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  The Telegraph - Calcutta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Calcutta: The Aryan club has nominated one Amar Singh as their representative in the CAB working committee.
“Singh has been our life member and being the son of the soil, he knows everything about the state's game and it will not be new place for him,” he said.
Singh, however, could not be contacted because he was not in New Delhi.
www.telegraphindia.com /1040727/asp/sports/story_3547826.asp   (136 words)

  
 VOANews.com - Elections in Populous Indian State Test for Ruling Party
Singh tells prospective voters that a vote for the BJP is a vote of support for Prime Minister Vajpayee's tough stance with Pakistan.
Amar Singh, the general secretary of the opposition party, says he supports Prime Minister Vajpayee's stance toward Pakistan.
Amar Singh says he believes the election in Uttar Pradesh will be decided on caste issues, public disgust with corruption and Muslim anger over plans by Hindu nationalists to build a Hindu temple at a disputed site in Ayodhya that both Hindus and Muslims claim as holy ground.
www.help-for-you.com /news/Feb2002/Feb14/PRT14-680Article.html   (668 words)

  
 Politics of fisticuffs
Politicians have been known to cross the realm of verbal abuse into direct assault on many, an occasion in the past.
Mr Amar Singh, while addressing a meeting of the Samajwadi parliamentary party, is reported to have asked his MPs not to tolerate Congress misbehaviour and use every available opportunity to beat Mr Aiyar in the House, or any other Congressman who happens to step out of line.
The politician is expected to preserve the interests of India, and her people, and not just his own self.
www.hvk.org /hvk/articles/1100/117.html   (654 words)

  
 Rediff On The NeT: Transcript of the Amar Singh Chat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Rajendra Singh proclaimed in a recent Nagpur RSS gathering that the religious agenda of the BJP regarding Mathura, Kashi and Ayodhya would not be diluted.
Singh, How do you read the results of the latest Vidhan Parishad elections, in which your party was defeated soundly by the BJP.
Gundera: We are fighting this election for the prosperity of the common man for the security of minorities for the upliftment of youth, women, labourers, the backwards and farmers.
www.rediff.com /chat/0198amar.htm   (2184 words)

  
 Web Exclusive > Chat Transcript > Amar Singh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Amar Singh, General Secretary of the Samajwadi Party of India.
Anuradha: Mr Amar Singh, I have heard of you being close to film stars like Amitabh Bachchan, you are actively involved in politics and also the member of the guest list of many social functions.
Dr Kumar: Mr Amar Singh, I feel that all the ills plaguing our country are because of the lack of any vision on the part of Indira Gandhi and all congressmen in general.
www.india-today.com /chat/200006/amarsingh.html   (2893 words)

  
 Misal Phulkian
From amongst his seven sons Tilok Singh (Tiloka), the eldest, was the ancestor of the princely states of Nabha and Jind, and Ram Singh (Rama), next to him, forefather of the rulers of Patiala.
Baba Ala Singh, the third son of RAm Singh, was a brave soldier and an astute politician who laid the foundation of the Phulhan fortunes by carving out the principality of Patiala.
Ripudaman Singh who was deposed in 1923 was succeeded by his son Pratap Singh who after Independence signed the instrument of succession to the Union of India in 1947.
www.sikh-history.com /sikhhist/events/m-phulkian.html   (810 words)

  
 Indra's Drishtikona (Viewpoint): Indra's weblog: Individual Archive
But he is one of the most influential and widely sought for politician by all parties from BJP to Communists in time of needs.
According to Singh, he knew he was ''unwanted'' the moment he entered the gates of 10, Janpath.
Says Singh, who along with RLD chief Ajit Singh, was taken to the party by CPI(M) general secretary Harkishen Singh Surjeet, ''When we arrived, we were made to sit outside in a small chair.
www.drishtikona.com /archives/indian_politics/000426.php   (921 words)

  
 Samajwadi Party MLC shot dead - Deccan Herald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Singh a politician with a criminal record was killed by two bullets that hit the back of his head and emerged from between his eyes, amidst a spate of in the air firings by cheering supporters wishing him a long life.
UP Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav who rushed to offer condolences to Singh’s family in Lucknow termed it a “very serious matter” and admitted that it was “not a good sign at all.” He also assured a quick and through inquiry into the matter.
While not outrightly denying the possibility of other politicians being involved in the crime, he said that whoever had committed the crime would be dealt with accordingly.
www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/sep062004/n8.asp   (433 words)

