 | Discussions over troop reduction in Jammu and Kashmir would continue, former state chief minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed said here Thursday after a meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The issue has been a source of continuing tension... More |
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 | The Congress and the PMK seem to be coming closer in Tamil Nadu.
The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) of S. Ramadoss has several times allied with former chief minister J. Jayalalitha's AIADMK. Now it is with the DMK in Tamil Nadu besides being a... More |
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 | Oodles of charisma, some charm and a dash of controversy, Rahul Gandhi got the recipe just right when he made a three-day road trip through western Uttar Pradesh to boost the Congress' chances in the elections beginning April 7.
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 | In a new political alignment in Andhra Pradesh, the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) joined hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday.
The TRS, which is fighting for separate statehood to the backward Telangana region, found a new ally... More |
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The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Tuesday asked the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to tender "unqualified regret" for the "condemnable behaviour" of its members in the Rajya Sabha.
Pointing out that Basudeb Acharya,... More |
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 | Out of work Mumbai bar girls have chosen a new place to show their talent: Uttar Pradesh. They are being hired by political parties to dance - at election rallies in India's most populous state.
The nubile dancers have been booked to join the... More |
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 | Three new chief parliamentary secretaries were appointed in Punjab Monday by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.
The three are legislators Swaran Singh Phillaur, Mohinder Kaur Josh and Jagdish Raj Sahni.
Swaran Singh and Mohinder Kaur were... More |
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 | Madhukar Gupta, an IAS officer of the 1971 batch, will succeed V.K. Duggal as the home secretary on April 1.
Gupta Monday took over as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the ministry and will become secretary after Duggal demits office on March 31,... More |
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 | Ugly scenes prevailed in the Rajya Sabha Monday following a scuffle between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member S.S. Ahluwalia and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, forcing a brief adjournment of the house after which it passed the 2007-08 budget by... More |
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 | Both houses of parliament were adjourned Tuesday after MPs disrupted proceedings on several issues, including the killings in Nandigram and the scuffle between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member S.S. Ahluwalia and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram a... More |
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