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APDLF pleads Sonia for associate membership to Congress

Staff Reporter · Jun 24, 2005 · 5 min read

ITANAGAR, June 23 (UNI) A delegation of Arunachal Pradesh Democratic Legislators Forum (APDLF) headed by MLA R K Khrimey has pleaded with Congress President Son...

New law to check domestic violence against women: Cabinet

Staff Reporter · Jun 24, 2005 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, June 23 (UNI) The government today decided to enact a comprehensive law for protecting women against domestic violence of any kind - physical, sexual...

Cabinet approves continuation of passes to railway employees

Staff Reporter · Jun 24, 2005 · 1 min read

NEW DELHI, Jun 23 (UNI) In a major relief to serving and retiredRailway employees, the Union Cabinet today turned down arecommendation of the Expenditure Refor ...

Advani arrives at Lakhanpur

Staff Reporter · Jun 24, 2005 · 1 min read

JAMMU, June 23 (UNI) BJP President L K Advani arrived here this afternoon to address a rally in memory of the sacrifice of Bharatiya Jan Sangh founder Shyama Pr...

Mourners bid farewell to Bhandari

Staff Reporter · Jun 24, 2005 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, June 23 (UNI) Hundreds of mourners today bade farewell to BJP leader Sunder Singh Bhandari, who died yesterday of a heart attack at age 84. Led by Vi...

Cabinet approves proposal to amend Warehousing Corp Act

Staff Reporter · Jun 24, 2005 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, June 23 (UNI) The Union Cabinet today approved a proposal to introduce a legislation to amend the Warehousing Corporations Act, 1962 to provide for i...

CCPA suggests date for Monsoon Session

Staff Reporter · Jun 24, 2005 · 1 min read

NEW DELHI, June 23 (UNI) The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) has recommended a date for the commencement of the Monsoon Session of Parliament ...

GoM to consider restructuring of government presses

Staff Reporter · Jun 24, 2005 · 1 min read

NEW DELHI, June 23 (UNI) A Group of Ministers (GoM) will consider the proposal of the Urban Development Ministry for the restructuring of the Government printin...

Clubbing of Jaya cases: Orders posted for June 27

Staff Reporter · Jun 24, 2005 · 2 min read

BANGALORE, June 23 (UNI) Special Judge A S Pachhapure, trying the Disproportionate wealth and London hotel cases against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha...

Swashpawan Singh appoined Permanent Rep to UN offices in Geneva

Staff Reporter · Jun 24, 2005 · 1 min read

NEW DELHI, June 23 (UNI) Swashpawan Singh, presently Ambassador toKuwait has been appointed India's next PermanentRepresentative/Ambassador to the United Nation...

Five boys drown while taking a dip

Staff Reporter · Jun 24, 2005 · 6 min read

CHANDIGARH, June 23 (UNI) Five youngsters including three minor boys drowned while taking a dip to escape the heat at two different places in the region yesterd...

TN BJP to launch "Rail Roko" stir, critices Left parties

Staff Reporter · Jun 24, 2005 · 2 min read

CHENNAI, June 23 (UNI) The Tamil Nadu unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today hit out at the "dubious role" being played by the Left parties in the UPA gover...

Cabinet reshuffle likely on Saturday

Staff Reporter · Jun 24, 2005 · 3 min read

NEW DELHI, June 23 (UNI) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to effect the much-expected reshuffle of his Cabinet on Saturday, restricting it by and large t...

Sonia Gandhi visits Tonk firing victi

Staff Reporter · Jun 24, 2005 · 2 min read

JAIPUR, June 23 (UNI) Congress President Sonia Gandhi today toured Tonk district of Rajasthan where five persons were killed in police firing on farmers agitati...

AP Agriculture Minister Reddy violated model code: EC

Staff Reporter · Jun 24, 2005 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, June 23 (UNI) The Election Commission today ruled that Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Minister N Raghuveera Reddy had violated the model code of conduct ...

Khalistan no issue in Punjab, say leaders by Prabhjit Singh

Staff Reporter · Jun 24, 2005 · 2 min read

CHANDIGARH, June 23 (UNI) Not withstanding the hype of the arrests of militants and Khalistan ideologue Sianjit Singh Mann and the Punjab chief minister's contr...

UP Speaker commences hearing on defection of 13 BSP MLAs

Staff Reporter · Jun 24, 2005 · 4 min read

LUCKNOW, June 23 (UNI) Uttar Pradesh assembly speaker Mata PrasadPandey today started hearing the case on defection of 13 MLAs fromBSP to the ruling Samajwadi P...

Sonia flays Tonk incident, calls it failure of state BJP govt

Staff Reporter · Jun 24, 2005 · 1 min read

JAIPUR, June 23 (UNI) Congress President Sonia Gandhi today flayed the "police brutality" on farmers agitating for water at Tonk last week and said the incident...

Bench reserves orders on scrapping of CET

Staff Reporter · Jun 24, 2005 · 2 min read

CHENNAI, June 23 (UNI) The Madras High Court today reserved orders on a batch of petitions challenging the Government Order (GO) abolishing Common Entrance Test...

Dharam rules out mid-term polls to K'taka Assembly

Staff Reporter · Jun 24, 2005 · 2 min read

BANGALORE, June 23 (UNI) Karnataka Chief Minister N Dharam Singh today asserted that the government was stable, dismissing speculations that the state will go f...

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