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Sheila Dikshit declines to comment on reports of Centre's move
National | Jun 20, 2014, 03:22 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram: Kerala Governor Sheila Dikshit today declined to comment on media reports that the Centre had sounded the Governors appointed by the previous UPA government to step down.“I can't react to rumours”, Dikshit said on
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UPA is a pre-poll alliance, has numbers for post of LoP: Anand Sharma
National | Jun 15, 2014, 09:09 PM ISTNew Delhi: UPA is a pre-poll alliance and has more than the adequate numbers to get the post of Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha, senior Congress leader Anand Sharma today said amid statements
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Modi still in 'campaign mode, can't believe he is PM': Congress
National | Jun 14, 2014, 09:54 PM ISTNew Delhi: Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks that the previous UPA dispensation led by it had “left everything empty”, Congress today said he is still in “campaign mode” and
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Congress MP criticises President for ignoring UPA feats
National | Jun 13, 2014, 04:15 PM ISTPanaji: A Congress Rajya Sabha member from Goa Friday criticized President Pranab Mukherjee for ignoring the achievements of the Congress-led UPA governments in his address to parliament earlier this week.Goa's lone representative in the upper
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Lokpal important to curb corruption: President Pranab Mukherjee
National | Jun 09, 2014, 03:59 PM ISTNew Delhi: Lokpal Act is important to curb corruption and rules will be formulated under it, Government asserted today while promising to provide a “clean and efficient” administration.“My government is committed to providing a clean
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Need time to put the system on track: Rajnath
National | Jun 07, 2014, 06:49 PM ISTLucknow: NDA government was committed to resolving the security issues faced by the country, but it cannot be done in “one or two years” and more time was needed to set right the system “paralysed”
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NDA will revive all dev projects to fulfil its promises: Naidu
National | Jun 07, 2014, 06:43 PM ISTVijayawada: Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said the NDA is committed to revive all the development projects, which were left unfinished by the previous UPA government. “The government will revive all the
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Telangana: India's 29th state
National | Jun 02, 2014, 11:14 AM ISTHyderabad: Following are the major events in the history of Telangana, which Monday came into being as 29th state in India.1948: Indian Army annexes princely state of Hyderabad, which comprised different regions including Telangana.Nov 1,
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Jayalalithaa says diesel price hike a vestige of "wrong UPA policy"
National | Jun 01, 2014, 06:44 PM ISTChennai: Flaying the diesel price increase, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today said it was a continuation of the previous Congress-led UPA regime's “wrong” policies and appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to rollback the hike besides
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Jaitley underlines need to contain inflation, boost growth
National | Jun 01, 2014, 06:44 PM ISTNew Delhi: Attributing the present economic woes to a “decade of jobless growth”, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today underlined the need to contain price rise and hasten economic reforms to boost low-cost manufacturing. “Reviving the
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PM to meet his Council of Ministers tomorrow
National | Jun 01, 2014, 06:30 PM ISTNew Delhi: After asking his ministerial colleagues to set a 100-day agenda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting with his entire Council of Ministers tomorrow to focus on efficient governance and delivery and
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Modi does away with UPA created GoMs, EGoMs
National | May 31, 2014, 06:05 PM ISTNew Delhi: Dismantling a legacy of UPA rule, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today abolished all the 30 GoMs (Groups of Ministers) and EGoMs (Empowered Groups of Ministers) and told ministries and departments to take decisions
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Modi victory: Congress 'communalism' derailed UPA
National | May 31, 2014, 01:31 PM IST"What appears is not and what does not, is." This ancient saying aptly describes the Indian political scenario.The Congress-led UPA claims to be secular; peel a few layers and you will find it is steeped
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Javadekar promises fast clearances to infrastructure projects
National | May 29, 2014, 07:26 PM ISTNew Delhi: New Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today promised to ensure “fast clearances” to infrastructure projects in a transparent manner and launched a process for transparent environmental clearance.After assuming charge as Minister of State (Independent)
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PM Modi may implement performance-based incentives for babus
India | May 29, 2014, 05:03 PM ISTNew Delhi: Following its mantra of maximum governance and minimum government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi may implement performance-based incentives schemes for central government employees.The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) is slated to give a
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Transfer orders of 109 customs and excise officers put on hold
India | May 24, 2014, 07:08 PM ISTNew Delhi: Transfer orders of over 100 senior customs and excise officers issued by UPACBECBJPNDACentral Board of Direct Taxes government on vote counting day and a few days later have been put on hold.According to
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NCP blames UPA rout on Manmohan, Sonia's 'failure' to connect with masses
National | May 22, 2014, 07:22 PM ISTMumbai: The NCP today attributed the drubbing the Congress-led UPA has received in polls mainly to the “communication deficit” on part of outgoing prime minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi and also to
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President gives touching farewell to 'gentleman' Singh
National | May 18, 2014, 03:15 PM ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee gave a touching farewell to “gentleman” Manmohan Singh, recalling their four-decade-long association from Singh's bureaucracy days till he became the Prime Minister. At an emotionally charged banquet last night, Mukherjee
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Jharkhand: Modi magic decimates UPA,Cong fails to open account
India | May 16, 2014, 11:45 PM ISTRanchi: The Narendra Modi magic weaved itself into Jharkhand with BJP winning 12 out of the 14 Lok Sabha seats with UPA ally JMM managing to bag only two seats.JMM supremo Shibu Soren won the
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UPA govt. seeks review of SC order on black money
India | May 16, 2014, 03:53 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a last ditch effort to stall setting up of an SIT to monitor all black money cases as directed by the Supreme Court, UPA government today sought review of its judgements constituting