Issues with party have been resolved: Kabir Suman
11/20/2009 10:15:00 PM |
| Kolkata, Nov 20 (IANS) Noted Bengali singer Kabir Suman, a Trinamool Congress MP, Friday said all issues with the party following his criticism had been resolved and described himself as a 'party slave'. |
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BJP condemns Shiv Sena violence at TV channel offices
11/20/2009 9:51:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has strongly condemned Friday's attack by Shiv Sena activists on the offices of IBN-Lokmat network channel in Mumbai and Pune. |
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Medha Patkar meets Mamata Banerjee on land acquisition bill
11/20/2009 9:39:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar met Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee here Friday to convey her opposition to certain provisions of the land acquisition bill that is to be introduced in the winter session of parliament. |
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Naxalism foremost challenge before Jharkhand: Sonia
11/20/2009 9:25:00 PM |
Dhanbad (Jharkhand), Nov 20 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday said that non-violence was the only way to solve all the problems in Jharkhand. |
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RSS not interfering in choosing new president, says BJP
11/20/2009 9:14:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday said that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), its ideological fountainhead, was not interfering in choosing the next party president. |
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Shiv Sainiks attack TV channel offices in Mumbai, Pune; 4 staffers injured
11/20/2009 9:08:00 PM |
| Mumbai, Nov 20 (IANS) Shiv Sena activists Friday vandalised the offices of the IBN-Lokmat television channel in north-east Mumbai and in Pune and assaulted journalists, to protest the alleged misquoting of party chief Bal Thackeray's remarks on cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. The attack has drawn condemnation from all quarters. |
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Rajnath Singh, Raman Singh campaign for BJP in Jharkhand
11/20/2009 8:32:00 PM |
| Ranchi, Nov 20 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Friday addressed two poll rallies in Jharkhand, appealing for vote for the BJP, which he promised would provide a 'stable government' in the state for five years. |
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Students may get temporary photo I-cards: EC
11/20/2009 7:53:00 PM |
| Kolkata, Nov 20 (IANS) To get more young people to vote, the Election Commission (EC) is planning to issue temporary Electronic Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) to students settled outside their home states. |
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PM mourns Shankaranand's death
11/20/2009 7:41:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday mourned the death of veteran Congress leader and former minister B. Shankaranand, who headed the joint parliamentary probe into the $1.3 billion Bofors gun scandal. |
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INLD demands probe into legislators switching sides
11/20/2009 7:39:00 PM |
| Chandigarh, Nov 20 (IANS) The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), the main opposition party in Haryana, Friday demanded a probe into Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) legislators switching sides and supporting the Congress, violating the anti-defection law. |
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Photo id cards to all voters in 2 years: poll panel
11/20/2009 7:39:00 PM |
| Kolkata, Nov 20 (IANS) The entire electorate in India will be issued the Electronic Photo Identity Card (EPIC) within the next two years, Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla said Friday. |
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Sonia, Rahul Gandhi hit Jharkhand poll campaign trail
11/20/2009 7:05:00 PM |
| Ranchi, Nov 20 (IANS) The Congress is campaigning hard in Jharkhand for the coming assembly polls, with party chief Sonia Gandhi addressing two rallies in the state Friday and party general secretary Rahul Gandhi set to address four meetings Saturday. |
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Congress discusses banning Sanatan Sanstha
11/20/2009 6:50:00 PM |
| Panaji, Nov 20 (IANS) The Congress Friday discussed the issue of banning right-wing Hindu outfit Sanatan Sanstha, some of whose members have been arrested in connection with the Diwali-eve blast in Goa. |
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Driving brother Rahul - Priyanka shows how
11/20/2009 6:42:00 PM |
| Amethi (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 20 (IANS) A smiling Priyanka Gandhi drove her elder brother and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to his constituency Amethi after landing at the nearest airport Friday - all the while keeping the media at bay. |
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Karnataka minister demands central assistance for irrigation projects
11/20/2009 6:29:00 PM |
New Delhi, Nov 20 (ANI): Karnataka Water Resource Minister Basavraj Bommai on Friday submitted a memorandum to Union Water Resource Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal seeking more central assistance towards reconstruction, restoration infrastructure in major and medium irrigation projects of the state. |
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By-polls in four assembly constituencies next month
11/20/2009 6:27:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) By-elections to fill assembly vacancies in Andhra Pradesh, Manipur and Tamil Nadu will be held Dec 19, the Election Commission announced Friday. |
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World Communist leaders meet in Delhi
