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  David Beckham presses forward with Miami stadium bid

  Football | May 11, 2014 9:25 IST

  MIAMI :  Two months have passed since David Beckham announced his plans to start a Major League Soccer franchise in Miami. The plan, and Beckham, have been almost universally accepted by every sector of the

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  Narendra Modi presses for corruption-free politics

  India | April 19, 2014 7:10 IST

  New Delhi: BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Friday pressed for corruption-free politics, asserting he looked forward to creating a system where there was little scope for crime and corruption.'We cannot ensure 100 percent

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  Congress presses for relief on petrol price

  India | May 25, 2012 22:08 IST

  New Delhi, May 25: Cornered by Opposition and allies over the issue of petrol price hike, Congress today pressed the government for a decision to ease the burden on people even as Petroleum Minister Jaipal

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  Team Anna Meets EC, Presses For Electoral Reforms

  India | February 23, 2012 16:33 IST

  New Delhi, Feb 23: Anna Hazare and his team today met the Election Commission in a bid to raise the pitch for electoral reforms and demanded that ‘right to reject' option be included in electronic

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  Kerala Presses For New Dam On Mullaperiyar River

  India | December 15, 2011 16:53 IST

  Kochi, Dec 15: Kerala Government today submitted in the high court that a new dam has to be built across Mullaperiyar river saying there was an imminent threat of collapse of the 116-year old existing

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  Jaipal Reddy Meets PM, Presses For Telangana State

  India | July 08, 2011 16:48 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 8: Petroleum Minister and senior Congress leader from Andhra Pradesh S Jaipal Reddy today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and is understood to have pressed for creation of separate state of Telangana.