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Advani yatra hits Orissa roadblock

Veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani’s “dream” to become the next Prime Minister of India seems to have dashed against despair in Orissa.

There can’t be two No. 2 in govt: Advani

Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani on Monday sounded critical of the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s direction that either finance minister Pranab Mukherjee or home minister P. Chidambaram should remain in Delhi to look after the day-to-day affairs of the government in his absence. “As per practice, the Prime

Gogoi facing flak over land swap with Dhaka

The recent land swap agreement between India and Bangladesh may spill into a major controversy in Assam as no agency on the ground knows from where the 1,240 acres of land that chief minister Tarun Gogoi claims to have retrieved from Bangladesh in South Assam’s Karimganj sector will actually come.

UP elections are likely to be held in 9 phases

Elections in Uttar Pradesh are likely to be held in nine phases this time.
This is the first time that polls will be held in nine phases. In 2007, polls were held in seven phases.

Bengaluru leg of LK yatra off

With the ruling party’s image taking a severe beating in the wake of a series of scams involving ministers, the top brass of the BJP took a decision on Saturday to call off the Bengaluru leg of patria

Bihar graft fight on YouTube now

The Bihar government’s fight against corruption has gone two steps further with video clips of complaints against some corrupt officials getting uploaded on YouTube and the police department being ask

‘Arunachal integral part of India’

Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani here on Thursday said that scams dogging the UPA government is tarnishing India’s image abroad, but the “indecisiveness” of the ruling Congress Party in taking effective steps against corruption has resulted in “misrule and price rice”.

Maoists hit back at Mamata, reject deal

The Maoists on Sunday rejected West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s seven-day ultimatum to give up arms, and instead demanded the release of all its “political prisoners” and withdrawal of the joint forces from Jangalmahal

Mamata to maoists: you have 7 days...

Shedding her earlier conciliatory approach, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday served the Maoists a seven-day ultimatum: choose between peace negotiations and violence. “I am not closing the door on peaceful negotiations. But murder and a peace process cannot go together,” she said.

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