Govt working on Women Reservation Bill: Patil

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On Board Special Aircraft, July 30: President Pratibha Patil today said the government was coordinating with all political parties to pave way for Women Reservation Bill, pending for consensus in Lok Sabha for over a year. The matter related to the bill came up for discussion at a meeting More

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Inclusion of PM in Lokpal will bring instability: Pranab

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New Delhi: Bringing Prime Minister under the Lokpal would result in  "institutionalised permanent instability" at the Centre, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said today. Two days after the Union Cabinet approved the Lokpal bill that keeps out PM from its ambit much to the anger of the More

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NAK Browne to take over as Air Force chief today

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New Delhi, July 30: Air Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne, an ace fighter pilot, will tomorrow take over as the new chief of Indian Air Force from Air Chief Marshal P V Naik. A fighter pilot with a varied operational experience on all kinds of aircraft including Hunters, all variants of the More

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3 DMK leaders held in Tamil Nadu

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Chennai: Former DMK Minister Veerapandi Arumugam and a party MLA were today arrested in land grabbing cases and their leader M K Stalin was detained during a stir, prompting DMK chief M Karunanidhi to accuse the Jayalalithaa Government of indulging in political vendetta. Police arrested former More

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'I will quit,' says Yeddy

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Bangalore, July 30: In signs that he might be relenting after a tense standoff, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today said he would tender his resignation tomorrow, falling in line with the directive of the party leadership which took a tough stand. As the fresh affirmation by the More

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