11/20/2009 6:26:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Communist leaders from around the world met here Friday to discuss how to 'intensify popular struggles'. |
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Shiv Sainiks vandalise TV channel offices in Mumbai, Pune
11/20/2009 6:06:00 PM |
| Mumbai, Nov 20 (IANS) Suspected Shiv Sena activists Friday ransacked the offices of the IBN-Lokmat television channel in north-east Mumbai and in Pune and assaulted journalists. |
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Congress defends Government's sugarcane pricing policy
11/20/2009 5:56:00 PM |
New Delhi, Nov 20(ANI): The Congress party on Friday defended the Union Government's sugarcane pricing policy, which has led to farmers unrest and adjournment of Parliament. |
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YSR's son hits the campaign trail for civic polls
11/20/2009 5:36:00 PM |
| Hyderabad, Nov 20 (IANS) In his first attempt to prove that he is a crowd puller, the late Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy's son and Congress MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy Friday drew good response when he campaigned for the party's candidates in Greater Hyderabad municipal elections. |
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Poll panel standardises voting compartment in booths
11/20/2009 5:26:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The Election Commission Friday said that voting compartments in polling stations should be made only of cardboard or plastic board and these should not be located near the window or door to 'maintain secrecy of vote at the time of poll'. |
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Muraleedharan seeks to return to Congress, Chandy refutes moves
11/20/2009 5:08:00 PM |
| Palakkad (Kerala), Nov 20 (IANS) While former Kerala chief minister K.Karunakaran's son K.Muraleedharan is meeting Congress leaders in Delhi to plead for his re-entry to the party, leader of opposition Oommen Chandy Friday said no such talks were going on this issue. |
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Condemn Maoist violence, government tells civil society
11/20/2009 5:08:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) A day after a passenger was killed and 40 others were injured in a train derailment after Maoist guerrillas blew up a track in Jharkhand, the government Friday asked the civil society to condemn such 'wanton acts of violence' meant to sabotage polls in the state. |
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Mulayam ignored warnings on Kalyan, says Azam Khan
11/20/2009 5:00:00 PM |
| Lucknow, Nov 20 (IANS) Samajwadi Party (SP) president Mulayam Singh Yadav had repeatedly ignored warnings about the potential harm that his bonhomie with Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) rebel Kalyan Singh would cause to him and his party, rebel party leader Azam Khan said Friday. |
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Shiv Sainiks ransack TV channel office in Mumbai
11/20/2009 4:42:00 PM |
| Mumbai, Nov 20 (IANS) Suspected Shiv Sainiks Friday attacked and vandalised the office of the IBN Lokmat TV channel at Vikhroli in north-east Mumbai. |
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After protests, government agrees to restore earlier sugarcane pricing
11/20/2009 4:30:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Bowing to angry protests from opposition parties and farmers, the government Friday agreed to restore the earlier sugarcane prices. |
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Shankaranand, who headed Bofors probe panel, dead
11/20/2009 4:29:00 PM |
| Bangalore, Nov 20 (IANS) Nehru-Gandhi family loyalist and long time Congressman B. Shankaranand, who headed the joint parliamentary probe into $1.3 billion Bofors gun scandal, died Thursday of cardiac arrest. He was 84. |
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Priyanka drives brother Rahul in Amethi
11/20/2009 3:42:00 PM |
| Amethi (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 20 (IANS) Priyanka Gandhi took to the wheel even as elder brother and Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi sat next to her after the two landed in his constituency Amethi Friday. |
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Tribals will benefit from Congress government in Jharkhand: Sonia
11/20/2009 3:11:00 PM |
| Dhanbad, Nov 19 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Friday asked the people of Jharkhand to vote for her party in the coming assembly elections so that the state could have a stable and corruption free government that would ensure development for the tribals. |
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Mirwaiz plans visit to Beijing
11/20/2009 1:51:00 PM |
| Srinagar, Nov 20 (IANS) Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, who heads the moderate faction of Jammu and Kashmir's separatist Hurriyat Conference, plans to visit Beijing after Eid on Nov 28 on an invitation from an NGO. |
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Varun leads BJP protest in Lok Sabha
11/20/2009 1:48:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday chose its young face Varun Gandhi to lead the party's agitation against sugarcane pricing in the Lok Sabha. |
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Sugar prices force three adjournments of Rajya Sabha
11/20/2009 1:36:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) A united opposition forced three adjournments of the Rajya Sabha Friday, the last one for the day, as it vociferously protested the United Progressive Alliance's new sugar pricing policy. |
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Rajya Sabha adjourned for day over sugarcane prices
11/20/2009 12:19:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day Friday following noisy protests by the opposition on the issue of sugarcane prices. |
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Please, don't 'disturb' trains, Mamata to Maoists
