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No shining stars for Chamku

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:43:44 -0400

What could have been a tale well-told about the Naxalite movement in Bihar in the midst of its anarchy and corruption suddenly becomes a confused

SP will not give more than 15 seats to Cong

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:54:25 -0400

BY VENKATESH KESARI New Delhi Aug. 29: The Congress will stake its claim on 30-40 seats during the talks with the Samajwadi Party (SP) in the coming

BJP not to change UP unit chief

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:54:45 -0400

BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI Aug. 29: The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has denied that there is any move to change the president of the party’s

India to join US-led elite democracy club?

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:51:03 -0400

BY DIPANKAR DE SARKAR LONDON Aug. 29: India is a candidate to join a small and exclusive grouping of US-led "great democracies" that could end up rivalling

Gogoi proposes DNA test for citizenship

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:51:24 -0400

BY MANOJ ANAND GUWAHATI Aug. 29: The Assam government has proposed carrying out DNA tests if necessary to ascertain the parental linkage of an individual seeking entry

Chiru won’t have to change party name

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:51:47 -0400

BY VENKAT PARSA NEW DELHI Aug. 29: Decks have been cleared for Telugu megastar and Praja Rajyam leader Chiranjeevi to retain his party’s name, following a letter

Soren wins trust vote, assures of state growth

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:52:31 -0400

BY OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI Aug. 29: Jharkhand chief minister Shibu Soren won the confidence motion with a comfortable margin of eight votes in the state Assembly

Modi meets PM over terror talks

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:52:46 -0400

BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI Aug. 29: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Friday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and sought his intervention to get Centre’s

‘Sharing to be pragmatic’

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:53:02 -0400

BY AMITA VERMA LUCKNOW Aug. 29: The results of the Lok Sabha elections of 2004 are not likely to form the basis for seat-sharing between the Congress

Reform panel gets 6 months

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:53:47 -0400

BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI Aug. 29: The government on Friday decided to give an extension of six months to the Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC). The