CPI-M asks PM for postage stamp on Jyoti Basu
byKolkata, June 12 (IANS) The CPI-M has appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to issue a set of postage stamps to mark the centenary…
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Rahul asks Sheila, Agarwal to fill party posts
byNew Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday asked Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Delhi Congress chief Jai Prakash Agarwal to…
CPI-M takes dig at Bengal’s top cop
byKolkata, June 12 (IANS) As the West Bengal Police chief disputed National Crime Records Bureau figures that the state recorded the highest number of…
Protests in Ghaziabad against power tariff hike
byGhaziabad, June 12 (IANS) Traders, industrialists and members of opposition political parties protested here Wednesday against a hike in power tariff, an organiser said….
JD-U to snap ties with BJP, Mamata calls Nitish, Navin
byNew Delhi/Kolkata/Patna, June 12 (IANS) The political drama around the rise of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday threatened to impact Bihar, with the…
Allegations are baseless, says Dasari Narayana Rao
byHyderabad, June 12 (IANS) Former union minister of state for coal Dasari Narayana Rao, who faces CBI probe in the coal scam, Wednesday denied…
Mamata’s federal front call a joke, says CPI-M
byKolkata, June 12 (IANS) The CPI-M Wednesday dubbed Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee’s call for a federal front a “joke” and said her asking…
Omar happy over Shinde’s remarks on AFSPA revocation
bySrinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today expressed happiness over what he called the central government’s acknowledgement that the “controversial Armed Forces…
Hearing put off on CBI plea for ex-Andhra ministers’ custody
byHyderabad, June 12 (IANS) A CBI special court Wednesday adjourned to June 19 the hearing on a CBI petition seeking judicial custody of former…
Assam groups start 33-hour fast, want Nagaland border settled
byGuwahati, June 12 (IANS) The situation n the Assam-Nagaland border is still far from normal, and at least three pressure groups of Assam have…