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Veteran Communist Party Leader Gurudas Dasgupta Dies At 83
Veteran Communist Party of India or CPI leader and former MP Gurudas Dasgupta died today following a prolonged illness, party sources said. He was 83 and was suffering from lung cancer for last several months, West Bengal CPI secretary Swapan Banerjee said.
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Left Front Yet To Get Proposal On Alliance With Congress, Says CPI
CPI today said no proposal by CPI(M) has so far been received or discussed in the Left Front regarding an alliance with Congress for the West Bengal Assembly polls.
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Merger of Left Parties Not on Immediate Agenda: Former Lawmaker Gurudas Dasgupta
Communist Party of India (CPI) today said that the merger of Left parties was not on its immediate agenda though their unity to put up a common fight against anti-people government policies and communalism was under consideration.
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Strike Against Road Transport Safety Bill 'Complete': AITUC
Terming the strike against Centre's Road Transport Safety Bill as "complete" in most states, the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) today "congratulated" protesters for participating in the demonstration.
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Oil Minister orders gas price rises be backdated to April 1
Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily has ordered that increases in gas prices, put on hold by the election authorities, be backdated to April 1, in a directive that has drawn criticism from a rival politician.
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Taxmen carrying out probe on gas row: government tells Supreme Court
The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that an investigation was being carried out by the Income Tax Department into an alleged money laundering issue raised during hearing of pleas, seeking cancellation of Reliance Industries Ltd's contract for exploration of oil and gas from Krishna-Godavari basin.
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Supreme Court directs government to probe Rs 6,500 crore investment in Reliance Industries
The Supreme Court, which is hearing petitions seeking cancellation of Reliance Industries' contract for exploration of oil and gas from Krishna-Godavari basin, on Wednesday wanted to know from the Centre about a probe into the alleged money laundering issue raised during the hearing.
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Election Commission asks oil ministry to defer new gas price
In a move that will delay revision of natural gas prices by a few months, the Election Commission today asked the UPA government to defer notifying doubling of price of the fuel produced by companies such as Reliance Industries till general elections are completed.
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Supreme Court begins final hearing on gas pricing issue
Final hearing on pleas challenging the governments decision to double the price of natural gas and seeking cancellation of Reliance Industries Ltd's contract for exploration of oil and gas from the Krishna-Godavari basin commenced in the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
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Gas prices: Supreme Court to hear petitions challenging formula approved by Cabinet
The Supreme Court will today hear two petitions challenging the hike in gas prices. CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta and an NGO have petitioned against the gas pricing formula approved by a cabinet panel in June last year that has allowed gas prices to be hiked from $4.2 a unit to $8.4 from April.
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Defiant Akhilesh Yadav showers largesse on Bollywood as Muzaffarnagar riots victims shiver in the cold
A Bollywood night in Saifai, which had Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and his family enjoying performances by stars such as Salman Khan, Deepika Padukone and Madhuri Dixit till late last night, has sparked criticism from political parties as well as on social networking sites.
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2013: Business tycoons like Birla, Sahara face tough year in courts
Corporate czars like Anil Ambani, Sunil Bharti Mittal and business houses including Tata came under intense judicial scanner for scam-related cases in 2013 with Subrata Roy Sahara facing the toughest time in Supreme Court which restrained him from leaving India.
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Gas dispute: Supreme Court declines stay on RIL's arbitration petition
When the matter came up for hearing before Justice S S Nijjar, advocates for CPI MP Gurudas Dasgupta and NGO Common Cause sought stay of the hearing saying that a bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam was seized of the PILs challenging Centre's decision to raise the price of natural gas in which they have also questioned the agreement on arbit...
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Will resign if charges of shifting official proved right: Veerappa Moily
Strongly refuting charges of transferring an officer for being tough on Reliance Industries, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily today said he will resign if even an iota of evidence was produced against him.
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Explain decision to raise gas prices: Supreme Court to Oil Minister Moily
The Supreme Court has given the minister and RIL four weeks to respond. The next hearing is scheduled for September 6.
