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Nitish Kumar's wife cremated (LEAD)
Patna, May 15 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's wife Manju Sinha was cremated at the Pahalwan Ghat on the banks of the river Ganga here Tuesday afternoon.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007 6:50:18 PM

MPs demand steep hike in MPLAD fund
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Parliamentarians Tuesday made an unsuccessful attempt to make the government promise a steep hike in their local area development funds. But Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, in view of the several house adjournments, suggested that they should propose 'no work; no pay' instead.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007 6:49:57 PM

Restore Sukhdev Singh's ancestral house, demand MPs
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Lok Sabha MPs Tuesday urged the government to restore the ancestral home of freedom fighter Sukhdev Singh, who was hanged along with Bhagat Singh in 1931, and erect a column in the memory of the freedom fighters at Viper island in the Andaman Islands where they were deported during British colonial rule.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007 6:26:35 PM

Signature campaign for Kalam's second term
Patna, May 15 (IANS) A social organisation in Bihar has launched a signature campaign in support of a second term for President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam whose tenure ends in July.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007 6:22:43 PM

Shed 'mai baap' notion, PM to IAS probationers
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Probationers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) belonging to last year's batch Tuesday got some lessons on good governance from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a former teacher himself, who urged them to keep the long-term interests of the country foremost in their minds.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007 6:21:29 PM

Raja appointed communications and IT minister
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Environment and Forests Minister A. Raja was Tuesday appointed communications and information technology minister following the resignation of his DMK party colleague Dayanidhi Maran from the council of ministers.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007 6:20:23 PM

Mumbai blasts accused form political outfit
Mumbai, May 15 (IANS) Several accused of the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts have formed a political outfit called Dalit Muslim United Front, days before a special court here starts announcing the quantum of sentence for the 100 convicts.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007 6:19:56 PM

We hope to get justice from Mayawati: Nithari victims' kin
Nithari (Uttar Pradesh), May 15 (IANS) Their hearts are full of hope as they go to Lucknow to meet Mayawati. The distraught kin of the victims of the Nithari serial killings are meeting the new Uttar Pradesh chief minister on Wednesday and are optimistic she will do justice to them.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007 6:19:19 PM

Allow 20 percent MP development fund for health: Paswan
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister Ram Vilas Paswan Tuesday said that he has recommended parliamentarians be allowed to spend 20 percent of their development fund for 'better health to poor people'.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007 5:05:08 PM

CBI court adjourns Mayawati's prosecution in Taj realty scam
Lucknow, May 15 (IANS) A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here Tuesday adjourned hearing in the Taj Corridor real estate scam involving new Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007 4:37:36 PM

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