| Ramdev announces agitation from October 2, demands PM's resignation |
New Delhi, Sept 1: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Saturday sought resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over a huge presumptive loss to the exchequer in coal blocks allocation and announced fresh agitation against the Congress-led UPA government from October 2. Ramdev hinted that the agitation would start from Himachal Pradesh in view of the upcoming assembly elections in that State and Gujara... |
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| BJP declares war on Congress |
Ranchi, Sept 1: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday announced a “now or never” war on ruling Congress Party, while launching a fresh round of criticism on Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.
“It is war against Congress. It will be a “now or never battle” with Congress now. Manmohan Singh is corrupt, because he tolerates and encourages corruption. We... |
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| Sonia called Sushma to end Parliament logjam |
New Delhi, Sept 1: Congress president Sonia Gandhi had reached out to BJP leader Sushma Swaraj in an attempt to find a solution to the logjam in parliament over the coal blocks allocation issue.
According to informed sources in Bharatiya Janata Party, Gandhi called up Swaraj, leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, on Thursday.
Swaraj told her that BJP would maintain its stand on... |
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| 'Thackeray family originally belonged to Bihar' |
New Delhi, Sept 1: Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Saturday criticized Raj Thackeray’s threat to brand Biharis ‘infiltrators’ and force them out of Maharashtra, saying fishermen are the true inhabitants of Mumbai and that the MNS chief’s family is also from Bihar.
“The fishermen are the true inhabitants of Mumbai and rest of people have come fr... |
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| Mamata's war cry at Congress fortress |
Kolkata, Sept 1: With the panchayat polls slated for next year, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has now trained her guns at Congress bastions in the State, making a determined bid to extend her Trinamool Congress’ sway to more districts.
Banerjee is on a visit to Congress strongholds like Murshidabad, Malda, North Dinjapur and South Dinajpur. She started her campaign fr... |
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| Kodnani conviction shows rule of law in Gujarat: BJP |
Kolkata, Sept 1: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday broke its silence on the 28-year sentence awarded to the party’s Gujarat legislator Maya Kodnani, saying the conviction was proof of the existence of rule of law in the State. “The sentencing shows there exists rule of law in Gujarat. It proves the judiciary has the independence to make its decisions,” BJP national spo... |
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| Action, not debate on coal blocks: BJP |
Chennai, Sept 1: The BJP on Saturday said will continue to disrupt Parliament over the coal blocks allocation, asserting that mere debate in the house by the Congress-led UPA government will be meaningless without action and accountability for the decisions taken. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader M Venkaiah Naidu said his party will not allow Parliament to function till Prime Minister Manmohan ... |
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| Buddhadeb slams Mamata for inviting Obama |
Kolkata, Sept 1: Lashing out at the US for instigating India against communist China, CPI-M politburo member Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Saturday took pot shots at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for inviting US President Barack Obama to the State. “Since independence, never before a US secretary of State has come to Writers’ Building (State secretariat). We now see a US secr... |
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| 'Congress Party does not take Digvijay Singh seriously' |
New Delhi, Sept 1: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday hit back at Digvijay Singh for criticizing party chief Nitin Gadkari, saying the people of the country have stopped taking the Congress General Secretary seriously. Prasad said Gadkari had gone abroad on a family programme, and added that the schedule was finalised about four months ago. “The Congre... |
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| BJP to take coal block issue to people |
Panaji, Sept 1: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Gopinath Munde on Saturday said his party would take the coal blocks allocation issue to the people as part of its campaign to shame Prime Minister Manmohan Singh into resigning. “This (irregularities in coal blocks allocation) is a national shame. We are telling the people how the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government h... |
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| Apex court strikes down rounding off marks for admission |
New Delhi, Sept 1: In a ruling that would impact thousands of students, the Supreme Court has held that there can be no rounding-off of the percentage of marks to the next digit for making a candidate eligible for admission to a course when eligibility criteria are clearly mentioned.
“Any dilution or tampering with it will work injustice on other candidates and such rounding-off i... |
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| Panel wants 64 schools to refund excess fee |
New Delhi, Sept 1: Sixty-four private city schools have illegally collected higher fee from students since September 2008, a committee has informed the Delhi High Court while recommending a refund of the money with 9 per cent per annum interest. The 600-page interim report of Justice Anil Dev Singh Committee, which randomly examined the accounts of 200 schools, was opened by a special bench of ... |
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| A peek inside a crime don's lair |
Mumbai, Sept 1: In a narrow, congested bylane in south Mumbai’s Saat Rasta area is the Dagdi Chawl headquarters of mafia boss Arun Gawli, sentenced to life for the 2008 murder of Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar, his first conviction in a four-decade-long career in crime in the notorious underworld of India’s commercial and entertainment capital.
Unlike the man, the... |
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| Kashmir makes SRK relax, unwind after years |
Pahalgam, Sept 1: Shooting for Yash Chopra’s yet untitled movie in this picturesque south Kashmir hill station seems to have helped Shah Rukh Khan unwind himself from an otherwise boring routine of lights and camera. “Slept for 10 hours after a long time. God I feel rested... even my beard seems fresh,” Shah Rukh posted on his widely followed Twitter account on Friday. The ... |
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| Delhi book fair begins |
New Delhi, Sept 1: The 18th annual Delhi Book Fair began at Pragati Maidan here on Saturday. The nine day book fair will have e-books as its theme. There will also be seminars and book reading sessions. The book fair from September 1-9 will play host to 300 publishers -- both regional and international, including those from China, Pakistan, US, Britain, France and Germany. Inaugurating the fair, D... |
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| Chalo Dilli sequel? Not anytime soon, says Lara |
Gurgaon, Sept 1: Actress Lara Dutta says its too early to talk about the sequel to her debut production Chalo Dilli as the film is still in its scripting phase. She says she will go ahead with the sequel only if the story is better than the original. “There is lot of speculation of the sequel to Chalo Dilli. We’ve got writers working on the story. But I would put my name and hard work ... |
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| Nadiadwala replaces Kunder as Kick director |
Mumbai, Sept 1: Just a day after the release of his latest film Joker, Shirish Kunder announced on Saturday that he is no longer on board as the director of Salman Khan-starrer Kick. The movie’s producer Sajid Nadiadwala will step behind the camera for it now. “Sajid Nadiadwala will be directing Kick. He had originally envisioned the project and I feel he is the best person to bring it... |
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| Preity feels thinnest |
New Delhi, Sept 1: Actress Preity Zinta’s hectic shooting schedules are doing her good. She says she has lost a lot of weight, and feels she is in her thinnest form ever. The movie also marks her comeback to films. She was last seen in a full-fledged role in 2008 film Heroes. Preity says though her job is tough, she still enjoys wearing the grease paint for the camera. “Longest night o... |
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