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V.P. Singh, Sonia prevail over Paswan
NEW DELHI, MAY 22. He almost did not make it. Upset over being denied the Railways portfolio, the Lok Janshakti president, Ram Vilas Paswan, had threatened to stay away from the Government. The last-minute intervention of the former Prime ...

Vietnam PM greets Manmohan
NEW DELHI, MAY 22.One of India's closest friends in South-East Asia, Vietnam, today greeted Dr. Manmohan Singh on his appointment as Prime Minister and the victory of the Congress in the just-concluded elections. In a message to Dr. Singh, ...

Laloo Yadav leads the Bihar brigade
PATNA, MAY 22.The major highlight of today's Cabinet formation at the Centre from Bihar's standpoint has been the political rehabilitation of the former Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader, Laloo Prasad Yadav, who has assumed a ...

Sajjad Lone attacks Hurriyat, Delhi
SRINAGAR, MAY 22. In a dramatic turn of events, the People's Conference (PC) chairman, Sajjad Gani Lone, today made frontal attacks on New Delhi and the Hurriyat Conference (Abbas), accusing them of not being sincere towards Kashmiris and, at the ...

Ambika Soni opts out of government
NEW DELHI, MAY 22. Ambika Soni, senior Congress leader, today declined to take up a Cabinet berth in the Manmohan Singh Council of Ministers, emphasising that she would prefer to remain in the party and work with the Congress president, Sonia ...

Other Stories

Union Council of Ministers

I feel relieved: Vajpayee

New Ministers unsure of portfolios

Sonia hints at reorganisation of CWC

Ties only for Lok Sabha polls, says Paswan

With an eye on Maharashtra Assembly polls?

Call to make panchayats self-reliant

Official arrested on bribery charges

BARC probing `mischief' by employee

Pakistan leaders congratulate Manmohan

No special programme at Manmohan's house

Centre must fulfil promises of earlier regimes: Farooq

Fresh hope for divided families

Central trade unions to meet PM soon

SP blames Sonia for exclusion

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