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  Quashing Thomas' Appointment As CVC A 'Slap' For Govt: Gadkari

  Politics | March 03, 2011 22:59 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 3: BJP today said the quashing of the appointment of P J Thomas as Central Vigilance Commissioner by the Supreme Court was a "slap" on the face of UPA government which could

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  Engineer Freed, Collector's Release Awaited

  India | February 23, 2011 21:04 IST

  Bhubaneswar, Feb 23: After a seven day ordeal, abducted junior engineer Pabitra Majhi was freed today by Maoists in Orissa while suspense continued over when fellow hostage and Malkangiri district collector R V Krishna will

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  Govt Asks Indians to Avoid Libya Travel

  India | February 20, 2011 20:36 IST

   New Delhi, Feb 20 : India today said all its 18,000 nationals in Libya are safe but issued an advisory asking citizens to avoid non-essential travel to that country which is being rocked by unprecedented

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  UPA Govt Has No Moral Right To Continue In Office: Yeddyurappa

  Politics | February 18, 2011 21:21 IST

  Bangalore, Feb 18: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today said the Congress-led UPA government has no "moral right to continue in office" in the wake of several scams. "Congress has no moral right to

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  Orissa Govt Contacts Mediators Chosen By Naxals

  India | February 18, 2011 18:38 IST

  Malkangiri/Bhubaneswar, Feb 18: Asking Maoists to extend their two-day deadline, Orissa government today said it has established contact with two mediators handpicked by the Naxals to negotiate the release of abducted Malkangiri District Collector R

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  Australian Minister Asks Govt To Allow Sale Of Uranium To India

  World | February 16, 2011 11:50 IST

  Melbourne, Feb 16 :Australian Federal Resource Minister Martin Ferguson has asked his Labor government to modernise its policy and lift the ban on sale of uranium to India as it deserves special consideration. Ferguson said

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  Govt-Opposition Impasse To Worsen

  Politics | December 13, 2010 21:04 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 13 (PTI) The government-opposition standoff in Parliament is expected to worsen in coming days with Congress President Sonia Gandhi today rejecting th JPC demand on the 2G spectrum issue and the NDA

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  Do More: Govt Tells Airlines On Fare Issue

  India | December 13, 2010 20:52 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 13 (PTI) Talking tough, the government today said it was not "fully satisfied" with the steps taken by air carriers so far to lower the "astronomical" fares and wanted all airlines to

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  UP Govt Gives Nod For Prosecution Of Varun For Hate Speech

  Politics | December 10, 2010 22:48 IST

  Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh government has given sanction for prosecution of BJP MP from Pilibhit Varun Gandhi for his alleged hate speech during Lok Sabha elections last year, a senior official said on Friday.  "The state

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  Govt Rejects BJP Charge

  India | December 10, 2010 20:52 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 10: Government today rubbished the BJP charge that Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal had committed a breach of Parliamentary privilege by announcing a probe into the 2G spectrum allocation, says it was purely

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  Govt Sets Up Committee To Probe 2G Spectrum Allocation

  India | December 09, 2010 20:24 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 9: A day after the Supreme Court favoured the probe into 2G scam covering the time since 2001, the government today announced setting up of a one-man panel to look into the

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  BJP Asks Govt To Bring Bill On Telangana In Next Par Session

  Politics | December 08, 2010 20:14 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 8: Demanding creation of Telangana state, a BJP delegation from Andhra Pradesh today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and asked the government to table a Bill in this regard in the next

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  No Rethink On JPC, Says Govt

  India | December 07, 2010 17:06 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 7: Notwithstanding some of its allies putting pressure, government today ruled out a JPC probe into the 2G spectrum allocation scam even as the issue paralysed Parliament for the 18th working day."There

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  We Will Sail Along With The Govt, Says DMK

  Politics | December 07, 2010 16:39 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 7: DMK today left it to the Government to decide whether or not to constitute a Joint Parliamentary Committee to probe the 2G spectrum allocation, saying it would abide by the decision."We

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  SC Issues Notices To Govt, Magazines Over Tata's Plea On Radia Tapes

  India | December 02, 2010 16:26 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 2: The Supreme Court today asked the centre to respond within 10 days to the petition filed by Tata chief Ratan Tata seeking a direction to the government to probe leakage of

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  Govt Hands Over Radia Tapes to Supreme Court

  India | December 02, 2010 11:41 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 2:  Government today placed before the Supreme Court in sealed cover recorded tapes containing the conversations between corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and others relating to the 2G spectrum allocation case.While placing the

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  Govt Can't Function Like A Pvt Business House, SC Tells Solictor General

  India | December 01, 2010 16:17 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 1: Grilling the government on its 2G spectrum allocation policy, the Supreme Court today termed as improper the bypassing of the Prime Minister's reservations by the Telecom Ministry which cannot function like

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  Govt To Issue Show Cause Notices To Erring Telcos

  India | November 29, 2010 22:59 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 29: Facing allegations of massive financial irregularities in 2G spectrum allocation, the government today said show-cause notices will be issued for suppressing facts and also for missing roll-out obligations as per the

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  Govt Plays RSS Card To Isolate BJP

  India | November 29, 2010 17:51 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 29: In a deft move to isolate BJP from other Opposition parties over the demand for a JPC probe into the 2G Spectrum scam, Government today played the RSS card, saying the

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  Govt Reaches Out But BJP Firm On JPC Probe

  India | November 28, 2010 19:47 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 28 (PTI) In a bid to end Parliament impasse, Government today reached out to BJP saying it was ready for a discussion on 2-G spectrum issue and a Supreme Court-monitored CBI probe