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Last Updated: May 15, 2007 - 7:22:41 PM |
India Politics
Punjab's religious clash has political overtones
Chandigarh, May 16 - The religious clash between followers of Dera Sacha Sauda, a heretical sect and Sikhs in Punjab is not a matter of religion alone but has political overtones to it.
May 16, 2007 - 12:53:43 PM
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Sonia admits poll failures in UP
New Delhi, May 16 - Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday admitted that her party had failed organizationally to transform their 'spirited campaign' into votes in Uttar Pradesh and urged party members to now shift their focus to poll-bound Gujarat.
May 16, 2007 - 12:15:43 PM
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Punjab remains tense, Sikhs seek apology from dera chief
Chandigarh, May 16 - Several towns and cities in Punjab remained tense Wednesday as the Sikh community continued to demand an apology from the head of Dera Sacha Sauda sect Gurmit Ram Rahim for portraying himself on the lines of the revered 10th Sikh guru Gobind Singh.
May 16, 2007 - 12:08:26 PM
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Kashmiris all ears as mainstream parties hold rallies
Srinagar, May 16 - Slowly but surely, Jammu and Kashmir is throwing up a surprise. While the shadow of violence still lurks over the valley, sizeable crowds are beginning to attend meetings held by mainstream political parties.
May 16, 2007 - 10:00:40 AM
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Nearly a dozen border disputes within India alone!
New Delhi, May 16 - There are nearly a dozen inter-state disputes over borders within India alone, a government statement has said while replying to a petition under the Right to Information - Act.
May 16, 2007 - 8:11:35 AM
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Karnataka to seek CBI probe into Nagappa's death
Bangalore, May 15 - The Karnataka government in a belated move has decided to seek a Central Bureau of Investigation - to probe into the mysterious death of state minister H. Nagappa while in the custody of forest brigand Veerappan over four years ago.
May 15, 2007 - 11:45:28 PM
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NDA shoots down Mamata proposal for Vajpayee as president
New Delhi, May 15 - The main opposition National Democratic Alliance - Tuesday rejected Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's proposal to nominate former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee as its candidate for the post of the president and instead authorised him to decide on its nominee.
May 15, 2007 - 11:13:05 PM
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Kalyan resigns as BJP's Uttar Pradesh in-charge
Lucknow, May 15 - Owning moral responsibility for the poor performance of his party in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Bharatiya Janata Party - vice president Kalyan Singh Tuesday resigned as the party's state in-charge.
May 15, 2007 - 8:07:40 PM
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Committee to look into misuse of facilities by MPs
New Delhi, May 15 - An all-party leaders meeting Tuesday decided to form a committee to look into allegations of human trafficking against some MPs as well as misuse of the facilities given to parliamentarians.
May 15, 2007 - 8:06:26 PM
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Nitish Kumar's wife cremated
Patna, May 15 - Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's wife Manju Sinha was cremated at the Pahalwan Ghat on the banks of the river Ganga here Tuesday afternoon.
May 15, 2007 - 6:50:18 PM
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Restore Sukhdev Singh's ancestral house, demand MPs
New Delhi, May 15 - Lok Sabha MPs Tuesday urged the government to restore the ancestral home of freedom fighter Sukhdev Singh, who was hanged along with Bhagat Singh in 1931, and erect a column in the memory of the freedom fighters at Viper island in the Andaman Islands where they were deported during British colonial rule.
May 15, 2007 - 6:26:35 PM
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Signature campaign for Kalam's second term
Patna, May 15 - A social organisation in Bihar has launched a signature campaign in support of a second term for President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam whose tenure ends in July.
May 15, 2007 - 6:22:43 PM
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Shed 'mai baap' notion, PM to IAS probationers
New Delhi, May 15 - Probationers of the Indian Administrative Service - belonging to last year's batch Tuesday got some lessons on good governance from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a former teacher himself, who urged them to keep the long-term interests of the country foremost in their minds.
May 15, 2007 - 6:21:29 PM
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Mumbai blasts accused form political outfit
Mumbai, May 15 - Several accused of the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts have formed a political outfit called Dalit Muslim United Front, days before a special court here starts announcing the quantum of sentence for the 100 convicts.
May 15, 2007 - 6:19:56 PM
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We hope to get justice from Mayawati: Nithari victims' kin
Nithari -, May 15 - Their hearts are full of hope as they go to Lucknow to meet Mayawati. The distraught kin of the victims of the Nithari serial killings are meeting the new Uttar Pradesh chief minister on Wednesday and are optimistic she will do justice to them.
