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Eyeing 3rd term for UPA, PM woos Nitish, inducts 8 Ministers
Agencies, New Delhi Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today inducted eight new faces into his Council of Ministers and exuded confidence that the UPA would get a third term and kept doors open for estranged NDA ally Nitish Kumar.
The Prime Minister...
PM takes oath as Rajya Sabha member
Agencies, New Delhi Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took oath as a member of Rajya Sabha today for the fifth consecutive term. Dr Singh who was re-elected from Assam in the biennial elections held on May 30, told reporters that it was a great...
Maoist rebels attack passenger train in Bihar; three killed
Agencies, New Delhi Maoist rebels attacked a passenger train in Bihar on Thursday, killing three people in a daring assault just weeks after the rebels ambushed a convoy of Congress politicians in Chhattisgarh.
“Three people are dead including...
PM’s visit to Pak conditional on surety about its positive outcome
Agencies, New Delhi While India is still not-committal about Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s proposed visit to Pakistan, there are clear indications that it wants the process of normalisation of relations with the neighbour to begin from where...
Chidambaram pledge of more reforms fails to cheer markets
Agencies, New Delhi The finance minister’s attempt on Thursday to win back market confidence by pledging new reform measures and talking up the economy disappointed investors who were hoping for concrete measures to stop the rupee’s slide...
BJP now stares at desertion by key NDA ally JD (U)
Agencies, New Delhi Having barely emerged from a intra-party crisis, after elevating Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as BJP’s poll Campaign Committee chief, the party led National Democratic Alliance now stares at a desertion by a key...
VC Shukla cremated with state honours
Agencies, Raipur Former union minister and Congress leader V.C. Shukla, who died of wounds he suffered during the May 25 Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh, was cremated with full state honours on Wednesday at his farmhouse here.
Shukla’s grandson...
Rahul holds meeting to discuss Delhi Assembly polls
Agencies, New Delhi With a few months to go for the polls to the Delhi Legislative assembly, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today held a meeting to discuss the preparedness for the election, scheduled in November or December, party sources...
