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Upper castes played crucial role in BSP victory

Staff Reporter · Jan 16, 2011 · 2 min read

LUCKNOW, May 12 (Agencies): Brahmins and upper caste candidates played a crucial role for BSP, a party founded by dalit leaders, to get an absolute majority wit...

BSP weaved a caste combination that once helped Cong

Staff Reporter · Jan 16, 2011 · 2 min read

LUCKNOW, May 12 (Agencies): While the decades-old political outfits were jockeying even for second and third positions, 23-year old BSP has emerged as the most ...

Godhra inquiry panel directs Gujarat govt to analyse CDs

Staff Reporter · Jan 16, 2011 · 3 min read

AHMEDABAD, May 12 (Agencies): The Godhra Inquiry Commission today directed Gujarat government to analyse the contents of CDs containing crucial records of calls...

ULFA bursts gas pipeline in Assam

Staff Reporter · Jan 16, 2011 · 2 min read

GUWAHATI, May 12 (Agencies): An Assam Gas Company pipeline in Sivasagar was burst into flames in an ULFA-triggered explosion even as another major tragedy was a...

Maneka defends Hussain, says BJP offending cultural world

Staff Reporter · Jan 16, 2011 · 4 min read

NEW DELHI, May 12 (Agencies): In a stinging attack on the saffron opposition to painter M F Hussain's works and to an arts exhibition in a Gujarat university, B...

An evening with "The Terrorist at My Table"

Staff Reporter · Jan 16, 2011 · 3 min read

NEW DELHI, May 12 (Agencies):It was an evening where beauty and brain both mesmerized a distinguished audience. Beauty represented by the daughter Ayesha Dharke...

Fake passport: Fresh notices to MPs

Staff Reporter · Jan 16, 2011 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, May 12 (Agencies): The crime branch of the Delhi Police has sent notices to all the four MPs named in the fake passport case asking them to appear fo...

107 million hectare farm land degraded: Pawar

Staff Reporter · Jan 16, 2011 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, May 12 (Agencies): Painting a worrying picture of farm sector, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today said millions of hectares of land have been de...

Int'l film festival on gender and sexuality

Staff Reporter · Jan 16, 2011 · 3 min read

NEW DELHI, May 12 (Agencies): A four-day international film festival on gender and sexuality exploring the various facets of relationships among men and women w...

Tainted candidates make it to UP Assembly

Staff Reporter · Jan 16, 2011 · 3 min read

LUCKNOW, May 12 (Agencies): At a time when several ministers and prominent leaders bit the dust in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, some 'mafia dons' and m...

Punjab BJP chief overhauls state body

Staff Reporter · Jan 16, 2011 · 2 min read

CHANDIGARH, May 12 (Agencies): The new Punjab BJP chief, Rajinder Bhandari, today re-constituted the 14-member party body in the state, giving preference to new...

Its 'Target Delhi' for Mayawati now

Staff Reporter · Jan 16, 2011 · 2 min read

LUCKNOW, May 12 (Agencies): Emboldened by the stupendous victory in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, BSP Chief Mayawati's eyes are on the national scene as...

Kumaraswamy undergoes open heart surgery

Staff Reporter · Dec 5, 2010 · 15 min read

BANGALORE,Dec 20 (Agencies): Former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today underwent an open heart surgery at a super-speciality hospital here. Kumarasw...

Zoo visit turns horrific, tiger severs man's arms

Staff Reporter · Dec 5, 2010 · 15 min read

NEW DELHI, Dec 20 (Agencies): A 50-year-old man was mauled by two royal Bengal tigers when he went too close to the tigers' enclosure to click pictures in Assam...

A first in 32 years: Yamuna crosses 207 m in Delhi

Staff Reporter · Sep 24, 2010 · 6 min read

NEW DELHI, Sept 23(Agencies): The Yamuna rose over two metres above the danger level in Delhi on Thursday, crossing the 207-metre mark for first time in 32 year...

5 Judges suspended for mass copying

Staff Reporter · Aug 30, 2010 · 1 min read

NEW DELHI, Aug 26 (Agencies): The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday suspended 5 judges who indulged in mass copying of LLM examinations (previous) being co...

BlackBerry may face ban in next 5 days

Staff Reporter · Aug 30, 2010 · 28 min read

NEW DELHI, Aug 26(Agencies): The government on Thursday made it clear that BlackBerry services may be banned if its maker, Research-in-Motion, fails to provide ...

Kunwar Singh to get a statue, road in Delhi

Staff Reporter · Jul 10, 2010 · 4 min read

NEW DELHI, Jun 19 (UNI) Acting on a complaint from a Delhi citizen, the Delhi government has decided to name a road after Babu Vir Kuwar Singh, one of the great...

Courier Service by Disabled Army Persons

Staff Reporter · Jul 10, 2010 · 1 min read

NEW DELHI, June 19 (UNI) Aimed at providing a rehabilitation-avenue for Army personnel disabled while in service, a Courier Collection Centre was today inaugura...

Shahrukh Khan selected for French award

Staff Reporter · Jul 10, 2010 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, June 19 (UNI) Actor Shahrukh Khan has been chosen by the French Government for the award of Officier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Officer of...

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