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Punjab Agriculture Minister Tota Singh gets 1 yr imprisonment
India | May 05, 2012, 10:44 PM ISTChandigarh, May 5: An Additional District and Sessions Judge on Saturday convicted Punjab Agriculture Minister Tota Singh and sentenced him to one year imprisonment apart from slapping a Rs 30,000 fine on him.The judge Rajinder
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Naveen Visits Koraput To Ask Maoists To Release MLA
India | Apr 13, 2012, 11:11 PM ISTBhubaneswar, Apr 13: Unable to find any back channel contact with the Maoists holding BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka captive for last three weeks, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today visited Koraput in a desperate bid
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Pranab Calls Striking Jewellers On Friday
Apr 04, 2012, 07:06 PM ISTKolkata, Apr 4: With the indefinite strike by jewellers entering the eight day today, a Kolkata-based organisation said that the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council has been invited by Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee
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Tatra Scam Second Biggest After Bofors, Says BJP
India | Mar 31, 2012, 09:05 PM ISTKolkata, Mar 31: BJP today said the Tatra scam was the second biggest after the Bofors scam and demanded immediate resignation of Defence Minister A K Antony for allegedly patronising corruption.“This (Tatra) is the second
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Sri Lanka Must Continue To Be Friends With India, Says Minister
World | Mar 25, 2012, 07:36 AM ISTColombo, Mar 25: Despite India's backing for a US resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council, the country must continue to be friends with its neighbour, a senior minister said here on
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Trivedi Has Not Resigned, Says Pranab
India | Mar 15, 2012, 12:19 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 15: Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi has not resigned, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told the Lok Sabha today.He, however, said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has received a communication from Trinamool Congress chairperson
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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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Salient Points Of Railway Minister's Rail Budget Speech
Mar 14, 2012, 01:57 PM ISTNew Delhi, March 14: Following are the salient points of Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi's rail budget speech in Parliament today:- All unmanned railway level crossings to be abolished in next five years.- 60 to 70
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Shiv Sena MLA Suresh Jain Arrested in Housing Scam, BJP Demands Minister's Arrest
India | Mar 11, 2012, 09:51 PM ISTJalgaon (Maharashtra), Mar 11: Local Shiv Sena MLA and former minister Suresh Jain was arrested late Saturday night in connection with the 2006 Gharkul Housing scheme scam, police said.Jain, Shiv Sena MLA from Jalgaon, was
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Indian-Origin Minister Jailed For Corruption In Nepal
World | Feb 21, 2012, 11:18 PM ISTKathmandu, Feb 21: Nepal's Indian-origin Minister for Information and Communications J P Gupta was today jailed for one-and-a-half years and fined Rs 8.4 million by the Supreme Court for amassing property worth Rs 20.8 million
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Khurshid Made Sub Quota Statement As Politician, Not Minister, Says Moily
National | Feb 10, 2012, 05:22 PM ISTBangalore, Feb 10: Union Minister Salman Khurshid found some support from his ministerial colleague M Veerappa Moily, who argued today that he made the statement on sub-quota as a political leader and this should have
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S M Krishna To Visit Israel, Palestine
World | Jan 07, 2012, 04:34 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 7: External Affairs Minister S M Krishna will undertake a strategically important visit to Israel and Palestine from tomorrow, marking the first such trip to that region by an Indian Foreign Minister
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CBI Grills Congress MLA, Others In Bhanwari Case
India | Nov 26, 2011, 05:29 PM ISTJodhpur, Nov 26: Parasram Bishnoi, his wife Kusum and sacked minister Mahipal Maderna's close associate Goverdhan were today grilled by the CBI in Bhanwari Devi disappearance case.Bishnoi is the brother of Congress MLA Malkhan Singh
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Bhanwari Case : Cong Suspends Maderna, Wife Defends Him
India | Nov 12, 2011, 10:37 PM ISTJaipur/Jodhpur, Nov 12: Cracking the whip, Congress tonight suspended sacked Rajasthan Minister Mahipal Maderna, a suspect in Bhanwari disappearance case, from the primary membership of party.Maderna, who was grilled by CBI for two consecutive days
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2G Case Conspiracy Began After Raja Became Minister : Court
India | Oct 22, 2011, 08:54 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 22: The conspiracy to allocate 2G spectrum to ineligible telecom operators for illegal graft began after A Raja became Minister for Telecommunication and Information Technology, said a Delhi court today while putting
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Karnataka Minister Weeps, Faints Inside Courtroom
India | Oct 15, 2011, 10:56 PM ISTBangalore, Oct 15: There was high drama inside the Special Lokayukta courtroom today as the judge directed the arrest of former Minister S.N. Krishnaiah Shetty, one of the accused in land denotification case involving B.S.
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Bhanwari Devi Disappearance : Court Orders Minister Be Named Co-Accused
India | Sep 23, 2011, 10:38 PM ISTJodhpur, Sep 23: A local court today directed the police to include Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna's name in the FIR in the nurse Bhanwari Devi missing case.The direction was given by additional Chief Judicial Magistrate
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Brazil Minister Calls For Sex Tour Probe
World | Jul 12, 2011, 04:58 PM ISTRio de Janeiro, Jul 12: Brazil is investigating allegations that an American fishing tour operator was using expeditions in the Amazon to cover up the sexual exploitation of underage indigenous girls, the country's minister for
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Ignoring PM Directive, Mukul Roy Leaves For Junglemahal
India | Jul 12, 2011, 09:35 AM ISTKolkata, July 11: Defying the Prime Minister's directive to visit the derailment site in Assam, Trinamool leader and Minister of State for Railways Mukul Roy on Monday evening left for the Maoist-hit Junglemahal area in
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LPG, Diesel Price Hike Next Month
India | May 26, 2011, 10:39 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 26: After petrol, price of diesel, LPG and kerosene are likely to be hiked next month when a ministerial panel headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee meets to decide on passing rise