11/20/2009 12:13:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) 'Please, don't disturb trains,' Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee appealed to Maoists Friday, a day after the rebels blew up track in Jharkhand derailing a passenger train and leaving a man dead. |
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Rajya Sabha adjourned twice over sugarcane prices
11/20/2009 11:43:00 AM |
| New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha was adjourned twice Friday following protests by sugarcane farmers over falling prices for their crop. |
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Lok Sabha adjourned after bedlam
11/20/2009 11:14:00 AM |
| New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned until noon Friday after opposition members disrupted the proceedings demanding a better deal for sugarcane farmers. |
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Manmohan Singh, Advani to choose new information chief Friday
11/20/2009 10:42:00 AM |
| New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani and Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily are expected to meet Friday evening to finalise who India's new chief information commissioner will be. |
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Sugarcane pricing not discussed at cabinet meeting: Soni
11/19/2009 10:52:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The cabinet meeting Thursday did not discuss the government's sugarcane pricing policy, which has come under attack from opposition parties and farmers. |
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Three-phase civic polls' dates announced for Chhattisgarh
11/19/2009 9:54:00 PM |
| Raipur, Nov 19 (IANS) Polling for Chhattisgarh civic agencies is to be held Dec 21, 24 and 27 while counting will be held Dec 30, an election official said Thursday. |
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BJP slams Government's new sugarcane pricing, procurement policy
11/19/2009 9:42:00 PM |
New Delhi, Nov 19(ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday supported the protesting sugarcane farmers of Uttar Pradesh in their agitation against new sugarcane pricing and procurement policy of the Union Government. |
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All-party meeting Monday to discuss sugarcane pricing
11/19/2009 9:39:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The government has decided to convene an all-party meeting Monday to discuss the sugarcane pricing policy following the growing political row on the issue. |
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Bundelkhand gets Rs.7,266 crore drought relief package
11/19/2009 8:42:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The union cabinet Thursday approved a Rs.7,266 crore package for drought relief and agricultural development of the Bundelkhand region, that spans Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, and has suffered a sustained drought for the past four years. |
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Sugarcane pricing row: Rahul Gandhi meets PM
11/19/2009 8:42:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assured Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi that the government would suitably amend the ordinance regarding fair and remunerative pricing (FRP) system on sugarcane if it is in the interest of farmers. |
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Will root out corruption, Congress promises in Jharkhand manifesto
11/19/2009 8:09:00 PM |
| Ranchi, Nov 19 (IANS) After propping up for nearly two years the government led by Independent legislator Madhu Koda, who is at the centre of a Rs.2,500 crore money laundering scam, the Congress Thursday promised to provide a fair government and root out corruption from Jharkhand. |
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Rahul, Priyanka to visit Amethi Friday
11/19/2009 7:36:00 PM |
| Lucknow, Nov 19 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka will Friday visit his parliamentary constituency Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, party sources said. |
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India pays tribute to Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary
11/19/2009 6:38:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi Thursday led the nation in paying homage to Indira Gandhi, the country's first and only woman prime minister, on her 92nd birth anniversary. |
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Koda fails to appear before ED for questioning
11/19/2009 6:20:00 PM |
| Ranchi, Nov 19 (IANS) Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, who is at the centre of a Rs.2,500 crore money laundering scam, failed to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Income Tax (IT) officials for interrogation Thursday. |
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Opposition corners government over sugarcane pricing, Lok Sabha adjourned
11/19/2009 6:03:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The row over the government's sugarcane pricing policy forced adjournment of the Lok Sabha on the opening day of parliament's winter session Thursday as opposition members created a ruckus demanding higher rates for farmers. Outside parliament, thousands of farmers held a protest, paralysing key Delhi roads and forcing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to review the pricing ordinance. |
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BJP demands all party meeting on sugarcane pricing policy
11/19/2009 5:59:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party Thursday asked the government to convene an all-party meeting on the sugarcane pricing policy in the wake of opposition to the centre's Fair and Remunerative Pricing (FRP) ordinance. |
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Jharkhand parties fight it out over Koda
