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BJP seeks referendum on black money in Gujarat
1:46 Ahmedabad/ Mumbai, April 12 (ANI): India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party has launched a referendum in the state of Gujarat. The referendum has been initiated to seek people's views about getting back the black money stashed by wealthy Indians in illegal accounts abroad. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 884
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Nitish Kumar slams opponents for using star power
1:30 Patna/ Jalore, April 12 (ANI): Chief Minister of Bihar and Janata Dal United leader Nitish Kumar has slammed his opponents for taking actor-turned-politician Sanjay Dutt's support to pull crowds. Nitish blamed the alliance of Lalu Prasad, president of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Ram Vilas Paswan, chief of regional Lok Jan Shakti Party (LJP), for using the actor to attract people in election rallies. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 1059
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Preity Zinta introduces IPL team Kings XI Punjab
1:18 Mumbai, April 12 (ANI): Bollywood actor and owner of Indian Premier League team Kings XI Punjab, Preity Zinta, introduced her team in Mumbai on Saturday. Preity told reporters that there were some new inclusions in her team. India's ace batsman Yuvraj Singh and captain of the Kings XI Punjab team, said that the IPL would be a good exposure before the T-20 World Cup to be staged in England in June. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 1079
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Eyewear brand Maui Jim launched in India
1:21 Mumbai,April 12 (ANI):Several models sashayed down the ramp at a fashion show at the Taj Land End Hotel in Mumbai recently,to showcase some fashionable and trendy eyewear.Designed and made by a US based company,the collection launched at the fashion show had an interesting combination of polarized lens technology with sunglasses shapes designed to appeal to the masses. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 1214
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School kids protest against intoxication of polls
1:57 Amritsar,April 12 (ANI):Hundreds of school children in Amritsar took to the streets against the doling out of drugs,liquor and other intoxicants by political leaders during election time.Holding placards,the kids raised their voice in order to create awareness against this political malpractise.The rally was organised by an NGO, Amritsar Citizen's Forum and witnessed kids urging voters to realise the value of their votes. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 883
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Om Puri campaigns for Mallika Sarabhai
1:40 Ahmedabad/ Jammu, April 12 (ANI): Bollywood actor Om Puri on Saturday joined the campaign trail of Mallika Sarabhai in Gandhinagar,who is pitted against Lal Krishna Advani,prime ministerial candidate of main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party.Puri pledged full support to Mallika.Meanwhile,Bollywood actor Anupam Kher lent his support to the displaced Kashmiri Hindus or Pandits and said that the community should have more representation in the legislatures to make their voice heard. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 1108
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Ragging still a menace in India
2:27 Kochi / Coimbatore, April 12 (ANI): After a dreadful incident last month in which a medical student was beaten to death,another shocking incident has come to light, and this time in Tamil Nadu.A 19 year old fresher at the PSG College of Arts and Science in Coimbatore was ragged brutally by his seniors,which nearly cost him losing his vision.Ragging continues to be a menace in India's colleges despite a recent severe restriction by the apex court. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 1278
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Indira Awaas Yojana helping poor in Punjab
1:48 Abohar,April 12 (ANI):Many poor families have benefited from the Indira Awaas Yojana at Abohar in Punjab.These families have been provided houses with two rooms and a kitchen by the government.The scheme was launched to provide houses free of cost for members of scheduled castes,scheduled tribes,freed bonded labourers in rural areas and also to people living below the poverty line.The scheme has saved many people from living on the streets. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 1034
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BJP hits back at Priyanka Gandhi
1:40 Raipur, April 12 (ANI): India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party today hit back at Priyanka Gandhi for her age remark.Addressing reporters in Raipur,BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the Gandhi family sees any remark on the Congress Party as a personal attack and it seems that they only constitute the party. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 873
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People celebrated Easter with great devotion in the country
1:40 Kochi/ Kolkata, April 12 (ANI):Christians across India celebrated Easter in true traditional fervor today.They offered prayers at churches and in homes,alongside reciprocating Easter greetings from others.Churches in India's southern state Kerala conducted midnight masses on this auspicious eve. Meanwhile,in Kolkata,Christians celebrated Easter and people were seen shopping for various Easter delicacies, Easter eggs and cakes in particular. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 1233
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Maoists in Orissa pose a threat to the upcoming polls
1:45 Malkangiri, April 12 (ANI): Unlike the extremists functioning underground elsewhere, a faction of Maoists is operating openly in Orissa. Reports of such a camp have posed a serious threat to the ensuing elections to the Lok Sabha in the state. Election officials in Orissa have admitted the presence of Maoists and say that with ample security, the polls will be conducted. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 866
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Criminalization of politics mooted by Congress party, says Nitish Kumar
1:17 Patna/Bihar, April 13 (ANI): Electioneering has picked up-tempo as leaders of various political parties address rallies and criticize their opponents. Nitish Kumar, Chief Minister of Bihar, has attacked the ruling Congress party by contending that it began criminalization of politics in the country. Ram Vilas Paswan of Lok Janashakti Party has exuded confidence of sweeping the ensuing polls with Rashtriya Janata Dal. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 967
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Travel business in Gujarat likely to decline due to the upcoming elections.
