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A five-day bandh began on Tuesday in West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia – the three Maoist dominated areas of Bengal...The appeal was to hold hostilities for 15 days to enable the farmers harvest the paddy that stands ripe on the fields. “The poor farmers...
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Even as members of both Houses of Parliament on Thursday saluted the “indomitable” spirit of Mumbai as the nation remembered the terror strike on the metropolis on its first anniversary, the government came in for sharp criticism for delaying compensation...
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The government on Friday said it would amend a new sugarcane pricing rule, bowing to protests held in the capital by farmers demanding higher prices for their produce. The government would delete the contentious part of the new cane pricing rule, Railways...
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Struggle for leadership is on," Singh told a news conference here. Asserting that the Congress has taken all sections of people with it, he accused the BJP of cheating the people in the name of religion and communal politics. Under the leadership of Sonia...
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Far-right MP basks in limelight after overturning ban to enter Britain • Protests follow arrival of Dutch Islamophobe • Ukip peer says event is free speech 'celebration' Geert Wilders is watched by Lord Pearson and a security official as he speaks to...
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The demonstrators, from the Greenpeace charity, have unfurled banners and flags stating "change the politics, save the climate"...A group of activists from the Plane Stupid group scaled the roof earlier this year to protest against Heathrow expansion....
Tags: climate change, Greenpeace, Houses of Parliament, Britain, British Parliament
The Justices of the Supreme Court are replacing the Law Lords as the final court of appeal for almost all cases in the United Kingdom. The court is independent of Parliament and will hear the most important cases. Lord Phillips, President of the Supreme...
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He goes from being shadow leader of the Commons to shadow prisons minister. Mr Duncan, who was responsible for the Tories' position on MPs' expenses, is said to accept he is now a "lightning conductor" for anger over the issue. The Rutland and Melton...
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DMK on Monday clashed in the Rajya Sabha over the induction of DMK Ministers in the Union Cabinet and over allocation of 2G spectrum...Motion of Thanks to the President’s address, said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was initially opposed to the induction...
Tags: Congress, BJP, Lalu Prasad, Advani, regional parties, prime minister, present form, Houses of Parliament
Meira Kumar, a 64-year-old five-term parliament member and former minister of social justice, was elected with support from both the ruling Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata party in a rare show of consensus within the often bitterly divided...
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