Thursday, July 28, 2011

Yeddyurappa discusses options with loyalist ministers, legislators

Yeddyurappa discusses options with loyalist ministers, legislators

Yeddyurappa discusses options with loyalist ministers, legislators

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Appearing to be in no hurry to quit without a fight, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa held consultations with his loyalist ministers and legislators today.


Lokpal Bill: Cabinet keeps PM out, Anna's version dumped

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The cabinet has cleared the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill, and has decided that the Prime Minister will be exempt from investigation for corruption while he or she is in office. Senior judges also won't be covered by the Bill.


Illegal speed breaker claims 32-yr-old's life

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An illegally constructed speed breaker - no prior permission of the traffic police branch was taken and it also violated the norms laid down by the Indian Road Congress (IRC) - claimed the life of a young man in Sahakar Nagar.


Spurned by lover, MBA topper kills herself

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A 25-year-old MBA committed suicide allegedly because her friend with whom she was in love with did not respond to her messages.


Unanimous decision to remove Yeddyurappa, says BJP; he doesn't budge

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The BJP said the party's decision to ask BS Yeddyurappa to resign immediately was a unanimous one. Party spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad also said that he is confident that Mr Yeddyurappa will follow his party's orders.


Suresh Kalmadi rubbishes reports of dementia

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Denying reports of dementia, Suresh Kalmadi, the jailed former chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, said he had come to AIIMS for a routine checkup.


Uddhav calls for bandh; Raj opposes

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Shiv Sena's executive president Uddhav Thackeray has called for a Mumbai bandh on August 1 if the mill worker issue is not resolved by then. However, his estranged cousin and Maharashtra Navnirman Senja (MNS) party leader, Raj Thackeray is opposed to the idea.


Farmers from Mayawati's village move court

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Fifty farmers from Badalpur village - the hometown of UP Chief Minister Mayawati - have moved the Allahabad high court challenging the land acquisition of 230 hectares of land in the village.


Lokpal Bill: Cabinet keeps PM out, Anna's version dumped

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Lokpal Bill draft: The Cabinet has approved the Lokpal draft Bill at a meeting today. The version drafted by the government. The one drafted by Anna Hazare and his team stands dumped. The Prime Minister has not been included under the purview of the Lokpal - he can be investigated only after he demits office.


Supreme Court to examine report on Modi's role in riots

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Will Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi be indicted in the 2002 Gujarat riots? A Supreme Court bench will hear the independent report of amicus curiae Raju Ramachandran in the case today.


Yeddyurappa asked to resign immediately, BJP to select new Chief Minister tomorrow

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BS Yeddyurappa has been asked by the BJP to resign immediately as Karnataka Chief Minister. After a meeting at party president Nitin Gadkari's house, the party announced that Arun Jaitley and Rajnath Singh will fly to Bangalore tomorrow to decide on who will succeed Mr Yeddyurappa.


Pakistan committed to friendly ties with India: Hina Rabbani Khar tells Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

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Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar underlined her country's commitment for "friendly, cooperative and good" neighbourly relations with India as she met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi and handed over an invitation to him from Yousuf Raza Gilani.


Rohinton Nariman, India's new Solicitor General

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Senior lawyer Rohinton Nariman was on Wednesday appointed the Solicitor General of India. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved the name of Rohinton (54), sources in the Law Ministry said.


Air India may submit new turn-around plan to govt

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Though airline spokesperson described the meeting as "routine", a source said, "The board decided to submit a revised turn-around plan to the government following the Finance Minister's recent call to cut down on expenses. It also discussed the funding plan for the proposed acquisition of 27 Boeing 787 Dreamliners."


Orissa: Suspected Maoists kill contractor in Kalahandi

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Suspected Maoists slit the throat and killed a young contractor near Lanjigarh in Orissa's Kalahandi district today, police said.


Relief for Kalanidhi Maran, police appearance cancelled

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Sun Network Chairman Kalanidhi Maran need not appear before Chennai police on Thursday. In a major reprieve to the media moghul, the Madras High Court has quashed two cases of cheating and criminal intimidation against the COO of Sun Pictures Hansraj Saxena who's behind bars.


Defiant Karnataka CM Yeddyurappa won't resign despite Hegde report

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Karnataka CM Yeddyurappa flies to Delhi: BS Yeddyurappa's exit as Chief Minister from Karnataka has possibly been scripted in the report on illegal mining that was presented today by Santosh Hegde to the Karnataka government. Mr Hegde has recommended that the Chief Minister be prosecuted under the Prevention of Corruption Act.


Have open mind on the Telangana solution: Ghulam Nabi Azad

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Union minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that he has a fresh and open mind in resolving the Telangana crisis; Mr Azad is talking of a "specific dialogue". He even went to the extent of saying that it's not just the Srikrishna Report that should be considered but a fresh mindset needs to be developed in finding a solution to this restive issue.


Hina Rabbani's Birkin and more make headlines

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Pakistan's new 34-year-old female foreign minister has won instant fans in India where a flurry of flattering headlines on Wednesday greeted her first trip to the country.


Girl gang-raped, attackers sedated her for a week

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Two cases of young women being gang-raped have been reported from the National Capital Region. One of the victims was left by her rapists in front of the National Commission for Women's office in Delhi, the police said today.


Two Indians figure in this year's Magsaysay Award

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Nileema Mishra, a woman lender to the poorest in Maharashtra, and US-trained Indian engineer Harish Hande, who revolutionised the use of solar lights, are among six people who have been awarded Asia's prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2011.


Karnataka crisis: Indicted Yeddyurappa flies to Delhi

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Karnataka: Yeddyurappa could be forced to his bags and exit as Chief Minister of Karnataka, courtesy two steel trunks packed with 10,000 pages of a report on illegal mining prepared by Santosh Hegde, the state's Lokayukta or Ombudsman. The report directly indicts the Chief Minister and his family, refers to the powerful Reddy brothers from Bellary who are mining barons and Cabinet ministers; and says that between 2006 and 2010 the state lost Rs 16,085 crores because of illegal mining.


Rajesh Singh wins Rs 1 crore on Bhojpuri KBC

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Rajesh Singh, from Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh, has won Rs 1 crore on the Bhojpuri version of "Kaun Banega Crorepati", hosted by actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha.


Al Qaeda threatens to blow up Kerala temple

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In view of a bomb threat, security has been increased in and around the famous Guruvayoor temple in Thrissur district of Kerala.


Emergency landing for Emirates flight at Mumbai

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An Emirates flight headed from Mumbai to Dubai returned minutes after taking off to make an emergency landing. There were 200 passengers and crew on board; all are reported safe.


India’s complete statement on Hina Rabbani’s Hurriyat meet

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India has candidly expressed its "concern" over Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar's meeting with the separatist Hurriyat leadership from Kashmir on Tuesday ahead of her meeting with Foreign Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna.


PMK pulls out of DMK alliance

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More trouble for the DMK, which is a party currently battered by a succession war and the telecom scam. The PMK has opted out of the alliance with the DMK in Tamil Nadu.


Court orders CBI probe into CMOs' murders

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A two judge bench of the Allahabad high court have ordered a CBI investigation into the murders of two CMOs of the family welfare department Dr Vinod Arya and Dr B P Singh.


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