West Bengal to hike women's quota in civic agencies
Saturday, 20.03.2010, 07:28pm
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Saturday said the
women's quota in the elected seats of panchayat and municipal committees
will be raised to 50 percent.
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Gill, Dhindsa, Gujral elected to Rajya Sabha from Punjab
Saturday, 20.03.2010, 11:20am
Sports Minister M.S. Gill and former union ministers Sukhdev Singh
Dhindsa and Ashwini Kumar were among the five candidates elected
unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Punjab Friday.
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Meghalaya lawmakers gave fake bills for foreign jaunt: report
Saturday, 20.03.2010, 11:16am
A one-day study tour to London was converted to a 10-day jaunt to
European countries in 2006 by some Meghalaya legislators who produced
"fake and inflated" bills for the trip that eventually cost the
government Rs.1.67 crore, a report said Friday.
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Myanmar opposition party to sue junta over election laws
Saturday, 20.03.2010, 11:11am
Myanmar's main opposition party decided Friday to sue the military-run
government for issuing unfair election laws, opposition sources said.
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Tamil Nadu budget inflationary: Jayalalithaa
Saturday, 20.03.2010, 11:06am
Leader of Opposition in Tamil Nadu and AIADMK chief J.Jayalalithaa
Friday termed the state budget for 2010-11 "inflationary".
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Goa MP wants ban on Sanatan Sanstha
Saturday, 20.03.2010, 11:00am
Goa Congress Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik Friday urged Home Minister P.
Chidambaram to ban the Hindu group Sanatan Sanstha, whose members have
been accused of carrying out low intensity explosions.
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BJP criticises Aiyar's nomination to Rajya Sabha
Friday, 19.03.2010, 08:20pm
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday criticised the nomination of
former union minister Mani Shankar Aiyar to the Rajya Sabha, saying he
was an active Congressman.
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Criminal slur on Assam Rajya Sabha candidate
Friday, 19.03.2010, 08:16pm
Media baron Jayanta Baruah, the opposition combine's candidate for next
week's Rajya Sabha election, has been accused of concealing in his
affidavit information relating to his conviction in a criminal case.
Baruah has dismissed the allegation.
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Supreme Court orders resumption of Jayalalitha trial
Friday, 19.03.2010, 06:44pm
The Supreme Court Friday ordered the resumption of former Tamil Nadu
Chief Minister J. Jayalalitha's trial in a 14-year-old corruption case.
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Raise complaints with me, not media: Gadkari
Friday, 19.03.2010, 06:14pm
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Friday asked party
leaders to raise any complaints about his choice of a new team with him
and not with the media.
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