Shettar to take oath as Karnataka CM Thursday, power struggle continues (Second Lead)
July 10th, 2012 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 10 (IANS) The warring factions in Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday finally paved the way for Rural Development Minister Jagadish Shettar to take over as ... Read more...
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Shettar elected Karnataka BJP legislature party leader (Lead)
July 10th, 2012 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 10 (IANS) After day-long hankering over power spoils, Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party Tuesday elected Rural Development Minister Jagadish Shettar as leader of its legislature wing, paving ... Read more...
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Karnataka crisis subsides, nine ministers withdraw resignations (Third Lead)
July 2nd, 2012 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Bangalore, July 2 (IANS) The crisis in Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) subsided Monday with nine ministers withdrawing their resignation after an assurance from party to considertheir ... Read more...
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Shanta, Dhumal agree to hold joint rallies in Himachal
July 1st, 2012 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 1 (IANS) Two warring factions - of Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal and former union minister Shanta Kumar - of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Himachal ... Read more...
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BJP rushes emissary to resolve Karnataka crisis
June 30th, 2012 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 30 (IANS) The BJP Saturday stepped up efforts to resolve the crisis in its ruling Karnataka unit, a day after eight loyalists of B.S. Yeddyurappa quit the ... Read more...
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UP polls almost over, BJP focuses on Karnataka mess
March 2nd, 2012 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 2 (IANS) With the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls ending Saturday, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) attention now turns to Karnataka where the party's maiden rule has been ... Read more...
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FIH gives a month to HI and IHF to work out merger formula
February 26th, 2012 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has given the two warring factions, Hockey India (HI) and the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) a month's time to sort ... Read more...
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‘Warhorse’ - saved by beautiful anti-war sentiment (IANS Movie Review)
February 11th, 2012 - 2:09 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Warhorse"; Cast: Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, David Thewlis; Director: Steven Spielberg; Rating: ***Every writer, artist, musician or filmmaker develops a certain style of representing his work that makes his work ... Read more...
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Rift in Goa BJP settled: Gadkari
February 5th, 2012 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 5 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) still hasn't finalised its chief ministerial candidate for the March 3 polls in Goa, even as party president Nitin Gadkari ... Read more...
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Force not the only way of protecting civilians in conflicts: India (Lead)
November 10th, 2011 - 11:44 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, Nov 10 (IANS) With a clear allusion to how the West was dealing with recent conflict situations in the Arab world, India has called for an integrated approach ... Read more...
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Quarrelling officials leave Bhopal hockey in ruins
June 19th, 2011 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, June 19 (IANS) The national hockey championship is being played in this Madhya Pradesh capital but there is no team to represent the state, thanks to the warring factions ... Read more...
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Italian magazine proposes Indian archbishop for Nobel Prize
June 14th, 2011 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 14 (IANS) A mass circulated Italian magazine has recommended Archbishop of Guwahati Thomas Menamparampil for the coveted Nobel Peace Prize for his initiative in brokering peace in the ... Read more...
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Rebels demand Congress legislators’ meeting in Meghalaya
April 26th, 2011 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, April 26 (IANS) Rebel Congress legislators in Meghalaya Tuesday called for a special meeting of the Congress Legislature Party meeting to end the bickerings among legislators over the ... Read more...
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Meghalaya chief minister’s fate to be decided Monday
April 24th, 2011 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, April 24 (IANS) Two Congress leaders have arrived in Meghalaya to end the bickering within the party's legislators over the demand to remove Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, whose ... Read more...
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Congress deputes emissaries to broker peace in Meghalaya
April 19th, 2011 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, April 19 (IANS) The Congress Tuesday deputed two emissaries to Meghalaya to end the bickering within the Congress Legislature Party over the demand to axe Mukul Sangma the ... Read more...
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Was Pakistani Maulana’s visit aimed at reinforcing anti-Vastanvi lobby?
February 17th, 2011 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
By Sharat Pradhan
Lucknow, Feb 17 (IANS) The two-day India visit by Islamic hardliner and Pakistan's Jamiat-ul-Islami chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman is believed to be aimed at reinforcing the lobby against recently-appointed ... Read more...
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Crushing Afghan-based terrorists is US, NATO’s responsibility: KP minister
December 9th, 2010 - 6:44 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Dec 9 (ANI): Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Minister for Information, Mian Iftikhar Hussain, has said that terrorists have had their roots in Afghanistan for the past thirty years, and now it is the responsibility ... Read more...
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Kayani considered plans to oust Zardari, send him into exile
December 1st, 2010 - 12:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 1 (ANI): Pakistan's Army Chief General Ashfaq Kayani considered plans to oust President Asif Ali Zardari from office to prevent opposition leader Nawaz Sharif coming to power, according to ... Read more...
