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Ahead of meet with GJM, Mamata rejects Bengal's division
Siliguri: Ahead of a meeting with the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), which has threatened to re-start the Gorkhaland campaign, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday said she wants a unified state and does not support those who want to divide the plains and the hills. "We don't want division, we want unity. Those who want to separate hills, those who want to separate plains... I don't support

'Poll panel raid on priest creating communal tension'
Even as the Congress has accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of inciting communalism in Goa, poll officials here have said that they only stuck to official guidelines when they raided a Catholic priest Tuesday, following an anonymous call.

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Bengal bars media conference at the assembly, CPI-M objects
The West Bengal assembly Friday barred press conferences at the media centre in the assembly premises when the house is not in session, drawing protests from the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).

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Modi to campaign in Uttar Pradesh
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will campaign in Uttar Pradesh, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukhtar Abbas Nazvi said Friday.

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Army chief age row unfortunate: BJP

New Delhi: The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday questioned the "silence" of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi on the row over the age of army chief

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'Samajwadi Party will get full majority in UP'
Ahead of the second phase of assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party leader Mohan Singh said Friday the party will get a majority in the 403-member house.

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