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DMK slams UPA govt over frequent revision in fuel prices
National | Jan 05, 2014, 08:50 PM ISTChennai: Slamming the Congress-led UPA government over frequent revision in fuel prices, former ally DMK today said the Centre seemed to hike prices like it was doing some ‘big achievement' and indicated that it had
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FDI witnesses major liberalisation in 2013; more to follow
Dec 25, 2013, 04:42 PM ISTNew Delhi: UK's largest retailer Tesco, Singapore Airlines and Etihad queued up to invest in India as a persistent UPA threw open more sectors to foreign investments with indications of more big ticket deals to
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Sonia, Rahul voice dismay over SC order on gay rights
National | Dec 12, 2013, 07:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: Amid the storm over the Supreme Court verdict on gay rights issue, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi today expressed disappointment over the order, signalling that Parliament would address the matter.Homosexuality is
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Seemandhra Congress MPs seek President intervention on Telangana issue
India | Dec 11, 2013, 08:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: A delegation of rebel Congress MPs from Seemandhra who gave a notice to move a no-confidence motion against the UPA government today sought President Pranab Mukherjee's intervention in preventing the division of Andhra
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'Mahila Bank to have a branch in every state by end of FY14'
Dec 05, 2013, 08:01 PM ISTNew Delhi: Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said a branch of Bharatiya Mahila Bank, the country's first all-woman bank, would be set up in every state by the end of this fiscal.“I assure you in
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CPI(M) raps UPA for 'succumbing' to US pressure on Iran
India | Nov 28, 2013, 07:19 PM ISTNew Delhi: CPI(M) today attacked the UPA government for “succumbing to US pressure” on Iran over the nuclear issue as Washington itself and other P-5 nations had reached a settlement with it at Geneva earlier
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UPA failed to solve Mizoram-Assam border dispute: Rajnath
National | Nov 23, 2013, 11:41 PM ISTAizawl: BJP president Rajnath Singh today slammed the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre as well as the Congress governments in both Assam and Mizoram for their failure to solve the boundary disputes between the
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Case filed against PM, Tendulkar on Bharat Ratna award
India | Nov 19, 2013, 05:25 PM ISTMuzaffarpur (Bihar): A case was today filed in a local court here challenging the selection of Sachin Tendulkar for Bharat Ratna and charging the Prime Minister and Union Home Minister with hurting peoples' sentiments.The iconic
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Priyanka Vadra helps road mishap victim in Rae Bareli
National | Nov 19, 2013, 07:47 AM ISTRae Bareli: Priyanka Vadra, the daughter of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, today acted as Good Samaritan, by asking her securitymen to take an injured person lying on the road to hospital. The man had sustained
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Rahul attacks BJP, Shiv Sena on migrant issue
National | Nov 17, 2013, 06:12 PM ISTNew Delhi: Launching a scathing attack on BJP and its ally Shiv Sena for targeting migrants in Maharashtra and Karnataka, Rahul Gandhi today warned that this has fanned tension, while Congress has taken everyone along
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Jharkhand govt committed to transparency: Hemant Soren
India | Nov 16, 2013, 08:30 PM ISTRanchi: Pledging intolerance to corruption, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday said his coalition government had been taking action against the corrupt. "Our government has launched a campaign against corruption. And we have sent
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Faster, inclusive, sustainable development, objective of 12th plan
India | Nov 16, 2013, 07:07 PM ISTItanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki today said that the objective of his government in the 12th Plan period was faster, inclusive and sustainable development of the state.“Our impetus is on people centric programmes
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UPA govt committed to develop Arunachal Pradesh: Moily
National | Nov 16, 2013, 06:55 PM ISTItanagar: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister M Verappa Moily today said the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre is committed to develop Arunachal Pradesh at par with other states of the country."Arunachal is the
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UPA's policies have given good results, record growth: PM
National | Nov 16, 2013, 04:20 PM ISTAizawl: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that the UPA government's policies and programmes for rapid and inclusive growth are showing good results and the country has seen a record average economic growth in the
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After tea-seller jibe, Modi accuses UPA of selling the nation
National | Nov 15, 2013, 10:31 PM ISTChattisgarh: Rattled by the tea-seller taunt, Narendra Modi today accused UPA leaders of "selling the nation" and asked whether they are eligible to become the prime minister of the country.Imitating Rahul Gandhi's style of pulling
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Rajnath Singh criticises UPA for failing to control inflation
National | Nov 15, 2013, 07:58 PM ISTMorena (MP): BJP President Rajnath Singh blamed the Congress-led UPA government here today for failing to control rising inflation and claimed that during NDA rule, inflation was unable to raise its head for six years
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Modi hijacking UPA's development agenda: Chavan
National | Nov 14, 2013, 06:49 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Congress Wednesday said the BJP's prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi was a "demagogue trying to force a divisive agenda" and accused him of attempting to "hijack the UPA's development plank"."Modi is being
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PM has begun preaching to the BJP, says Venkaiah Naidu
National | Nov 12, 2013, 10:21 PM ISTRaipur: Reacting to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remark about wrong use of language by BJP leaders, former BJP chief and MP Venkaiah Naidu said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has begun giving “pravachan” (discourse) to the
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Jayalalithaa reiterates demand for India's total boycott of CHOGM
India | Nov 12, 2013, 08:02 PM ISTChennai: Slaming the Centre's decision to participate in the Commonwealth Summit in Colombo “ignoring” the sentiments of Tamils, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today moved a resolution in a special session of the state assembly demanding India's
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Regional parties hold key as NDA overtakes UPA, predicts India TV-C Voter survey
National | Oct 17, 2013, 11:23 AM ISTNew Delhi: A hung parliament with the NDA overtaking UPA has been projected in the India TV-Times Now-C Voter seat projections made after a State of the Nation survey done this month (October). The survey