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BJP to contest NDA partner in assembly, parliamentary polls

Staff Reporter · Mar 11, 2004 · 2 min read

GANGTOK, Feb 19 (UNI): The Sikkim unit of the BJP has decided to field candidates against the ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF), an ally of the NDA. State BJ...

EC asks Centre to adhere to model code of conduct

Staff Reporter · Mar 11, 2004 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, Feb 19 (UNI):The election commission today asked the central government to adhere to the spirit of model code of conduct even as it had completed the...

Infiltration in Kashmir has decreased: BSF

Staff Reporter · Mar 11, 2004 · 3 min read

NEW DELHI, Feb 19 (UNI) Border Security Force (BSF) director general Ajay Raj Sharma today said infiltration into Kashmir has come down in recent weeks. "As com...

RJD decides to field candidates in Jharkhand

Staff Reporter · Mar 7, 2004 · 3 min read

RANCHI, Feb 10 (UNI) The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) is gearing up to mark its presence in Jharkhand by fielding candidates in at least five of the 14 Lok Sabha ...

BJP leaders meet to discuss election strategy

Staff Reporter · Mar 7, 2004 · 8 min read

NEW DELHI, Feb 10 (UNI) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders today held several rounds of discussions to chalk out strategies for the coming Lok Sabha election...

Prime accused admitted to hospital

Staff Reporter · Mar 7, 2004 · 14 min read

BILASPUR, Feb 10 (UNI) The prime accused in the murder of prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's grandnephew Manish Mishra was admitted to a hospital for medical...

EC asked to include sex workers in revised electoral rolls

Staff Reporter · Mar 7, 2004 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, Feb 12 (UNI) The Bhartiya Patita Uddhar Sabha, an NGO working for the rehabilitation and upliftment of prostitutes, has expressed concern over denial...

Rural journalism fellowships awarded to 7 journalists

Staff Reporter · Mar 7, 2004 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, Feb 12 (UNI) Seven journalists have been chosen for the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Rural Journalism fellowships for the year 2003-2004. Dhirendra Jh...

100,000 signatures reach ambassador against turban ban

Staff Reporter · Mar 7, 2004 · 3 min read

NEW DELHI, Feb 12 (UNI) Leaders of several Sikh organisations have submitted with the French ambassador an appeal signed by 100,000 people to exempt the turbane...

TNM, PDK leaders meet Vaiko

Staff Reporter · Mar 7, 2004 · 1 min read

CHENNAI, Feb 12 (UNI) Tamil National Movement (TNM) leader P Nedumaran and Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam (PDK) president 'Kolathur' Mani today called on Marumalarch...

WB Cong finalises candidates

Staff Reporter · Mar 7, 2004 · 2 min read

KOLKATA, Feb 12 (UNI) The West Bengal Pradesh Congress has finalised a list of probable party candidates for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections in the state. T...

Sushma to hold rally to counter Sonia's roadshow in UP

Staff Reporter · Mar 7, 2004 · 1 min read

GORAKHPUR, Feb 12 (UNI) Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj will address a rally here on February 21 with a view to counter Congress president Sonia Gandhi's recent...

SIT denies summoning former CM in fake stamps case

Staff Reporter · Mar 7, 2004 · 2 min read

PUNE, Feb 12 (UNI) The Special Investigating Team (SIT) today categorically denied that it had summoned former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh or a...

Bonanza for film personalities, artistes in Padma awards

Staff Reporter · Feb 24, 2004 · 13 min read

NEW DELHI, Feb 1 (UNI) Film personalities and artistes never had it so good , they account for the largest number of Padma awards in the listings for the second...

Cong still miles away from a viable alliance pact

Staff Reporter · Feb 24, 2004 · 6 min read

NEW DELHI, Feb 1 (UNI) With the Lok Sabha set to be dissolved on February 6 and the dates of fresh elections to the lower house to be announced shortly, the Con...

Cong has no answer to BJP's feel good factor: Naidu

Staff Reporter · Feb 24, 2004 · 3 min read

CHANDIGARH, Feb 1 (UNI) BJP national president Venkaiah Naidu today said the Congress had no answer to the BJP's slogan of feel good factor. "How can the Congre...

Muslim body issues Fatwa against cow slaughter

Staff Reporter · Feb 24, 2004 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, Feb 1 (UNI) The Darululoom in Deoband, a top religious body of Muslims, today issued a Fatwa (religious order) banning slaughter of cows in the count...

Vajpayee directs Munda

Staff Reporter · Feb 24, 2004 · 1 min read

Give special attention to road, power RANCHI, Feb 2(UNI) Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has directed Jharkhand chief minister Arjun Munda to give special a...

PM inaugurates North-South highway project

Staff Reporter · Feb 24, 2004 · 2 min read

KANNIYAKUMARI, TAMIL NADU, Feb 2 (UNI) Describing roads as the "lines on the palm," prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today said that the ambitious Golden Qua...

PM lavishes praise on Jaya

Staff Reporter · Feb 24, 2004 · 2 min read

KANNIYAKUMARI, TAMIL NADU, Feb 2 (UNI) The bonhomie between the BJP and the AIADMK, which have renewed their ties after a gap of nearly five years, was evident ...

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