Sunday, September 4, 2011

Illegal mining case: CBI arrests former Karnataka minister Janardhana Reddy

Illegal mining case: CBI arrests former Karnataka minister Janardhana Reddy

Illegal mining case: CBI arrests former Karnataka minister Janardhana Reddy

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 08:21 PM PDT

Srinivasa Reddy, the managing director of Obulapuram Mining Corporation, which is owned by the former minister, has also been arrested by the CBI.

Desperate Jagan rushes to Delhi

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 07:11 PM PDT

Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy has rushed to New Delhi to meet all important opposition leaders over the next 48 hours and seek their support against the alleged witch-hunt launched by the Congress on him and his companies.

PC may give spin to CBI's Haren plea

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 07:08 PM PDT

The CBI will soon give a presentation to Union home minister P Chidambaram on its proposal to file a Special Leave Petition in Supreme Court challenging the acquittal of 12 people in the murder of former Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya in 2003.

Graft trial opens for 'medically unfit' ex-president Chirac

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 06:13 PM PDT

Jacques Chirac's embezzlement trial opens Monday with his lawyers arguing that the French former president is too unwell to attend but insisting that the case must still go ahead.

Narayanan lamented local involvement in terror plots

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 05:59 PM PDT

The rising involvement of locals as in the Jaipur blast in 2008 meant that India could no longer brag about there being no Indians in the Al Qaida, former national security advisor M K Narayanan told US diplomats.

Rahul widely viewed as empty suit: US cable

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 05:58 PM PDT

A 2008 US cable noted that not much was known of Rahul Gandhi's political beliefs and that he has avoided making a significant intervention in Parliament.

Gujarat Lokayukta issue likely to rock Parliament today

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 05:56 PM PDT

The Gujarat Lokayukta controversy could singe Parliament proceedings on Monday with BJP continuing to be aggrieved over governor Kamla Beniwal's decision.

Children now being born with metabolic syndrome

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 05:41 PM PDT

Till now, it was common knowledge that faulty lifestyle made Indians more prone to suffer from metabolic syndrome - a major risk factor for heart disease, stroke, diabetes and several genetic anomalies.

New proposal aims to put more green shackles on developing economies

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 05:24 PM PDT

The meeting was meant to review the work done two decades after the famed Rio summit or the UN meet on Environment and Development at Rio de Janeiro in 1992.

Twin killings of village headmen expose dangers of public life in Dantewada

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 05:08 PM PDT

Bhima Madkam and Madkam Massa shared more than a name. Both were middle aged village headmen. Both died violent, mysterious deaths, in the month of August, separated by a few days and a short distance.

Village headmen killed for unproven Red links

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 05:08 PM PDT

Bhima Madkam, a village headmen, fell prey to a violent death in mysterious circumstances.

Sikh clergy draw flak for threat to summon PM

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 05:07 PM PDT

The Sikh clergy's threat to summon the Prime Minister to the Akal Takht following the fiasco over the notification on voting rights of Sehajdharis has not gone down well with prominent Sikhs.

Jairam: Fine lax state officials under NREGA

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh said states should invoke the penalty clause against government officials for not doing their work under the job scheme.

NHAI asks pvt players to address plaints on Facebook

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is focusing on improving the compliant redressal mechanism.

Natarajan may defend tribals’ rights at GoM meet today

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT

The group of ministers headed by Pranab Mukherjee on coal and environment will meet on Monday and environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan and tribal affairs minister Kishore Chandra Deo are likely to defend the rights of tribals and villages to decide how their forest lands are used.

5 ministers' assets yet to show on PMO site

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 04:57 PM PDT

Assets of at least five ministers are yet to reflect on the official website of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, days after nearly the entire Cabinet declared income and assets in a move aimed at ensuring transparency.

Mercy plea or Lokayukta: Can Prez and guv act in personal capacity?

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 04:56 PM PDT

Recent decisions by constitutional heads - rejection of mercy petitions in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case by the President and the Gujarat governor's decision to appoint Lokayukta - have caused debates both on constitutional and political lines.

Army to induct indigenous weaponized chopper soon

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 04:48 PM PDT

Army's aerial firepower capabilities will get a boost as it is soon going to induct the attack version of indigenously-built Advanced Light Helicopter 'Rudra'.

More locals' role in blasts worries India

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 04:33 PM PDT

The rising involvement of locals as in the Jaipur blast in 2008 meant that India could no longer brag about there being no Indians in the al-Qaida, former national security advisor M K Narayanan told US diplomats.

'India-Pak peace needs Pasha help'

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 04:32 PM PDT

No India-Pakistan peace initiative could progress unless it was underwritten by Pakistan army chief Ashfaque Kayani and ISI chief Shuja Pasha, former national security advisor M K Narayanan told the late Richard Holbrooke who was US special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Indian committing crime abroad can be tried in India: SC

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 04:25 PM PDT

An Indian citizen who has committed a crime abroad can be prosecuted in the country but the trial cannot commence beyond the cognisance stage without prior sanction of the government, the Supreme Court has held.

Director Jag Mundhra passes away at 64

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 04:11 PM PDT

Sixty-four-year-old filmmaker Jagmohan Mundhra passed away in Bombay Hospital on Sunday morning after suffering a gastrointestinal hemorrhage for about two days before he had a multiple organ failure.

Army HQ backs Gen on DoB issue

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 04:10 PM PDT

In open defiance of the government, Army HQ has come out strongly against the defence ministry's order rejecting General V K Singh's claim of actually being a year younger.

'Girlfriend' almost brought Yeddyurappa down, says US cable

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 04:05 PM PDT

A cable from US consulate claimed that Yeddyurappa, faced the prospect of being unseated in Nov 2009 when his 'girlfriend' brought the govt to the brink.

'Girlfriend' almost led to BSY downfall

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 04:05 PM PDT

A cable from the American consulate in Chennai claimed that the first BJP chief minister in south India, B S Yeddyurappa, faced the prospect of being unseated in November 2009 when his 'girlfriend' (the then minister in his cabinet Shobha Karandlaje) brought the government to the brink.
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