Woman minister gets wolf whistles in French parliament
July 21st, 2012 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 21 (IANS) A 37-year-old woman minister, who wore a knee-length floral summery dress and high heels to parliament, faced a barrage of wolf-whistles from male MPs when she ... Read more...
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Ministers take high ‘moral ground’ after conviction (Punjab Newsletter)
May 12th, 2012 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 12 (IANS) This could be termed the height of irony, even in the strange world of politics. Two ministers in Punjab's Parkash Singh Badal-led government, convicted in ... Read more...
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Cabinet induction of Goa’s only woman minister in limbo
May 7th, 2012 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 7 (IANS) The suspense over induction of Alina Saldanha, Goa's only woman minister in the 12-member cabinet, continues with the ball now in the court of the Election ... Read more...
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Jagir Kaur’s resignation accepted
March 31st, 2012 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 31 (IANS) A day after she was convicted and sentenced to five years' rigorous imprisonment for criminal conspiracy and other charges in the mysterious death of her ... Read more...
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Badal government’s lone woman minister convicted, jailed (Roundup)
March 30th, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Patiala (Punjab), March 30 (IANS) A fortnight after she was sworn in as cabinet minister, senior Punjab minister Jagir Kaur was Friday arrested and sent to jail after a court ... Read more...
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Badal takes over as Punjab CM for fifth time (Second Lead)
March 14th, 2012 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 14 (IANS) Parkash Singh Badal Wednesday became Punjab's oldest chief minister Wednesday when he was sworn in for a record fifth time at the historic Sikh battlefield ... Read more...
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Widows and orphans will be rehabiliated: Kashmir’s woman minister (Interview)
January 22nd, 2012 - 1:10 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Jan 22 (IANS) Officially the figures are 9,000 widows and 25,000 orphans, but activists claim the figures are much higher. Women and children have been among the worst hit ... Read more...
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Rahul’s special gesture for grassroot leaders
November 28th, 2011 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) Twenty-five-year-old Ramya Haridas, a Dalit Youth Congress leader from Kozhikode in north Kerala, was pleasantly surprised when she heard her name being announced at ... Read more...
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BJP minister complains to Sonia over Bhuria’s remarks
November 19th, 2011 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Nov 19 (IANS) A woman minister in Madhya Pradesh's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has written to Congress president Sonia Gandhi seeking action against the Congress' state chief for ... Read more...
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More women needed in South Asian politics: Activists
September 15th, 2011 - 2:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) A rise in the number of women in politics is the need of the hour for advancement of women's rights in South Asia, say social ... Read more...
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Kerala may get a tribal woman minister
May 19th, 2011 - 12:39 am ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 18 (IANS) Kerala will get its first tribal minister, a woman, if Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, who is leaving for New Delhi Thursday, gets the high command's ... Read more...
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Karnataka minister takes on Pawar on endosulfan
April 18th, 2011 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 18 (IANS) Karnataka Energy Minister Shobha Karandlage Monday accused Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar of supporting the controversial insecticide endosulfan manufacturers and not farmers."He is speaking in support ... Read more...
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Karnataka to ban Endosulfan use
February 17th, 2011 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 17 (IANS) Karnataka Thursday decided to ban use of pesticide Endosulfan following reports of its health hazard and sought the central government's nod for the measure."The cabinet decided to ... Read more...
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Karnataka woman minister claims threat by cooking gas mafia
February 2nd, 2011 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 2 (IANS) Karnataka's lone woman minister Shobha Karandlaje Wednesday claimed she had received a call that she will "meet the same fate as Yashwant Sonawane" for trying to streamline the ... Read more...
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Women remain ‘weak gender’ in UPA-II shuffle
January 20th, 2011 - 12:13 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Not a single woman was inducted into the cabinet nor was any woman minister promoted to cabinet rank or minister of state rank with independent charge ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa survives - at a cost to his and BJP’s image
November 24th, 2010 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
By V.S. Karnic
Bangalore, Nov 24 (IANS) He was a leader with a largely clean image when he took over as Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) first chief minister in south India 30 ... Read more...
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Countdown to Karnataka crisis and road ahead
October 29th, 2010 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 29 (IANS) Half-way through its term, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) first government in Karnataka and south India is fast becoming a regime constantly worrying about its stability.Dismissed for ... Read more...
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30 Congress legislators being lured by BJP: Siddaramaiah
October 23rd, 2010 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore, Oct 23 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka is continuing efforts to lure opposition legislators to its side and 30 Congress members are being wooed by it, ... Read more...
