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5 October, 2012

Himachal polls Nov 4, Gujarat Dec 13 and 17

EW DELHI (TIP): Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat will pick new assemblies in elections on November 4 and December 13 and…

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5 October, 2012

No full stops for Congress in reforms race

NEW DELHI (TIP): Like the Cabinet meeting that cleared FDI in multi-brand retail, the one on October 4 was brief,…

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5 October, 2012

Why is govt asking me to live my last years in prison? Lt Gen (retd) Brar asks

MUMBAI (TIP): Lt Gen (retd) K S Brar, who escaped a murder bid in London on October 1, said on…

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5 October, 2012

Crime against children up by 24% in 2010-11

NEW DELHI (TIP): India is fast earning the label of a country unsafe for children, with an alarming 24% increase…

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5 October, 2012

FIA Needs to Show Leadership

The Indian American community is in transition today. Never before we were so influential in academics and businesses in USA…

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5 October, 2012

Kingfisher Airlines staffer not paid for 6 months, wife kills herself

NEW DELHI (TIP): The crisis at Kingfisher Airlines claimed its first victim when the wife of a technical officer committed…

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5 October, 2012

Maharashtra irrigation scam: Nitin Gadkari in soup over letter to ministry

NEW DELHI: BJP president Nitin Gadkari found himself at the centre of yet another controversy on Thursday over a letter…

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5 October, 2012

315 Return to Hindu fold in Varanasi

VARANASI (TIP): A total of 315 people belonging to 22 families, which include five Christian priests also, returned to Hindu…

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5 October, 2012

India may move WTO against US visa fee hike by October end

NEW DELHI (TIP): India is expected to soon seek consultations with the US under the aegis of World Trade Organisation…

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5 October, 2012

Rahul Gandhi falls back on family ties to woo Kashmiris

Z-MORH, SONMARG (TIP): Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi arrived in Jammu & Kashmir on Thursday amid reports of growing differences…

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5 October, 2012

Mamata pushes for no-confidence against govt

New Delhi (TIP): Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who quit the UPA government after foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail…

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5 October, 2012

India, Australia may sign nuclear pact

New Delhi (tip): Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, whose bold move overturned a longstanding ban on uranium sale to India,…

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5 October, 2012

Modi takes on Sonia, says Congress defaming Gujarat

Dahod (TIP): Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hit back at Congress President Sonia Gandhi, and charge the ruling…

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28 September, 2012

Maharashtra irrigation scam: Whistleblower names Gadkari

MUMBAI (TIP): In a new twist to the political crisis in Maharashtra that has risen from an irrigation scam, one…

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28 September, 2012

Amit Shah free to campaign for Narendra Modi

NEW DELHI (TIP): Former Gujarat home minister Amit Shah, who in facing the charge of abetting killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh…

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28 September, 2012

Kashmir grievances need speedy resolution: President

SRINAGAR (TIP): President Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday that people of Jammu and Kashmir did have grievances, and these needed…

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28 September, 2012

We won’t allow FDI in multi-brand retail, says Gadkari

Surajkund (TIP): “Leave sycophancy and prepare for polls as the Congress-led UPA government has lost its political authority,” was the…

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28 September, 2012

Sharad Pawar pulls down curtains on Ajit’s resignation drama

Mumbai (TIP): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on September distanced himself from the controversial issue of deputy CM…

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28 September, 2012

Cabinet reshuffle put off till mid-Oct

NEW DELHI (TIP): The much talked about reshuffle-cum-expansion of the Union Council of Ministers, expected this week, appears to have…

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28 September, 2012

Congress takes offense to Mamata mimicking PM

KOLKATA (TIP): Congress has criticised Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee on September 28 for her "personal attack" on Prime Minister Manmohan…

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21 September, 2012

Samajwadi Party workers not in favour of bailing out

LUCKNOW (TIP): The demand to withdraw support to UPA II within the Samajwadi Party (SP) went up on September 20…

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21 September, 2012

Government denies tapping Mamata Banerjee’s phone

KOLKATA/NEW DELHI (TIP): Continuing her tirade against the Congress over economic reforms, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on September…

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21 September, 2012

Arvind Kejriwal’s thinking has changed, says Kiran Bedi

New Delhi (TIP): Questioning the need for the anti-corruption movement turning political, activist Kiran Bedi on September 20 alleged that…

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21 September, 2012

Mulayam: Will Support UPA to keep communal forces at bay

NEW DELHI (TIP): In what would be a huge relief to Manmohan Singh government, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav…

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21 September, 2012

Ex-minister Henry loses Indian citizenship

Jalandhar (TIP): The Ministry of Home Affairs (Foreigners Division) has ceased the Indian citizenship of senior Congress leader and transporter…

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21 September, 2012

Protests against Rajapakse visit in Chennai, Madhya Pradesh; Vaiko arrested

BHOPAL (TIP): The police have arrested politician Vaiko and his supporters on the border of Madhya Pardesh and Mahrashtra, about…

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21 September, 2012

TMC ministers resign from UPA

NEW DELHI (TIP): Three days after her announcement to quit UPA 2, Mamata Banerjee will officially resign from the UPA…

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21 September, 2012

Sri Lanka President meets Mukherjee, Manmohan Singh

NEW DELHI (TIP): Visiting Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa met President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on September…

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21 September, 2012

Anna’s decision is shocking, says Kejriwal

NOIDA (TIP): India Against Corruption (IAC) memberArvind Kejriwal on September 20 said that veteran social activist Anna Hazare's decision to…

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21 September, 2012

Report points fingers at special cell

NEW DELHI (TIP): There are at least 16 cases in which the Delhi police special cell had brought terror charges…

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