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Mamata not to attend UPA dinner
National | Jul 14, 2012, 06:45 PM ISTKolkata, Jul 13: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today declined to attend the dinner being hosted by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi on the eve of Presidential elections.Gandhi's political secretary Ahmed Patel rang
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PB Assembly welcomes Surjeet's return, asks for Sarabjit's release
India | Jun 29, 2012, 02:26 PM ISTChandigarh, Jun 29: Cutting across party lines, the Punjab Assembly today unanimously welcomed the release of Surjeet Singh, while urging the Centre to take initiatives for the early release of condemned prisoner Sarabjit Singh from
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Fire at Ranvir Sena chief's shraddh venue, no casualties
India | Jun 12, 2012, 06:07 PM ISTAra (Bhojpur), Jun 12: A major fire broke out and over 12 LPG cylinders exploded today at the venue of slain Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh alias Mukhiya's ‘shraddh' at Khopira village in Bihar's Bhojpur
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Quraishi demits office as CEC
India | Jun 10, 2012, 10:46 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 10: Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi today demitted office at the end of his six-year tenure.At a simple function at the Commission headquarters here he signed his relinquishing order, paving the
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Vectra Chief Ravinder Rishi Questioned Again By CBI
India | Apr 06, 2012, 08:34 AM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 6: The CBI yesterday continued questioning of Vectra Chairman Ravinder Rishi in connection with alleged irregularities in the supply of all-terrain Tatra vehicles to the army.Sources said the agency is analysing documents
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Paswan Questions Congress Silence Over Corruption In Bihar
India | Apr 04, 2012, 07:16 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 4: Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan today demanded Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's resignation over the findings of a CAG report and also advised the Congress to stop seeing
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We Are Not Hiding In Caves, Hafiz Saeed Taunts US
World | Apr 04, 2012, 07:07 AM ISTLahore, Apr 3: Lashing out at the US for putting a bounty of USD 10 million on his head, a combative Hafiz Mohammad Saeed today said Washington was “frustrated” with him for his countrywide protests
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Promises Made In Manifesto Will Be Fulfilled, Says Mulayam
National | Mar 22, 2012, 08:58 PM ISTLucknow, Mar 22: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav today said his government will fulfil the promises made in the election manifesto in spite of the state's “resource crunch” caused by the “previous Mayawati government”.
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UN Chief Says Time To Stop Syria Bloodshed Is Now
World | Mar 20, 2012, 11:04 AM ISTJakarta (Indonesia), Mar 20: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the international community needs to act quickly to stem the yearlong bloodshed in Syria, saying even a one-minute delay means more deaths.He says it's the most
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ISI And Pakistan Air Force Gets New Chief
World | Mar 19, 2012, 04:58 PM ISTIslamabad, Mar 19: The new chiefs of ISI and Pakistan Air Force today assumed office, a day ahead of a crucial parliamentary session that will determine the contours of future relations with the US.Lt Gen
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I Could Have Become Delhi Police Chief Had I Compromised : Bedi
India | Mar 18, 2012, 10:53 AM ISTMumbai, Mar 18: Speaking at a global symposium here, India's first woman IPS officer Kiran Bedi said that had she made some compromises, she would have become the first woman police chief of the national
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Dravid 'Irreplaceable', Says BCCI Chief
Cricket | Mar 09, 2012, 02:34 PM ISTBangalore, Mar 9: BCCI President N Srinivasan has described Rahul Dravid, who today announced retirement from all forms of cricket, as “irreplaceable” and a role model for the youngsters to emulate.“I have mixed feelings. We
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Rita Bahuguna Joshi Resigns As UPCC Chief
India | Mar 09, 2012, 08:16 PM ISTNew Delhi, March 9: Amid speculation that the Congress is mulling revamp of its leadership in UP following the poll debacle, state party chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi today handed over her resignation to Sonia Gandhi
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Amar's Lok Manch Faces Rout In UP Polls
India | Mar 06, 2012, 09:58 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 6: Rashtriya Lok Manch, the party floated by Amar Singh, one time close confidante of SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, drew a blank in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections as none of
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Lalu Congratulates Mulayam
India | Mar 06, 2012, 09:50 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 6: RJD chief Lalu Prasad today congratulated Mulayam Singh Yadav on Samajwadi Party's impressive win in the UP Assembly elections, saying it is a victory of secular forces.Prasad, who is in the
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CBDT Chief Panel Wants Crackdown Against Black Money
India | Feb 29, 2012, 09:12 AM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 29: A committee under the stewardship of the Central Board of Direct Taxes ( CBDT) chief has suggested a drastic overhaul of laws to provide more stringent punishment, a fast- track judiciary
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PM Did Not Call Me During My Agitation, Says Mamata
India | Jan 30, 2012, 10:08 PM ISTKolkata, Jan 30: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today alleged that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did not call her during her anti-land acquisition agitation at Singur because he did not want to annoy the CPI(M).“During
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Maoists Shot Panchayat Chief In The Open In Gadhchiroli
India | Jan 29, 2012, 09:08 AM ISTNagpur, Jan 29: Maoists on Saturday shot the taluka Congress chief and chairman of Bhamragarh panchayat samiti, Bahadur Shah Alam at pointblank range, when he had gone for tea at a shop.Three persons came on
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Thackeray Hate Speech At The Behest Of Cong : Nitish
India | Jan 11, 2012, 06:52 PM ISTPatna, Jan 11: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today took strong exception to Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray's renewed attack on north Indians and alleged that such venom was spread at the behest of
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Congress Not Treating Us Well, But We Won't Withdraw Support, Says Mulayam
India | Jan 06, 2012, 06:31 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 6: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav today complained that Congress has not been treating his party well but despite that he ruled out withdrawal of support to the UPA government.“The Congress