May 15, 2007 - 6:19:19 PM
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CBI court adjourns Mayawati's prosecution in Taj realty scam
Lucknow, May 15 - A special Central Bureau of Investigation - court here Tuesday adjourned hearing in the Taj Corridor real estate scam involving new Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati.
May 15, 2007 - 4:37:36 PM
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Main accused in Dinakaran attack arrested
Madurai, May 15 - The Tamil Nadu police Tuesday took into custody a strongman of the M.K. Azhagiri camp, known as Attack Pandi, the main accused in the attack on the office of the Dinakaran newspaper in Madurai in which three people were killed.
May 15, 2007 - 3:26:57 PM
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UPA constituents in Jharkhand field separate candidates in by-election
Ranchi, May 15 - A divided ruling United Progressive Alliance - and opposition National Democratic Alliance - in Jharkhand will contest the Daltonganj assembly by-election in the state to be held next month.
May 15, 2007 - 3:25:27 PM
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Rajya Sabha adjourned over Dinakaran issue
New Delhi, May 15 - Proceedings in the Rajya Sabha were disrupted Tuesday after AIADMK members clashed with the treasury benches while trying to raise the recent attack on the offices of Dinakaran and Sun TV in Chennai and Madurai.
May 15, 2007 - 2:56:31 PM
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Lok Sabha adjourned over 'forced land acquisition'
New Delhi, May 15 - The Lok Sabha was adjourned abruptly before lunch Tuesday after Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee, along with Bharatiya Janata Party - members, disrupted the proceedings over what they called 'forced land acquisition' in West Bengal.
May 15, 2007 - 1:37:15 PM
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Mayawati promises welfare for upper castes as well
New Delhi, May 15 - Shedding her anti-upper caste bias, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has said she will work to reconcile the interests all sections of society with those of the Dalits, who have been the traditional vote bank for her party for over two decades.
May 15, 2007 - 1:36:38 PM
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Of Jharkhand's 82 MLAs, 44 have beacon light vehicles
Ranchi, May 15 - Over 50 percent of Jharkhand's legislators enjoy vehicles with beacon lights - quite contrary to the spirit of a law that restricts the number of ministers in states to 15 percent of the assembly strength in order to curb official expenditure.
May 15, 2007 - 9:05:31 AM
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India Education
OBC candidate Revu tops civil services examination
New Delhi, May 14 - Mutyalaraju Revu, an Other Backward Class - candidate from a small village, has topped the highly competitive civil services examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission - at a time when the country debates the issue of reservation for OBCs in higher education.
May 14, 2007 - 11:02:19 PM
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India Business
New twist in Gurgaon SEZ protest
Chandigarh, May 14 - The village body of Manesar in Haryana's Gurgaon district Monday alleged that the protest by villagers against Reliance Industries' special economic zone - project there was led by 'outsiders' and anti-social elements.
May 14, 2007 - 10:49:19 PM
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Exercise on for consensus on presidential candidate
New Delhi, May 14 - The exercise for electing the next president is on, and as part of the government's move to evolve a consensus candidate, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will consult all political parties including the opposition.
May 14, 2007 - 9:04:50 PM
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Parties agree on state-level meeting to stop Nandigram violence
Kolkata, May 14 - West Bengal's ruling Left Front Monday arrived at a consensus to hold an all-party meeting at the state level to initiate peace process in the trouble-torn Nandigram.
May 14, 2007 - 8:59:48 PM
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Mayawati moves to end 'transfer industry'
Lucknow, May 14 - Aiming to stem corruption, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Monday resolved to end the 'transfer industry' by taking action against those who helped government officers in getting desired shifts at a charge.
May 14, 2007 - 8:57:34 PM
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Parliament session may be curtailed: Dasmunsi
New Delhi, May 14 - The government may cut short the budget session of parliament if the opposition continues stalling it, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi said Monday.
May 14, 2007 - 8:53:48 PM
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Karunanidhi sends seven names to prime minister to replace Maran
Chennai, May 14 - With Dayanidhi Maran exiting from the union cabinet as DMK representative, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK chief M. Karunanidhi Monday sent a list of seven party MPs as replacement with union minister A. Raja heading the roll for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to chose from.
May 14, 2007 - 8:53:07 PM
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India Education
474 candidates qualify for civil services
New Delhi, May 14 - A total of 474 candidates have qualified this year after cracking the prestigious civil services examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission -, it was announced here Monday.
