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By IANS New Delhi : President Pratibha Patil's maiden speech Monday to the budget session of parliament gave a distinct sense that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government was in the election mode as she referred to inclusive growth and plans to enhance investments in education, agriculture, health and rural development.

By IANS New Delhi : The Lok Sabha was adjourned Friday after obituary references to two sitting and five former MPs. The sitting MPs who had passed away since the last session of parliament were former prime minister Chandra Shekhar and Ajit Kumar Singh. The house also mourned the deaths of former members Sahib Singh Verma, Krishna Chander Halder, Chandrajit Yadav, P. Nagaratnam and Bharat Singh Chauhan.

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By IANS, Chandigarh: With just three days to go for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari's first rally here, the party's local unit Sunday accused the Chandigarh administration of attempting to sabotage the event. At a meeting of BJP leaders held here to prepare for the May 12 rally, BJP Chandigarh unit president Sanjay Tandon said that the administration forced a change in the rally's venue Friday.

By IANS, Raipur: Digvijay Singh during his seven years as chief minister of undivided Madhya Pradesh had "systematically exploited the natural resources of Chhattisgarh", Chief Minister Raman Singh said Monday in a sharp attack on the Congress leader. "During seven years of his tenure as the CM of undivided Madhya Pradesh, Digvijay Singh systematically exploited the natural resources of Chhattisgarh without ploughing anything back into this region," Singh said in an article distributed to the media Monday.

By IANS, New Delhi: The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday slammed the government over the fresh petrol price hike, saying it was "insensitive" towards the 'aam adami' (common man).

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By Mohd Asim Khan Kandhla (Uttar Pradesh) : A hundred houses festooned with colourful bulbs lit up at once, shattering the darkness, literal and...

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will protest Monday against the Delhi government for not allowing power regulator Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) to reduce power tariff in the city. A day before the scheduled announcement of the new reduced tariff order, the government Friday directed the DERC to withhold the order till it gave the regulator the go-ahead. The DERC had announced that there was a need to reduce tariff rates in the capital.

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By IANS, Kolkata : The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) will aim to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress in the forthcoming Lok Sabha poll, the party's general secretary Prakash Karat said here Tuesday. The decision was taken in the three-day Central Committee meeting which concluded here Tuesday.

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By Balraj Puri, Omar Abdullah received a massive reception when he arrival in Jammu, a day before taking oath of office on January 5 as eleventh Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.

By Sheikh Qayoom, Jammu : Does former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad opting out of the forthcoming assembly elections prove he is...

New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) Communist patriarch Jyoti Basu held a clandestine meeting with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L.K. Advani when the National Front was in power although publicly the Communists loathed the BJP, Advani says in his autobiography. Advani has said in his "My Life, My Country" that the former West Bengal chief minister sought a meeting with him and Vajpayee because he felt that the multi-party National Front government led by V.P. Singh was not functioning well. But Basu laid a pre-condition: the meeting had to be under cover.

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By IANS, Jammu : On India's Republic Day Wednesday, the Jammu and Kashmir government Wednesday called for the defeat of "fundamentalist and anti-peace approaches".

By IANS, Agartala : The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo will meet in New Delhi Thursday to decide its stand on the July 19 presidential election, party sources said here.

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Friday hit out at the BJP for making "tall and hollow promises" in its election manifesto for Assam,...

By IANS, Lucknow : To mark his protest against the arrest of Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi, former Indian cricket captain and Congress MP Azharuddin will court arrest in his constituency Moradabad Friday. "Azharuddin will lead a protest rally and court arrest after the Friday namaz in Moradabad," said a Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) spokesperson.

By IANS, New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday referred to the "Rozgar Badhao" (Increase Employment) slogan of Congress president Sonia Gandhi while recalling former prime minister Indira Gandhi's slogan of "Garibi Hatao" (Banish Poverty). "Our beloved former prime minister Indira Gandhi had said, 'Garibi Hatao'. Our leader Sonia Gandhi has given us the slogan, 'Rozgar Badhao'," the prime minister said in his Red Fort speech to mark the Independence Day. "Our government is making special efforts to create 'rozgar' to fight 'garibi'," he said.

