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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Jhakhand scraps free power connection scheme
April 16th, 2011 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, April 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Jharkhand government has scrapped a scheme to provide free power connection to people in rural areas of the state. Ironically, ... Read more...
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It could be lucky 13 for some Kerala politicos!
April 14th, 2011 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, April 14 (IANS) Unlucky 13? That may not be the case for some politicians who fought the latest polls in Kerala.Elections were held April 13 to constitute the 13th ... Read more...
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Dhumal lays stone of engineering college
April 10th, 2011 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 10 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Sunday laid the foundation stone of an engineering college in the apple belt of Shimla district. It will be ... Read more...
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You will find 90 percent Atalji in me: Anjan Srivastav (With Images)
March 11th, 2011 - 4:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Well-known character actor Anjan Srivastav is excited about his next film, a political satire, as his role is inspired by former prime minister and ... Read more...
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We can never forget Kashmir is a political issue: Omar
March 5th, 2011 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, March 5 (IANS) A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh promised a solution within the "constitutional framework" for the complex problem of Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar ... Read more...
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Congress walkout over Vajpayee
March 3rd, 2011 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 3 (IANS) Congress members Thursday walked out of the Himachal Pradesh assembly over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government decision to name an ambulance service after former ... Read more...
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Happy my father has been vindicated: Umarji’s son after acquittal
February 22nd, 2011 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
By R.K. Misra
Godhra, Feb 22 (IANS) Saeed Umarji was just 25 when his 55-year-old cleric father Maulana Umarji was picked up by the police and made the main accused in the 2002 ... Read more...
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When Sonia spurned Gujral’s advice - and paid for it
February 22nd, 2011 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Former prime minister I.K. Gujral had advised Congress president Sonia Gandhi against bidding for the prime ministership in 1999, saying "she would be let down by ... Read more...
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Hema Malini elected to Rajya Sabha from Karnataka
February 19th, 2011 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Bellary, Feb 19 (IANS) Yesteryears Bollywood actress and Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) star attraction Hema Malini is set to re-enter the Rajya Sabha -- this time as elected member from Karnataka.She ... Read more...
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Gadkari in China on ‘first ever goodwill visit’ (Lead)
January 20th, 2011 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 20 (IANS) Nitin Gadkari, the first BJP president to visit China, said Wednesday that New Delhi's relationship with Beijing "has evolved, has grown, has matured, and it has become ... Read more...
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Gadkari in Beijing for five-day visit
January 20th, 2011 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 20 (IANS) There is "consensus across the political spectrum in India for cooperative and cordial ties with China", said BJP president Nitin Gadkari, who is here on a five-day ... Read more...
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China visit important to BJP, says Gadkari
January 19th, 2011 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari said Wednesday that his five-day goodwill visit to China further strengthens the cordial relations existing between the BJP and ... Read more...
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Congress never cared for poor but enriched itself, says Gadkari
January 17th, 2011 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 17 (IANS) The Congress party was never serious about the problems of the poor and peasants in the country, Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari said here Monday.After ruling ... Read more...
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Gadkari to visit China next week; first by a BJP chief
January 12th, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) In the first visit by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president to China, Nitin Gadkari will visit the country for five ... Read more...
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BJP celebrates Vajpayee’s birthday in Lucknow
December 25th, 2010 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 25 (IANS) The 87th birthday of former prime minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) patriarch Atal Bihari Vajpayee was Saturday celebrated by party leaders and activists here.Mass feasts, recitation ... Read more...
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Himachal to launch free ambulance service
December 20th, 2010 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Dec 20 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh will launch a free ambulance service this week to provide timely medical aid to its residents during emergencies, Health Minister Rajeev Bindal said here Monday."The Atal ... Read more...
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Bhopal college bans female teachers from wearing western outfits
December 10th, 2010 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
By Ram Chandra SahuBhopal, Dec.10 (ANI): The administration of a college in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal city has banned female teachers from wearing western clothes and the traditional 'salwar-kameez'.Sarojini Naidu Girls College ... Read more...
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Musharraf blames Indian foreign official for Agra breakdown
December 4th, 2010 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Days after New Delhi denied a visa to him, former Pakistani military rule Pervez Musharraf has blamed an Indian official for failure of the 2001 Agra ... Read more...
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2G scam: No solution yet to resolve impasse, says Mukherjee
November 25th, 2010 - 4:57 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 25 (ANI): Even as proceedings inside Parliament remained paralysed for the tenth consecutive day on Thursday with no headway being made over the issue of a Joint Parliamentary ... Read more...
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Another Himachal dam project caught in logjam
November 4th, 2010 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Shimla, Nov 4 (IANS) Another mega hydropower project in Himachal Pradesh has been caught in an administrative logjam after the central environment and forests ministry objected to the transfer of ... Read more...
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Jethmalani backs Kashmir interlocutors over Pakistan
October 26th, 2010 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) Taking a different line from his Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP), Rajya Sabha member Ram Jethmalani Tuesday said it was "childish and churlish" to accuse the government's ... Read more...
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“Nawaz worried with APML’s very first bouncer”: Musharraf
October 10th, 2010 - 3:35 pm ICT by ANI
Manchester, Oct 10 (ANI): Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has stated that while his political career has just begun, PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif is visibly looking a worried man."It's only the ... Read more...
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Musharraf’s U-turn: Terrorists not trained during my rule
October 10th, 2010 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 10 (ANI): Days after candidly admitting that Pakistan trained underground militant groups to fight against India, former President Pervez Musharraf has said that militant groups who entered Jammu and ... Read more...
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Musharraf accuses Nawaz of wanting to ’sell’ Kashmir issue
October 10th, 2010 - 11:51 am ICT by ANI
Lahore, Oct 10 (ANI): Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has alleged that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Chief Nawaz Sharif wanted to sell the Kashmir issue, a TV channel has reported.Speaking in ... Read more...
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Ayodhya ruling recognises belief on Ram’s birthplace: Advani
October 3rd, 2010 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani said Sunday that the Allahabad High Court judgment on the Ayodhya dispute has given judicial recognition to the ... Read more...
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Traditional welcome given to President Patil in Siem Reap
September 16th, 2010 - 2:43 pm ICT by ANI
By Praful Kumar SInghSiem Reap (Cambodia), Sept. 16 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil arrived in Siem Reap on Thursday, where the world famous heritage temples of Angkor Vat are located.The trip ... Read more...
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Mehbooba Mufti roots for unconditional dialogue on Kashmir
September 15th, 2010 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir's principal opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to announce an "unconditional dialogue" in Kashmir to resolve the situation ... Read more...
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