Mamata wins this round against Ratan Tata over Singur

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• Mamata wins this round against Ratan Tata over Singur
• Rajasthan Home Minister in fresh trouble
• Advani visits former advisor Kulkarni in Tihar
• 2G note storm: PM likely to meet Sonia, Chidambaram, Pranab today
• UPA 2G war: PM's first meeting with Chidambaram over lunch
• Afzal Guru clemency: Chaos in J&K Assembly
• In Pak media, US is target for acrimony
• OMG, No More GR8 Ofrs? Ban on junk text messages
• Chidambaram did what A Raja did, says BJP, clutching 2G note
• Mayawati to launch election campaign
• 100 dollar note from Paris is ripped apart
• Must not question intentions: Hina Rabbani Khar at UN General Assembly
• India exposed ISI's role in terror, world seeing it now: PM
• How Raja misused PM's letter while allocating 2G licenses
• 2G scam: Will Chidambaram be probed?
• Dead satellite fell in south Pacific, not Canada: NASA
• Disagreements are part of policy-making: Khurshid on 2G note
• 2G note: Congress in damage-control mode
• Elections have become the biggest source of corruption: SY Qureshi
• If they are charged, and charges have been framed, then they will have to be barred: Salman Khurshid
• No dissensions in my Cabinet, says PM en route to India

Mamata wins this round against Ratan Tata over Singur Posted: 28 Sep 2011 08:28 AM PDT Mamata Banerjee won big on two fronts today. She won a legal battle against Ratan Tata that's centred on the land allotted to him in Singur. She also won her assembly by-election from her constituency of Bohwanipore by nearly 50,000 votes. She was earlier an MP.

Rajasthan Home Minister in fresh trouble Posted: 28 Sep 2011 08:25 AM PDT Rajasthan Home Minister Shanti Dhariwal, already in the dock for defending police firing during Bharatpur violence, has ignited a fresh row. He has advised policemen in his state to respond aggressively if they are out-numbered in a mob situation, even if it means innocents getting injured during the police action.

Advani visits former advisor Kulkarni in Tihar Posted: 28 Sep 2011 08:23 AM PDT Tihar Jail, known for its recent influx of VIPs, received a very high-profile visitor today. Senior BJP leader LK Advani arrived at Jail No 3 today to meet his former political advisor, Sudheendra Kulkarni who was brought here yesterday.

2G note storm: PM likely to meet Sonia, Chidambaram, Pranab today Posted: 28 Sep 2011 08:20 AM PDT An avalanche of acerbic words from the Opposition has greeted the Prime Minister on his return home. In the BJP's words, his immediate task is to "clean up his house." The Prime Minister has met his Home Minister P Chidambaram fleetingly; he is expected to meet both him and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee later in the day. But before that, he is likely to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi to evolve the UPA's strategy to defuse the 2G note bomb.

UPA 2G war: PM's first meeting with Chidambaram over lunch Posted: 28 Sep 2011 07:32 AM PDT The Prime Minister is back in the country and Congress president Sonia Gandhi is expected to meet him on Wednesday, before he meets Pranab Mukherjee and P Chidambaram, his two senior ministers believed to be at war over a Finance Ministry note to the Prime Minister's Office questioning Mr Chidambaram's actions when 2G licences were being allotted.

Afzal Guru clemency: Chaos in J&K Assembly Posted: 28 Sep 2011 07:27 AM PDT The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly is expected to debate and vote today on a controversial resolution demanding clemency for 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, who has been sentenced to death.

In Pak media, US is target for acrimony Posted: 28 Sep 2011 07:19 AM PDT The United States might still be weighing its options about how to deal with Pakistan, but many politicians, retired army generals and popular television talk show hosts here have already made up their minds that America is on the warpath with their country.

OMG, No More GR8 Ofrs? Ban on junk text messages Posted: 28 Sep 2011 07:05 AM PDT The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (TRAI) much-awaited guidelines for telemarketers came into force on Tuesday, promising to eliminate the menace of unsolicited SMSes and phone calls by limiting the number of messages an individual can send to 100 per day. The new registry, with penalties ranging from 25,000 rupees ($511) to 250,000 rupees ($5,110), will deter telemarketers from spamming the inboxes of mobile phone subscribers registered with the National Customer Preference Register.

Chidambaram did what A Raja did, says BJP, clutching 2G note Posted: 28 Sep 2011 06:18 AM PDT The BJP has said that "the Prime Minister has distanced himself from ground realities...he is living in denial." The remarks, made by senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley, are in response to the Prime Minister alleging that the Opposition wants to destabilize the government in the hope of forcing early elections.

