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Noida Farmers' Leader Tevatia Arrested
India | Jul 09, 2011, 08:54 PM ISTNoida, July 9: Absconding farmer leader Manvir Singh Tevatia, who led the agitation by peasants in Bhatta-Parsaul villages in May, was today arrested by Uttar Pradesh police from Delhi.Tevatia was caught in the national capital
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Kanimozhi: Leader's Daughter, Now A Jailbird
India | May 20, 2011, 05:21 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 20: A Delhi court today dismissed the bail pleas of DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar in the 2G spectrum case. The two were taken to Tihar jail.Following is
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How ISI Cheated The US After 9/11
World | May 12, 2011, 07:17 PM ISTIslamabad, May 12: The twin towers in New York were still smoldering in September 2001 when Pakistan spy chief Gen Mahmood Ahmed went to Afghanistan with the task of urging the Taliban to hand over
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Geelani Losing Feel Of People's Pulse: Omar
India | May 06, 2011, 05:56 PM ISTSrinagar, May 6: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said that hardline Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani was losing the feel of the people's pulse in Kashmir by calling for funeral
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Bring Jethmalani, Sack Bhushans From Lokpal Drafting Committee, Amar Singh Tells Adalat
India | Apr 23, 2011, 04:18 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 23: Expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh has asked civil society activists to get rid of Bhushan father-son duo from the joint drafting panel on Lok Pal Bill and induct noted jurist
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Amar Singh Denies Role In Alleged CD Involving Bhushans
India | Apr 18, 2011, 01:10 PM ISTVaranasi, Apr 18: Expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh on Sunday denied Prashant Bhushan's claim that he was "prima facie involved" in the alleged CD, which purportedly contained telephonic conversation of eminent lawyer Shanti Bhushan,
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Yechury Ignores Opinion Polls On LF Prospects
National | Apr 15, 2011, 09:02 PM ISTKolkata, Apr 15: CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury today refused to attach any importance to opinion polls conducted by several newspapers and TV channel that have gone against the Left Front and said such predictions have
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Gujarat Has Become Benchmark For Development In India: Modi
India | Apr 13, 2011, 10:59 PM ISTAhmedabad, Apr 13: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today claimed that the state has become a benchmark for development in the country. “In the (ongoing)elections in the five states, one thing has come to fore,
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Anna Praising Modi Unacceptable, Says Medha Patkar
India | Apr 13, 2011, 05:11 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 13: Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar has said Anna Hazare's public praise of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi is unacceptable as it will compromise the battle against corruption. "It was shocking
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Nalhati In Limelight After Pranab's Son Jumps Into Fray
National | Apr 13, 2011, 12:36 PM ISTNalhati (WB), Apr 13 : Ever since senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit Mukherjee announced his candidature from Nalhati constituency in Birbhum district, this predominantly rural seat is in the limelight. Abhijit quit from
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Amar Singh Lashes Out At Anna Hazare
India | Apr 13, 2011, 02:10 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 13 : Expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh has lashed out at Gandhian Anna Hazare for running down politicians in his speeches.Amar Singh said on Tuesday that Hazare cannot bring about change
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Jaya Alleges DMK Spent Rs 5,000 Cr In TN Polls
National | Apr 13, 2011, 12:18 PM ISTChennai, Apr 13 : AIADMK leader Jayalalithaa today alleged that the ruling DMK distributed largesse to the tune of nearly Rs 5,000 crores in the current Assembly elections, but she was confident that her party
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Mamata Is Not A Failure, Says Pranab
National | Apr 11, 2011, 07:37 PM ISTKolkata, Apr 11: Senior Congress leader and Union Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today dismissed allegation by Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee that Mamata Banerjee had failed to perform as a railway minister and predicted she would run the
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Pranab Promises To Bring Lokpal Bill In Monsoon Session
India | Apr 12, 2011, 03:02 PM ISTKolkata, Apr 11: Welcoming BJP leader L K Advani's statement of pledging support to the Lokpal bill, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said that the UPA government was in favour of placing the Bill in
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No Constitutional Bar On Introducing Vidhan Parishad : Pranab
National | Apr 04, 2011, 08:33 AM ISTKolkata, Apr 4 : Union Finance Minister and senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee has said there was no constiutional bar on introducing Vidhan Parishad (Upper House) as suggested by Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee in
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Maoist Leader Mahato Killed In Encounter In Bengal
India | Mar 11, 2011, 10:33 AM ISTKolkata, March 10: A top Maoist leader Shashadhar Mahato was killed in an encounter with CRPF in West Midnapore district, West Bengal today.The encounter took place in Kapgari village in Binpur police station area of
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Dalai Lama To Retire From Active Politics
World | Mar 10, 2011, 08:46 PM ISTDharamsala, Mar 10 : Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama today announced his decision to retire from active politics, saying the time had come to be succeeded by a "freely elected" leader.The 76-year-old head of
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MPs Demand Women's Reservation, Yadavs Demand Poor Women Quota
India | Mar 08, 2011, 05:01 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 8 : Political parties on International Women's Day, cutting across party line, called for passing the long-pending Women's Reservation Bill to give 33 per cent reservation to women in the legislatures but
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Congress Leader Arjun Singh Passes Away
India | Mar 04, 2011, 08:24 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 4: Veteran Congress leader and former union minister Arjun Singh, who had served in various capacities including as Madhya Pradesh chief minister, died today. He was 81. Admitted to the AIIMS some
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Honest PM To Defend Dishonest Acts: CPI-M Leader
National | Mar 03, 2011, 06:25 PM ISTKolkata, Mar 3: A top Bengal CPI-M leader today said it is unfortunate that a "good and honest" Prime Minister like Manmohan Singh has to defend all sorts of dishonest acts and shoulder the "misdeeds"