Quraishi defends cover-up directive to BSP
January 9th, 2012 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) S.Y. Quraishi Monday brushed aside criticism of the directive to cover statues of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati and ... Read more...
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Salman Rushdie for Jaipur Lit Fest Jan 20-22 (Lead)
January 4th, 2012 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Breaking a minor jinx in India which began with last September'a failed Harud Festival in Kashmir, celebrated writer Salman Rushdie will attend the ... Read more...
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Salman Rushdie to attend Jaipur Lit Fest Jan 20-22
January 3rd, 2012 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Breaking a minor jinx in India which began
with last September'a failed Harud Festival in Kashmir, celebrated writer Salman Rushdie will attend the DSC Jaipur ... Read more...
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Himachal students to get uniform
January 1st, 2012 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Jan 1 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh will give school uniforms to over 10 lakh students of government schools every year free of cost. This will burden the exchequer Rs.60 crore ... Read more...
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Message to the nation from PM today (Lead)
December 31st, 2011 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will deliver a message to the nation later Saturday, a prime minister's aide said.He will however not address the nation. ... Read more...
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AIADMK will decide next PM candidate, says Jayalalithaa (Lead)
December 31st, 2011 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 30 (IANS) AIADMK general secretary and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Friday declared that the party will be in a position to decide the next prime ... Read more...
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AIADMK will decide next PM candidate, says Jayalalithaa
December 30th, 2011 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 30 (IANS) AIADMK general secretary and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Friday declared that the party will be in a position to decide the next prime ministerial ... Read more...
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Mamata Banerjee’s mother dies (Second Lead)
December 17th, 2011 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 17 (IANS) Mamata Banerjee's mother Gayatri Banerjee, who was a pillar of strength for West Bengal's first woman chief minister, passed away here Saturday morning. She was ... Read more...
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Cash-for-votes: Summons for Samajwadi Party MP quashed
December 15th, 2011 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday dismissed a trial court's summons to Samajwadi Party MP Rewati Raman Singh in the 2008 cash-for-votes scandal in parliament ... Read more...
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Dev Anand’s brief fling with politics
December 4th, 2011 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 4 (IANS) Dev Anand, who passed away at 88 in London early Sunday, was perhaps the first Bollywood star who formally tried his luck in politics. He ... Read more...
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Ready for mid-term polls, will get more allies: Gadkari
December 1st, 2011 - 2:29 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 1 (IANS) Asserting that it was prepared for mid-term polls in the country, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday exuded confidence of crossing 170 Lok Sabha seats ... Read more...
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PM, Sonia must apologise for cash-for-votes scam: Gadkari (Lead)
November 20th, 2011 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Sunday raised the pitch on the 2008 cash-for-votes scam in parliament, asking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and ... Read more...
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2012 to be year of accountability: Advani
November 20th, 2011 - 1:05 am ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Nov 19 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani reached Ghaziabad Saturday on the last phase of his Jan Chetna Yatra, intended to "awaken India's masses against ... Read more...
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Expose beneficiaries of cash-for-vote: Kulkarni
November 18th, 2011 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) A day after he was let out of Tihar jail on bail, Sudheendra Kulkarni, the ex-advisor to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, said ... Read more...
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Cash-for-votes, 2G national shame: Advani
November 16th, 2011 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Mandi (Himachal Pradesh), Nov 16 (IANS) Taking a dig at the central government, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Wednesday said here that securing the vote of confidence ... Read more...
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Cash-for-votes: Order on bail plea of five accused Nov 16 (Lead)
November 14th, 2011 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday reserved till Nov 16 its order on the bail plea of Sudheendra Kulkarni, advisor to Atal Bihari Vajpayee when ... Read more...
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Mumbai airport’s cost escalation: Shivaji statue in blame game
November 11th, 2011 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 11 (IANS) A Mumbai legislator has protested the purported statement of a top official of builder GVK blaming a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji for the cost escalation of ... Read more...