  
 Dr. Ambedkar and Master Tara Singh in "Saachi Saakhi".
Master Tara Singh began his career as a small time Akali worker during Gurdwara Sudhar (Reforms) or Akali Movement of the nineteen twenties, but had soon risen to become the uncrowned king of the Panthic affairs due to his political dexterity.
The delight S. Amar Singh felt at the prospects of increasing the numbers of Sikhs by 70 million within his lifetime can be seen from his writings.
Considering the Sikhs as his brotherhood, Dr. Ambedkar sent message to Master Tara Singh that he had the chances of becoming the Chief Minister of Bombay State by leading his Party to victory, and asked the Panth in Punjab to extend financial help of twenty five thousand to him.
www.sikhnet.com /sikhnet/discussion.nsf/78f5a2ff8906d1788725657c00732d6c/24855F30B038F81D87256A630054ED5C?OpenDocument   (1920 words)

  
 India Resource Center - Business Enters Politics in India
There's also the omnipresent Amar Singh of the Samajwadi Party, without whom it sometimes seems no deal can be struck in the Capital.
Singh's first memorable business deal was for Vam Organics where he worked after which he went into business.
Today, businessmen politicians like MP Veerendra Kumar (Calicut, Kerala) still believe that in order to bring about change in society and for the equitable distribution of wealth, you have to be a socialist and address 'neo-socialist' issues like the plunder of natural wealth.
www.indiaresource.org /news/2004/1017.html   (2118 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
'Anti-social' Prominent socialist politician, AK Subbaiah, is a strong critic of the ban on non-Kannada language films.
In the past, English signboards have been tarred as part of the campaign to promote Kannada.
The Bollywood film industry has petitioned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to lift the ban.
www.asu.edu /educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art4926.txt   (648 words)

  
 Waiting for the Mahatma   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Ideally, if the politicians have a raised platform and a well shaded, decorated place to speak from, the childrens must have a covered place to wait.
Although Jaya Prada and Amar Singh are the major culprits, the school authorities should also not be left unscathed here.
Politicians would be scot free to go next year to newer parade grounds with newer children.
o3.indiatimes.com /politicking/archive/2005/10/03/276208.aspx   (1442 words)

  
 When Bachchan was mistreated in Dubai : Bollywood News : ApunKaChoice.Com
Amitabh Bachchan and his good friend and politician Amar Singh were faced with bad treatment by the organisers of Zee awards in Dubai early this week.
Singh even chartered a plane to get there so that Bahchan could return to Mumbai the next morning to catch his connecting flight to Chennai.
It happened that when Bachchan and Singh reached the function, they were given seats in the 14th or 15th row along with the general public, and there was no one from the fraternity to welcome Bachchan.
www.apunkachoice.com /scoop/bollywood/20040306-0.html   (260 words)

  
 The Public Affairs Magazine- Newsinsight.net
Since between the prime minister and a minister, anyone would choose to back the first, Arjun Singh retired hurt, but while his proximity to Sonia was not damaged – he is the rare cabinet minister she respects – he simply lost interest in the UPA government.
His bete noire, Sharad Pawar, who had played dirty in the 1991 prime minister’s race, was a presidential candidate, and Arjun Singh was determined to ruin his happiness, despite a general consensus that because of his oral cancer, he ought to be given his two minutes of fame.
While Arjun Singh is personally devout, Jayendra Saraswati’s increased veering towards Hindutva, his use of Kanchi-Mutt funds to advance Hinduism, his political interactions to resolve the Ayodhya issue during the NDA all must have entered the calculation not to intervene in his arrest.
www.indiareacts.com /archivedebates/nat2.asp?recno=1017   (1041 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Ludhiana Stories
SDM Inderpreet Singh Kahlon who was also present at the civil hospital and during the post-mortem examination as required under law for the custodial deaths told Ludhiana Tribune that he had recorded the statements of the police and the family members regarding the incident.
Dilchain Singh of Sahnewal in a complaint registered under sections 336, 25, 27, 54 and 49 of the Arms Act, stated that he was attacked by Gurpreet Singh alias Jailu, son of Gajjan Singh, with a rifle under the influence of liquor.
Mohinder Singh, in a complaint registered under Sections 313, 406, 498-A, 420 and 341 of IPC stated that his daughter Lakhvir Kaur who was married to Inderjit Singh of Jagraon in 1999 was tortured by her inlaws after her husband left her and went away to Canada.
www.tribuneindia.com /2002/20020115/ldh1.htm   (4650 words)

