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Jammu March 19 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that telephone lines with Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) have been opened to boost cross border trade and address any security concern.
” Let us understand the requirement for these five lines. We started trade with the other side of Kashmir, but we [...]

New Delhi, Mar 19 (ANI): As New Delhi gears to host the Commonwealth Games (CWG), Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has asked citizens to put their best foot forward and leave a lasting impression on the guests.
Addressing a tourism conclave here on Thursday, Dikshit said: “I can see a lot mannerisms changing, but it is still [...]

Panaji, March 17 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony Wednesday said Pakistan ‘was not taking serious steps’ to destroy 42 terror camps on its soil. Stating that India was ‘exploring all possibilities’, Antony also said he did not expect any ‘miracles’ from the dialogue with Pakistan.
‘All the terror camps in Pakistan are active. Pakistan has not [...]

Shillong, March 17 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister D.D Lapang flew to New Delhi Wednesday to meet party president Sonia Gandhi as legislators stepped up their campaign to oust him and seek changes in the cabinet.
‘I am going to meet the party high command and Congress functionaries to discuss the political development in Meghalaya,’ Lapang told [...]

New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The literary fraternity here is irked because veteran US-based Hindi author Krishna Baldev Vaid, who was nominated for the prestigious Shalaka Samman award, has been denied the honour because of alleged obscenity in his novels.
His two novels that have created controversy are ‘Nasreen’ and ‘Bimal Urf Jayen to Jayen Kahan’.
The [...]

New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday dismissed former Andhra Pradesh governor N.D. Tiwari’s plea challenging the paternity suit filed by a 34-year-old man who says the Congress leader is his biological father.
Justices Vikramjit Sen and Manmohan Singh said there was ample evidence to prove that the suit filed by Rohit Shekhar [...]

Hyderabad, March 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court’s refusal to review its order declaring Hyderabad a ‘free zone’ for recruitments in government jobs triggered a fresh row, with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah Wednesday calling an all-party meeting to decide future course of action.
Rosaiah told the state assembly that he had no objection to passing [...]

New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) ‘When Rahul speaks, Maya’s throne shakes,’ said Congress Tuesday, reacting to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati’s warning to the people to guard against Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi as he would play Dalit card in the state to win their votes.
Addressing the silver jubilee rally of the Bahujan Samaj Party [...]

Lucknow, March 16 (IANS) After initial denials about Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati having been felicitated with a giant sized garland made of Rs.1,000 denomination currency notes at the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) rally here Monday, party leaders Tuesday said it contained only Rs.21 lakh, not Rs.5 crore.
Taking cognizance of the gift, the Income Tax [...]

New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday temporarily halted the ongoing trial of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa in a 14-year-old corruption case of amassing wealth far exceeding her legal income.
A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan halted the trial while deciding to hear on March 19 a lawsuit of the [...]

New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) ‘When Rahul speaks, Maya’s throne shakes,’ said Congress Tuesday, reacting to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati’s warning to the people to guard against Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi as he would play Dalit card in the state to win their votes.
Addressing the silver jubilee rally of the Bahujan Samaj Party [...]

Guwahati, March 16 (IANS) The Congress Tuesday fielded two candidates for as many seats for next week’s Rajya Sabha elections, while the opposition pledged its support to a media baron as its common candidate for one seat.
On the last day of filing of nominations, the Congress fielded Nazneen Farooq and sitting Rajya Sabha MP Silvious [...]

Panaji, March 16 (IANS) A leading civic rights group Tuesday alleged irregularities in granting permissions to a mega housing project promoted by Delhi-based infrastructure firm DLF and has called the role of Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat in the deal as ‘extremely suspicious’.
‘As head of the town and country planning (TCP) department, his (Kamat) role [...]

Hyderabad, March 16 (IANS) People offered special prayers, decorated their houses and shops with mango leaves and tasted a bit of the traditional sweet-sour ‘Ugadi pacchadi’ as Ugadi, the Telugu New Year, was celebrated across Andhra Pradesh Tuesday.
Thousands of devotees thronged temples to pray for happiness and prosperity in the New Year. Special prayers were [...]

Lucknow, March 16 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has declined to meet US Ambassador Timothy J. Roemer, who arrived here Tuesday on a two-day visit to the state, citing her ‘busy political schedule’.
‘The chief minister had a very busy political schedule as number of party leaders from different parts of the country were here [...]

Lucknow, March 17 (ANI): Despite being criticised over the currency garland controversy, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Wednesday defied the authorities by appearing again with a second currency garland.
Sources said the garland was presented to Mayawati by her supporters and is worth Rs 18 lakhs.
A BSP legislator said, [...]

Lucknow, Mar 17 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati will preside over an emergency meeting of her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Wednesday to discuss the currency garland controversy involving her.
All BSP lawmakers have been informed about the meeting and have been asked to attend.
Mayawati was severely criticized both inside and outside Parliament as the [...]

The ACT Opposition has lashed out at the Greens after the party blocked its push to censure Attorney General Simon Corbell for misleading the Legislative Assembly.
Opposition Leader Zed Seselja moved the censure motion accusing Simon Corbell of persistently and wilfully misleading the Assembly in relation to the Commonwealth’s home insulation scheme.
During a fiery and at [...]

New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) The BSP came under attack in both houses of parliament Tuesday with the SP, Congress and the BJP condemning the multi-crore money garland given to its chief Mayawati and the Uttar Pradesh government’s failure to bring about normalcy in violence-hit Bareilly.
The Lok Sabha saw two adjournments as parties questioned the [...]

Chandigarh, March 15 (IANS) The Punjab assembly Monday unanimously passed a resolution seeking Punjabi be accorded first language status in the union territory (UT) of Chandigarh.
A central government administered UT, Chandigarh is the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana.
The resolution, moved by Education Minister Upinderjit Kaur, said Chandigarh city was established (in early 1950s) in [...]