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Cash-for-votes: BJP MP exempted from attending trial court (Second Lead)
November 1st, 2011 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday granted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ashok Argal exemption from personal appearance before the trial court till Nov 14 ... Read more...
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Cash-for-votes: Court issues notice to Delhi Police
October 31st, 2011 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday issued notice to Delhi Police on the bail pleas of Sudheendra Kulkarni, the media advisor to former prime minister ... Read more...
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Sushma meets arrested BJP colleagues in Tihar
October 25th, 2011 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj Tuesday met two BJP colleagues who are lodged in Tihar jail in connection with the cash-for-vote ... Read more...
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Manmohan is intelligent man, quiet worker: Bal Thackeray
October 18th, 2011 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was intelligent but "very mild", Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray said Tuesday while giving kudos to the late Indira Gandhi as ... Read more...
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Advani demands white paper on black money, slams PM’s RTI remarks
October 15th, 2011 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Oct 15 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani Saturday demanded a white paper from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the action taken by the United Progressive Alliance ... Read more...
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Probe S.P. Mookerjee’s death: BJP
September 25th, 2011 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday demanded setting up of a commission to probe the "mysterious death" of Jan Sangh founder Shyama Prasad Mookerjee ... Read more...
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Party leaders should be selected through merit only: Jaitley
September 22nd, 2011 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 21 (IANS) Calling upon his partymen and political opponents to draw inspiration from former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley here ... Read more...
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Pakistan should get over its obsession with India: Daily
August 16th, 2011 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 16 (IANS) It is time for Pakistan to get over its obsession with India, said a Pakistani daily.An editorial in the Daily Times Tuesday said despite the ... Read more...
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Silence about Sonia’s illness fans speculation
August 5th, 2011 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The silence on the illness of Congress president Sonia Gandhi has triggered speculation about her disease and a;sp a debate if political figures should ... Read more...
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Lokpal bill comes to parliament, opposition protests (Third Lead)
August 4th, 2011 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) The Lokpal bill, which seeks to combat corruption in high places, was Thursday introduced in parliament amid protests from Gandhian Anna Hazare and the ... Read more...
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Lokpal Bill introduced in parliament, opposition protests (Lead)
August 4th, 2011 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) The Lokpal Bill which seeks to combat corruption was Thursday introduced in parliament amid strong protests from the opposition.Minister of State in the Prime ... Read more...
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Himachal wants import duty on apples hiked
August 3rd, 2011 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 3 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Wednesday requested the central government to enhance import duty on apples and designate it a 'special product' to protect the domestic fruit industry.State ... Read more...
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Centre delaying Jharkhand power project, says Munda
July 29th, 2011 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, July 29 (IANS) Blaming the central government for delays, Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda has demanded that a 1,900 MW thermal power project announced in 1999 be cleared ... Read more...
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I will never return to politics: Sanjay Dutt
July 26th, 2011 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 26 (IANS) His legendary father was a successful actor and politician, but when Sanjay Dutt plunged into politics in 2009, he couldn't replicate the late Sunil Dutt's ... Read more...
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Almost no relationship with BJP: Arun Shourie
July 22nd, 2011 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) In a sign of disillusionment with the party he represented as its intellectual face for many years, Arun Shourie, a former minister in the ... Read more...
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Second arrest made in cash-for-votes case
July 20th, 2011 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Suhail Hindustani, a former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker, was arrested for the 2008 cash-for-votes controversy in parliament, making him the second accused to ... Read more...
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Book publishing course starts
July 7th, 2011 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi July 7 (IANS) A four-week training course on book publishing organised by the by the National Book Trust was inaugurated here Thursday."Book making is a wonderful trade to ... Read more...
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Two Delhi girls molested in Uttar Pradesh by cops, others
June 23rd, 2011 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
Muzaffarnagar, June 23 (IANS) Two Delhi girls were molested in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district by three policemen and four others, including the associates of a ruling Bahujan Samaj Party ... Read more...
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