PM's wife attends Tharoor's wedding reception
9/3/2010 10:13:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh could not make it but his wife Gursharan Kaur was among those who attended Shashi Tharoor and his wife Sunanda Pushkar's reception here Friday evening after their marriage last month and wished the couple all the best. |
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Set precedent by refusing party chief's post: Gadkari to Sonia
9/3/2010 9:49:00 PM |
| Raipur, Sep 3 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Friday taunted Sonia Gandhi over her re-election as Congress president for a fourth successive term and said the post seems to be reserved for the Gandhi family. |
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BJP delegation meets Chief Election Commissioner ahead of Bihar polls
9/3/2010 8:28:00 PM |
New Delhi, Sep 3 (ANI): A delegation of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders met the Chief Election Commissioner, S Y Quraishi, here on Friday ahead of the Bihar assembly elections. |
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Sonia re-elected Congress president for record fourth time
9/3/2010 7:40:00 PM |
New Delhi, Se3p 3 (ANI): Sonia Gandhi has been re-elected Congress party chief unopposed for a record fourth time on Friday. |
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Bypoll for Bhatgaon assembly seat Oct 1: EC
9/3/2010 6:55:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The Election Commission Friday announced by-election to the Bhatgaon assembly seat in Chhattisgarh's Surguja district on Oct 1. |
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SGPC polls not possible in coming months
9/3/2010 4:17:00 PM |
| Chandigarh, Sep 3 (IANS) Despite hype by the ruling Akali Dal in Punjab regarding elections to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the mini-parliament of Sikh religion, the polls do not seem possible in the coming months. |
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First phase of Delhi University elections receives tepid response
9/3/2010 2:50:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) A handful of posters hanging on a flimsy wire and policemen outnumbering the voters and students -- this was the scene outside Sri Venkateswara college in south campus as Delhi University (DU) went to polls Friday sans fervour. |
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Nitish to discuss hostage crisis at Patna all-party meeting
9/3/2010 1:52:00 PM |
Patna, Sep 3 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will preside over an all-party meeting here on Saturday to discuss the kidnapping of policemen by Maoists. |
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Rahul Gandhi launches 3G services in Amethi
9/3/2010 1:02:00 PM |
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 3 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has launched 3G services in his parliamentary constituency of Amethi. |
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Congress panel wants state chiefs' election by Sep 17
9/2/2010 9:49:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) With Sonia Gandhi set to be formally re-elected Congress president Friday, the focus has shifted to the state units, who have been advised to elect their chiefs and other office bearers and complete the process by Sep 17. |
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Sonia Gandhi can become party chief 40 times: Congress
9/2/2010 8:24:00 PM |
New Delhi, Sep 2 (ANI): Reacting to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad's remarks that Sonia Gandhi should offer the position of Congress president to someone from outside the Gandhi family, the Congress on Thursday said she can become the party chief as many as 40 times. |
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Moily meets Jagan a day ahead of his 'yatra'
9/2/2010 6:45:00 PM |
| Hyderabad, Sep 2 (IANS) Union Minister and Congress general secretary M. Veerappa Moily Thursday met party MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, a day before he is scheduled to resume his controversial 'odarpu yatra' in defiance of the party leadership. |
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Sonia sets several records in Congress history
9/2/2010 6:35:00 PM |
| New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) As Sonia Gandhi is all set to be unanimously elected Friday for a fourth term as the Congress president, she will be setting several records in the history of the 125-year-old party, among them being the longest-serving incumbent. |
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We are ready for talks with Maoists: Nitish
9/2/2010 6:11:00 PM |
| Patna, Sep 2 (IANS) Responding to news reports that the Maoists had killed one of the four policemen they abducted on Sunday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Thursday said his government is ready for talks with the Leftwing rebels. |
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Postage stamp on YSR released
9/2/2010 5:05:00 PM |
| Hyderabad, Sep 2 (IANS) A commemorative postage stamp on Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the late Andhra Pradesh chief minister, was Thursday released on the occasion of his first death anniversary. |
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Rubabuddin charges Modi with contempt of apex court
9/1/2010 11:20:00 PM |
| Gandhinagar, Sep 1 (IANS) Rubabuddin Sheikh, the brother of staged-shootout victim Sohrabuddin Sheikh, Wednesday served a legal notice on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi charging him with contempt of the Supreme Court with his derogatory remarks against the CBI that is probing the case. |
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Indisposed Rosaiah skips PM's function in Tirupati
9/1/2010 4:40:00 PM |
| Hyderabad, Sep 1 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah could not accompany Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Tirupati Wednesday due to illness. |
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Rahul Gandhi visits Amethi with Sam Pitroda
9/1/2010 3:01:00 PM |
| Amethi, Sep 1 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, accompanied by telecom expert Sam Pitroda, arrived here Wednesday on a three-day tour of his parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh, a party spokesperson said. |
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PM lays foundation stone for NTPC-BHEL power plant
9/1/2010 1:23:00 PM |
Tirupati, Sep 1 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of an NTPC-BHEL power plant manufacturing project at Mannavaram near Tirupati. |
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PM greets nation on Janmashtami
9/1/2010 11:55:00 AM |
| New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday greeted the nation on the auspicious occasion of Janmashtami that celebrates the birth of Lord Krishna. |
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