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Veteran Communist Party Leader Gurudas Dasgupta Dies At 83
Veteran Communist Party of India or CPI leader and former MP Gurudas Dasgupta died today following a prolonged illness, party sources said. He was 83 and was suffering from lung cancer for last several months, West Bengal CPI secretary Swapan Banerjee said.
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Left Front Yet To Get Proposal On Alliance With Congress, Says CPI
CPI today said no proposal by CPI(M) has so far been received or discussed in the Left Front regarding an alliance with Congress for the West Bengal Assembly polls.
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Merger of Left Parties Not on Immediate Agenda: Former Lawmaker Gurudas Dasgupta
Communist Party of India (CPI) today said that the merger of Left parties was not on its immediate agenda though their unity to put up a common fight against anti-people government policies and communalism was under consideration.
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Strike Against Road Transport Safety Bill 'Complete': AITUC
Terming the strike against Centre's Road Transport Safety Bill as "complete" in most states, the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) today "congratulated" protesters for participating in the demonstration.
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Oil Minister orders gas price rises be backdated to April 1
Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily has ordered that increases in gas prices, put on hold by the election authorities, be backdated to April 1, in a directive that has drawn criticism from a rival politician.
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Taxmen carrying out probe on gas row: government tells Supreme Court
The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that an investigation was being carried out by the Income Tax Department into an alleged money laundering issue raised during hearing of pleas, seeking cancellation of Reliance Industries Ltd's contract for exploration of oil and gas from Krishna-Godavari basin.
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Supreme Court directs government to probe Rs 6,500 crore investment in Reliance Industries
The Supreme Court, which is hearing petitions seeking cancellation of Reliance Industries' contract for exploration of oil and gas from Krishna-Godavari basin, on Wednesday wanted to know from the Centre about a probe into the alleged money laundering issue raised during the hearing.
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Election Commission asks oil ministry to defer new gas price
In a move that will delay revision of natural gas prices by a few months, the Election Commission today asked the UPA government to defer notifying doubling of price of the fuel produced by companies such as Reliance Industries till general elections are completed.
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Supreme Court begins final hearing on gas pricing issue
Final hearing on pleas challenging the governments decision to double the price of natural gas and seeking cancellation of Reliance Industries Ltd's contract for exploration of oil and gas from the Krishna-Godavari basin commenced in the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
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Gas prices: Supreme Court to hear petitions challenging formula approved by Cabinet
The Supreme Court will today hear two petitions challenging the hike in gas prices. CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta and an NGO have petitioned against the gas pricing formula approved by a cabinet panel in June last year that has allowed gas prices to be hiked from $4.2 a unit to $8.4 from April.
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Defiant Akhilesh Yadav showers largesse on Bollywood as Muzaffarnagar riots victims shiver in the cold
A Bollywood night in Saifai, which had Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and his family enjoying performances by stars such as Salman Khan, Deepika Padukone and Madhuri Dixit till late last night, has sparked criticism from political parties as well as on social networking sites.
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2013: Business tycoons like Birla, Sahara face tough year in courts
Corporate czars like Anil Ambani, Sunil Bharti Mittal and business houses including Tata came under intense judicial scanner for scam-related cases in 2013 with Subrata Roy Sahara facing the toughest time in Supreme Court which restrained him from leaving India.
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Gas dispute: Supreme Court declines stay on RIL's arbitration petition
When the matter came up for hearing before Justice S S Nijjar, advocates for CPI MP Gurudas Dasgupta and NGO Common Cause sought stay of the hearing saying that a bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam was seized of the PILs challenging Centre's decision to raise the price of natural gas in which they have also questioned the agreement on arbit...
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Will resign if charges of shifting official proved right: Veerappa Moily
Strongly refuting charges of transferring an officer for being tough on Reliance Industries, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily today said he will resign if even an iota of evidence was produced against him.
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Explain decision to raise gas prices: Supreme Court to Oil Minister Moily
The Supreme Court has given the minister and RIL four weeks to respond. The next hearing is scheduled for September 6.
