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Sugar factories scam: Bombay HC rejects Anna Hazare's plea for CBI pr
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai(Maharashtra)[India], Jan. 6(ANI): The Bombay High Court on Friday asked social activist Anna Hazare to first file a police complaint, adding that it could not order a CBI inquiry "at this stage" into the alleged sugar cooperative factories scam involving Rs 25,000 crore in w
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Molestation shame: Seething women activists slam lax politicians
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 6 (ANI): The recent string of molestation cases from across the nation coming to light has left the people of the country enraged, especially women activists who have strongly slammed political fraternity for their lax attitude towards women safety and have voiced eve
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Higher pay no motivation for working-class to break into politics: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 5 (ANI): A study reveals that increasing politicians' paychecks is not likely to encourage more working-class people to run for office.
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1995 Hindutva judgement: SC says no vote in name of caste, creed or religi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 2 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday in its verdict on 1995 Hindutva judgement said no politician can seek a vote in the name of caste, creed, or religion.
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PM Modi's address garners praise from ministers, criticism from oppos
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 1 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 43-minute long address on the eve of New Year has garnered a mix response from politicians. While his ministers lavished praise on him for the schemes that he had announced last night, the opposition criticised him for misle
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Politicians need to respect the feelings of the nation's citizens, sa
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec.31 (ANI): Stating that political parties, political leaders and electoral funding figure prominently in any debate on corruption and black money, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his second address to the nation in 51 days, said Saturday that the time has now come that
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Sit-ins destructive for Pakistan, Sharif tells Imran, other politicians
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], Dec.29 (ANI): Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has told political leaders of various parties, including Imran Khan of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) that constant and repeated sit-ins will be destructive for Pakistan, and urged politicians not to create hurdles in the nat
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Kirti Azad taunts Pawar, says his justification won't make any differ
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 18 (ANI): Former cricketer-turned politician Kirti Azad on Sunday appeared not to be in tune with Sharad Pawar's assertion that he resigned as Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) president after being "pained" by the word "lucrative", an observat
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Hope others will follow Sharad Pawar: Surinder Khanna
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Ludhiana [India], Dec. 18 (ANI): Welcoming politician Sharad Pawar's decision to step down from the post of Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) president, former Indian cricketer Surinder Khanna hopes other members of state associations will follow suit.
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Sharad Pawar resigns as MCA president
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec. 17 (ANI): Veteran politician Sharad Pawar has resigned from his post of the president of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) in a bid to distance himself from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) fight to stall the reforms recommended by the Su
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Bureaucrats, politicos involved in AgustaWestland must also come under CBI
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 10(ANI): Defence expert Nitin Gokhale on Saturday said that former air chief S.P. Tyagi is not the last person to be arrested in the AgustaWestland case, adding that other high profile officials, bureaucrats and politicians should come also be brought under the CBI sc
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Dharmendra shares his memories with Jayalalithaa
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai [India], Dec. 6 (ANI): Veteran actor Dharmendra, who was the only Bollywood star to share screen space with late actor-turned-politician Jayalalithaa, is deeply saddened with her demise.
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