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GUJARAT ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2012

Congress’s defeat is imminent: Narendra Modi

NNIS | December 01 , 2012

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Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has kicked off his poll campaign on Saturday for the upcoming assembly elections after offering prayers at Somnath Temple. He was confident about his win and stated that all records will be broken this time.

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Main opposition, BJP on Saturday alleged that the Group of Ministers (GoM) constituted to look into the autonomy of CBI was infact ‘Her Madam’s voice’, indirectly referring to Congress supremo, Sonia Gandhi and her influence in the whole matter.

GoM on CBI’s autonomy bogus: BJP

Mumbai Police has seized the belongings of S Sreesanth and Jiju Janardhan - both arrested by Delhi police on spot-fixing allegations during the current T20 League season - from hotel rooms booked in their names at a five-star hotel in Mumbai.

Spot-fixing scandal: Sreesanth’s laptop, iPad seized

Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh has expressed his concern over the fact that he got a cold shoulder from the Madhya Pradesh government.

Digvijaya concerened over cold shoulder from MP

Chinese premier Li Keqiangs maiden visit to India symbolises the rising significance of New Delhi to Beijing as the two Asian giants seek to overcome a chequered past in order to broaden strategic ties and boost bilateral trade.

Chinese premier visits India

In a shocking incident in Jaipur, staffers of a non-governmental organisation raped two deaf and mute orphaned girls, where they were under treatment for speech therapy.

Two deaf and mute orphan girls raped in Jaipur

BJPs national vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said India shared healthy relations with all its neighbours in the past but due to wrong policies of the Union government they have now turned sour.

Centre is responsible for wrong foreign policies: Naqvi

Indian T20 League chairman Rajiv Shukla has made it loud and clear that strict action will be taken against those who found guilty of spot-fixing.

Strict action will be taken against culprits: Shukla

Karnataka chief minister K Siddaramaiah on Saturday expanded his ministry, with the induction of new ministers amid growing chorus for removal of tainted ministers. Karnataka governor, Hansraj Bhardwaj administered the oath to the new ministers before a packed crowd in a stadium.

Siddaramaiah inducts 28 new ministers

104-year-old Hari Singh, resident of Dehradun, has become the oldest person in the world to undergo successful angioplasty. He was operated on by Dr Purushottam Lal, a reputed cardiologist.

104-year-old becomes oldest to have angioplasty

The T20 spot fixing has taken up a shape of dirty politics with opposition continuously hitting out at Centre Government and BCCI for its lax rules and regulations. The BJP has now suggested the Centre and the Board of Control for Cricket in India to come up with more stringent rules and regulations.

BCCI, govt should make new rules to solve spot fixing: BJP

The Delhi Police is likely to conduct more raids on Saturday in connection with the T20 spot-fixing scandal. Teams of Delhi Polices special cell have been sent to Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, and Kolkata to conduct searches and track the money trail in the T20 spot-fixing case.

Spot fixing: Delhi Police to conduct more raids

Bharatiya Janata Party in Rajasthan has called a state-level shut down on Saturday to protest the CBI charge sheet against Opposition leader Gulab Chand Kataria in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case.

BJP calls for bandh in Rajasthan to protest on Kataria issue

BJP held the ruling Congress party responsible for the non-passage of the food security bill in the budget session of the parliament.

Congress responsible for non passage of food bill: BJP

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested the chief investigator in the coal blocks allotment case for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs.7 lakh to "settle" a land dispute for a businessman.

CBI official probing coal scam arrested for taking bribe

At least one personnel of the Special Task Force (STF) was killed, while another was critically injured during a gun battle with Maoists in Raipur. The incident took place when the security forces were on their way to Maoist hotbed Sukma for area domination when the rebels showered bullets at them triggering a gun battle.

Raipur: 1 Cobra Jawan killed, 3 hurt in Naxal encounter

Bollywood actor, Anil Kapoor is very confident about his daughter Sonam Kapoor’s upcoming film ‘Raanjhnaa’ and says people will like this romantic movie.

Anil Kapoor confident about Raanjhnaa’s success

Cricketer Ajit Chandila had approached two more Twenty20 League players to be a part of spot fixing after bookies asked him to get more people.

Spot fixing: Chandila tried to rope in 2 more players

An Australian man has been sentenced to 45 years of imprisonment for the rape and murder of Tosha Thakkar, an Indian student studying in Australia, in 2011.

Australian gets 45 years in jail for raping Indian

Life of a 23 year old boy who has been delivering newspapers since he was in standard 3 has suddenly changed after he cracked one of the toughest exams - Common Aptitude Test (CAT).

Newspaper boy makes it to IIM Calcutta

Arrested Rajasthan Royals spinner Ankeet Chavan has reportedly confessed to spot-fixing in the ongoing edition of the Indian T20 League. Apparently Chavan broke down during the police interrogation and confessed.

Spot-fixing: Chavan confesses, Sreesanth claims innocence

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