Saturday, September 3, 2011

WikiLeaks: 'Reached understanding with Musharraf on Kashmir,' PM told US delegation

WikiLeaks: 'Reached understanding with Musharraf on Kashmir,' PM told US delegation

WikiLeaks: 'Reached understanding with Musharraf on Kashmir,' PM told US delegation

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 08:33 AM PDT

A US diplomatic cable leaked by whistleblower website WikiLeaks quotes Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as saying that in 2006, he had reached a "non-territorial solution" on Kashmir with then Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf.

Prime Minister, Cabinet declare their assets

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 08:08 AM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had asked ministers to declare their assets as also those of their spouses and dependents along with any business interest. The details of the assets have been put on the PMO's website.

Nitish Kumar contributes one month's salary for Green Bihar

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 06:42 AM PDT

Flagging off Green Bihar Campaign vehicle on behalf of his party (JD-U), Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday contributed his one month's salary to the party and appealed to his party ministers, MLAs and MLCs to also donate their one month salary each to the party for plantation of trees to improve greenery cover in Bihar.

Yeddyurappa moves like a chief minister should

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 05:01 AM PDT

When Sadananda Gowda took over as Karnataka's Chief Minister nearly a month ago, he declared that he would not serve as a "puppet Chief Minister." Many recognized it as an empty threat. And today, there's little doubt about who's really the boss.

3.5 lakh children are bidi workers in Madhya Pradesh

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 02:51 AM PDT

Gudiya is barely three but her tiny fingers are adept at rolling bidis. Sitting beside her grandmother, she picks up a tendu leaf, fills it with tobacco and ties it up, carefully. Gudiya may be the youngest in the group but she is no exception. From Sagar to Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh, lakhs of children work in the bidi belt. All this is done to help their families survive. What's more is that the problem seems to be passing on from generation to generation. Munni Bai, a bidi roller is a classic case in point. "I have four children. Two sons and two daughters. They all roll bidis. They started when they were 10."

Prashant Bhushan receives breach of privilege notice

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 02:44 AM PDT

Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan has received a breach of privilege notice for his alleged derogatory comments against MPs.

10 infants dead in 48 hours at Andhra hospital

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 12:54 AM PDT

10 babies have died within 48 hours inside the neonatal intensive care unit of Kurnool's General Hospital. Kurnool is about 212 kilometres from the state capital Hyderabad. The deaths occurred on Wednesday and Thursday. The reason: the hospital was simply not equipped to deal with the rush of low-birthweight babies who needed critical care. There were 20 beds whereas the demand was for over 30. Only two ventilators were functioning. Two more have been under repair.

Six DU professors charged in Mayapuri radiation case

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 04:46 PM PDT

Delhi Police has filed a chargesheet against six Delhi University teachers in the Mayapuri radiation leak incident that killed one and affected 10 people last year. Six professors from the Chemistry Department have been charged under section 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life), 338 (causing grievous hurt by act endangering life), 304A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Anna Hazare's victory rally at Ralegan Siddhi

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 03:35 PM PDT

Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare today lashed out at the UPA government for arresting him before his fast and asked people not to allow the torch of the second "battle of Independence" to be extinguished as more "repeated shocks" can only ensure a corruption-free India.

Gutka, pan masala now banned foods in new govt guidelines

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 03:33 PM PDT

Chewing tobacco, like gutka and paan masala, has been included among banned "food products" in the government's new food safety guidelines. The move has been welcomed by health activists.

Five farmers commit suicide in Vidarbha

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 03:32 PM PDT

With five cotton growers committing suicide on Thursday, a total of 507 farmers have killed themselves during 2011 alone in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, an NGO fighting for farmers' rights said on Friday.

Chandrababu Naidu declares assets

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 03:25 PM PDT

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday declared his and his family's assets, totalling about Rs 38 crore. Mr Naidu said he was declaring only the acquisition cost and not the market value of the assets since the latter varied from time to time.

Justice Sen has quit, but impeachment process may continue

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 01:06 PM PDT

Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court may have resigned but the Lok Sabha will continue with the impeachment proceedings against him on Monday.

Kejriwal's entire statement refuting tax case against him

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 11:35 AM PDT

Arvind Kejriwal has said that a tax notice sent to him for nine lakhs has actually been provoked by the Income Tax department's "political bosses." Mr Kejriwal was one of the main leaders of activist Anna Hazare's anti-corruption campaign.

Turkish Air plane skids off taxiway at Mumbai airport

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 11:16 AM PDT

For the entire day today, Mumbai's main runway was shut down, relying entirely on its secondary runway for all operations as authorities struggled to move a Turkish Airlines plane that was stuck in the mud just a few feet away.

AP Pathak, secretary to Speaker Meira Kumar, removed

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 10:28 AM PDT

The CBI today raided the residence and other properties in Delhi and Lucknow of AP Pathak, in connection with an alleged disproportionate assets case, CBI sources said. A P Pathak is an Indian Highway Services officer who is presently secretary to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and is stationed in New Delhi. He has been removed from the Lok Sabha Secretariat.

Kerala temple case: Supreme Court takes on Royals

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 10:17 AM PDT

The Supreme Court today advised the Travancore Royal family not to rely on the ritual astrological prediction - Devaprasnam - while deciding on the opening of the secret vault of Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple.

2G case: I could be 'toasted, grilled or roasted,' says Jaswant

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 09:20 AM PDT

With the CBI deciding to examine Jaswant Singh in 2G case, the senior BJP leader, who was the finance minister in NDA government, today said that no irregularities were committed during his tenure.

Farooq backs son Omar on Afzal Guru remarks

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 09:13 AM PDT

Union Minister Farooq Abdullah backed his son Omar Abdullah, on his remarks on Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. The senior Abdullah, said his son's remarks on Afzal Guru who is on death row, was not provocative and that he was telling the "truth."
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