With 4-0 score, electoral nought for Congress

ANNA FACTOR

INDO ASIAN NEWS SERVICE

New Delhi/Hisar, Oct 17: In a bruising electoral blow, India's ruling Congress Monday lost the deposit in the Hisar Lok Sabha by-election in Haryana, where Anna Hazare campaigned against it, and was also defeated in the three assembly by-polls in Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Haryana. It was More

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Centre plans involving Army in Naxal-hit areas

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Oct 17: The Centre today finalised a developmental action plan involving the Army to deal with the menace of Naxalism in districts worst hit by the problem, particularly in eastern India. The 'Saranda Action Plan', prepared by Rural Development Ministry, will be implemented firstly More

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No communal intent in report: Interlocutors

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Oct 17: Asserting that none of their proposals smacks of communal intent, the Centre's interlocutors today assured the people of Jammu and Kashmir that their report addressed the political aspirations of the state as a whole and of its three regions. The three interlocutors also took More

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SC rejects govt plea to prosecute journalists

Cash-for-query scam

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Oct 17: The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea of Delhi government seeking its approval to go ahead with criminal proceedings against two journalists who had unearthed the cash-for-query scam involving MPs in 2005. A bench of justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai turned More

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Khurshid skips AMU event as students, teachers protest

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Aligarh, Oct 17: Union Minister Salman Khurshid today skipped the Founder's Day function at the Aligarh Muslim University here after protests by teachers and students who claimed that his attendance would give "legitimacy" to the Vice Chancellor who is facing graft charges. Khurshid, who was More

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Misleading advertisement: Agency might monitor and act

AMIT AGNIHOTRI

New Delhi, Oct 17: Flooded with growing consumer complaints over misleading advertisements, especially relating to health and nutritional benefits and the get-rich schemes, the government is planning an investigating agency to curb the practice. The proposed agency will supplement consumer More

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Unrecognised parties can now get same symbol once more

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Oct 17: The Election Commission will grant a one-time concession to registered unrecognised parties by allotting them their earlier reserved symbol for a general election either to Lok Sabha or to a state Assembly, subject to certain conditions. Registered unrecognised parties are More

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CHINA UPS PRESSURE OVER INDIA'S VIETNAM OIL DEAL

New Delhi, Oct 17: Stepping up pressure on India to scrap oil deals with Vietnam, China has indicated that these agreements in South China Sea could potentially strain bilateral ties. Liu Weimin, a spokesman for China's foreign ministry, Friday reiterated in Beijing that China has "indisputable More

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