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Can Connaught Place mess be cleared by month end?
( 22-Aug-2010 )
New Delhi: Traffic-clogged roads, heaps of debris, rain-soaked slush, lack of parking space...Even as Connaught Place, the famous shopping landmark and city centre of Delhi, has been reduced to a travesty of its former self, the authorities hope to clear the mess by the end of this month.
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Nuclear liability bill in parliament next week
( 21-Aug-2010 )
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha will take up the nuclear liability bill for discussion next week, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Prithviraj Chavan informed the upper house. The cabinet Friday approved 18 changes in the draft bill on the lines of the recommendation of the Parliamentary S .... |
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Women's bill to be tabled soon: Moily
( 21-Aug-2010 )
New Delhi: Asking MPs to shed their "male chauvinist approach", Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily has said the controversial women's reservation bill would be tabled in the Lok Sabha "soon", with some changes.
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Nothing unusual in Dalai Lama's meeting with PM, says aide
( 21-Aug-2010 )
New Delhi: The Dalai Lama's top aide, Tempa Tsering, has said the Tibetan spiritual leader made a courtesy call on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last week to thank him for the hospitality shown in the last five decades. He added that there was nothing unusual about the meeting.
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Government okays three-fold salary hike, MPs want more
( 20-Aug-2010 )
New Delhi: The government has cleared a 300 percent salary hike from Rs.16,000 to Rs.50,000 for MPs and doubled their perks, but parliamentarians from various parties were dissatisfied and stalled Lok Sabha proceedings seeking more money.
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Court-martial against army general in Sukna land scam
( 20-Aug-2010 )
New Delhi: The Indian Army has ordered the court-martial of a lieutenant general for wrongdoing in the transfer of a 71-acre tea estate adjacent to the Sukna military station near Siliguri in West Bengal to a private dealer in what has come to be known as the Sukna land scam.
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Government accepts BJP demand on suppliers' liability in n-bill
( 20-Aug-2010 )
New Delhi: Bowing to the demands of the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the government has agreed to changes in the contentious civil nuclear liability bill in order to fix the liability of the suppliers for accidents caused by their negligence.
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Manmohan appeals to Maoists, warns Pakistan on terror
( 15-Aug-2010 )
New Delhi: India's 64th Independence Day went off peacefully Sunday, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking Maoists to talk to the government and warning that the peace process with Pakistan could be hit unless it stopped backing terrorism.
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Kalmadi, man in the hot seat, remains unfazed
( 15-Aug-2010 )
New Delhi: He breezes in and out of his ninth floor office here, attending unending meetings in between making flying visits to Commonwealth Games venues to check progress. Even as his detractors want him held guilty for all the sleaze that has come to be associated with India's biggest sporting .... |
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Majority in Maoist-dominated areas side with government: Study
( 14-Aug-2010 )
New Delhi: While the government views Maoist violence as the single largest threat to internal security, a study focused on 36 Maoist-affected districts reveals that a majority of the population there side with the government.
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Pranab meets Left leaders over n-liability bill
( 14-Aug-2010 )
New Delhi: As part of the government's effort to sort out differences with opposition over the nuclear liability Bill, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee met Left party leaders to discuss their reservations relating to the legislation.
Sources said the Left leaders including Sitaram Yechury of t .... |
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Arjun Singh breaks silence on Bhopal gas tragedy
( 11-Aug-2010 )
New Delhi: Breaking his silence over the Bhopal gas tragedy, senior Congress leader and then Madhya Pradesh chief minister Arjun Singh has said he had personally ordered the arrest of Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson.
"I personally briefed the officers (about) the decision to arrest Anderso .... |
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Sushma seeks enhanced compensation for Bhopal victims
( 11-Aug-2010 )
New Delhi: Urging higher compensation for the victims of the Bhopal gas disaster, Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj Wednesday suggested that parliament pass a unanimous resolution to scrap the 1989 "out of court settlement" between the Indian government and Union Carbide.
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GoM favours caste census
( 11-Aug-2010 )
New Delhi: The Group of Ministers (GoM) on caste-based census headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has decided in favour of caste enumeration, official sources said. The sources said that the GoM will convey its decision to the Cabinet for a final decision on the issue.
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