K Advani has told partyleaders that he does not want to continue as Leader of the Opposition in the LokSabha for the whole of five years, senior leader M Venkaiah Naidu said today.In the midst of raging speculation over who would be BJP's newpresident and the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Naidu came out witha public statement saying the party is keen to have Advani's leadership andguidance...
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CPI(Maoist) ultras exploded two school buildings under Latehar police station in the district late last night, police today said.According to them the armed squad of ultras blew up the Banbirwa school building and damaged another at Kone.The school buildings had been used as polling stations during the Loksabha elections held early this...
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CPI (ML) todaydemanded that the Lok Sabha Speaker initiate steps to oustUnion Minister for Telecommunication A Raja and Lok Sabhamember from Singhbhum Madhu Koda following raids by CBI andincome tax sleuths recently.At a meeting at Gama in Giridih district, party generalsecretary Dipankar Bhattacharya said,"Lok Sabha Speaker shouldtake measures to cancel his (Koda's) membership from the LokSabha following...
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Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa condoled the death of Former Union Minister B Shankarananda today.In a message here, he said ''Mr Shankarananda, who had won seven times from the Chikkodi Loksabha (Reserved) Constituency consecutively, had also served as a Union Minister for over two decades. ''In his death 'we have lost a veteran leader who espoused the cause of Karnataka at the Centre.''...
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Playing down the routsuffered by ruling LDF in the bypolls to three Assemblyconstituencies, Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan todaysaid the UDF victory should be seen in the context of the LokSabha election outcome, in which the Congress-led front sweptthe polls."The victory of the Congress should be viewed in thiscontext (of Lok Sabha poll outcome)," he told reporters here.The Chief Minister...
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Deputy Leader of BJP in LokSabha, Sushma Swaraj, today dismissed as "mere speculation andguesswork" reports that L K Advani will resign as Leader ofOpposition in the near future and she will replace him."These are mere speculations and guesswork, so there isno need to answer this question," Swaraj said in reply to aquery on whether Advani was retiring soon and was she going tostep in his shoes.When...
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Punjab and UT will have towait a little longer to get a new governor and administrator, respectively. Alist of new governors released by the office of the President on Saturdayevening carried the names of three new incumbents for states of Gujarat, Tripuraand Assam, but did not mention Punjab. With the Prime minister leaving for USAon Saturday, any new decision on the gubernatorial assignment will...
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SHIMLA: Moderate to heavy polling waswitnessed in the by-elections to Rohru and Jawali assembly constituencies inHimachal Pradesh Saturday, an official said."After a sluggishstart, polling in both the constituencies picked up as the day progressed. Rohruwitnessed around 65 percent polling, whereas Jawali saw around 70 percentpolling," state's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Anil Khachi said.Hesaid the...
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BELLARY/BANGALORE:The Reddy brothers on Saturday chose to use `woman power' in their politicalfight against chief minister B S Yeddyurappa.For a start, healthminister B Sriramulu is in the Reddy camp and considers them his mentor. Now,his sister and BJP's Bellary MP B Shantha jumped into the political arena bytaking on rural development and panchayat minister ShobhaKarandalaje.Shantha, who made her...
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DUMKA:Drawing lessons from the Lok Sabha elections when Maoists ambushed a pollingteam, the Dumka district administration has decided to ferry security personnelto sensitive and supersensitive booths on helicopters for the coming Assemblyelection.While addressing a press conference here on Saturdayregarding poll preparations, superintendent of police Arun Kumar Singh said thegovernment has approved...
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