May 14, 2007 - 8:18:02 PM
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Telugu Desam MPs block parliament over Babli barrage
New Delhi, May 14 - Just 10 MPs of a regional party Monday managed to stall the proceedings in parliament repeatedly and got both houses adjourned over their protest against the construction of a river barrage by a neighbouring state.
May 14, 2007 - 6:30:10 PM
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Two MPs quizzed in human trafficking scam
New Delhi, May 14 - Bahujan Samaj Party - MPs Mitrasen Yadav and Ashok Rawat, named by an accused in a human trafficking scam, were Monday questioned by Delhi Police though two other MPs failed to turn up once again.
May 14, 2007 - 6:22:30 PM
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India Business
Achuthanandan has delayed Smart City project: Chandy
Thiruvananthapuram, May 14 - Former Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy said Monday that the Smart City project, inked a day earlier by the state government and Dubai Internet City -, was their baby and the present government had only delayed the Rs.15 billion --IT project by two years.
May 14, 2007 - 6:20:02 PM
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Amar Singh challenges Mayawati to jail him
New Delhi, May 14 - Challenging Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati to jail him, Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh Monday asserted that he had never gone underground after his party's electoral defeat or fled the country.
May 14, 2007 - 6:02:49 PM
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Jailed legislator, many with criminal charges in Mayawati cabinet
Lucknow, May 14 - Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati might have declared she will 'send all criminals to jail', but one of her hand-picked ministers is already in jail while at least 10 others face criminal charges.
May 14, 2007 - 6:00:34 PM
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Dissidence in Congress in Andhra comes to the fore
Hyderabad, May 14 - Dissidence within the ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh came into the open Monday as senior leader P. Janardhan Reddy launched a scathing attack on the functioning of the chief minister at a party meeting held to mark completion of the government's three years in office.
May 14, 2007 - 4:17:50 PM
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Andhra Pradesh government completes three years
Hyderabad, May 14 - The Congress government in Andhra Pradesh Monday completed three years in office amid growing dissidence in the party.
May 14, 2007 - 2:56:03 PM
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How Misra came to be Mayawati's Brahmin mascot
Lucknow, May 14 - Exactly 31 months ago, when he first got the offer to join the Bahujan Samaj Party -, Satish Chandra Misra was quite apprehensive as he could hardly foresee any future for someone coming from a totally apolitical high class Brahmin family in a party 'of Dalits, for Dalits and by Dalits'.
May 14, 2007 - 2:51:39 PM
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Mayawati's cabinet has many with criminal cases
New Delhi, May 14 - Though promising to deliver good governance and provide clean administration after taking over as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh for the fourth time, Mayawati's 49-member council of ministers has at least 22 ministers who have criminal cases pending against them.
May 14, 2007 - 2:51:06 PM
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India Business
Maran's tenure saw Indian telecom's growth blossom
New Delhi, May 14 - His proximity to DMK chief M. Karunanidhi secured IT and Communications Minister Dayanadhi Maran a berth in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's cabinet. And this proximity again cost him the job he landed in his very first term as an MP.
May 14, 2007 - 2:21:12 PM
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Row over Babli project rocks Lok Sabha
New Delhi, May 14 - A water sharing dispute between two states stalled Lok Sabha proceedings repeatedly Monday as Andhra Pradesh MPs protested the construction of the Babli barrage by neighbouring Maharashtra on the Godavari river.
May 14, 2007 - 2:20:39 PM
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Karachi violence widens ethnic divide
New Delhi, May 14 - Much of the ongoing violence in Karachi involves those who thronged Pakistan's largest city in search of home and work after the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947.
May 14, 2007 - 1:39:42 PM
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The importance of Satish Misra for Mayawati
Lucknow, May 14 - Thirty months back, when he first got the offer to join the Bahujan Samaj Party -, Satish Misra was quite apprehensive as he could hardly foresee a future for someone coming from a totally apolitical high class Brahmin family in a party of Dalits.
May 14, 2007 - 1:38:15 PM
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I will not ask for a re-instatement: Maran
Chennai, May 14 - Communications and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran, who resigned from the cabinet, said Monday he would not become a minister again, even if he was offered, but insisted he would always remain a 'DMK man'.
May 14, 2007 - 1:03:54 PM
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Why did Maran have to resign?
Chennai, May 14 - Communications and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran had to resign from the union cabinet as he is said to be up against the women of DMK patriarch and Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi's family.
May 14, 2007 - 11:10:37 AM
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IT Minister Maran resigns from cabinet
Chennai/New Delhi, May 13 - Communications and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran resigned Sunday night from the union cabinet after his DMK party served him a notice for 'actions detrimental to the party'.