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Newspaper Pleas With Gunmen Operating Along The Mexico - US Border
September 20th, 2010 - 8:06 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
September 20, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The drug cartels of Ciudad Juarez, the largest crime city in Mexico was approached by one of the biggest newspapers of the area ... Read more...
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Diplomatic offensive in pipeline for finding solution to Afghan crisis
September 19th, 2010 - 7:00 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Sept 19 (ANI): The United States, Pakistan and some Arab nations have launched a massive diplomatic offensive to find a viable solution to the Afghan problem.According to one Western diplomat ... Read more...
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Pakistan to be consulted over Afghan-Taliban reconciliation process: Karzai
September 17th, 2010 - 2:58 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Sept 17 (ANI): Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has reassured Pakistan of its involvement in the Afghan reconciliation process with the Taliban and other Afghan warring factions.Karzai told Pakistan Prime ... Read more...
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Petraeus refuses to be bound by Obama’s decision on US exit date from Afghanistan
August 16th, 2010 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 16 (ANI): The commander of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus has refused to be bound by the July 2011 deadline for withdrawing US troops ... Read more...
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Kumudam dispute to get resolved in two months time
August 15th, 2010 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 15 (IANS) The management war at the famed Kumudam Tamil magazine is likely to be resolved in two months with smooth partition of titles and properties under an agreement signed ... Read more...
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It’s Janata Dal ‘disunited’ in Bihar (Lead)
July 27th, 2010 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 27 (IANS) Assembly elections may be barely months away, but Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) seems anything but united with clashes and violence marring several meetings of party workers in ... Read more...
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Bickering, clashes mark JD-U meetings in Bihar
July 27th, 2010 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 27 (IANS) With assembly elections just months away, Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) seems anything but united with clashes and violence marring several meetings of party workers in the last ... Read more...
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Probe report on ‘Black Sunday’ sparks debate in Britain
June 16th, 2010 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
By Venkata Vemuri
London, June 16 (IANS) A probe panel report which exposed involvement of British soldiers in the killing of 13 civilians in Northern Ireland in 1972 has sparked a debate ... Read more...
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UN: Over 8,000 women raped in 2009 during armed conflicts in Congo
April 16th, 2010 - 12:25 am ICT by BNO News
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) – The United Nations (UN) announced Thursday a week-long visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where both rebels and the national army have been accused ... Read more...
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Myanmar seeks military aid from India to flush out rebels
April 10th, 2010 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, April 10 (IANS) Myanmar Saturday sought military assistance from India to start operations against anti-India insurgent groups taking shelter in its territory, a top diplomat said.
"We have requested India for military ... Read more...
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What makes Liz Hurley angry?
March 30th, 2010 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 30 (ANI): Elizabeth Hurley has said that she has a short temper and can blow her top in traffic congestion, flight delays and even air fresheners.While the model-cum-actress has taken ... Read more...
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Steven Spielberg, Stephen King team up for ‘Under the Dome’
November 20th, 2009 - 4:30 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 20 (ANI): American film director Steven Spielberg and writer Stephen King have teamed up to develop a limited series based on King's just-released supernatural thriller "Under the Dome".DreamWorks TV ... Read more...
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Karnataka muddle lingers on, no solution after 12 days
November 6th, 2009 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Bangalore, Nov 6 (IANS) Ever since the crisis in the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) first government in Karnataka broke out, all major players involved have been saying that solution would ... Read more...
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Karnataka BJP rebels claim support of 60 MLAs
October 31st, 2009 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
Bangalore/New Delhi, Oct.31 (ANI): Karnataka Health Minister B Sriramulu on Saturday claimed that the rebel Reddy brothers have the support of 60 MLAs and will head to New Delhi on Sunday ... Read more...
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Warring Karnataka BJP factions move to Delhi to resolve crisis
October 31st, 2009 - 12:07 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct.31 (ANI): Representatives of warring factions in the Karnataka unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will be meeting in Delhi over the weekend to patch up their differences, ... Read more...
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Karnataka BJP crisis defies solution, in-fighting continues
October 29th, 2009 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 29 (IANS) The crisis in the Bharatiya Janata Party's first-ever government in Karnataka deepened Thursday with Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa demanding action against rebellious ministers while senior party ... Read more...
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Congress deputes Punjab leader to end bickering in Himachal
October 28th, 2009 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Oct 28 (IANS) The Congress party has deputed a leader from Punjab to end bickering among senior leaders of Himachal Pradesh ahead of the assembly by-elections slated for Nov 7.
Three ... Read more...
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