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Vaghela declares assets worth Rs 41 crore
India | Apr 08, 2014, 08:40 AM ISTAhmedabad: Congress leader Shankarsinh Vaghela, who filed his nomination from Sabarkantha Lok Sabha seat today, has a total assets valued at over Rs 41 crore. As per the affidavit submitted along with his nomination papers,
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Modi will fuel communal disharmony, says Mayawati
National | Mar 28, 2014, 09:46 AM ISTNashik (Maharashtra): BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was a man "with all the potential to ignite communal disharmony across the subcontinent", BSP chief Mayawati said here Thursday.Launching the Bahujan Samaj Party's election campaign in
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LJP, RJD leaders asked not to make 'irresponsible' statements
National | Nov 28, 2013, 09:11 PM ISTPatna: Amid reported claims by some RJD leaders that seats of ally LJP in Bihar would decline in 2014 Lok Sabha elections, LJP president Ramvilas today snubbed “small-time leaders” of both parties.“LJP's alliance with RJD
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US commandos raid Libya, Somalia; capture Al Qaeda leader Abu Anas al-Liby, Somalian raid unsuccessful
World | Oct 06, 2013, 08:42 PM ISTCairo/Tripoli/Mogadishu: American commandos assisted by FBI and CIA agents raided Tripoli and a Somalian coastal town, and captured an Al Qaeda leader Abu Anas al-Liby. The US Navy SEAL commandos pre-dawn attack on Somalia however
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Jaipur rape victim does a sting: Congress leader Nagar's man offered Rs 7 cr to withdraw FIR, video handed over to police
India | Oct 01, 2013, 09:51 AM ISTJaipur: In fresh revelations, the lady who had charged former Rajasthan minister Babulal Nagar of raping her, has done a sting on an intermediary for the politician who offered her Rs 7 crore to withdraw
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TMC leader demanded Rs 4 crore from Sudipto Sen: Kunal Ghosh
India | Sep 23, 2013, 07:05 PM ISTKolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh, showcaused by the party leadership for indiscipline, today alleged that a TMC leader had once demanded Rs four crore from Saradha Group chairman Sudipto Sen.Ghosh alleged, “Among the TMC
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Ansari condoles SP leader's death
India | Sep 22, 2013, 08:53 PM ISTNew Delhi: Condoling the death of Samajwadi Party leader Mohan Singh, Vice-President Hamid Ansari today said he was a “committed socialist and an outstanding Parliamentarian who was deeply attached to the issues of interest and
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Muslim Brotherhood leaders' trial adjourned
World | Aug 25, 2013, 06:13 PM ISTCairo: The trial of the top leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, from which ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi hails, was adjourned to Oct 29 over the absence of defendants.A few minutes after the first session
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Hurriyat leader opposes JK concert, appeals to German envoy
India | Aug 24, 2013, 08:09 PM ISTSrinagar: Hardline Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani today appealed to German Ambassador to India Michael Steiner to reconsider holding a cultural programme in Kashmir next month.“Any sort of activity related with politics, diplomatic,
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Rape charge: BJP leader Uma Bharti defends Asaram Bapu, says it's Congress conspiracy
National | Aug 23, 2013, 07:21 AM ISTBhopal: BJP vice president Uma Bharti today said that rape charge levelled by a teenage girl against Asaram Bapu could be "politically motivated" one as he had been critical of top Congress leadership."Asaram used to
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Disgraced Chinese leader Bo Xilai calls key witness a mad dog
World | Aug 22, 2013, 06:40 PM ISTBeijing: Disgraced Chinese Communist Party leader Bo Xilai sprang a surprise on the first day of his high profile trial today by defiantly going back on his earlier testimony, calling a witness a “mad dog”
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Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader Mohammed Badie arrested
World | Aug 20, 2013, 06:39 PM ISTCairo: Egypt's military-backed government today intensified its crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood by arresting the group's spiritual leader, delivering a major blow to the Islamists demanding reinstatement of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.Mohammed Badie, 70, the
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PDP leader joins National Conference
India | Aug 19, 2013, 06:24 PM ISTSrinagar: Opposition Peoples Democratic Party's provincial secretary Nazir Ahmad Lone today joined National Conference along with a number of his supporters.Lone, who hails from Kupwara district of north Kashmir, was welcomed into the party fold
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Some shell out Rs 100 crore for a RS seat, says Congress leader Birender Singh
National | Jul 29, 2013, 06:32 PM ISTJind/Chandigarh, July 29: Senior Congress leader Chaudhary Birender Singh has kicked up a controversy with his claim that there are people who shell out upto Rs 100 crore to get a Rajya Sabha seat.As the
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Egypt orders arrest of top Muslim Brotherhood leader
World | Jul 10, 2013, 05:28 PM ISTCairo, July 10 : Egypt's prosecutor general has ordered the arrest of the Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader and nine others for allegedly instigating violence that left more than 50 Brotherhood supporters dead in clashes with
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Former Maoist leader Ganti Prasadam shot at, critically injured
India | Jul 04, 2013, 05:54 PM ISTHyderabad, July 4: Former Maoist leader Ganti Prasada Rao alias Prasadam, who was released in 2011 in exchange for the kidnapped collector of Odisha's Malkangiri, was critically injured in an assassination attempt in Andhra Pradesh's
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South African leader hopes Mandela can leave hospital
World | Jun 29, 2013, 06:01 PM ISTPretoria, Jun 29: South Africa's president says the nation continues to pray for Nelson Mandela's health as the 94-year-old beloved leader remains in critical but stable condition.President Jacob Zuma said Saturday: “We hope very soon
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Suspended Congress leader blew the whistle on Gadkari's shell companies
National | Oct 29, 2012, 08:46 AM ISTMumbai, Oct 29 : Former Mumbai Congress secretary Ajit Sawant, a Congressman suspended from his party, was the one who blew the whistle on BJP president Nitin Gadkari's shell companies with non-existent addresses,.“I got a
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Al-Qaida leader al-Zawahri gives jehad call over Prophet film
World | Oct 13, 2012, 06:26 PM ISTCairo, Oct 13: The leader of Al-Qaida has urged Muslims to wage holy war against the United States and Israel over a film that insulted Islam's Prophet Muhammad. Ayman al-Zawahri praised as "honest and zealous"
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Delhi govt declares 2-day mourning on BJP leader Sahni's death
India | Oct 04, 2012, 12:12 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 3 : Delhi Government today declared state mourning for two days following the death of veteran BJP leader and former Governor Kedarnath Sahni.The government declared state mourning today and tomorrow while its