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Karunanidhi admitted to hospital for stomach pain

Karunanidhi admitted to hospital for stomach pain

DMK chief M Karunanidhi was briefly admitted to a private hospital in Chennai on Saturday after he complained of stomach pain. The 88-year-old leader, who was taken to the hospital in the early hours, was later discharged after administering medication, party sources said.
Scribe arrested in Guwahati molestation case

Scribe arrested in Guwahati molestation case

Guwahati, July 20: Gaurav Jyoti Neog, reporter of city-based News Live channel, who had filmed the July 9 molestation of a 20-year-old girl here, was arrested on the charge of instigating the attack on her. The arrest came a day after the Gauhati High Court rejected his anticipatory bail plea. “Neog...
NCP to pull out ministers from UPA Cabinet, promises outside support

NCP to pull out ministers from UPA Cabinet, promises outside support

NCPhas decided to pull out of the UPA government and support it from outside in protest against the way the party was treated by Congress, creating fresh trouble for the ruling coalition. Party supremo Sharad Pawar, Minister for Agriculture, and the only other representative in the Union Cabinet, Praful...
Rahul could play a role both in party and government, says Congress

Rahul could play a role both in party and government, says Congress

With Rahul Gandhi having agreed to take a more proactive role, the Congress on Friday suggested that the role could be both in the party and the government. Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said the party already has ministers who were also handling organisational work as general secretaries...
Why Pranab Mukherjee was seen as a ‘dissenter’ in 1984?

Why Pranab Mukherjee was seen as a ‘dissenter’ in 1984?

Bangalore, Jul 20: Within hours of Indira Gandhi’s assassination, members of the Congress Working Committee wanted to nominate her son Rajiv as the caretaker Prime Minister but the then Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee did not agree, says a new book. In his autobiography Beyond the Lines, veteran...
Would like to see Rahul Gandhi as PM: Bahuguna

Would like to see Rahul Gandhi as PM: Bahuguna

Dehra Dun, Jul 20: Uttarakhand chief minister Vijay Bahuguna today said he would like to see Rahul Gandhi as Prime Minister after 2014 general elections. “I am pleased to hear that Rahul Gandhi is ready to take a big responsibility. But I want to see him as Prime Minister after the 2014 general...
After Sonia, PM placates Pawar, calls him very valued colleague

After Sonia, PM placates Pawar, calls him very valued colleague

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday reached out to sulking Sharad Pawar and described him as “very valued colleague”. “Pawar’s knowledge, wisdom and experience are great assets to the government,” said the PM. Earlier, after a meeting between NCP chief Pawar and Congress...
Team Sangma intends to cash in on Mulayam goof up?

Team Sangma intends to cash in on Mulayam goof up?

New Delhi, Jul 20: After the goof-up by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav during the presidential poll on Thursday, where he voted for the Opposition camp nominee, PA Sangma by mistake, the matter was blown out of proportion with most media channels highlighting it. Team Sangma intends to take...
Pawar a “very valued colleague”: Manmohan

Pawar a “very valued colleague”: Manmohan

Reaching out to sulking NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday hailed him as a “very valued colleague” and said his knowledge, wisdom and experience are a “great asset” to his government. Dr. Singh spoke to Mr. Pawar on Thursday night after he, along with party colleague...
‘Rajiv Gandhi called Manmohan Singh a Joker in public’

‘Rajiv Gandhi called Manmohan Singh a Joker in public’

Bangalore, Jul 20: Indians were shocked when international media criticised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh but it seems that more shocking facts have been kept in store for them. A book written by the then Union Home Secretary, CG Somiah stated that former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi had insulted Dr...