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PM convenes all-party meet on Nov 20 to evolve consensus on POTO

Staff Reporter · Nov 19, 2001 · 18 min read

NEW DELHI, Nov 18 (NNN) : In a bid to evolve a consensus on the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO), Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has ...

Jogi harps on tribal identity

Staff Reporter · Nov 11, 2001 · 5 min read

NEW DELHI, Nov 10 (UNI) Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi has expressed confidence that the smear campaign let loose by the Bharatiya Janata Party to dispro...

Swamy demands Fernandes resignation or removal

Staff Reporter · Nov 11, 2001 · 1 min read

CHENNAI Nov 10 (UNO)Janata Party president Dr Subramaniam Swamy today demanded that defence minister George Fernandes must immediately resign or be removed by t...

POTO effective weapon against terrorism: Jaitley

Staff Reporter · Nov 11, 2001 · 3 min read

NEW DELHI, Nov 10 (UNI) terrorism has claimed 54,000 lives in the past 15 years in the country and a legal challenge to this menace is imperative, according to ...

2 BJP MLAs join Kalyan Singhs party

Staff Reporter · Nov 11, 2001 · 2 min read

LUCKNOW, Nov 10 (UNI) Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh-led Rashtriya Kranti Party (RKP) received a major boost with two ruling Bharatiya Janata ...

State terrorism no answer to organised terrorism: Venkataraman

Staff Reporter · Nov 11, 2001 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, Nov 10 (UNI) Former president R Venkataram today said organised terrorism had become a global menace, but the state terrorism was no answer to it. In...

POTO introduced in UP

Staff Reporter · Nov 10, 2001 · 4 min read

LUCKNOW, Nov 9 (UNI): Uttar Pradesh chief minister Rajnath Singh today announced the enforcement, with immediate effect of the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance...

India elected to UNESCOs executive board

Staff Reporter · Nov 8, 2001 · 11 min read

New Delhi, Nov 7 (NNN) : India has been elected member of the UNESCOs executive board, world heritage committee as well as the inter-governmental committee on i...

Army stages flag march in Mrashtras Malegaon

Staff Reporter · Nov 1, 2001 · 6 min read

NASIK, Oct 31 (UNI) Army, Rapid Action Force, State Reserve Police Force and Police staged a Flag March in Maharashtras Malegaon Tehsil where sporadic violence ...

SAWERA demands apology from Shahi Imam

Staff Reporter · Oct 27, 2001 · 1 min read

HOSHIARPUR, Oct 25 (UNI)"Savera", a society for social awareness, strongly deploring the unsavoury remarks by Jama Masjid Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari against ...

NCW takes umbrage at Imams remarks against Shabana Azmi

Staff Reporter · Oct 27, 2001 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, Oct 25 (UNI) The National Commission for Women (NCW) today took strong exception to the "crude and derogatory" remarks made by Jama Masjid Shahi Imam...

PM greets scientists for successful launch

Staff Reporter · Oct 24, 2001 · 1 min read

LUCKNOW, Oct 22 (UNI) Prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has congratulated the countrys space scientists for the successful launch of the third operational Pol...

Interest rate cut cheers bankers

Staff Reporter · Oct 24, 2001 · 8 min read

Mumbai, Oct 22 (ANI): Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Bimal Jalan said on Monday that his mid-year policy review released earlier aimed to provide adequate...

Future Afghan govt

Staff Reporter · Oct 20, 2001 · 19 min read

Iran joins India, Russia against Taliban role NEW DELHI, Oct 20 (UNI) Iran has joined India and Russia in their opposition to involve a faction of the Taliban l...

PM rules out formal talks with Pak

Staff Reporter · Oct 19, 2001 · 24 min read

CHENNAI, Oct 18 (UNI): Prime minister A B Vajpayee today ruled out any formal talks with Pakistan on the Kashmir issue. In a brief chat with reporters at the ai...

Left cautions govt against reinducting George into cabinet

Staff Reporter · Oct 13, 2001 · 1 min read

NEW DELHI Oct 13 (UNI) Left parties today cautioned the Vajpayee government against reinducting George Fernandes into the cabinet, saying that the move would be...

BJYM supports ban on SIMI, govt moves to stamp out terrorism

Staff Reporter · Oct 13, 2001 · 2 min read

AGRA, Oct 13 (UNI): The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) has resolved to support the recent ban on the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and the gove...

Anthrax is not new to India

Staff Reporter · Oct 13, 2001 · 3 min read

PUNE, Oct 13 (UNI): Anthrax, that is suspected to be spreading in the United States media centres, is not new to India, as reports of people being affected by t...

4 Abu Salem gangsters slain

Staff Reporter · Oct 13, 2001 · 2 min read

MUMBAI, Oct 13 (UNI): In what is termed as a major blow to the underworld, four dreaded gangsters owing allegiance to the Abu Salem faction of Karachi-based und...

India keen to play a role in post-Taliban set up

Staff Reporter · Oct 12, 2001 · 2 min read

WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (UNI): India has made it clear that its views must be taken into account in the constitution of any post-Taliban establishment in Afghanistan...

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