2:10 Ahmedabad/ Gujarat, April 13 (ANI): Travel business in Gujarat is likely to decline due to upcoming elections in India as travel agents in the state fear that they may see a decline of 25-30 percent in business. Many people in the state have postponed their vacation trips because of the upcoming elections, since they are afraid of traveling to troubled regions like Kashmir during this period. Polls for the constituencies in Gujarat is slated for April 30. Even the youth in the state are excited to exercise their democratic right and say that vacations can wait. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 1080
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Gorkha party to boycott polls in Darjeeling
2:22 SILIGURI, April 13 (ANI): The Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) has announced that it will boycott the upcoming national polls. The GNLF Organisation, under the under the leadership of Subhash Ghising, initiated an agitation in 1980 demanding a separate state to be carved out of West Bengal state, but dropped the demand after New Delhi agreed to confer partial autonomy in 1988 for the Nepalese-speaking people under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 966
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Leaders woo farmers as poll countdown begins
1:26 Gorakhpur / New Delhi, April 13 (ANI): New promises to woo voters surface every day as the first phase of Lok Sabha polls nears. Addressing an election rally in Gorakhpur on Sunday, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh assured farmers of a better rate for their crops. Yadav has arrived at a seat-sharing arrangement with the Rashtriya Janata Dal's Lalu Prasad Yadav and Lok Janshakti Party's Ram Vilas Paswan in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 1102
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Mayawati lashed out at UPA Government
0:56 VARANASI, April 13 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati said on Sunday that her party pulled out from the ruling United Progressive Alliance as it discriminated in releasing funds for the state. The main battle in the national elections would be between the central ruling Congress party-led United Progressive Alliance and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance. Added: 15848 days ago Views: 1099
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War of words continues between Congress and BJP
2:14 Thiruvananthapuram/ Goa, April 13 (ANI): In the run up to the ensuing Lok Sabha polls, the ruling Congress party and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party continue to indulge in war of words. Reacting to the Congress president Sonia Gandhi's reported statement that India was in greater danger from people inside than foreign terrorists, Lal Krishna Advani, senior leader and prime ministerial candidate of the BJP said what she meant was the BJP and demanded an apology from her. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 1080
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Virender Sehwag prefers to be a middle order batsman
1:45 New Delhi, April 13 (ANI): Swashbuckling opener and vice captain of Indian cricket team Virender Sehwag asserted that if given a choice he prefers to step in as a middle order batsman. He said this on the sidelines of a friendly 5-over cricket match between his and co-opener Gautam Gambhir's teams at New Delhi on Sunday. Sehwag also revealed that he once requested the management to move him lower down in the order but his request was turned down. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 914
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A book on Pramod Mahajan creates controversy
1:39 Mumbai/ Ahmadnagar, April 13 (ANI): A new book on Pramod Mahajan, slain leader of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party has created a controversy. The book 'My Album', written by Pravin Mahajan, quotes him as saying that his elder brother Pramod Mahajan would bully his way through and that he symbolized everything in politics -fixer, dealer and conspirator. Prakash Mahajan, the second of the three Mahajan brothers, however, denied the allegations. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 1674
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Tibetan exiles stage a naked protest
1:1 New Delhi, April 13 (ANI): Around ten Tibetan students stripped and locked themselves on the barbed wire fencing surrounding the Chinese embassy at New Delhi on Monday in protest against Chinese oppression in Lhasa. The protest came five days after two Tibetans were sentenced to death by Chinese authorities for their role in riots in Lhasa in 2008. Two others got suspended death sentences and another life imprisonment. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 1078
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