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BJP demands UP govt take action against panchayat
India | Jul 13, 2012, 09:44 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 13: BJP today termed the decision of a village panchayat in Uttar Pradesh banning love marriages and restricting movement of women out of homes as “wrong” and “against the law” and asked
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Team Anna justifies demand for probe against Mukherjee
India | Jun 22, 2012, 06:09 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 22: Days after UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee questioned Team Anna's ethical behaviour, the group today sought to justify their contention in a letter which significantly did not carry the signature of
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Govt writes to Anna Hazare, rejects demand for SIT probe against ministers
India | Jun 09, 2012, 10:49 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 9: The government today rejected demands of Team Anna to set up a Special Investigation Team to probe allegations of corruption against Cabinet ministers and establishing fast-track courts to hear charges against
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Karunanidhi backs Chidambaram
National | Jun 08, 2012, 07:54 PM ISTChennai, Jun 8 : Backing Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, DMK chief M Karunanidhi today slammed the demand for his resignation in the wake of a high court order rejecting his plea for dismissal of
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Rupee loses steam after hitting 1-week high, ends 11 paise lower
Jun 04, 2012, 07:05 PM ISTMumbai, Jun 4: In volatile trade, the rupee today touched a one-week high of 55.20 but late dollar demand from importers and foreign funds pulled it 11 paise down to close at 55.65 against the
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Naveen asks Hikaka to relax, questions Maoists' demand
India | May 01, 2012, 08:00 AM ISTBhubaneswar, May 1: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik yesterday asked his party MLA Jhina Hikaka to “relax” and questioned why the legislator should quit, as demanded by the Maoists before his release on April 26.“The
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BJP, Shiv Sena Demand Deshmukh Resign Or Be Sacked
National | Apr 06, 2012, 09:11 AM ISTNew Delhi/Mumbai, Apr 6: BJP and ally Shiv Sena yesterday gunned for Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh demanding he resign or be sacked over the Subash Ghai land deal row and his reported indictment by CAG
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SP, RJD Demand Army Chief Sacking, Govt, Oppn Concerned Over Leak
India | Mar 28, 2012, 07:04 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 28: Army Chief Gen V K Singh's leaked letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh presenting a grim picture of the force's state of preparedness led to demands by SP and RJD for
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Maoists To Forward Demands For Release Of Odisha BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka
India | Mar 26, 2012, 09:52 AM ISTBhubaneswar, Mar 26: Sarita, deputy commander of CPI(Maoist) Srikakulam-Koraput Zonal Committee on Sunday night said, they would send a list of demands for the release of Odisha Biju Janata Dal MLA Jhina Hikaka "within 24
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BJP Demands CBI Probe Into Coal Scam
India | Mar 22, 2012, 01:04 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 22: Taking note of the draft report of the CAG on allotment of coal blocks without auction, the BJP today demanded a CBI probe into the allotment of coal blocks and monitoring
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Opposition Demands PM's Statement On Trivedi Issue
India | Mar 15, 2012, 01:18 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 15: Catching the UPA-2 government on the backfoot, the Opposition today demanded in both House of Parliament that the Prime Minister must make a statement over reports of Trinamool Congress' demand for
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Congress Core Group Meets On Mamata's Demand To Sack Trivedi
India | Mar 15, 2012, 07:23 AM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 15: The Congress core group met at the Prime Minister's residence here late on Wednesday night and weighed options to deal with the demand made by Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee to
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Congress Agrees To Mamata's Demand
India | Mar 15, 2012, 07:23 AM ISTKolkata, Mar 15: TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee spoke to Congress leadership in Delhi to press for removal of Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi and is said to have been assured that
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Four Lawyers Held For Attack On Journos, Media Rejects Probe
India | Mar 03, 2012, 09:30 PM ISTBangalore, Mar 3: Facing heat from the media over its ‘inaction', police today arrested four advocates in connection with attack on media personnel by a section of lawyers during the mayhem that rocked the city
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BJP Demands White Paper On Issue Of NGOs Getting Foreign Funds
India | Feb 29, 2012, 01:41 PM ISTMadurai,Feb 29: BJP has demanded that the Centre come out with a ‘white paper' on the issue of non-governmental organizations getting foreign funds and “working against public interest.”Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had indicated that some
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BCCI Rejects Sahara's Demand For Fielding 6 Foreign Players
Cricket | Feb 13, 2012, 04:53 PM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 13: The working committee of the BCCI is learnt to have unanimously rejected Sahara Group's primary demand of allowing their franchise Pune Warriors to field six foreign players for the next edition
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British MPs Demand Cancellation Of UK Aid To India, After Pranab Describes It As Peanuts
World | Feb 06, 2012, 09:18 AM ISTLondon, Feb 6: British Prime Minister David Cameron was under intense pressure on Sunday night to slash the £1billion in aid Britain gives to India after the country said it no longer wanted the money,
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Egyptians Demand End To Military Rule, 3 Killed In Violence
World | Feb 03, 2012, 05:49 PM ISTCairo, Feb 3: Egyptian pro-democracy protesters today demanded the ouster of military rulers over the deaths of 74 football fans in the country's worst soccer violence, even as three people were killed and hundreds injured
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Demand Affidavit From Parties On Lokayukta : Anna
India | Jan 26, 2012, 08:53 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 26: As Uttarakhand goes to polls on Monday, Anna Hazare today commended the state government for making a "strong" Lokayukta law and asked voters in other poll-bound states to demand an affidavit
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Yemenis Rally, Demand President Face Trial
World | Jan 02, 2012, 11:33 AM ISTSanaa, Jan 2: Yemen's opposition on Sunday accused outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh of trying to torpedo a power transfer deal by sparking a new crisis, as troops loyal to him clashed with opposition forces,