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| State-wide campaign to 'refurbish' BJP image | 24-NOV-09 |
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| BJP’s Karnataka unit today asked party wor-kers to undertake a state-wide campaign to “refur-bish” the party’s image to ensure that the recent dissident activity does not have an adverse impact on its poll prospects in the December 18 election for the state legislative council. |
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| I am not the kind to leak the report: Liberhan | 23-NOV-09 |
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| Upset over the "leakage" of his report on Babri Masjid demolition, Justice (retd) Manmohan Singh Liberhan today said he was not a "characterless" person who will hand it over to the media. |
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| Parliament rocked over alleged leakage of Liberhan report | 23-NOV-09 |
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| The alleged leakage of the Liberhan Commission report on the demolition of Babri Masjid rocked Parliament today with enraged BJP members demanding its immediate tabling despite Government's assurance that it would do so in this session itself. |
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| Liberhan report leaked with an eye on J'khand polls: Rajnath | 23-NOV-09 |
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| BJP President Rajnath Singh today accused the government of "selectively leaking" the Liberhan Commission report on Babri Masjid demolition to the media with the aim of "polarising" voters ahead of the assembly elections in Jharkhand. |
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| Liberhan Commission report stalls Parliament | 23-NOV-09 |
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| Liberhan Commission report on the demolition of Babri Majid stalled Parliament today despite the government's assurance that the report along with the ATR would be tabled in the current session. |
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| Cong playing dirty politics on Babri issue, alleges BJP | 23-NOV-09 |
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| Accusing the Congress of playing "dirty politics", the BJP today demanded suspension of Question Hour in both Houses of Parliament and a debate on the "selective leaks" on Liberhan Commission report on Babri Masjid demolition. |
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| BJP, Cong spar over Liberhan report | 23-NOV-09 |
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| BJP and Congress today clashed over the findings of the Liberhan Commission, which is believed to have indicted senior BJP leaders Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L K Advani and M M Joshi, among others, for the demolition of the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992.
Justice M S Liberhan, who submitted his findings to the government on June 30, this year after an inquiry lasting nearly 17 years, has called the BJP leaders "pseudo-moderates" and stated that the entire build-up to the demolition was |
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| Sushma Swaraj's college mate | 22-NOV-09 |
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| The sugarcane pricing ordinance not only created an uproar outside Parliament but also in the internal meetings of political parties as sparks flew between BJP and Congress leaders. At the Lok Sabha’s Business Advisory Council meeting last week, when BJP’s deputy leader in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, assured the government that BJP would support efforts to offset the Rs 14,000-crore burden, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal quipped, “I thought you didn’t know about this aspect (Rs 14,000 crore were supposed to be given to the mills) of this ordinance.” Swaraj snapped at Bansal, “Do you think we are illiterates? And don’t forget we passed from the same college and studied under the same professors. |
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| 'The BJP forged a politico-business nexus in K'taka' | 22-NOV-09 |
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| The recent crisis in the BJP government in Karnataka was focused on whether B S Yeddyurappa would remain as the chief minister or would the rebels get their way, or whether the BJP central leadership would succeed in affecting a compromise. |
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| Sugarcane issue stalls Parliament on second day | 21-NOV-09 |
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| Parliament was rocked for the second day today over the new sugarcane pricing policy with a united opposition mounting further pressure on the government to withdraw the controversial ordinance that saw massive farmers’ protests yesterday. |
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| Sunita Narain: Rich land of the poor | 20-NOV-09 |
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| Take a map of India. Now mark the districts of the country in terms of forest wealth. Then overlay on them the water wealth of the country — the sources of streams and rivers that feed us. On this, plot the mineral wealth of the country — iron ore, coal, bauxite and all things nice that make economies rich. But don’t stop here. Mark on these wealth of India, another indicator — districts where the poorest people of our country live. |
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| Newsmaker: Nitin Gadkari | 20-NOV-09 |
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| He is not known for a sophisticated world view but Nitin Gadkari, the front-runner for the party’s national president, is likely to be just what the RSS ordered. |
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