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Sonia protests against extension of winter session
NEW DELHI, JAN. 27. The Congress today said the Vajpayee Government had committed "serious constitutional impropriety'' by extending the winter session of Parliament and appealed to the President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, to take appropriate steps in ...

Reliance to set up ``world's largest'' gas-based power plant in U.P.
NEW DELHI, JAN. 27.The Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and the Sahara group today announced a combined Rs. 30,000-crore investment in Uttar Pradesh in the power and housing sector. This includes a Rs. 10,000-crore investment for a gas-based ...

NCP factions take the battle to poll panel
NEW DELHI, JAN. 27.The rival factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) today took their battle to the Election Commission. While P.A. Sangma and his supporters demanded that they be recognised as the real NCP, the supporters of the party ...

India, Brazil to back each other for permanent Security Council seats
NEW DELHI, JAN. 27. India and Brazil have agreed to support each other's bid to enter the United Nations Security Council as permanent members, the Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, said tonight. Addressing a press conference at ...

Advani rules out `internal ceasefire' in Jammu and Kashmir
JAMMU, JAN. 27.Brushing aside proposals for an "internal ceasefire" in Jammu and Kashmir, the Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, said today that the earlier experience of a unilateral ceasefire was "not good". However, the Central Government was ...

Special Hurriyat session tomorrow
SRINAGAR, JAN. 27. The All Parties Hurriyat Conference led by Maulvi Abbas Ansari has convened a special session of the executive council, the working committee and the general council on Thursday to discuss "what transpired between the Hurriyat ...

Other Stories

Vajpayee will contest from Lucknow, says Advani

Rahul, Priyanka entry will make no difference: Mahajan

Govt. trying to speed up clearance for raising Narmada dam height

CPI to decide on tie-up with pro-Telangana party

Bird flu: States asked to keep a close watch

Amartya Sen moots three tests for reforms

Uttar Pradesh orders probe into Manish's death

Experts' group set up

West Bengal alert

Bitta attacks Congress tie-up with DMK, MDMK

`Social growth, a must for sustainable development'

Regulatory agencies for infrastructure vital, says Pant

NCW releases report on Jhabua rape incident

Reservation panel asked to expedite work

V.R. Raghavan, Commissioner to arms control panel

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