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Ex-minister Puducherry’s new L-G

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:16:04 -0400

New Delhi, July 18: Govind Singh Gurjar, six-time MLA and former minister of Rajasthan, was on Friday appointed as the lieutenant governor (LG) of Pudu-cherry,

Maya to be biggest gainer: Yashwant

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:16:29 -0400

By MUKESH RANJAN NEW DELHI July 18: The formidable Yadav-Muslim combine in UP and Bihar is set to receive a setback and this will affect the electoral

Cong MP may vote against UPA govt

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:16:40 -0400

New Delhi, July 18: In more bad news for the UPA, Congress MP from Haryana Arvind Sharma on Friday attacked his party and the Manmohan

Cong, BJP go in for ‘dinner diplomacy’

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:16:58 -0400

BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI July 18: With D-day for the trust vote just four days away from now, the parties from both sides have decided

SP confident of numbers for trust vote

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:18:25 -0400

BY MANISH ANAND NEW DELHI July 18: Though just 21 out of the total strength of 39 Lok Sabha MPs attended the SP Parliamentary Board meeting of

2 BDR jawans die in clashes

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:12:17 -0400

BY PRANMOY BRAHMACHARI Berhampore July 18: In a shootout between the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), two BDR guards were killed and some

MoD for qualitative relaxation

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:12:38 -0400

By Our Special Correspondent New Delhi July 18: In a move that is bound to generate controversy, the ministry of defence (MoD) has suggested to the Army,

34 hurt in J&K grenade blast

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:12:55 -0400

BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT SRINAGAR July 18: Thirty-four people, including half-a-dozen policemen and the rest civilians, were injured in a powerful grenade blast at a marketplace of

Akali Dal issues whip to vote against govt

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:13:13 -0400

By Our Special Correspondent CHANDIGARH July 18: Amidst pressure from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and reports that some of its MPs had been offered huge bribes

CPM & SP issue whips to their MPs

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:14:05 -0400

BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI July 18: The CPI(M) and the Samajwadi Party on Friday issued whips directing their MPs to reach here over the weekend