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Quashing Thomas' Appointment As CVC A 'Slap' For Govt: Gadkari
National | Mar 03, 2011, 10:59 PM ISTNew 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 | Feb 23, 2011, 09:04 PM ISTBhubaneswar, 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 | Feb 20, 2011, 08:36 PM ISTNew 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
National | Feb 18, 2011, 09:21 PM ISTBangalore, 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 | Feb 18, 2011, 06:38 PM ISTMalkangiri/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 | Feb 16, 2011, 11:50 AM ISTMelbourne, 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
National | Dec 13, 2010, 09:04 PM ISTNew 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 | Dec 13, 2010, 08:52 PM ISTNew 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
National | Dec 10, 2010, 10:48 PM ISTLucknow: 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 | Dec 10, 2010, 08:52 PM ISTNew 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 | Dec 09, 2010, 08:24 PM ISTNew 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
National | Dec 08, 2010, 08:14 PM ISTNew 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 | Dec 07, 2010, 05:06 PM ISTNew 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
National | Dec 07, 2010, 04:39 PM ISTNew 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 | Dec 02, 2010, 04:26 PM ISTNew 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 | Dec 02, 2010, 11:41 AM ISTNew 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 | Dec 01, 2010, 04:17 PM ISTNew 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 | Nov 29, 2010, 10:59 PM ISTNew 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 | Nov 29, 2010, 05:51 PM ISTNew 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 | Nov 28, 2010, 07:47 PM ISTNew 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