Mayawati to launch election campaign Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:13 AM PDT Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati will launch her election campaign for the 2012 Assembly elections today. The state government is expected to announce three new districts to be carved out of Muzaffarnagar, Ghaziabad and Moradabad. Shamli, Hapur and Sambhal also may get district status.

100 dollar note from Paris is ripped apart Posted: 28 Sep 2011 04:57 AM PDT After finding herself at the receiving end of Paris Hilton's stroke of generosity last Sunday, this beggar woman, tragically, has not even a penny to show for it. Ishika's windfall moment came on Sunday evening, when the visiting heiress spotted her, and magnanimously handed over a $100 bill to her -- a bill that could have brought the poor woman many an elusive joy. When her relatives began assaulting her to rob her of her gift, Ishika's brother-in-law tore the note to shreds.

Must not question intentions: Hina Rabbani Khar at UN General Assembly Posted: 28 Sep 2011 03:40 AM PDT In the midst of tensions between the United States and Pakistan over the latter's spy agency, the Inter Services Intelligence or ISI's alleged link to terror groups, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said that the ISI has been at the forefront of operations against terrorist organisations like the Al Qaeda.

India exposed ISI's role in terror, world seeing it now: PM Posted: 28 Sep 2011 03:30 AM PDT Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said he is glad that the world is now realising the truth behind Pakistan's spy agency, the Inter Services Intelligence. The PM, on board his special aircraft while returning to India from US, added that India had long ago exposed the ISI's terror activities.

How Raja misused PM's letter while allocating 2G licenses Posted: 28 Sep 2011 03:04 AM PDT In the 2G spectrum allocation case, as he argues his innocence in court, A Raja has developed somewhat of a penchant for pointing fingers at the Prime Minister and P Chidambaram. Mr Raja, who has been accused of designing and delivering India's biggest scam when he was Telecom Minister, says Dr Manmohan Singh and Mr Chidambaram, who was Finance Minister in 2008, were in the know of decisions that have landed him in jail.

2G scam: Will Chidambaram be probed? Posted: 28 Sep 2011 02:36 AM PDT The Supreme Court will today resume hearing on the plea of Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy, who has sought a CBI investigation into what he calls Home Minister P Chidambaram's role in the 2G scam.

Dead satellite fell in south Pacific, not Canada: NASA Posted: 28 Sep 2011 12:42 AM PDT The dead NASA satellite fell into what might be the ideal spot part of the south Pacific Ocean about as far from large land masses as you can get, US space officials have said. New US Air Force calculations put the 6-ton satellite's death plunge early Saturday thousands of kilometres from northwestern North America, where there were reports of sightings.

Disagreements are part of policy-making: Khurshid on 2G note Posted: 27 Sep 2011 07:14 PM PDT Law Minister Salman Khurshid talks to NDTV's Barkha Dutt about the controversial 2G note that questions P Chidambaram's actions as Finance Minister when the telecom scam unfolded. The note, prepared by the Finance Ministry, was noted as "seen by" Pranab Mukherjee.

2G note: Congress in damage-control mode Posted: 27 Sep 2011 07:03 PM PDT Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who cut a cake to celebrate his 79th birthday mid-air, is returning to India, bang in the middle of a political war-zone. There is the reported war between two of his senior-most ministers over the controversial Finance Ministry note on 2G; and there is the war that an unrelenting Opposition is waging. Then, there is a rap on the knuckles from a parliament panel.

Elections have become the biggest source of corruption: SY Qureshi Posted: 27 Sep 2011 06:15 PM PDT Chief Election Commissioner, Dr SY Qureshi speaks to NDTV's Sreenivasan Jain on the challenges from a corrupt electoral system and that it is ready to conduct internal party elections.

If they are charged, and charges have been framed, then they will have to be barred: Salman Khurshid Posted: 27 Sep 2011 06:00 PM PDT Union Law Minister, Salman Khurshid, admits that electoral reforms are the need of the hour and that framing of criminal charges is enough ground for disqualification of MPs.

No dissensions in my Cabinet, says PM en route to India Posted: 27 Sep 2011 02:10 PM PDT Dr Manmohan Singh has returned to Delhi tonight from the US to a politically-brittle atmosphere. "There are no dissensions in my Cabinet," he said on the plane, shortly before he was scheduled to land in India.

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