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    		Centre accepts all but two changes in Patents Bill
    NEW DELHI, MARCH. 21.The Patents Amendment Bill, which is seeking to replace the ordinance, is likely to become an Act with the Government accepting all but two of the amendments suggested by the Left parties. The two areas, one relating to ...

    Rahul makes maiden speech
    NEW DELHI, MARCH 21. Ten months after the 14th Lok Sabha was constituted, Rahul Gandhi, — the most-talked about "son" of the "son brigade" that has made it to the House in considerable strength this time round — made his debut today ...

    BJP may go along with consensus on Patents Bill
    NEW DELHI, MARCH 21. The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, L.K. Advani, indicated today that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) could go along with a political consensus on the Patents Bill (which ...

    Pakistan delegation joins Dandi March
    AHMEDABAD, MARCH 21. A 92-member delegation from Pakistan today joined the re-enactment of the Dandi March organised by the All-India Congress Committee to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the historic yatra led by Mahatma Gandhi. The ...

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  • `Parties must not change positions because they change sides'



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