashes near the Posco steel plant site in which one person ... Read more...
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Construction biggies keen to partner Kerala to set up academy
December 8th, 2011 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 8 (IANS) Leading construction majors like L&T;, Punj Lloyd and ILFS have expressed keenness to join hands with the Kerala government to set up a state of the ... Read more...
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Draft food security bill faulty: Tripura government
November 5th, 2011 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Nov 5 (IANS) The Left Front government in Tripura Saturday said the National Food Security (NFS) draft bill in its present form is grossly inadequate in achieving ... Read more...
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Intellectuals-Mamata honeymoon over?
October 21st, 2011 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 21 (IANS) Five months into her stint, the strains are visible between Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and a section of liberal intelligentsia and social activists who had ... Read more...
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Will try to get Sahagunj reopened, Bengal assures Dunlop workers
October 17th, 2011 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 17 (IANS) The West Bengal government Monday said it will try to persuade tyremaker Dunlop India Limited to reopen its Sahagunj factory and hoped the company will come ... Read more...
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Vasant Sathe was an Indira loyalist (Obit)
September 24th, 2011 - 12:59 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Mumbai, Sep 23 (IANS) Veteran Congress leader Vasant P. Sathe, who passed away in Gurgaon late Friday evening, was blessed with remarkable oratory skills which he honed during ... Read more...
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Kidnappers fight with police in Nepal capital
August 30th, 2011 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 30 (IANS) As Nepal's new Maoist Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai assumed office Tuesday, a gunfight broke out between police and kidnappers in the capital, underscoring the fragile security ... Read more...
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Trade unions, scribes come out in Hazare’s support
August 24th, 2011 - 12:13 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 23 (IANS) Trade unions and journalists of Uttar Pradesh were the latest to come out in open support of Anna Hazare here Tuesday.Hundreds of employees from different public ... Read more...
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Trade union leader M.K. Pandhe is dead (Lead)
August 21st, 2011 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) M.K. Pandhe, a veteran leader of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), died here early Saturday following a massive heart attack, the Marxist trade ... Read more...
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Venkataraman great son of India: Ansari
July 30th, 2011 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Eulogising former president R. Venkataraman on the occasion of his birth centenary celebrations, Vice President Hamid Ansari Saturday said that he was a great ... Read more...
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Nationalise Goa’s mining industry: Congress MP
July 4th, 2011 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 4 (IANS) The Rs.6,000 crore open cast mining industry in Goa should be nationalised to conserve the country's national resources, veteran trade union leader and Congress Rajya Sabha ... Read more...
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An iconic Communist figure of Tripura dies
June 7th, 2011 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, June 7 (IANS) Baidyanath Majumder, an iconic Communist father figure of Tripura, died here early Tuesday. He was 88.His death was condoled by politicians cutting across party lines.The last ... Read more...
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Transport strike across Kerala hits trade, passengers
May 20th, 2011 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 20 (IANS) Pasengers in Kerala were hit hard as the transport sector went on a day-long strike to protest the rceent hike in petrol prices.Chief Minister Oommen ... Read more...
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CPI-M candidates for Tamil Nadu assembly poll announced
March 22nd, 2011 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 22 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Tuesday renominated three of its legislators for the Tamil Nadu assembly elections.The CPI-M, part of the AIADMK-led front, finalised the ... Read more...
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Malkangiri Collector abduction: Talks between mediators, govt. to continue today
February 21st, 2011 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
Bhubaneswar, Feb. 21 (ANI): Talks between Orissa Government and mediators, Professors Hargopal and R Someswar Rao to release Malkangiri District Collector R V Krishna and junior engineer Pabitra Majhi from the Maoists, ... Read more...
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Shiv Sena, NCP workers clash over union office
January 10th, 2011 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 10 (IANS) Around 400 Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party workers clashed here Monday after an argument over a trade union office premises, police said."The clash was sparked off after ... Read more...
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Australian PM slams union leader for saying 9/11 a US plot
October 20th, 2010 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Oct 20 (IANS) Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Wednesday dismissed as "stupid and wrong" a trade union leader's remarks that the Sep 11, 2001 terror attacks in the US were a ... Read more...
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No minimum wages in 34 industries in Bangladesh
August 26th, 2010 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Aug 26 (IANS) Known in the global market for its cheap labour, Bangladesh does not have minimum wages for 34 industries and has not revised wages in a dozen others for ... Read more...
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Landmines recovered in Orissa, six Maoists arrested
August 3rd, 2010 - 12:02 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 3 (IANS) Tragedy was averted in Orissa's Sundergarh district when two unexploded landmines were found fitted under two separate culverts during a combing operation, police said Tuesday. Six Maoist guerrillas ... 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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Militants gun down trade union leader in Kashmir
May 23rd, 2010 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 23 (IANS) A trade union leader and activist of the ruling National Conference (NC) was killed by separatist guerrillas in Kashmir's Baramulla district Sunday, police said.
Militants shot at Gulam ... Read more...
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Gandhi, Tagore, Kishore reigned in Koirala’s heart
March 21st, 2010 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, March 21 (IANS) India had a unique place in the heart of Nepal's Girija Prasad Koirala, an extraordinary leader and statesman. Few know that he eloped and married ... Read more...
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Koirala in coma, may be dead (Lead)
March 20th, 2010 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, March 20 (IANS) Alarm and concern began to spread like wildfire in Nepal after former prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala, the architect of the peace negotiations that ended a decade of ... Read more...
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Alarm in Nepal as peace architect Koirala slips into coma
March 20th, 2010 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, March 20 (IANS) Alarm and concern began to spread like wildfire in Nepal after former prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala, the architect of the peace negotiations that ended a decade of ... Read more...
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Three Maoists arrested, one surrenders (Lead)
March 9th, 2010 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar/Ranchi, March 9 (IANS) Three Maoist guerrillas were arrested from Orissa and Jharkhand and an area commander surrendered to the police Tuesday, officials said.
Two men were held in Orissa's Sundergarh district and ... Read more...
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Several trade unions come together to protest hike in prices
March 5th, 2010 - 8:04 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 5 (ANI): Activists and supporters of various trade unions converged in the national capital to protest against soaring prices and even volunteered for Jail Bhaaro Andolan (court arrest) ... Read more...
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