Calling it the “Congress Bureau of Investigation”, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Tuesday said investigative agency CBI was carrying out “politically-motivated probes” in various cases, including the Adarsh Society scam in Mumbai. In a stinging editorial in party mouthpiece Saamna, the Sena chief said for long the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been used [...]
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CBI is Congress Bureau of Investigation: Bal Thackeray
February 1st, 2011 |
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Black money should be used for public welfare: Rahul Gandhi
January 29th, 2011 |
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The black money stashed in banks abroad belonged to the people and must be utilised for their welfare, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said Saturday. “The Indian Youth Congress is ready to ensure that this money can be channelized for public welfare activities,” Gandhi told reporters here while replying to a question on the huge [...]
Give 10 years to politics, Rahul urges youth
January 29th, 2011 |
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Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Saturday appealed to the youth to give 10 years of their life to politics if they want to see change in the country. “I assure you, after 10 years, you will be proud of your decision, and the country’s politics will take a new direction,” Gandhi said, urging educated young [...]
Political parties lack democracy: Rahul Gandhi
January 29th, 2011 |
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Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Saturday said that political parties lack democracy but urged the youth to join politics through the Congress. “Political parties lack democracy, their doors are closed,” Gandhi said while appealing to young men and women to join his party. Gandhi was addressing the media on the final day of his three-day [...]
Rahul Gandhi begins three-day Maharashtra visit
January 27th, 2011 |
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Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi arrived here Thursday on a three-day whirlwind tour of Maharashtra to boost the party’s membership drive among backward castes, minorities and women. After landing in Nagpur, Gandhi proceeded by helicopter to attend a Scheduled Tribes convention in Gadchiroli. He will also attend an Other Backward Castes (OBC) convention in Buldhana [...]
Mallika now wants to learn lavani
January 20th, 2011 |
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She enjoys typical Bollywood dancing, but now “Maiyya maiyya” girl Mallika Sherawat is keen to learn lavani, a popular folk dance of Maharashtra. “I’m not a trained dancer, but I enjoy dancing. My favourite dance is Bollywood dance, but now I want to learn lavani. I’m not getting a teacher, but as soon as I [...]
Mumbai attack: Court reserves order on Kasab’s appeal
January 18th, 2011 |
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The Bombay High Court Monday reserved till Feb 7 its order on the appeal filed by Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Kasab against the death sentence awarded to him for his role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack. “The arguments undertaken by lawyers of (other accused) Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed concluded today (Monday), following which [...]
Onions at Rs.5 per kg soon? Traders say so
January 13th, 2011 |
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Onions may sell for as low as Rs.5 per kg fom next week with the market set to be flooded with a new harvest, the Azadpur wholesale vegetable traders association here said Thursday. “The new harvest begins after Lohri, so the wholesale market will be flooded with a huge amount of onions, due to which [...]
Food inflation zips on high onion, fruits, eggs, meat prices
December 30th, 2010 |
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Soaring prices of onions, fruits, vegetables, milk, eggs, meat and poultry sharply pushed India’s annual food inflation based on wholesale prices to 14.44 percent for the week ended Dec 18 from 12.13 percent for the week before. This was the fourth straight week of rise in food inflation rate, which was pushed back to double-digits [...]
Chidambaram visits Gadchiroli to review security
December 28th, 2010 |
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Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday visited the Maoist stronghold of Gadchiroli district in eastern Maharashtra to review the security scenario and discuss development plans for the area, an official said. Chidambaram was accompanied by Maharashtra’s Home Minister R.R. Patil and Director General of Police D. Sivanandan. Chidambaram met Gadchiroli District Collector Atul Patne at [...]
Shiv Sena activists detained in Maharashtra
December 28th, 2010 |
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More than 10 activists of the Shiv Sena were detained Tuesday for pelting stones on buses and stopping trains to enforce a shutdown in this Maharashtra town, police said. The shutdown was called to protest the removal of a statue of Dadoji Konddev, Shivaji’s teacher. The activists were detained in Lonavala near Pune. “Shiv Sena [...]
CBI raids Kalmadi’s Delhi, Pune residences, Games office
December 24th, 2010 |
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CBI Friday raided the Delhi and Pune homes of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi as well as the Games office here, two months after the mega event ended amid allegations of major financial irregularities. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said teams of officers searched Kalmadi’s residences and that of an aide also in [...]
Varanasi blast: Death toll rises to two
December 11th, 2010 |
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The death toll in the Varanasi bomb blast has risen to two with another victim being declared dead this morning. Sixty-five year old Phoolmati, who was present at the Sheetla Ghat on December 7, had sustained severe head injuries and succumbed to death. One-and-a-half-year old girl Swastika was the first casualty of the blast that [...]
New Maharashtra cabinet to be sworn in on Thursday
November 17th, 2010 |
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has said, the list of Congress ministers to be inducted into his Cabinet is almost ready and the oath- taking ceremony is likely to be held tomorrow. Chavan said he would speak to alliance partner the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) today on the issue of Cabinet expansion as requested by [...]
Prithviraj Chavan to take oath as Maharashtra CM
November 11th, 2010 |
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Former Minister of State for Science and Technology Prithviraj Chavan will be sworn-in as the 22nd Chief Minister of Maharashtra on Thursday, while Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar will take oath as Deputy Chief Minister. Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan will administer oath of office and secrecy to them at 4.30 p.m. at the [...]
Prithviraj Chavan to be new Maharashtra Chief Minister
November 10th, 2010 |
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Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Prithviraj Chavan has been named as the next Maharashtra Chief Minister. Chavan”s name was formally announced this morning after he met Congress President Sonia Gandhi at her 10 Janpath residence. Announcing the decision, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said, “Myself and AK Antony went to Mumbai last evening where [...]
BJP demands immediate resignation of Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan
October 30th, 2010 |
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday demanded the immediate resignation of Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan for his role in the Adarsh Society scam. Accusing Chavan of nepotism, BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said that he should not be given time to leave office in an honourable manner. “We demand the immediate resignation of Mr. [...]