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INDIA: Women’s Political Empowerment, Yes; Better Lives, No

NEW DELHI, Nov 23 (IPS) - Despite getting suitably politically empowered, women in India continue to lag behind on almost all crucial developmental parametres like education, health and economic participation.

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Kavita Karkare gets sympathetic hearing from Sonia Gandhi

India's News.Net Monday 23rd November, 2009 (IANS) Kavita Karkare, the widow of slain Maharashtra top cop Hemant Karkare, got a sympathetic hearing from Congress president Sonia Gandhi on whom she called on here Monday. The...

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Campaigning for first phase of Jharkhand polls ends

Ten months into President's rule, imposed after no alliance could stake claim to form a seventh government, the Jharkhand electorate will choose their government when the first of the five-phase assembly elections gets underway...

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"Shah Rukh always knew about Tees Maar Khan" - Shirish Kunder

This seems to have become a national issue. Farah Khan working with Akshay Kumar for her next directorial venture appears to be nothing short of Sonia Gandhi suddenly deciding to join BJP (sorry, couldn't think of a better...

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Panel names Atal, Advani

The Justice Liberhan Commission report, probing the Babri Masjid demolition, has reportedly indicted former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee along with Leader of Opposition L K Advani and former BJ...

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Muraleedharan’s Congress re-entry plans face hurdles

Girish Menon Thiruvananthapuram: Former Congress leader K. Muraleedharan’s attempt to gain entry to the Congress has received a setback, with the party high command lobbing the ball into the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee’s...

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Upholding the law: the difficulty of being good

Manjunath Shanmugam, an employee of Indian Oil Corp. Ltd, stood for the good. Raised his voice against corruption in the adulteration of oil. He was silenced forever, this week, four years ago. V.P. Baligar, an outstanding IAS...

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![CDATA[I haven't yet signed for Indira Gandhi project: Madhuri]]

CDATA[At the moment, Madhuri Dixit is more bothered about her son's upset tummy than playing Indira Gandhi. While the actress says the former prime minister is her idol, she maintains that she hasn't yet given her consent to...

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Parties promise corruption free government in Jharkhand

By Nityanand Shukla. Jharkhand, India, 04:00 PM IST Political parties contesting the Jharkhand assembly elections are promising a corruption free government and cheaper food grain to the poor. The manifestoes of major parties...

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Rahul Gandhi debunks 'India Shining' during Jharkhand rallies

Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi would campaign in poll-bound Jharkhand. They are prominent among the 40 party leaders, whose names The Times of ...

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