11/19/2009 5:49:00 PM |
| Ranchi, Nov 19 (IANS) Jharkhand's political parties are locked in a verbal war over disgraced former chief minister Madhu Koda. |
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President nominates Dua, Ganguly to Rajya Sabha
11/19/2009 5:38:00 PM |
New Delhi, Nov 19 (ANI): The President Pratibha Patil on Thursday confirmed the nomination of senior journalist H.K.Dua and former Chairman of the Hindustan Lever Limited Dr. Ashok Sekhar Ganguly to the Rajya Sabha. |
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BJP Jharkhand manifesto: Rice, wheat at Rs.1 per kg
11/19/2009 5:36:00 PM |
| Ranchi, Nov 19 (IANS) Taking a cue from Chhattisgarh, the Jharkhand Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday released its manifesto promising rice and wheat at Rs.1 per kg to poor families if voted to power. |
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Stop ethnic hostility, take back refugees: Mizoram told
11/19/2009 4:49:00 PM |
| Agartala/Aizawl, Nov 19 (IANS) The central and Tripura governments have asked Mizoram to resolve the long-standing deadlock on the repatriation of 35,000 Reang refugees to the state, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said Thursday. |
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Elegant MPs drip style as parliament reopens
11/19/2009 4:30:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) They weren't fashion models, but when MPs young and old walked in on the first day of the winter session of parliament Thursday, they sure made heads turn with their fine silks, starched cottons and bright woollens. |
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Naidu seeks probe against Karnataka minister's firm
11/19/2009 4:22:00 PM |
| Hyderabad, Nov 19 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh's main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Thursday demanded a multi-disciplinary probe into alleged irregularities by the Obulapuram Mining Corporation (OMC) owned by Karnataka Tourism Minister G. Janardhana Reddy. |
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BJP submits 'chargesheet' against Mayawati, BSP to governor
11/19/2009 4:22:00 PM |
| Lucknow, Nov 19 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday submitted to Uttar Pradesh Governor B.L. Joshi a 'chargesheet' against state Chief Minister Mayawati seeking action against her and functionaries of the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) for their alleged criminal and corrupt practices. |
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Have triangular talks with Pakistan to solve Kashmir: Mirwaiz (IANS Interview)
11/19/2009 3:09:00 PM |
| Srinagar, Nov 19 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir's Hurriyat Conference is committed to solving the Kashmir issue through meaningful dialogue with New Delhi but also wants Pakistan on board, says the separatist group's chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. |
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20 mn voters without photo ID cards in Bihar
11/19/2009 2:19:00 PM |
| Patna, Nov 19 (IANS) Nearly 20 million eligible voters in Bihar are still without voter identity cards - making for a giant task for the Election Commission ahead of assembly polls next year. |
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Orissa assembly adjourned over farmers committing suicide
11/19/2009 1:49:00 PM |
| Bhubaneswar, Nov 19 (IANS) The Orissa assembly was repeatedly adjourned Thursday as the opposition Congress took up the issue of dozens of distressed farmers committing suicide allegedly due to their crops failing and government neglect. |
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Indefatigable Lalu campaigns on fractured leg in Jharkhand
11/19/2009 12:40:00 PM |
| Ranchi, Nov 19 (IANS) He may be hobbling on a fractured leg but Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad is campaigning energetically in the run-up to the Jharkhand assembly polls, wooing voters and ensuring that the break with the Congress does not affect his party's electoral chances. |
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Changes to RTI in Bihar anger opposition, activists
11/19/2009 12:09:00 PM |
| Patna, Nov 19 (IANS) Opposition parties and activists have slammed restrictions imposed on the Right to Information (RTI) Act by the Bihar government, saying the move is aimed at shielding corruption. |
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Rajya Sabha adjourned after obituary references
11/19/2009 11:33:00 AM |
| New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha was adjourned Thursday -- the opening day of the winter session of parliament -- after paying tribute to former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and ex-MPs. |
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Nation pays homage to Indira Gandhi on birth anniversary
11/19/2009 10:24:00 AM |
| New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) India Thursday paid homage to the late Indira Gandhi, the country's first and only woman prime minister, on her 92nd birth anniversary with floral tributes and other ceremonies. |
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AGP seeks regional unity to fight Congress in 2011 Assam polls
11/19/2009 9:43:00 AM |
| Guwahati, Nov 19 (IANS) Assam's main opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) has sounded the poll bugle for the 2011 assembly elections by stressing on the need to unite all regional forces to stop the ruling Congress party from coming back to power for the third straight term. |
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Himachal assembly winter session from Dec 14
11/19/2009 9:39:00 AM |
| Shimla, Nov 19 (IANS) The week-long winter session of the Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly will be held at Dharamsala from Dec 14, a minister said here Thursday. |
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