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Karnataka Border Row: Maharashtra Ministers To Meet Pro-State Activists In Belgaum
Maharashtra ministers Chandrakant Patil and Shambhuraj Desai will meet activists of the Madhyavarti Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti in Belgaum on December 3 and hold talks with them on the decades-old border dispute with Karnataka.
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Karnataka's Belgaum Should Be Declared Union Territory: Sena Amid Border Row
The Shiv Sena on Tuesday said Belgaum should be declared as a Union Territory, alleging that atrocities on Marathi-speaking people by pro-Kannada outfits were continuing there.
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Amid Border Row, Maharashtra Releases 50-Year-Old Documentary To Make Its Case
Amid sparring with Karnataka leaders over the Belgaum issue, the Maharashtra Government has re-released an old documentary which makes a case for inclusion of Belgaum and some other border areas in the state.
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Maharashtra-Karnataka Border Issue Politicised: MNS Chief Raj Thackeray
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray today said that the boundary row between Maharashtra and Karnataka is an issue which could probably never be resolved.
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In Goa, transporters threaten to stop supplies over Entry tax row
Goa could face shortage of essential commodities with the transporters from the markets of Belgaum in Karnataka and Kolhapur in Maharashtra threatening to stop supplies from tomorrow if the entry tax imposed by the state government on the border was not rolled back.
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Supreme Court to hear petitions of four Veerappan aides today
The Supreme Court will today take up the plea of four associates of sandalwood bandit Veerappan who are on death row at the Belgaum Central Jail in Karnataka.
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'They should be spared from execution', says Veerappan's widow
The wife of notorious sandalwood smuggler Veerappan has urged the government that four associates of her husband, who are on death row in a landmine blast case, be spared from execution. The mercy petition of the four men has been rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee. They are expected to be executed in the next 14 days, sources have said.
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Karnataka Chief Minister Shettar rejects Maharashtra's demand for Belgaum
Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Thursday rejected Maharashtra's demand for declaring disputed border areas of Belgaum as a union territory till the Supreme Court takes a final decision on the row between the two states, saying the region belongs to his state and the issue is a "closed chapter".
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Chavan takes Belgaum to Delhi, Yeddyurappa unmoved
Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has taken the battle over Belgaum to Delhi. But the BJP government in Karnataka will not back down, making it clear that Belgaum is indivisible. Ashok Chavan met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today and apprised him of the latest situation on the border dispute with Karnataka. He asked the Centre to intervene ...
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Make Belgaum a union territory: Maharashtra CM
The border row between Maharashtra and Karnataka over Belgaum hotted up on Tuesday with Chief Minister Ashok Chavan demanding that the Centre declare Marathi speaking villages in Karnataka as a Union Territory till a court decision and Shiv Sena backing the demand.
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Belgaum as Union Territory, urges Maharashtra
The battle over Belgaum has flared up on the Maharashtra-Karnataka border as sporadic violence brought buses plying across the boundary from either side to a grinding halt.The border dispute over Belgaum has long been an emotive issue for Maharashtra political parties. In fact, it was the Congress which took the issue to court in 2004. But this is ...
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Belgaum row: Some relief for Maharashtra
In some relief for Maharashtra in the battle for Belgaum, the Supreme Court has allowed the state to file an amended application to challenge the validity of State Re-organisation Act.For years there has been a boundary dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra over Belgaum.Last week, the Centre, in its affidavit, rejected Maharashtra's claim sayin...
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Boundary row: Chavan to lead all-party delegation to PM
In the backdrop of the Supreme Court hearing the Maharashtra-Karnataka boundary dispute case, Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has said he would lead an all-party delegation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on July 14 on the issue.Addressing a press conference, Chavan said the Prime Minister has convened a meeting on Chief Ministers and Home...
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Karnataka Border Row: Maharashtra Ministers To Meet Pro-State Activists In Belgaum
Maharashtra ministers Chandrakant Patil and Shambhuraj Desai will meet activists of the Madhyavarti Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti in Belgaum on December 3 and hold talks with them on the decades-old border dispute with Karnataka.
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Karnataka's Belgaum Should Be Declared Union Territory: Sena Amid Border Row
The Shiv Sena on Tuesday said Belgaum should be declared as a Union Territory, alleging that atrocities on Marathi-speaking people by pro-Kannada outfits were continuing there.
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Amid Border Row, Maharashtra Releases 50-Year-Old Documentary To Make Its Case
Amid sparring with Karnataka leaders over the Belgaum issue, the Maharashtra Government has re-released an old documentary which makes a case for inclusion of Belgaum and some other border areas in the state.
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Maharashtra-Karnataka Border Issue Politicised: MNS Chief Raj Thackeray
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray today said that the boundary row between Maharashtra and Karnataka is an issue which could probably never be resolved.
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In Goa, transporters threaten to stop supplies over Entry tax row
Goa could face shortage of essential commodities with the transporters from the markets of Belgaum in Karnataka and Kolhapur in Maharashtra threatening to stop supplies from tomorrow if the entry tax imposed by the state government on the border was not rolled back.
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Supreme Court to hear petitions of four Veerappan aides today
The Supreme Court will today take up the plea of four associates of sandalwood bandit Veerappan who are on death row at the Belgaum Central Jail in Karnataka.
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'They should be spared from execution', says Veerappan's widow
The wife of notorious sandalwood smuggler Veerappan has urged the government that four associates of her husband, who are on death row in a landmine blast case, be spared from execution. The mercy petition of the four men has been rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee. They are expected to be executed in the next 14 days, sources have said.
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Karnataka Chief Minister Shettar rejects Maharashtra's demand for Belgaum
Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Thursday rejected Maharashtra's demand for declaring disputed border areas of Belgaum as a union territory till the Supreme Court takes a final decision on the row between the two states, saying the region belongs to his state and the issue is a "closed chapter".
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Chavan takes Belgaum to Delhi, Yeddyurappa unmoved
Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has taken the battle over Belgaum to Delhi. But the BJP government in Karnataka will not back down, making it clear that Belgaum is indivisible. Ashok Chavan met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today and apprised him of the latest situation on the border dispute with Karnataka. He asked the Centre to intervene ...
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Make Belgaum a union territory: Maharashtra CM
The border row between Maharashtra and Karnataka over Belgaum hotted up on Tuesday with Chief Minister Ashok Chavan demanding that the Centre declare Marathi speaking villages in Karnataka as a Union Territory till a court decision and Shiv Sena backing the demand.
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Belgaum as Union Territory, urges Maharashtra
The battle over Belgaum has flared up on the Maharashtra-Karnataka border as sporadic violence brought buses plying across the boundary from either side to a grinding halt.The border dispute over Belgaum has long been an emotive issue for Maharashtra political parties. In fact, it was the Congress which took the issue to court in 2004. But this is ...
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Belgaum row: Some relief for Maharashtra
In some relief for Maharashtra in the battle for Belgaum, the Supreme Court has allowed the state to file an amended application to challenge the validity of State Re-organisation Act.For years there has been a boundary dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra over Belgaum.Last week, the Centre, in its affidavit, rejected Maharashtra's claim sayin...
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Boundary row: Chavan to lead all-party delegation to PM
In the backdrop of the Supreme Court hearing the Maharashtra-Karnataka boundary dispute case, Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has said he would lead an all-party delegation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on July 14 on the issue.Addressing a press conference, Chavan said the Prime Minister has convened a meeting on Chief Ministers and Home...
