Sunday, October 2, 2011

Pro-Telangana activists stage protest at Rajghat

Pro-Telangana activists stage protest at Rajghat

Pro-Telangana activists stage protest at Rajghat

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 08:13 AM PDT

The Congress may have tried to put the issue of statehood for Telangana on the backburner, but pro-Telangana leader K Chandrashekhara Rao, or KCR as he is known, is determined not to let his agenda slide off New Delhi's viewfinder.

The Rs. 81,500 crore lie

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 08:02 AM PDT

In a season of scams, the biggest one has gone undetected, that of black money spent in every election. Politicians typically shrug it off, saying that historically they have always entered Parliament with a 'lie on our lips'. Except that, now, the lie has gotten bigger. It is, by one estimate, the Rs. 81,500 crore lie. Many say electoral reforms can tackle this. But we expose how political parties have sabotaged every attempt to clean up a political system rife with corruption, criminality and lack of internal democracy.

Listen to Gandhi's speech at Kingsley Hall in 1931

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 07:44 AM PDT

In October 1931, Mahatma Gandhi spoke at the Kingsley Hall. He called this address as his spiritual message.

Manipur blocked for over two months; cooking gas selling at Rs 1700 a cylinder

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 06:24 AM PDT

Manipur has been cut off from the rest of the country for more than 60 days now. This is a result of a protest by the Kuki tribe who are demanding a separate district but a part of that area includes what the Nagas have been demanding.

Mahatma Gandhi remembered; Sonia makes first appearance post-surgery

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:26 AM PDT

After undergoing surgery for an undisclosed ailment over a month ago, Sonia Gandhi today made her first public appearance when she attended a prayer meeting at Rajghat on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's 142nd birth anniversary.

Captured militant says Pakistan Army is running training camps

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:10 AM PDT

There is a sudden increase in infiltration attempts by militants in north Jammu and Kashmir. At least nine militants were killed in two separate encounters in the last week in the Kupwara district.

Haryana: Land diverted for Chief Minister's family

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 03:50 AM PDT

There seems to be some more trouble brewing for Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda over land acquisition in the state. This time, the state government has been accused of diverting 42 acres of land for building memorial in Rohtak district for the Chief Minister's father Ranbir Hooda, who was a freedom fighter.

Rail Minister flags off Kolkata's first double-decker chair car train

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 03:04 AM PDT

Railway minister Dinesh Trivedi has flagged off Kolkata's first air-conditioned double-decker chair-car train. The train will run between between Howrah and Dhanbad.

BJP tells cadre: Prime Minister not confident, be ready for polls

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 02:45 AM PDT

As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) continued its attack on the Congress at the end of its two-day national executive meet in New Delhi, glaring differences remain within the party on who should be its face as it gets set for the elections in 2014. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, whose path to the Centre seemed well in the works, may have a tougher road ahead than he may have foreseen.

Illegal drug trials on victims of Bhopal gas tragedy

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 01:16 AM PDT

Nearly three decades after the Bhopal gas tragedy, comes a new horror for the victims. 279 people were illegally tested for new drugs without their knowledge or consent at the Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre (BMHRC) - one of the several violations that took place while conducting 10 clinical trials at the hospital.

Goa illegal mining: Inquiry panel finds large-scale violations

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 05:29 PM PDT

In what could spell further trouble for Goa chief minister Digambar Kamat, a commission probing mining violations in the state has found large-scale violations according to preliminary impressions.

J&K: Opposition wants Omar to resign over custodial death

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 04:04 PM PDT

There is uproar in Kashmir over the custodial death of a National Conference activist. 61-year-old Haji Yousuf, believed to be a political fixer, was handed over to the Crime Branch by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah over alleged corruption and blackmail charges. He died yesterday.

Gujarat top cop Sanjeev Bhatt sent to judicial custody

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 03:53 PM PDT

A day after he was arrested, a court in Ahmedabad today sent suspended IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt to judicial custody. Mr Bhatt will now be lodged in Sabarmati Jail till his bail hearing comes up on Monday.

Need further consultations on Telangana: Govt

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 12:38 PM PDT

Amid pressure from various quarters for an early decision on the Telangana issue, the government today said more consultations with various parties are needed on the contentious statehood demand and the exercise would take "some time" to end.

Lokpal Bill: CBI opposes inclusion, demands greater autonomy

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 11:54 AM PDT

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is strongly opposed to its inclusion under the Lokpal - the new anti-corruption body that will investigate charges of graft against those holding public offices. This is what NDTV has learnt after the director of the premier investigating agency appeared before the Lokpal Standing Committee in Parliament today chaired by Congress Rajya Sabha MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi.

'Govt in suicidal mode, but are we ready?' Asks BJP at party meet

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 11:37 AM PDT

The BJP today raised the pitch of its battle against the Manmohan Singh government by declaring that it won't last its full term, as it had completely lost all credibility. Speaking after the two day national executive meet of the party's top leaders in New Delhi, Arun Jaitley, Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, said the BJP needs to be prepared for early polls.

Pranab-Chidambaram truce was a farce, says Jaitley

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 09:38 AM PDT

As the two-day national executive meet of the BJP concluded today in New Delhi, the party, not mincing any words in its attack on the government on the recent 2G note row, called the truce between Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Home Minister P Chidambaram a farce.

Did CAG hike 2G loss estimate?

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 09:19 AM PDT

In a report submitted to the government last year, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India pegged the losses to the national exchequer due to the 2G spectrum allocation at a mind-boggling Rs. 1.76 lakh crore. But a letter accessed through Right to Information (RTI) Act now reveals that CAG could have hiked the 2G loss estimate.
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