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Centre amends 1982 Anti-Hijacking Act
The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government on Friday amended the Anti-Hijacking Act of 1982 by approving the inclusion of a death sentence to be given to those involved in it. ANI

Centre announces eight percent increase in DA for Central Govt employees
The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government on Friday announced an eight percent Dearness Allowance (DA) increase for the Central Government employees. ANI

Death penalty as punishment for hijackers: Centre
The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government on Friday toughened its anti-hijacking law by declaring that a death sentence would be given to those involved in it. ANI

BJP satisfied with its performance during first half of Budget session
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday expressed satisfaction of having discharged its responsibilities during the first half of the Budget session. ANI

Voters attitude poll predicts big win for Congress Party
The voters attitude poll that was conducted by politicsparty.com in all the major states of the country suggested a victory for the Congress Party, as of now. ANI

Indian self-help group to provide artificial limbs to war victims in Iraq
The famed artificial Jaipur Foot, which has enabled thousands of disabled people restart their lives in the country, is now all set to offer a healing touch to the victims of strife-torn Iraq. ANI

Bihar Congress withdraws Sadhu Yadavs suspension
The Bihar Congress on Thursday withdrew the resignation of Sadhu Yadav, against whom action was taken yesterday for speaking against the government on the issue of the Womens Reservation Bill. ANI

Yadav trio to meet Sonia Gandhi over Womens Reservation Bill
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) chief Sharad Yadav are expected to meet Congress President Sonia Gandhi to discuss the Womens Reservation Bill. ANI

Centre ready for all-party meet to discuss Womens Reservation Bill: Pranab Mukherjee
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said the Central Government is ready to call for an all-party meeting to discuss the Womens Reservation Bill. ANI

Mamata Banerjee takes a dig at Left parties on Women Reservation Bill
Union Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday charged the Left parties of taking undue credit for the successful passage of the Women Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. ANI

Lalu Yadav to withdraw support to UPA
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav is expected to hand over a letter to President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday withdrawing his partys support to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government on the issue of the Women Reservation Bill. ANI

Congress suspends Sadhu Yadav
Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government on Wednesday suspended party member Sadhu Yadav for speaking against the government on the issue of the Womens Reservation Bill. ANI

Bring Womens Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha, says Opposition
Even as the historic Womens Reservation Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Communist Party now have decided that it will put pressure on the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government to bring the Bill in the Lok Sabha. ANI

Womens Bill: BJP ready to help UPA Government
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led Opposition on Tuesday assured the Central Government of the requisite support in the Parliament to pass the controversial Womens Bill after the withdrawal of support by some of the allies of the Congress led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government. ANI

Trinamool plays truant in UPAs need of the hour
Ahead of its turn to vote on the significant Womens Reservation Bill on Tuesday evening, the United Progressive Alliance partner Trinamool Congress decided to abstain during voting on the Womens Reservation Bill. ANI

BJP, CPI(M) slam Govt. over its lackluster approach on Women Reservation Bill
Congress party-led United Progressive Alliance government was criticized by the opposition parties for its half-hearted approach over the passage of Womens Reservation Bill on Monday. ANI

PM, Sonia to hold meet at 7 RCR over Women Reservation Bill
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi will hold a meet at 6.30 p.m. at the 7 Race Course Road in the capital. ANI

Economy has withstood adversities, set to achieve 9 percent growth in 2010-11: PM
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on Friday said the economy has withstood adversities caused by global financial crisis, and added that the world is praising India for its handling of it. ANI

Sonia Gandhi to brief allies on fuel price hike
Congress President Sonia Gandhi will talk to allies of the Congress led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government on Thursday, and explain to them the partys position on fuel price hike. ANI

Mukherjee to brief UPA allies on fuel price hike, NDA leaders to meet
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will brief United Progressive Alliance (UPA) allies on fuel price hike issue today. ANI

Prime Minister hints at no fuel price rollback
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Monday hinted that his Government may not initiate a rollback on fuel prices, and said that the economy has the capacity to absorb the hike without setting any inflationary pressure. ANI

DMK, Trinmool Congress demand roll back of fuel price hike
Two major allies of the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA)-Trinmool Congress and the Dravida Munnetra Kazagam (DMK) demanded the roll back of the tax put on petroleum products. ANI

BJP President Gadkari deplores resumption of dialogue with Pakistan
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari has criticized the Centre for resuming dialogue with Pakistan. ANI

JD-U terms Budget 2010 as anti-poor
Janata Dal-United (JD-U) has criticized the General Budget 2010-2011 tabled in Parliament by Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, and termed it as an anti-poor man budget. ANI

India confronted the global meltdown with ease: Pranab Mukherjee
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the General Budget for 2010-2011 in Parliament on Friday with an assurance that the worst was over for the Indian economy and the days ahead were promising despite being full of challenges. ANI

BJP demands parliamentary probe on price rise
The opposition led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the alleged food scam that has led to the increase in prices of essential commodities like wheat, rice, pulses and sugar. ANI

BJP to move adjournment motion in Lok Sabha over price rise
Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday said it has plans to move adjournment motion against the United Progressive Alliance government on Feb.23 in the Lok Sabha seeking debate on the price rise issue. ANI