May 13, 2007 - 11:32:16 PM
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Mayawati suspends two senior bureaucrats, transfers 100
Lucknow, May 13 - Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati ordered suspension of two senior Indian Administrative Service - officers and transferred over 100 bureaucrats within hours of assuming the office Sunday.
May 13, 2007 - 11:08:43 PM
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India Business
Telecom industry jittery over Maran expulsion move
New Delhi, May 13 - A DMK committee's recommendation Sunday night to remove Communications and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran from the union cabinet has not gone down well with the telecom industry.
May 13, 2007 - 10:37:19 PM
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DMK meet recommends dropping Maran from cabinet, party
Chennai, May 13 - A high-powered committee of Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK party Sunday night recommended the expulsion of Telecommunications and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran from the union cabinet as well as the party.
May 13, 2007 - 9:51:52 PM
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Brahmin, Muslim ministers avoid touching Mayawati's feet
Lucknow, May 13 - Newly appointed Brahmin and Muslim ministers in Uttar Pradesh Sunday discreetly avoided touching Chief Minister Mayawati's feet even as most of the other ministers did so to seek her blessings.
May 13, 2007 - 9:28:47 PM
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Mayawati's ultimate goal: Delhi
Lucknow, May 13 - Establishing the Bahujan Samaj Party - in New Delhi is the ultimate goal of its president Mayawati, the newly anointed fourth-time chief minister of the country's most populous and politically consequential state of Uttar Pradesh.
May 13, 2007 - 7:55:31 PM
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Tough-talking Mayawati takes charge in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, May 13 - It was tough talk by Mayawati as she took charge of India's most populous state for the fourth time Sunday, promising to 'end jungle raj', probe all 'shady deals' of the previous Samajwadi Party - government and 'not spare' the guilty.
May 13, 2007 - 7:06:03 PM
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All criminals would be put behind bars: Mayawati
Lucknow, May 13 - Undoing the 'wrongs' of her sworn political foe and predecessor Mulayam Singh Yadav is on top of the agenda for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati who took office Sunday.
May 13, 2007 - 5:38:30 PM
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CPI-ML to urge Kalam to disqualify Shahabuddin from Lok Sabha
Patna, May 13 - Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist - leaders will meet the president and the Lok Sabha speaker May 16 to seek termination of Rashtriya Janata Dal - MP Mohammad Shahabuddin's membership of parliament following his conviction in a criminal case.
May 13, 2007 - 4:37:51 PM
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Troubles brew as YSR completes three years in office
Hyderabad, May 13 - Troubles appear to be brewing for Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy who led the Congress party back to power in Andhra Pradesh three years ago.
May 13, 2007 - 4:30:10 PM
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India Business
Finally, Smart City project inked
Thiruvananthapuram, May 13 - The much-awaited Rs.15 billion --Smart City project between the Kerala government and Dubai Internet City -, aimed to put Kerala on the global IT map, was inked here Sunday.
May 13, 2007 - 3:48:33 PM
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Mayawati takes oath, inducts 48 ministers
Lucknow, May 13 - Bahujan Samaj Party - chief Mayawati was sworn in as Uttar Pradesh chief minister Sunday afternoon, her fourth stint in office. She inducted 48 ministers.
May 13, 2007 - 2:28:19 PM
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BSP chief Mayawati sworn in Uttar Pradesh chief minister
Lucknow, May 13 - Bahujan Samaj Party - chief Mayawati took the oath of office Sunday afternoon as Uttar Pradesh chief minister for the fourth time.
May 13, 2007 - 1:32:36 PM
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DMK to decide on new media house today?
Chennai, May 13 - Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi is to chair a meeting of the DMK Administrative Committee here Sunday, and likely on the agenda would be a search for a new media house for the DMK following parting of ways with the Sun media group.
May 13, 2007 - 1:17:35 PM
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Mayawati, five ministers to be sworn in Sunday
Lucknow, May 13 - Bahujan Samaj Party - leader Mayawati, who assumes office as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Sunday, will be sworn in at 1 p.m. along with only five other ministers.
May 13, 2007 - 11:39:29 AM
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Choosing the country's head - an intricate procedure
New Delhi, May 13 - The election of India's 12th president due in July has generated lively debates in the country. But there are not many who know the hugely complex procedure it involves.
May 13, 2007 - 9:56:49 AM
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UPA-Left to meet Wednesday to discuss presidential candidate
New Delhi, May 12 - Amid speculation over the possible candidates for the presidential post, the Communist Party of India-Marxist - Saturday said the Left would prefer a 'consensus' on the candidate to the country's top post.
