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CPM meets to discuss Kerala 'disunity'

Staff Reporter · Jul 5, 2009 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, July 4 (Agencies): The CPM Polit Bureau on Saturday met here to find an end to the "disunity" in its Kerala unit and the open turf war between its to...

Budget to be passed without tight scrutiny

Staff Reporter · Jun 3, 2009 · 2 min read

KT NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI: The government has approached the opposition for the passage of the Union Budget in July, cutting short its thorough scrutiny by parl...

Karia Munda to be Dy Speaker

Staff Reporter · Jun 3, 2009 · 3 min read

KT NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI: Meira Kumar, the 63-year old daughter of tribal icon and late deputy prime minister Jagjivan Ram, will be anointed as the first triba...

Who fills Meira Kumar's vacancy?

Staff Reporter · Jun 3, 2009 · 6 min read

KT NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI: The 62-year old Girija Vyas, chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW) who lost to Meira Kumar in the race for the Lok S...

India need not import LWR after 2050: Kakodkar

Staff Reporter · Jun 3, 2009 · 2 min read

MUMBAI, June 2 (Agencies): India need not import Light Water Reactors (LWRs) after 2050 as it would by then have a matured fast breeder technology and ready to ...

IAF to post Sukhoi war planes near China border

Staff Reporter · Jun 3, 2009 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, June 2 (Agencies): After stationing the Sukhoi Su-30MIK war jets in Tezpur in Assam, the Indian Air Force will post another squadron of its frontline...

BJP names Karia Munda for Dy Speaker's post

Staff Reporter · Jun 3, 2009 · 3 min read

NEW DELHI, June 2 (Agencies): Karia Munda, BJP's tribal leader from Jharkhand, was today named by the party as its candidate for the post of Deputy Speaker of L...

Meira nominated for post of LS Speaker

Staff Reporter · Jun 3, 2009 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, June 2 (Agencies): Five-term Lok Sabha MP Meira Kumar on Tuesday became the consensus candidate of the ruling UPA and the Opposition BJP for the post...

Govt to go all out for a law to deter communal violence

Staff Reporter · Jun 3, 2009 · 1 min read

NEW DELHI, June 2 (Agencies): The UPA government will make all efforts to get a law to deter communal violence passed in Parliament and give protection to minor...

Mamata Banerjee finds Bihar incident "mischievous"

Staff Reporter · Jun 3, 2009 · 1 min read

NEW DELHI, June 2 (Agencies): Terming the ransacking of a railway station in Bihar as "mischievous", Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said she has as...

Mumbai airport scare: AI suspends two pilots

Staff Reporter · Jun 3, 2009 · 2 min read

MUMBAI, June 2 (Agencies): Air India on Tuesday de-rostered and suspended both the pilots involved in a near-miss incident with a Jet Airways plane at Mumbai ai...

India slams Pak, says it's not serious about combating terror

Staff Reporter · Jun 3, 2009 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, June 2 (Agencies): India on Tuesday raised doubts over Pakistan's seriousness in fighting terrorism, in the wake of a court there freeing Hafiz Moham...

Rahul, Varun, Rajnath take oath as LS members

Staff Reporter · Jun 3, 2009 · 3 min read

NEW DELHI, June 2 (Agencies): The two Gandhis from Congress and BJP Rahul and Varun as also top leaders like Mulayam Singh Yadav, Rajnath Singh and Kalyan Singh...

Plane to bring injured Dera chief leaves for Vienna

Staff Reporter · Jun 3, 2009 · 1 min read

CHANDIGARH, June 2 (Agencies): A special chartered plane on Tuesday left for Vienna from New Delhi to bring Dera Sach Khand Ballan chief Niranjan Dass, who was ...

IGNOU cuts fees by 50% in agriculture courses

Staff Reporter · Jun 3, 2009 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, June 2 (Agencies): IGNOU has decided to reduce by half the fees of programmes offered by its School of Agriculture from the session beginning next mo...

North east must have permanent peace, says PM

Staff Reporter · May 31, 2009 · 4 min read

ARUNACHAL PRADESH, Feb 1 (Agencies):Concerned over the problems of militancy and insurgency in the north east, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said it was i...

Father contests Malik's claim he did not marry his daughter

Staff Reporter · May 31, 2009 · 4 min read

HYDERABAD, FEB 1 (Agencies): The father of a Hyderabadi girl whose love story involving Pakistani cricket captain Shoaib Malik went sour contested his claim tha...

Underworld links to kidney racket exposed

Staff Reporter · May 31, 2009 · 5 min read

NEW DELHI,Feb 1 (Agencies): In the latest development in the kidney racket that was unearthed in Gurgaon last week, an Intrepol red corner notice has been issue...

Despite BJP move, women's reservation still a long way off

Staff Reporter · May 31, 2009 · 5 min read

NEW DELHI, Feb 1 (Agencies): The Bharatiya Janata Party's decision to reserve 33 percent seats for women cadre in its organisational structure is unlikely to ha...

Acid Rain in eastern India worries residents

Staff Reporter · May 31, 2009 · 1 min read

KAUSHAMBI, Feb 1 (Agencies): Residents of Kaushambi in India's eastern Uttar Pradesh state are worried as they have been receiving acid rain in the area for the...

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