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BJP legislator wants women member in Jharkhand cabinet
October 4th, 2010 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Oct 4 (IANS) Jharkhand woman legislator Maneka Sardar is advocating that her party, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), give place to a woman in the state cabinet, but Chief ... Read more...
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Canada’s first Indian-origin woman minister dead
September 22nd, 2010 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Vancouver, Sep 22 (IANS) New Delhi-born Sindi Hawkins (earlier Satinder Kaur Ahluwalia), who became the first Indian-origin provincial minister in Canada, died in Calgary Tuesday after a prolonged battle ... Read more...
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UN approves new body to promote women’s equality globally
July 3rd, 2010 - 10:44 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, July 3 (IANS) With an Indian woman minister presiding, the UN General Assembly has unanimously approved the establishment of a single UN entity to promote equality for women.
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Burkha-clad Saudi housewife poised to win Middle East ‘Pop Idol’
March 31st, 2010 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 31(ANI): A burkha clad Saudi housewife has strong chances of winning reality show 'Million's Poet', which is equivalent to Middle East 'Pop Idol'.Hissa Hilal has impressed many with her radical ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh ministers cycle to protest rising prices
February 15th, 2010 - 3:01 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 15 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh and 11 ministers in his council Monday rode bicycles to protest the rising prices in the country. They held Congress-led central government ... Read more...
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India, Malawi strengthen bilateral cooperation through three new pacts
January 9th, 2010 - 11:34 am ICT by ANI
By Ashok DixitLilongwe (Malawi), Jan.9 (ANI): India and Malawi today inked three agreements to strengthen bilateral cooperation in key areas of interaction.The agreement signing ceremony, which was witnessed by visiting Indian Vice-President ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa makes political rival Shettar minister
November 17th, 2009 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 17 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Tuesday inducted Jagadish Shettar, who has resigned as the assembly speaker, into his ministry as part of the deal to buy peace ... Read more...
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Facing accusation of capitulation, Yeddyurappa talks tough
November 10th, 2009 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 10 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Tuesday insisted that he has not surrendered to money power to save his chair.
"Yeddyurappa is not a person who bows to money ... Read more...
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BJP’s new headache in Karnataka - a cabinet reshuffle
November 10th, 2009 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 10 (IANS) The resignation of the lone woman minister from Karnataka's Bharatiya Janata Party government Monday to appease the dissidents has not only created a second vacancy in the ... Read more...
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Lone Karnataka woman minister quits (Lead)
November 9th, 2009 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 9 (IANS) Shobha Karandlaje, the lone woman minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) first ministry in Karnataka, resigned Monday, a day after dissidents dropped the demand for Chief ... Read more...
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BJP says Karnataka crisis over, details under wraps (Second Lead)
November 8th, 2009 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Bangalore, Nov 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday heaved a sigh of relief as it announced an end to the 14-day crisis in its Karnataka unit, triggered by ... Read more...
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Advani’s birthday gift: a power struggle in Karnataka?
November 8th, 2009 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
By V.S. Karnic
Bangalore/New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party's supreme leader L.K. Advani would have liked a better birthday gift as he turned 82 Sunday. Instead what he had ... Read more...
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Crisis plagued Yeddyurappa seeks blessings of Vaishno Devi
November 8th, 2009 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Nov 8 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, who is battling a political crisis, visited the revered cave shrine of Vaishno Devi in Jammu and Kashmir and offered prayers.
Yeddyurappa was ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa sheds tears at fate, dissidents firm on his sack (Roundup)
November 7th, 2009 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore/New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Left with little option but to bow to dissident's demands to save his chair, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Saturday shed tears publicly but the rebels ... Read more...
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Suicide threat by fans if Karandlaje dropped
November 7th, 2009 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 7 (IANS) Hundreds of supporters of Shoba Karandlaje, the lone woman minister in the beleaguered first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka, Saturday threatened to commit suicide if ... Read more...
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Dissidents insist on Yeddyurappa’s removal
November 7th, 2009 - 2:52 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore/New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Karnataka Tourism Minister G. Janardhana Reddy, who leads the campaign for the removal of Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, Saturday said there was no change in his stand ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa shunts out senior official, dissidents unimpressed
November 6th, 2009 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore/New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Friday shunted out his principal secretary to buy peace with dissident ministers and legislators but they remained firm on the demand ... Read more...
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