Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Home Minister’s Telangana meet today; key players decide to skip

Home Minister’s Telangana meet today; key players decide to skip

Home Minister’s Telangana meet today; key players decide to skip

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Srikrishna Committee report today - Home Minister P Chidambaram will share with political parties from Andhra Pradesh a much-awaited report on the prospect of a new state of Telangana at his big all party meeting in New Delhi today. He is scheduled to present the report prepared by the Srikrishna Committee to political leaders. The report will then be made public.


Pakistan bans onion export to India: Report

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In a report that is surely going to pinch the aam aadmi, Pakistan has banned the export of onions to India via the Wagah border. Three hundred trucks of onions were to be transported to India to increase the supply and thereby reducing the high prices of onions.


Income Tax raids at Goa Health Minister's home

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Source said the raids were carried out simultaneously at Miramar, near Panaji, Sakhalim and Old Goa where the minister has his offices. Raids were also conducted at the minister's home in Panaji.


China rolls out its first stealth aircraft

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China's first radar-evading stealth fighter staged a runway test at an airbase in central China on Wednesday and could make its first flight as early as Thursday afternoon, the Hong Kong editor of a Canadian military journal said.


Gibbs to leave as White House Press Secretary

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Robert Gibbs, the White House Press Secretary and close confidante to US President Obama, said on Wednesday that he will step down and become an outside political adviser to the President and his re-election campaign.


BJP slams government over split views on inflation

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attacked Union Home Minister P Chidambaram over his remarks on inflation alleging that it exposed fissures in the Union Cabinet.


Congress not divided by Telangana issue, says Kiran Reddy

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Ahead of T-day, some of the Congress' senior-most leaders met with the party's MPs from the Telangana region. Tomorrow, Home Minister P Chidambaram will share with political parties from Andhra Pradesh a much-awaited report on the prospect of a new state of Telangana.


Why did Rupam Pathak murder a Bihar MLA?

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Rupam Pathak met the man she stabbed at his house in Bihar when she moved from Imphal to Purnea as the principal of a new private school. Raj Kishore Kesari , the BJP MLA for the area, inaugurated her school.


This elephant spent the night in a well

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How do you fit an elephant into a well? This one, in the Ranchi district, just fell right in. Villagers heard plaintive cries from an abandoned well and rushed there to find the elephant stuck inside.


Citibank fraud: Vikram Pandit won't be questioned

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Citibank CEO Vikram Pandit and his colleagues in the bank's top-most rung will not be questioned in connection with the 300-crore Citibank scam that was born in Gurgaon near Delhi.


Mass bird kill in second US state

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Just a few days after as many as 5 thousand fell from the sky in Arkansas, some 500 birds dropped to their death in Louisiana.


US flight makes emergency landing as pilot spilled coffee

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A US flight from Chicago to the German city of Frankfurt, with 255 people on board, reportedly made an emergency landing in Canada because the pilot spilled his coffee in the cockpit.


Four persons found dead in a burnt car

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Four charred corpses were found in a burnt car early on Wednesday near link road in Ahmadgarh area .


Delhi's slum dwellers to get 15,000 low-cost flats

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Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Tuesday initiated the process of allotting around 15,000 low-cost flats to make the city slum-free, an official said.


Chariot to criss-cross Bangalore to promote Kannada

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To promote use of Kannada in Bangalore, where majority of the people are not native speakers, a 'Kannada Chariot' will embark on a seven-day journey across the city from January 15.


Dalit youth killed allegedly by lover's brothers

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Sending an innocuous new year card to his lover cost a dalit youth his life. Bobby, 25, a resident of Shahjudhi village here, was today shot dead while his mother and a sibling suffered bullet injuries when they were allegedly attacked by brothers of his lover in the district, police said.


How Pak media's reporting Taseer assassination

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The Pakistani media on Wednesday termed Taseer's assasination as a reflection of the growing "cancer of intolerance" in the society.


First case of man raping another man in China

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In what is believed to be the first case of its kind in China, a man who was charged with raping a male colleague could not be convicted for his act as Chinese criminal law has no provision to punish a male raping a male, posing a major dilemma for judicial officials.


500 sailors trapped in icy water off Russia's northern Pacific coast

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Ice-breakers have been working to help free several ships trapped in the Sea of Okhotsk, off of Russia's northern Pacific coast. The Tass news agency reported that one ice-breaker wasn't enough to get the fishing trawler Mys Elizaveta away from ice as thick as two meters -- some six and a-half feet -- so a second was brought in to help free the vessel and another nearby.


Citibank fraud a systemic failure: Sanjeev Aggarwal

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Citibank fraud - Sanjeev Aggarwal, the first complainant in the Rs 300 core Citibank fraud, says the fraud is a systemic failure, and everyone is responsible for it.


Cold wave intensifies in Kashmir; Leh below zero degree

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The cold wave intensified in Kashmir division, including Ladakh region, as the minimum temperature across the Himalayan state dipped several degrees further, with Leh town freezing at minus 23 degrees Celsius.


Omar, Jaitley face-off over flag hoisting plan

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J&K Chief Minister has slammed the BJP for its youth wing's plan to hoist the national flag at the Lal Chowk in Srinagar on the Republic Day.


Jagan Reddy names new party YSR Party

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Jagan Mohan Reddy, the son of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YSR Reddy, has submitted an application to register his new party, to be called YSR Party. Jagan had quit the Congress in November, after months of rebellion as he struggled to come to terms with the fact that the Congress did not view him as the natural successor of his father, who died in a helicopter crash in September 2009.


Banks to allow single ATM transaction for one PIN entry

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Next time you go to a bank ATM, be ready to re-enter your PIN afresh for every transaction you wish to conduct, such as money withdrawal, balance enquiry and checking account details.


Pak police arrests man who offered Rs 20 million for killing Taseer

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Pakistani police have arrested a man who had announced a Rs 20 million prize for anyone who killed Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer for opposing the country's controversial blasphemy law.


Cold wave: Delhi Govt orders closure of schools till Jan 10

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With an intense cold wave sweeping the city, Delhi government today ordered closure of all schools in the capital till January 10.


Kiran Reddy meets Sonia, discusses Telangana

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Telangana report - On the eve of the release of the Justice B N Srikrishna Committee report on Telangana, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy today met Congress President Sonia Gandhi and is understood to have discussed the political situation in the state.


Ex CJI’s Balakrishnan's son-in-law PV Sreenijan resigns from Youth Congress

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Facing a vigilance probe over allegation of amassing wealth, P V Sreenijan, son-in-law of former CJI K G Balakrishan, today resigned the membership of the Youth Congress.


BJP takes on Sonia, PM over Bofors

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BJP today said it would raise the pitch against corruption in government in the wake of the Income Tax Tribunal's decision on the Bofors case and pass a special resolution on the issue at its executive meeting in Guwahati.


Will you go vegetarian for your child's admission?

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What you eat can determine the fate of your child. We aren't talking about genetics here; this concerns the issue of the ongoing nursery admissions process in the Capital.


Posted by Harshad at 7:05 PM

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