Congress takes a dig at BJPs Antakshari
Taking a dig at Bharatiya Janata Partys Antakshari, which it termed as a cultural programme during the ongoing national executive meet in Indore, in which party president Nitin Gadkari mesmerized partys top brass with his singing abilities, senior congress leaders at All India Congress Committee (AICC) have said its a good thing to keep the jobless BJP leaders occupied. ANI

Chief Minister Bhattacharjee admits to lack of alertness during Maoist attack
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Thursday admitted to lack of alertness in the Maoist attack on the paramilitary force camp that killed 24 policemen. ANI

Congress and BJP activists clash in Jharkhand
Party workers of the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) clashed during a BJP organised demonstration against price rise here on Monday. ANI

Nepals President to arrive in New Delhi on Monday
Nepals President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav will arrive in the national capital on Monday, as part of a four-day state visit to India. ANI

Demo against fuel prices held in Kolkata
Members of the West Bengal unit of Youth Congress staged a demonstration here against a proposed fuel price hike. ANI

UPA Govts wrong economic policies caused price rise, says Gadkari
Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday slammed Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government for the price rise of commodities and held its wrong economic policies as the reason for the prevailing condition. ANI

No change in Home Ministrys ideology in UPA II: Chidambaram
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Sunday clarified that no change has come in the ideology of his ministry under the present or previous United Progressive Alliance government and it remains the same. ANI

Beating Retreat brings the curtain down on Republic Day 2010 celebrations
Beating Retreat, a centuries old military tradition dating back to the days when troops disengaged from battle at sunset, brought an end to the Republic Day celebrations for 2010 on Friday evening. ANI

President Pratibha Patil hosts At Home on 61st Republic Day
President Pratibha Devisingh Patil hosted the customary At Home on the occasion of 61st Republic Day on Tuesday evening in the sprawling lawns of Rashtrapati Bhavan here. ANI

We need consensus to keep criminals out of politics, says Sonia
Congress President and United Progressive Alliance chief Sonia Gandhi on Monday said that there is a need to keep criminals out of the political system. ANI

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak arrives on a four-day State visit
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Sunday arrived in the national capital on a four-day State visit by a special aircraft, accompanied by his wife Kim Yoon-ok and a high-level delegation. ANI

South Korean President to arrive in New Delhi on Sunday
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will arrive in national capital on Sunday, as part of a four-day state visit to India. ANI

Manmohan Singh meets BJP team on price-rise issue
A high-level Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation led by senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani met Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Wednesday to lodge the partys protest against the rise in prices of essential commodities. ANI

Student commits suicide for creation of Telangana in Osmania varsity
Tension prevailed in Osmania University on Tuesday, as a student committed suicide the early morning in support of the demand for a separate Telangana state to be carved out from Andhra Pradesh. ANI

Manmohan Singh to meet UPA junior ministers
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, will on Tuesday meet his junior ministers to hear their complaints about not having enough work to do. ANI

Malaysian PM to arrive in New Delhi tomorrow
Malaysian Prime Minister Dato Sri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak will arrive in the national capital on a five-day State visit to India. ANI

Basu did not go gentle into good night, says Sonia Gandhi
Congress president and United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Sunday condoled the death of veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu and said that he did not go gentle into good night. ANI

Indian leaders mourn Jyoti Basu death
As veteran Communist leader Jyoti Basu breathed his last on Sunday here at the AMRI Hospital at 11.47 a.m. after a multiple-organ failure, the nation lost one of its finest political leaders and a man of masses in him. ANI

Speculations rife over new Governors names
Speculations are rife in the political circles of New Delhi about reshuffling and appointments of Governors for seven States. ANI

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to visit India
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama will arrive in Mumbai tomorrow on a three day visit to India on the invitation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. ANI

Andhra sports minister resigns for Telangana
Andhra Pradesh Minister of State for Sports K V Reddy resigned from his post in support of the formation of Telangana on Thursday, a day later Union Home Minister Chidambaram announced Centres halt to the process of creation of Telangana. ANI

Pawar says states govt. must protect citizens against price rise
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar on Sunday said state governments should take steps to protect its citizens against prise rise. ANI

BJP hails white paper on Indian Railways financial status
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Friday welcomed the white paper regarding the financial status of the Indian Railways which was presented in the parliament. ANI

Karat flays central government on price rise issue
CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat has said the Central Government has failed to curb the price hike of essential commodities because of its wrong policies. ANI

Govt. has not rejected Liberhan Commission recommendations: Moily
Union Law Minister Virappa Moily on Tuesday said that no recommendation made in the Liberhan Commission report has been rejected. ANI

Centre tables Librehan report in Parliament, SP, BJP leaders scuffle
The United Progressive Alliance government finally tabled the much-awaited Librehan Commission Report on the Babri mosque demolition after the Opposition staged an uproar over its leakage to the media before its tabling in Parliament. ANI

Librehan report on Babri demolition tabled in Parliament
The United Progressive Alliance government finally presented the much-awaited Librehan Commission report over the Babri mosque demolition after the Opposition stage uproar on Monday over the leakage of repot to media before tabling it in Parliament as per the propriety. ANI

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