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BJP rushes to quell dissent

The Congress has walked away with the credit despite the BJP?s all out support to the women's quota Bill in the Rajya Sabha, feel many in the saffron party. The BJP also squandered a chance to pin the government down on price rise and internal security because of its preoccupation with the Bill.

Jan industrial output up 16.7 pct y/y - govt

India's industrial output rose 16.7 percent in January from a year earlier, slightly stronger than market expectations, aided by stimulus measures that boosted domestic demand, data showed on Friday.

HC fast-tracks Nalini petition

The Madras High Court on Thursday said Rajiv Gandhi's "assassin" Nalini's plea for premature release concerned her personal liberty and should be disposed of without delay. "It is a matter involving the liberty of a person," a division bench told the Tamil Nadu government.

Cong says suspended MPs must apologise

The issue of suspension and eviction of seven Rajya Sabha MPs continued to rock Parliament even on Thursday.

Now, some BJP women MPs start to speak up

A section of the BJP's women MPs joined colleagues opposed to the women's reservation Bill today, slamming the rotation principle in the proposed new law, even as the party struggled to put together a stand that reconciled all the divergent opinions on the issue in its ranks.

In Lok Sabha, UPA has need to reach out

Two days after celebrating its victory in the Rajya Sabha, the UPA today agreed to put the Women's Reservation Bill on hold pending consultations with "all concerned." The Bill awaits passage in the Lok Sabha after having been cleared by the Elders.

I'm ready to mediate with Maoists: Trinamool MP Kabir Suman

Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) Kabir Suman, the Trinamool Congress MP who is not always known to toe the party line and a hugely popular poet-singer in West Bengal, says he is willing to mediate between the central government and Maoists.

We don't want proxy wars in Afghanistan, Karzai says

Afghanistan does not want a proxy war between Pakistan and India or anybody else fought on its soil, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday during a visit to Pakistan.

Toyota discounts boost sales; U.S. mulls 'black box'

Unprecedented discounts after a series of damaging recalls boosted Toyota Motor Corp's U.S. sales in early March, as U.S. regulators weighed new auto safety measures.

About time

The editorial 'Marshal law' (IE, March 11) is right in arguing that "cracking down on those legislators who think they can hold up business indefinitely was overdue".

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