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  MP monsoon session begins; tributes paid to deceased leaders

  Politics | July 08, 2013 14:15 IST

  Bhopal, July 8: Madhya Pradesh Assembly today began its monsoon session by paying tributes to leaders who recently passed away and large number of pilgrims killed in the Uttarakhand deluge.As the House assembled on the

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  Uttarakhand: Death toll may cross 10,000, says Assembly Speaker

  India | June 29, 2013 18:27 IST

  Almora/Dehradun, Jun 29: Two weeks after flashfloods and landslides ravaged Uttarakhand, there were conflicting figures of death toll with state Assembly Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal claiming today that it may cross 10,000 while the official

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  Bengal chit fund scam: FIR against Trinamool MP, Assembly to pass fresh bill

  India | April 27, 2013 7:40 IST

  Kolkata, April 27: Compounding the miseries of West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress, employees of a news channel run by the collapsed Saradha Group lodged an FIR against party MP Kunal Ghosh while protests continued to

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  Exhibition, documentary on Virbhadra's 30 years in Assembly

  India | April 09, 2013 10:02 IST

  Shimla, Apr 9: An exhibition was organised on Monday in the premises of Himachal Pradesh Assembly to celebrate the 30-year association of Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh with the House.The exhibition “Remarkable contributions of Virbhadra Singh

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  Power situation leads to walkouts in UP Assembly

  Politics | May 30, 2012 17:58 IST

  Lucknow, May 30 : The dismal power situation in the state led to walkouts in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly even as Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav accused the Congress-led central government of not cooperating in tiding

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  Congress Wins In Karnataka, Gujarat By-Polls But Routed In AP

  India | March 21, 2012 20:30 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 21: In significant upsets, the Congress today wrested a Lok Sabha seat in Karnataka and an Assembly seat in Gujarat in two BJP strongholds after 15 years but it was routed in

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  Ten More Karnataka MLAs Watched Porn In Assembly, Says Panel chief

  India | March 15, 2012 20:39 IST

  Bangalore, Mar 15: Chairman of the Legislature Committee probing the porngate episode involving three ruling BJP MLAs in Karnataka today said eight to ten other legislators had also watched sleazy clips in the Assembly.Shrishailappa Bidarur,

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  3-4 EC Officials Died Of Heart Attack, Says Quraishi

  India | March 14, 2012 7:43 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 14: Conducting elections is a high-stress job and the stress on Election Commission (EC) officials resulted in fatal heart attacks to at least four officers during recent assembly elections in five states,

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  Cong To Form Govt In Uttarakhand, To Seek Independents Support

  India | March 06, 2012 21:26 IST

  Dehra Dun, Mar 6: Congress tonight appeared on course to form government in Uttarakhand after it took a wafer-thin one seat advantage over ruling BJP in a cliff-hanger of a contest in state assembly polls.Out

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  Congress Demands Disqualification Of All Three Porn Watching Ex-Ministers In Karnataka

  India | February 08, 2012 16:53 IST

  Bangalore, Feb 8: Caught on camera watching a sleazy video in the Karnataka Assembly, three BJP ministers resigned today on orders from an embarrassed party leadership.  A red-faced BJP went into a damage control mode

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  Five Catholic Faces In BJP's First List For Goa

  India | February 06, 2012 16:34 IST

  Panaji, Feb 6: In an apparent indication of its eagerness to cast off its pro-Hindutva image, the BJP's first list of 22 candidates for Goa includes five Christians including a former state tourism minister who

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  Vijaykanth Suspended For 10 Days

  Politics | February 02, 2012 13:55 IST

  Chennai, Feb 2: Leader of the opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly Vijaykanth was today suspended for 10 days after the Privileges Committee went into the conduct of the DMDK leader during a heated exchange

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  CPI-M Slams Mamata For Inaction Against Campus Violence

  India | January 13, 2012 18:34 IST

  Kolkata, Jan 13: Opposition Leader in the Assembly Suryakanta Mishra of the CPI-M today accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of taking no action against growing campus violence in West Bengal and alleged ‘blatant political appointments'

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  Violence In POK During Assembly Polls

  World | June 26, 2011 19:17 IST

  Islamabad/Lahore, Jun 26 :  Elections to the assembly in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir today were marred by several violent incidents, prompting the postponing of voting by Kashmiri refugees in the eastern city of Lahore.  The polling in

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  Learn To Play Role Of Opposition, Biman Bose Tells MLAs

  Politics | May 27, 2011 16:27 IST

  Kolkata, May 27: For the first time in 34 years, the Left Front today elected Suryakanta Mishra as the Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly.Announcing Mishra's name at a press conference here, Left

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  75 Per Cent Turnout In Assam First Phase Poll

  India | April 04, 2011 21:06 IST

  Guwahati, Apr 4: An estimated 75 per cent voters today exercised their franchise in the first phase of the Assam assembly election covering 62 of the 126 constituencies, which was by and large peaceful.“The figure

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  FICCI Man Amit Mitra Joins Trinamool

  Politics | March 14, 2011 21:34 IST

  Kolkata, Mar 14  :  FICCI secretary-general Amit Mitra today formally joined Trinamool Congress, ahead of crucial West Bengal Assembly elections in April-May.Well-known economist Mitra, after joining the party, said West Bengal was on the brink

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  MP CM Chouhan Places Assets Details In Assembly

  India | February 25, 2011 18:00 IST

  Bhopal, Feb 25: The Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, today placed details of his and his wife Sadhana Singh's assets before the state Assembly.The Chief Minister and his wife together are worth more

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  Landslide Win Leaves No Numbers For Opposition Leader

  India | November 26, 2010 16:53 IST

  Patna, Nov 26: Nitish Kumar-led JD(U)-BJP alliance's landslide win in Bihar leaves the state Assembly in a piquant situation with no party eligible numerically to claim leader of the opposition party status.This situation has arisen

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  BJP MLA Quits As Assembly Chief Whip

  Politics | November 01, 2010 19:59 IST

  Bangalore , Nov 1: The BJP government in Karnataka today suffered an embarassment as its MLA D N Jeevaraj quit as Chief Whip in the assembly in the wake of doubts over his induction into