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Congress dissociates itself from remark “Party holds all women in the highest esteem and does not believe in crossing the limits of sobriety” 
Monetary compensation for victims of rape and murder hurts Dalits’ MayawatiCongress workers take to the streets in Uttar Pradesh protesting against the arrest of Rita Bahuguna Condemnable: women MPs New Delhi: Women MPs of the Congress and its ally the DMK disapproved on Thursday of the derogatory statement by Uttar Pradesh Congress president Rita Bahuguna Joshi against Chief Minister Mayawati and the subsequent attack on Ms. ... Set up parliamentary panel for OBCs: MPs NEW DELHI: A delegation of Members of Parliament, belonging to the Other Backward Classess (OBCs), who have come under the “Parliamentary Forum of OBC MPs,” will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and ... Reliance power tariff hike stayed MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has stayed the increase in the power tariff effected by Reliance Infrastructure. It had approved the increase last month. Following discontent among consumers and violent ... Assembly by-elections in 5 States on August 18 NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Thursday announced that Assembly by-elections for 13 constituencies in five States – Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Meghalaya — would be held on August 18. The ... Rajya Sabha by-polls on August 10 NEW DELHI: The Election Commission has announced by-elections to fill up 13 vacancies in Rajya Sabha from 10 States due to resignation of members following their election to Lok Sabha or other reasons. The poll will be held on August 10 ... Jyoti Basu progressing well KOLKATA: The former Chief Minister of West Bengal, Jyoti Basu, is progressing well, hospital authorities said on Thursday. The veteran Marxist leader was admitted to a private hospital here after her fell unconscious for a brief period ... 
Kamal Nath woos foreign investors‘Infrastructure will hog the limelight in the coming decade in India’ BJP: no action against Shourie NEW DELHI: The BJP is not contemplating any disciplinary action against its former minister and Rajya Sabha MP Arun Shourie for writing a series of articles in a newspaper criticising the functioning of the party and its “leader,” ... New problems cropping up: Buddhadeb Kolkata: Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said on Thursday that new forms of political agitation had been cropping up in the State since the Lok Sabha elections and it is important to give thought to see whether this form of politics is ... No forcible acquisition of land: West Bengal Kolkata: The West Bengal government will not acquire land forcibly for industrial use, State Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta said. He also announced the shelving of a major expressway project in the State, to be implemented by the Salim group. ... RTI not bureaucrats’ preserve, says report NEW DELHI: A recent report on the Right to Information Act has busted the myth that the Act was used mainly by government employees interested in accessing information relating to their careers. The report, ‘The People’s RTI ... Gujarat ATS arrests three for breach of Passport Act AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat Antiterrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested three persons, including one from Mumbai, for alleged suspicious movements and breach of the Passport Act. The police said, acting on atip-off that some unidentifiedpersons had ... High-level meet to assess violence in Bardhaman NEW DELHI: The Union Home Ministry has sought a report from the West Bengal government on the incidents of violence in the Bardhaman district of the State, even as three senior Union Cabinet Ministers — Pranab Mukherjee, P. Chidambaram ... Stand on climate change unchanged: Shyam Saran NEW DELHI: Allaying fears that India had diluted its stand on the climate change at the recently concluded G8 meeting in Rome by accepting carbon emission caps, Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Climate Change Shyam Saran said on ... Students’ strike, economic blockade hit life in Manipur IMPHAL: Life was disrupted here on Thursday, following a 120-hour strike called by the Democratic Students Alliance of Manipur demanding the release of five students who were detained under the National Security Act in connection with the ... Shakti Bhatt Prize The Shakti Bhatt Foundation has invited nominations for the 2009 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize, which carries a prize money of Rs. 1 lakh and a trophy. Last year’s winner was Pakistani author Mohammed Hanif, for A Case of ... Other Stories
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