  
 What ruffled Bachchan?- The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Two days before the function, Singh requested him to attend, apparently at the urging of the sponsors.
Singh offered to get the Ambanis' plane to fly him to Dubai and back to Mumbai within a few hours.
Chairs were hastily placed in front of the stage for Bachchan and Amar Singh, much to the duo's discomfort.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-531673,prtpage-1.cms   (417 words)

  
 Indian Express: Essar FRN issue - Nefarious bailout, says Amar Singh;nefarious moves, says Ruia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Amar Singh, in turn, charges that such loans being sanctioned are not proof of the group being financially sound, but of the fact that institutions are beingpressurised to extend new loans.
In his letter, Amar Singh has further pointed out that, due to adverse publicity, the last time the FIs were being forced to bail out the Essar Group a couple of months ago, they had laid down several tough preconditions.
Amar Singh toldThe Indian Express that it made absolutely no sense for BPCL to buy out the Essar's stake in the grassroots refinery since there was no guarantee when it would actually come up -- after 4 years of raising funds, work on the refinery is yet to commence in earnest.
www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19990702/ibu02053p.html   (737 words)

  
 Amitabh humiliated at Zee Cine Awards - Sify.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Amar Singh offered to get the Ambanis’ plane to fly them to Dubai and bring them back to Mumbai within a few hours.
Chairs were hastily placed in front of the stage for AB and Amar Singh, much to the duo’s discomfort.
Amar Singh and Shah Rukh Khan have called it a truce after the latter called the politician to appease him.
sify.com /movies/bollywood/fullstory.php?id=13416756   (809 words)

  
 Untitled   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Top ranking politician Amar Singh, who was attending the ceremony with close friend, Bachchan was furious and protested with the organisers demanding that Bachchan be given the respect he deserves.
Just as Bachchan and Singh were due to leave the venue, head of Zee TV Subhash Chandra arrived to quell the situation.
To this Shah Rukh said, ’Amar Singh, aap qafi goodagardi kar rahen (You are being quite a bully)’.
www.ethnicmedia.co.uk /eastern_eye/iframe_story.asp?NID=104   (527 words)

  
 Mulayam cycles his way through Mayawati's citadel
The bicycle rally led by former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav in Lucknow on Wednesday was significant as it symbolised his return to grassroots politics in India's most populous state.
While the administration had kept an ambulance in readiness in case the 68-year-old politician was unable to bear the heat.
To top it all, he took the microphone again at the end of his address to demonstrate to his partymen how to raise slogans.
specials.rediff.com /news/2003/apr/23up3.htm   (570 words)

  
 Rediff On The NeT: Mulayam is at wooing game again
As in the past when he went all out projecting his new found compatriots Babbar and Dalmia, the SP chief is now busy promoting Amar Singh as the Hero of Now in the five-star village of Saifai, his home constituency, in an otherwise neglected Etawah district.
Singh was given the number two slot in the party, where even older Mulayam associates like Communication Minister Beni Prasad Verma were never allowed to tread.
Singh, for his part, does not lag behind in zooming across the length and breadth of the sprawling UP in Mulayam's defence aircraft to try his luck as the pied piper of the Thakurs.
www.rediff.com /news/nov/24sharad.htm   (605 words)

  
 Indiantelevision dot com's Breaking News: Amar Singh blasts CAS opponents at seminar
Amar Singh blasts CAS opponents at New Delhi seminar
The conditional access system (CAS) issue took another political hue today when Samajwadi Party politician and member of Parliament Amar Singh lashed out at the government and some foreign broadcasters at a seminar organised by Consumer Action Network (CAN) on the technological and economic implications of CAS.
Inaugurating the seminar in Delhi, Singh strongly condemned the actions of some broadcasters who were lobbying for DTH and opposing CAS.
www.indiantelevision.com /headlines/y2k2/july/july19.htm   (660 words)

