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Centre asks states to roll up sleeves, boost foodgrain supply
India | Jul 07, 2015, 04:47 PM ISTNew Delhi: Concerned over price rise in pulses and other commodities, the Centre today asked state governments to take stringent action against hoarders and boost supply in "vulnerable areas" prone to shortages.The states have also
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Nobody from LJP will be a CM candidate: Ram Vilas Paswan
National | Jun 23, 2015, 05:03 PM ISTPatna: Scotching rumours about his ambition to become Bihar Chief Minister and friction within NDA over it, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today categorically stated that he was not
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Maggi in deeper soup: Centre files complaint before NCDRC
India | Jun 03, 2015, 07:58 PM ISTNew Delhi: In further troubles for Nestle over Maggi issue, the government has filed a complaint on its own with the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) -- using a provision for the first time
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Prasad, Paswan sworn in as Bihar bags 5 seats in Modi Cabinet
National | May 26, 2014, 11:54 PM ISTNew Delhi: Bihar has received a bounty of five ministers in the just sworn-in Narendra Modi Cabinet as against the duck the state had ended up with in UPA-II.With three Cabinet berths, one Minister of
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Paswan questions Nitish on continuing ties with NDA
India | Apr 10, 2013, 07:47 PM ISTNawada, Apr 10: With Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi emerging as a key player in BJP in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls, LJP president Ram Vilas Paswan today asked Nitish Kumar to
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JD(U) Lambasts Prasad, Paswan For Criticising Nitish
National | Apr 16, 2012, 08:40 PM ISTPatna, Apr 16: Ruling JD(U) today pilloried RJD chief Lalu Prasad and LJP supremo Ramvilas Paswan for their allegations against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for participating in the Bihar Divas Programme in Mumbai saying they
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Paswan Wants Special Court To Dispose Of Cases Against Muslims
National | Oct 08, 2011, 06:50 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 8: LJP today demanded setting up a special fast track court for the speedy time-bound disposal of cases of “innocent people” from the Muslim community lodged in jails on “false charges of
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Lalu, Paswan Will Continue To Hanker For Berths, Says Sushil Modi
National | Jul 12, 2011, 07:29 PM ISTPatna, Jul 12: Describing as “power-hungry” RJD chief Lalu Prasad and LJP counterpart Ram Vilas Paswan, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister S K Modi today said they would continue to strive for ministerial berths despite not
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RJD, LJP Rift Widens Over Purnia Bypoll
National | Jun 20, 2011, 08:41 PM ISTPatna, Jun 20 : The rift in the RJD-LJP alliance widened today, with the LJP deciding to support Congress candidate in the bypoll to the Purnia Assembly seat ignoring RJD's appeal.State LJP president Pashupati Kumar
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Opp On Warpath; Maya Govt Cracks Down On Protesters
India | May 12, 2011, 09:49 PM ISTGreater Noida/Lucknow, May 12: An all out political war broke out among Congress, BJP and BSP over the issue of farmers' agitation in Uttar Pradesh with Chief Minister Mayawati accusing Opposition parties of spreading “lies
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RJD-LJP To Form Government : Lalu, Paswan
National | Nov 18, 2010, 10:36 PM ISTPatna, Nov 18: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad and LJP chief Ramvilas Paswan today claimed that their alliance would pull off a spectacular victory and form the government with two third majority under Prasad. The people
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Paswan Will Never Join Congress: Lalu
National | Oct 16, 2010, 11:53 AM ISTPatna, Oct 16 : RJD chief Lalu Prasad today dismissed the possibility of his ally Ram Vilas Paswan joining the Congress after the Bihar Assembly elections, saying it was a baseless rumour being spread by
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Paswan Releases List Of 58 Candidates In Bihar
National | Oct 01, 2010, 05:27 PM ISTPatna, Oct 1 : LJP Chief Ramvilas Paswan today released the list of party candidates for the 58 assembly seats in Bihar, fielding his both brothers Pashupati Kumar Paras and Ramchandra Paswan from Alauli and
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Bihar Govt Can't Take Credit For Cops' Release: Lalu, Paswan
National | Sep 06, 2010, 12:21 PM ISTPatna: RJD and LJP leaders Lalu Prasad and Ramvilas Paswan on Monday said that the three Bihar policemen held hostage for eight days by Maoists had been freed on humanitarian grounds and the Nitish Kumar
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Nitish, Modi Will Be Jailed : Lalu, Paswan
National | Jul 16, 2010, 08:17 PM ISTVirtually kicking off a joint campaign for the assambly polls in Bihar slated for the year end, RJD chief Lalu Prasad and his LJP counterpart Ramvilas Paswan on Friday accused the ruling NDA of unleashing
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Life Hit By Bihar Bandh; Lalu, Paswan Among 11,360 Detained
India | Jul 10, 2010, 09:06 PM ISTNormal life was affected in Bihar on Saturday during a bandh called by RJD and LJP against fuel price hike with protesters blocking roads and railway tracks while the chiefs of the two parties Lalu
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Paswan, Rudy Win RS Poll In Bihar
National | Jun 17, 2010, 08:13 PM ISTLJP president Ramvilas Paswan, BJP spokesman Rajiv Pratap Rudy and three other official nominees of Bihar's ruling NDA and opposition RJD won the Rajya Sabha poll to five seats in the state on Thursday .
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Fire Guts Two Swanky Cars In Paswan's Delhi House
India | Apr 02, 2010, 07:47 PM ISTA fire broke out in the residence of former Union Minister Ramvilas Paswan in New Delhi on Friday afternoon, in which two cars, including an Audi, were gutted. The blaze was reported from the garage
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Paswan Accuses BJP Of Double-Speak On Shah Rukh Issue
National | Feb 07, 2010, 04:51 PM ISTLJP Chief Ramvilas Paswan on Sunday attacked BJP for its statement that it does not agree with Shiv Sena's stand on Shah Rukh Khan episode and accused the saffron party of double-speak. "It is just
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People Like Bal, Raj Thackeray Should Be Arrested: Paswan
National | Feb 05, 2010, 09:52 PM ISTPeople like Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray and head of Maharashtra Nav Nirman Sena (MNS) Raj Thackeray should be put behind the bars for trying to break the unity of the country by fomenting regionalism,