New Delhi : The JD-U decision to campaign for AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal in Varanasi was approved by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and...

By IANS, Panaji : Amid strident criticism against the proliferation of offshore casinos by the Goa unit of Congress' women wing, senior party leader Prabha Thakur Thursday endorsed the industry that has rapidly grown during the Congress-led alliance rule in the coastal state. All India Mahila Congress (AIMC) president and Rajya Sabha member Thakur said the emergence of casinos in Goa meant that gamblers no longer had to go to Nepal's gambling dens.

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New Delhi : The Janata Dal-United on Sunday suspended its Rajya Sabha MP Anil Sahni from its parliamentary board over his alleged role in...

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By IANS, Kochi: The Kerala High Court Tuesday ordered contempt proceedings against senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader M.V. Jayarajan for his outburst against judges in July.

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By Vikas Datta Colonialism, even in its heyday, had its detractors as well as defenders, but the view now is of unbridled and universal...

By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: The annual report of separatist faction Hurriyat (M), headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has brought out...

By Shah Ahmed, TwoCircles.net, Ever since Narendra Modi took over as the Prime Minister of India, the right wing groups including the RSS and those affiliated with the RSS are ruling the roost…not a single day goes by without a provocative statement from the RSS, VHP, Bajrang Dal and other right wing fringe groups that threatens the secular fabric of the country.

By IANS, Hyderabad : The Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) of Telugu actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi Friday got some relief as the Andhra Pradesh High Court set aside the Election Commission of India (ECI)'s order rejecting the party's plea for a common election symbol. The court asked the Election Commission to reconsider its decision not to allot a common symbol to the party for all seats it would be contesting in the ensuing polls to Andhra Pradesh assembly and Lok Sabha. The poll panel has been asked to take a decision in this regard within three weeks.

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Mumbai : Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray Monday made it clear that before or after the general election, there is no room for the...

Kolkata: A city branch of a nationalised bank on Monday furnished to the CBI documents giving details of several accounts West Bengal's ruling Trinamool...

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By IANS Chennai : AIADMK chief J. Jayalalitha Monday asked her party legislators not to associate with Rajya Sabha member N. Jothi, whose term ends this month, sparking speculation that he may be joining the ruling DMK. Jayalalitha's statement, addressed to her party workers, comes after she denied Jothi another term in the Upper House of parliament, and instead nominated N. Balaganga.

By IANS Jammu : Proceedings of Jammu and Kashmir's assembly were stalled again Monday as opposition National Conference members reiterated their demand of removal of two ministers for their alleged corrupt practices in the forest department.

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New Delhi : A CBI court here Saturday granted Uttar Pradesh legislator Mukhtar Ansari custody parole till May 10 for election campaigning. A sitting legislator...

By IANS, Bangalore : Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Tuesday inducted Jagadish Shettar, who has resigned as the assembly speaker, into his ministry as part of the deal to buy peace with dissidents seeking his removal. The 54-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party leader from north Karnataka was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor H.R. Bhardwaj at his official residence Raj Bhavan here.

New Delhi : A court here Monday dismissed a defamation complaint against BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and others filed by former Gujarat...

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Congress party Sunday denied any "setback" due to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar attending an NDA rally in Ludhiana, but asked how the Janata Dal-United leader had shared the stage with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi after saying he wouldn't. Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi, reacting to Nitish Kumar attending a National Democratic Alliance (NDA) rally in Ludhiana in Punjab, said: "Certainly not, we have no setback."

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By IANS New Delhi : Expressing "great sorrow" over the "unbecoming conduct" of some MPs while Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was making a statement on the India-US civilian nuclear deal in the Lok Sabha, Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has said that "minimum discipline" would be enforced in the house in future. "I wish to refer with great sorrow and concern to what happened yesterday in this chamber, which we call the Temple of Democracy," Chatterjee said in a statement he read out before the commencement of business Tuesday.

