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  Special status to Hyderabad-Karnataka region notified

  India | November 06, 2013 7:30 IST

  Bangalore: Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj late Tuesday notified special status to the Hyderabad-Karnataka region in the state conferred under Article 371J of the Constitution.The seven districts of the state, part of the erstwhile Hyderabad state

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  Assocham backs special status demand for Bihar

  India | October 07, 2013 18:07 IST

  Patna: Lauding Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for changing perception about Bihar, industry body Assocham today backed the demand for grant of special status for industrial development of the state.The Nitish Kumar government has worked hard

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  Jharkhand to appeal for special status

  India | August 23, 2013 13:21 IST

  Ranchi: Jharkhand Friday expressed disappointment with union Planning Minister Rajeev Shukla's statement in the Rajya Sabha a day ago that there was no move to grant special status to the state.Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren

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  Special status will boost private investment in Bihar: Nitish

  India | May 17, 2013 8:56 IST

  Patna, May 17: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar defended today his repeated demand for special status to the state saying it (the status) will boost private investment in a big way to accelerate its industrial

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  Adhikar Rally: Nitish Kumar demands special status for Bihar

  Politics | November 04, 2012 20:30 IST

  Patna, Nov 4: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Sunday demanded a special status for Bihar and other such states that lag behind the national averages for human development and economic growth."The central government should accord a

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  Nitish's demand of special status aimed at being in PM race: Paswan

  Politics | September 24, 2012 18:03 IST

  Patna, Sep 24: LJP chief Ramvilas Paswan on Monday said Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's demand for special category status to Bihar was aimed at mobilising mass support to strengthen his case for being projected as

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  JD-U To Submit 1.25 Cr Signatures For Special Status To Bihar

  Politics | July 09, 2011 20:26 IST

  Patna, Jul 9: Ruling JD(U) today said it would submit 1.25 crore signatures to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and organise a meeting at Jantar Mantar in support of the demand for special state status to