May 12, 2007 - 4:20:09 PM
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Mayawati expected to meet governor today to stake claim
Lucknow, May 12 - Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister-designate Mayawati is expected to call on Governor T.V. Rajeshwar Saturday evening to formally stake claim to form the next government after her Bahujan Samaj Party -'s thumping win in the assembly elections.
May 12, 2007 - 1:52:05 PM
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Sun setting over Sun media and the Marans?
Chennai, May 12 - The violence in Madurai in which three people were killed seems to have heralded the eclipse of the Sun media group with the ruling DMK Friday night entrusting live telecast of its most important function in recent times to the relatively minor Raj Television.
May 12, 2007 - 12:52:09 PM
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The importance of being Mayawati
The Uttar Pradesh election results carry two significant messages, which may have a positive impact on political tactics at the national level. One is that the people of the state lost their patience with the typically fractious coalition politics. The other is that, as Chief Minister-designate Mayawati said after her party's victory, the common man rejected sectarian politics to rise above caste and religion.
May 12, 2007 - 9:15:32 AM
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Karunanidhi felicitated by allies, friends
Chennai, May 11 - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK leader M. Karunanidhi was felicitated by a host of national leaders and party cadres at a mammoth function here Friday night to celebrate his 50 years as a state legislator, putting to rest all speculation about his support base and health.
May 11, 2007 - 10:55:32 PM
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Mahajan's domestic help identifies Pravin as killer
Mumbai, May 11 - A domestic help of Pramod Mahajan identified his brother Pravin Mahajan in a court here Friday as one who fatally shot at the Bharatiya Janata Party - leader last year.
May 11, 2007 - 10:54:37 PM
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Amar Singh cause of Samajwadi Party defeat: Mulayam's ex-confidant
New Delhi, May 11 - One major factor contributing to the Samajwadi Party's humiliating defeat Friday in Uttar Pradesh assembly elections was its general secretary and spokesman Amar Singh, said an erstwhile confidant of party president and outgoing chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav.
May 11, 2007 - 9:50:44 PM
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Defeated BJP condemns communal CD
New Delhi, May 11 - After receiving a drubbing in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party - Friday acceded to the Election Commission's order by publicly condemning the communally inflammatory CD it had released last month as part of its poll campaign in the state.
May 11, 2007 - 9:50:27 PM
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Rajnath Singh concedes defeat
New Delhi, May 11 - Bharatiya Janata Party - president Rajnath Singh Friday accepted his party's defeat in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.
May 11, 2007 - 9:32:16 PM
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Mayawati Uttar Pradesh leader again, attributes win to social change
Lucknow, May 11 - Saying her Bahujan Samaj Party - had ushered in social change in Uttar Pradesh, three-time chief minister Mayawati Friday steered the party to a spectacular victory in elections to India's most populous state and set the stage to play a larger role in national politics.
May 11, 2007 - 9:31:53 PM
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Court directs repairing of Delhi roads
New Delhi, May 11 - The pitiable conditions of many roads in the capital with their mushrooming bumps and potholes has caught the attention of the Delhi High Court, prompting it Friday to order the Delhi government to have them repaired within five months.
May 11, 2007 - 9:15:57 PM
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Mayawati to order probe into destruction of official records
Lucknow, May 11 - Uttar Pradesh chief minister-designate Mayawati Friday said she would order a high-level probe into the destruction of official records in the office of Azam Khan, minister in the outgoing government, once she is sworn in the chief minister.
May 11, 2007 - 9:13:49 PM
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UPA-BSP could jointly back Congress candidate for president
New Delhi, May 11 - The victory of Bahujan Samaj Party - in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections has come as a shot in the arm for the Congress party, which is being cornered by the Left, particularly on the question of the impending presidential elections.
May 11, 2007 - 8:12:05 PM
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A big social change in Uttar Pradesh: Mayawati
Lucknow, May 11 - It was social engineering and ideology which boosted the Bahujan Samaj Party - to victory, declared a triumphant BSP chief Mayawati who is poised to become chief minister of Uttar Pradesh for the fourth time.
May 11, 2007 - 8:07:49 PM
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Priyanka magic won votes, Rahul did not, say Congressmen
New Delhi/Lucknow, May 11 - Call it the Priyanka magic if you will!
May 11, 2007 - 7:37:31 PM
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Left upset over its defeat, but happy over BJP's loss
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