By IANS, Lucknow: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists clashed with police in Lucknow and Chandigarh Thursday when their protest against the central government's failure to contain rising prices turned violent. In the Uttar Pradesh capital, police fired tear-gas and rubber bullets and used water cannons to disperse the protesters, who threw stones at the security personnel. Police were trying to stop the protesters from marching towards the state assembly complex.

New Delhi : Congress chief Sonia Gandhi Tuesday met President Pranab Mukherjee amid the party's keen desire that its leader in the Lok Sabha...

By Brajendra Nath Singh Bibhutipur (Bihar): In an otherwise NDA-versus-Grand Alliance battle in Bihar, this is one area where the Left is a formidable force....

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By IANS, New Delhi : At least 50 Sikhs were Tuesday briefly detained after they tried to break police barricades and march to Congress president Sonia Gandhi's residence here to protest the detention of a journalist who chucked a shoe at Home Minister P. Chidambaram. A large number of Sikhs, including women, gathered at the Jantar Mantar as the news spread of Jarnail Singh hurling a shoe at the minister at a press conference at the Congress party office here.

By IANS, Hyderabad : Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra regions of Andhra Pradesh are observing a complete shutdown for the second consecutive day Friday to protest...

Chandigarh : Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal Friday termed the passing of a bill by the Haryana assembly for a separate Sikh board for...

Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting immediate supply of 8.5 lakh tonnes of urea...

By IANS, Ranchi : Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren Wednesday sacked his minister Chandrashekhar Dubey, who had recently described him as the "most corrupt chief...

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By Arvind Padmanabhan, The address to parliament delivered by President Pranab Mukherjee Monday, outlining the policy priorities of the new government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is not only one of the most comprehensive in recent times but also reflects the vast task that lies ahead in implementing the promises made to India's 1.2 billion people - and others watching the world's third largest economy - that good times are indeed on the horizon.

By IANS, Ghaziabad : About 100 Samajwadi Party (SP) activists, including five MPs and two state lawmakers, were detained at the Uttar Pradesh border Sunday when they were headed for Mayawati's village Badalpur here. They were later allowed to go back. Superintendent of Police (City) Vijay Bhushan said the detained parliamentarians were Mohan Singh, Dharmendra Yadav, Om Prakash Singh, Vir Pal Singh and Bhagwan Singh Shakhya. The detained legislators included Madan Chauhan from Garh Mukteshwar.

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By IANS, Bangalore : The Congress Saturday blamed hoarders for the rising prices of food grains and other essential commodities and said the states had been directed to raid their stocks. "Hoarders are responsible for rising prices and the states have been directed to conduct raids on them," Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal told reporters here. "Prices will come down in about three months," he predicted.

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Ranchi:The Jharkhand High Court Friday quashed the arrest warrant issued by a Bokaro court against Bihar BJP leader Giriraj Singh. "Jharkhand High Court quashed the...

By TwoCircles.net Staff Writer, Patna: In a bid to take lead in the pre-poll race among political parties to win Muslims heart, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) of Lalu Prasad Yadav yesterday promised state Muslims special quota in job if it came to power after October-November Assembly elections.

By IANS, Bhubaneswar : Congress general secretary Jagdish Tytler Tuesday accused the Orissa government of misleading people by circulating wrong facts about central fund allocations to the state.

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By IANS, Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh has sought 80 companies of paramilitary forces, or nearly 8,000 troopers, from the central government for by-elections to 12 assembly seats in Telangana region, an official said Monday. State police chief R.R. Girish Kumar told reporters in Karimnagar town that the state needed the additional troopers for smooth and peaceful conduct of the polls. Seeking cooperation from all for the polls, the director general of police warned of strict action against those creating trouble.

New Delhi : Opposition parties Tuesday said there was nothing new in President Pranab Mukherjee's address to a joint session of both houses of...

Patna : A raconteur with an inimitable style, RJD chief Lalu Prasad will now put pen to paper and write on the Mandal...

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New Delhi : While birthday boy Rahul Gandhi was incommunicado, Congress workers celebrated the day Tuesday by distributing notebooks and clothes to the poor, and organising blood donation camps and even a wrestling competition!