  
 Sardar Amar Singh: An Obituary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
One of the founding fathers of the Sikh Cultural Centre and The Sikh Review, Sardar Amar Singh belonged to the pioneering group consisting of Captain Bhag Singh and Dr. Hira Lal Chopra in the formative years of the journal, always willing to serve with zeal, humility and the spirit of chardi kala.
Sardar Amar Singh was born at his nanihal, Machahi Nangal, in Amritsar District, on 14 Jan, 1914.
During the course of our subsequent discussions, one discovered that Jasdev Singh Sandhu, scion of a prominent family of the erstwhile Patiala state, was a socio-political leader in his own right.
www.sikhreview.org /july2000/obituary.htm   (1377 words)

  
 Indiainfo.com -> News -> India -> No sleaze in my latest book: Khushwant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
It is a mosaic of women who have fired Singh's imagination, or sometimes made up of purely fictional characters who have delighted his readers for more than 60 years.
At the release of his book on Friday, guests were amused to see vintage Khushwant Singh savoring his scotch and quite obviously playing the ladies man. Clad in a trademark beige pathan suit and a red turban, he looked and felt younger than his years.
Some unusual fans too were around such as the portly politician Amar Singh, who rushed to have several copies of the book autographed.
newsarchives.indiainfo.com /2000/10/21/sleaze.html   (546 words)

  
 Amar Singh's affray with SRK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Samajwadi party MP Amar Singh was extremely upset at the Zee Cine Awards held in Dubai.
That the two were given passes for the VIP enclosure was no consolation for the politician (who is seen more in the film circle!) Singh actually went to the extent of fighting with the organizers near the red carpet before the awards started!
SRK was believed to travel back to Mumbai with Amar Singh and Big B in a chartered flight, but was surprised to be left behind.
movies.indiainfo.com /newsbytes/amar_0301.html   (119 words)

  
 Indiainfo.com -> News -> Earthquake -> Birthday bash sees generous donations for quake relief   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
When captains of industry and icons of the entertainment world flocked to politician Amar Singh's birthday party here Sunday, they came bearing not gifts for him but generous donations for the victims of the killer earthquake in Gujarat.
The gesture was on the request of Singh, a top member of former Defence Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party.
According to the paper, a group of Mumbai diamond merchants calling itself "Friends of Amar Singh" is collecting more funds for relief work in Gujarat, which bore the brunt of an earthquake on January 26 that has left more than 20,000 people dead.
newsarchives.indiainfo.com /spotlight/gujaratquake/29/29bashrelief.html   (335 words)

  
 The Hindu : National : Summons to Amar Singh in defamation case
Singh to be present before it on December 6, the next date of hearing.
The order was issued on Monday on a complaint filed by the company over the remarks made by the politician on various news channels wherein he allegedly said that the VSNL had more money in its account than what the Tatas paid to acquire it.
Singh made these statements with clear knowledge and intention that these comments would be published in newspapers and beamed by news channels.
www.hindu.com /2004/09/08/stories/2004090801620900.htm   (271 words)

  
 Excelsior... Nation
In the interview, the SP leader was all praise for Manmohan Singh whom he described as "honest and polished" he declared that his party would never regret supporting a Government led by someone like Manmohan Singh.
Amar Singh claimed that the formation of the third front is inevitable and Samajwadi Party is the core of that formation.
Announcing this here yesterday, BSP managing director U P Singh told newspersons that the plant would have an initial capacity of one million tonnes and would be expanded later to two mt depending on availability of granulated slag and market.
www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/05june05/national.htm   (3768 words)

  
 rediff.com: The Rediff Interview/Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh
In a tape-recorded interview in Lucknow, Amar Singh told Sheela Bhatt that the BJP had institutionalised crime in Uttar Pradesh, where mafia dons now carry 'the halo of political power'.
Amar Mani Tripathi has been caught [by the police] in the case of kidnapping children.
And Raja Bhaiya [Raghuraj Pratap Singh], Lalla Bhaiya, mafia don Brijesh Singh and his brother Harishanker Tiwari, Markandey Chand and Brijbhushan Singh are with the government.
www.rediff.com /election/2002/feb/13_upr_shee_int_1.htm   (1732 words)

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