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Cleanse administration of RSS supporters: Arjun Singh
NEW DELHI, AUG. 8. The Human Resource Development Minister, Arjun Singh, today asked the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, to cleanse the administration of people owing allegiance to the RSS, an organisation he accused of being responsible for the ...

Government should talk with Manipur agitators: Bardhan
NEW DELHI, AUG. 8.Expressing serious concern over the tense situation in Manipur where widespread protests had erupted since last month demanding the withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), the Communist Party of India today ...

BJP reconstitutes party cells
NEW DELHI, AUG. 8. The Bharatiya Janata Party today reconstituted various cells of the party, appointing new conveners and joint conveners. As many as 22 cells, including election, media and external affairs cells, were reconstituted, the party ...

High-profile MPs in key panels
NEW DELHI, AUG. 8. The 24 Parliamentary Committees constituted recently have the presence of high-profile members in key committees. The Opposition, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party members, will head seven of the committees including Home, ...

We must be patient: Natwar Singh
NEW DELHI, AUG. 8.The External Affairs Minister, Natwar Singh, said tonight that India continued to encourage Sheikh Hisham Al-Dulaimi, mediating on behalf of the hostage-takers in Iraq and the Kuwait Gulf Link Transport Company (KGL), to "stay ...

Sweet news for one, sadness for another
AMRITSAR, AUG. 8. The family of Sapper Mohammad Arif has very little to offer him when he comes back tomorrow after being in captivity in Pakistan for five years. The two most important women in his life will not be there to receive him. ...

Fake stamp paper scam probe at `crucial stage'
NEW DELHI, AUG. 8. Four months after taking over the probe in 48 cases relating to the fake stamp paper scam on the directive of the Supreme Court, the Central Bureau of Investigation says that investigations into the racket allegedly led by the ...

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