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Karnataka State Election: A Key Test
The 224-member Karnataka assembly will go to polls on May 5 and counting of votes will take place on May 8. Undoubtedly, this will set the tone for the 2014 general elections and will have […]
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Sarabjit Singh Returns In A Coffin
NEW DELHI (TIP): The body of Sarabjit Singh was brought back on May 2 evening in a special aircraft sent by India. Two Indian diplomats accompanied the body, which was received at Amritsar airport by […]
United States
US based Kannadiga group appeals for restoring credibility in Karnataka
NEW YORK (TIP): The Karnataka Chapter of the Indian National Overseas Congress (INOC) USA has appealed to Non-Resident Kannadigas worldwide to help elect a corrupt-free and performance-oriented government in the ensuing state-level Vidhan Sabha elections […]
India
Parties reach consensus on Land Bill
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government on April 17 achieved “broad consensus” on the long-pending Land Acquisition Bill, paving the way for the contentious legislation to be taken up for consideration and passage in the Budget […]
India
Terror Strikes Bangalore; 16 Injured
BANGALORE (TIP): At least 16 persons, including 11 policemen, were injured in a bomb blast near the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s state office in the Malleswaram area of the city on April 17. The blast […]
India
Mayawati Woos Upper Castes Ahead Of Ls Polls
LUCKNOW (TIP): With an eye on upper caste vote bank, BSP chief Mayawati announced names of 36 candidates for Lok Sabha polls, 18 of whom are Brahmins. Seeking to exploit the upper caste card to […]
India
BJP slams JPC draft report
NEW DELHI (TIP): Slamming the leakage of the draft JPC report on 2G scam as a “gross breach of Parliamentary propriety”, BJP on April 18 said its contents appeared like Congress documents where attempts have […]
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Terror in Bangalore Learn from Boston
April 17 blast in Bangalore and the Boston terror attack, which happened a day before, offer interesting parallels. While it was the first terror strike after 9/11 in the US, in India terrorism remains a […]
India
JD-U likely to ask BJP to name PM candidate
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Janata Dal- United (JD-U) is expected to press for an early projection of the National Democratic Alliance’s prime ministerial candidate, with a party MP stating yesterday that it had laid down […]
India
Delhi cops responsible for Mamata Banerjee’s heckling: Digvijay Singh
BHOPAL (TIP): Terming as ‘unfortunate’ the heckling of Mamata Banerjee by Left activists in New Delhi, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on April 11 said that police failed to ensure safety of the West Bengal […]
India
Navjot Sidhu suffocated by politics, says wife
AMRITSAR (TIP): Amritsar BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu’s wife, Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu, on April 11 said her cricketer-turned-politician husband feels “suffocated in the system for his honesty and this has led to his alienation […]
India
Fighting with govt can put you in jail: Mulayam
LUCKNOW (TIP): Raking up the issue of misuse of CBI, Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav said fighting with the government is not easy as it can use CBI and put one in jail. “Sarkar […]
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Choose sides, Congress tells Mulayam
NEW DELHI (TIP): The war of words between Congress and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav sharpened on March 28 with Congress asking the Uttar Pradesh stalwart to decide which side of the secularcommunal […]
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Cbi Raids Stalin, Pm Says Timing Bad
NEW DELHI/ CHENNAI (TIP): A day after DMK ministers quit the Union Cabinet over the Sri Lankan Tamils issue, CBI sleuths on March 21 raided the house of party treasurer M K Stalin for allegedly […]
India
Angry Sushma tells govt not to challenge BJP, challenge Pakistan
NEW DELHI (TIP): Raising the issue of terror attack in the CRPF camp in Srinagar, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj on March 14 accused the government of not being concerned about CRPF jawans […]
India
Anti-rape bill gets Cabinet nod
Age for consensual sex lowered to 16 years NEW DELHI (TIP): The Cabinet on March 14 cleared the final draft of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, which retained the word “rape” over the gender-neutral “sexual […]
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Dhaka needs focused approach
INDIA CAN’T IGNORE IT External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid’s recent visit to Bangladesh laid the groundwork for the visit of the President, Pranab Mukherjee, to Dhaka. New Delhi has not been a great partner to […]
India
Cabinet okays Bill to ensure time-bound delivery of services
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Cabinet has approved a Bill that promises time-bound delivery of services such as passports, tax refunds, pensions and birth and death certificates to the citizens, and stipulates a penalty of 250 […]
India
Capt Reacts
Amarinder Singh, who was removed as Congress Punjab unit chief, said he would have suggested a different name to replace him had he been consulted. Amarinder, a former Chief Minister of Punjab, was replaced by […]
India
Aggressive Pm Tears Into Bjp
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on March 7 donned an unusually aggressive mantle in the Lok Sabha as he tore into the Opposition BJP’s recent tirade against the Congress and dared it at […]
India
Cabinet okays Bill to ensure time-bound delivery of services
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Cabinet has approved a Bill that promises time-bound delivery of services such as passports, tax refunds, pensions and birth and death certificates to the citizens, and stipulates a penalty of 250 […]
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Raja Bhaiya faces arrest
CBI LODGES FIR AGAINST HIM IN DSP MURDER CASE LUCKNOW (TIP): The Central Bureau of Investigation on March 7 lodged four FIRs in connection with Pratapgarh violence in which three persons including deputy superintendent of […]
India
Vayalar Ravi Apologises As Activists Fume At Comment
NEW DELHI (TIP): OverseasIndian Affairs Minister VayalarRavi apologised after hiscomment with sexist innuendoagainst a woman journalist fromKerala landed him in troublewith women activists and the BJPdemanding his resignation.“I’m sorry for the comment. Ihave already conveyed […]
India
Afzal Guru Hanged
New Delhi (TIP): AfzalGuru, convicted of plottingthe Parliament attack 11years ago, was quietlyexecuted at Tihar jail earlyon February 9. The hangingwas carried out indramatic secrecy amidfears that it could revivestreet protests in Kashmir.Guru was convicted […]
India
Chopper Scam Probe Should Be Under Parliamentary Committee: Venkaiah
HYDERABAD (TIP): Rejecting a CBIprobe into the Rs 3600-crore VVIP chopperdeal, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)leader M Venkaiah Naidu said that theinvestigation should be held either underthe supervision of the Supreme Court orthe Parliamentary Committee, […]