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Polling on for Tura LS by-election

Staff Reporter · Sep 16, 2008 · 2 min read

SHILLONG, May 22 (Agencies): Polling is on for the by-election to the Tura Lok Sabha seat amid tight security today. The by-poll was necessitated after PA Sangm...

Rs 10,328 cr to develop infrastructure in elite institutions

Staff Reporter · Sep 16, 2008 · 1 min read

NEW DELHI, May 22 (Agencies): In an effort to implement OBC reservation quickly, Centre today approved an outlay of over Rs 10,000 crore for infrastructure of e...

JDS-BJP banned arrack without applying its mind: Congress

Staff Reporter · Sep 16, 2008 · 2 min read

BANGALORE, May 22 (Agencies): Congress today said the previous JDS-BJP government banned arrack without applying its mind and giving thought to its consequence....

Putin to cement Indo-Russian ties: senators

Staff Reporter · Sep 15, 2008 · 7 min read

NEW DELHI, Apr 29 (UNI): The Indo-Russia relations, which slackened after the breakup of the Soviet Union, will enter a new phase of dynamism and pragmatism whe...

BJP demands MDMA probe report, white paper on inflation

Staff Reporter · Sep 15, 2008 · 3 min read

CHENNAI, Apr 29 (UNI): The BJP today demanded that the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre come out with a report on the progress achieved in the probe on...

Makeover of Mumbai's dilapidated buildings in progress

Staff Reporter · Sep 15, 2008 · 4 min read

MUMBAI, Apr 29 (UNI): Preliminary plans are in progress to reconstruct dilapidated buildings in Mumbai with Maharashtra Government giving clearance in principle...

Media has bigger role in Indo-Nepal relation

Staff Reporter · Sep 15, 2008 · 2 min read

PATNA, Apr 29 (UNI): Delegates from India and Nepal have advocated cross-border linkages through media for maintaining cordial relations between the two countri...

One-day CPM PB meeting to discuss price rise, other issues

Staff Reporter · Sep 15, 2008 · 2 min read

KOLKATA, Apr 29 (UNI): A day-long meeting of the Polit Bureau began here today to follow up the decisions of the 19th party Congress and fine tune its stand on ...

DGP reviews poll preparations

Staff Reporter · Sep 15, 2008 · 1 min read

ITANAGAR, Apr 29 (UNI): Arunachal Pradesh Director General of Police Ajay Chadda reviewed the law and order situation of all the districts in view of the May 26...

Lalu suspends staff for dereliction of duty

Staff Reporter · Sep 15, 2008 · 2 min read

PATNA, Apr 29(UNI): Railway Minister Lalu Prasad has ordered departmental proceeding after suspending several employees, including the station manager and healt...

'Bhangra' would be more exciting: Uddhav Thackeray

Staff Reporter · Sep 15, 2008 · 10 min read

MUMBAI, Apr 29 (UNI): Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray has said ''bhangra'' during cricket matches would be more exciting. Thackeray's views have ...

Bill for increasing judges' strength in SC introduced in LS

Staff Reporter · Sep 15, 2008 · 4 min read

NEW DELHI, Apr 29 (UNI): A bill to enhance the number of Supreme Court judges from 25 to 30, excluding the Chief Justice of India (CJI), was introduced in the L...

Left launches campaign against UPA

Staff Reporter · Jul 15, 2008 · 6 min read

NEW DELHI, July 14 (Agencies): Launching a nationwide campaign against the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government clubbing the nuclear deal and price rise...

Mayawati is delaying probe, says CBI

Staff Reporter · Jul 15, 2008 · 8 min read

NEW DELHI, July 14 (Agencies): While Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has allegedly not furnished details of her Rs 9.78 crore deposits yet, the CBI has in...

First-ever conference on AIDS for men in uniform

Staff Reporter · Jul 15, 2008 · 13 min read

ITANAGAR, July 14 (Agencies): It was a first-ever conference for men in uniform in the country to spread awareness about AIDS where members of the Arunachal Pol...

Indian authorities come to rescue 150 Indians stranded at China airport

Staff Reporter · Jul 15, 2008 · 4 min read

NEW DELHI, July 14 (Agencies): Coming to the rescue of its 150 medical students stranded in China, India is working out arrangements to facilitate their travel ...

Advani woos muslim voters, promises welfare, security

Staff Reporter · Jul 15, 2008 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, July 14 (Agencies): In an effort to project himself and the party as secular, BJP's prime ministerial candidate L K Advani has said that if voted to ...

Congress using CBI as tool ahead of trust vote: CPI

Staff Reporter · Jul 15, 2008 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, July 14 (Agencies): Ahead of the confidence vote in Parliament, the Communist Party of India today accused the government of "letting loose tremendou...

UPA government fall imminent: Venkaiah Naidu

Staff Reporter · Jul 15, 2008 · 4 min read

CHENNAI, July 14 (Agencies): Bharatiya Janata Party vice-president M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday predicted the fall of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) regime...

India has got the best possible agreement

Staff Reporter · Jul 15, 2008 · 9 min read

NEW DELHI, July 14 (Agencies): When Dr R Grover of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and Venkatesh Varma of the Ministry of External Affairs sat down with the D...

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