Sunday, October 24, 2010

Kashmir interlocutors to meet people in jail

Kashmir interlocutors to meet people in jail

Kashmir interlocutors to meet people in jail

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The three-member panel of interlocutors on Kashmir, which is on a four-day tour to the Valley, has begun their series of meeting with sections of people in the Valley. Journalist Dilip Padgaonkar, academician Professor Radha Kumar and Information Commissioner MM Ansari met senior journalists Shujaat Bukhari and Fayaz Ahmad Kaloo on Sunday morning.


India to sign key nuclear treaty

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Ahead of the US President Barack Obama's visit, sources say, that India is expected to sign a crucial International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA) treaty called the Convention on Supplementary Compensation(CSC) for Nuclear Damage.


Smaller cities show off growing wealth

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For decades this central Indian city was vintage old India: crumbling Mughal-era ruins and ancient Buddhist caves surrounded by endless parched acres from which farmers coaxed cotton. But this month Aurangabad became an emblem of an altogether different India: the booming, increasingly urbanized economic powerhouse filled with ambition and a new desire to flaunt its wealth.


India-Russia joint Army exercise underway

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With terrorism spreading its tentacles globally, India and Russia are getting ready to wage battles as "allies" against future threats, even as their armies concluded a major joint military exercise in Uttarakhand's Chaubattia on Saturday.


Realty shock for Madurai's jasmine

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The relationship between South Indian women and Jasmine flowers go back to several decades and 'Madurai Malli'(local name for Jasmine flower) needs no introduction for them.


Ramgopal Varma's 'Rakht Charitra' faces TDP heat

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Party activists vented their ire on posters of Rakht Charitra and Ramgopal Varma in different parts of Andhra Pradesh. They were angry that the film has shown a character, who they feel is inspired by their party founder late N T Rama Rao, encouraging and taking advantage of gang wars in the state's Rayalaseema region, for his political benefit.


Mamata lashes out at Centre in election rally

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Is there any stopping to Mamata Bannerjee hitting out at her own ally- the Congress? Ahead of elections in West Bengal, Mamata in a rally criticised the Prime Minsiter, the Home Minister and the Finance Minister and warned the Centre to withdraw joint forces in 'junglemahal'.


Car number auctions fetch Rs 2 crore for Andhra

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The Andhra Pradesh government is playing the number game to improve the numbers in its coffers. Exploiting the fancy among Telugus to own a vehicle with a fancy registration number, the transport department's auctions now earn it a whopping Rs 2 crore annually.


Pakistan sets up new bunker at border

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The newest dispute between India and Pakistan is an 18-foot bunker that our neighbour has put up at the border in RS Pura sector in Jammu and Kashmir. "Two bunkers and one tower have been raised on Pakistani side, which we have protested against and which we will be taking up in the next conference," said S Chattopadhya, IG BSF, Jammu.


NGO men held for kidnapping Leh orphans

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Seems like there is no end to distress for the children who lost everything during the Ladakh flash floods. It was just a week ago when an NGO, Youth movement for peace, had claimed it adopted 28 children and would take care of them.


Bihar polls: Voting on in Phase II amidst reports of Naxal violence

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Polling in 45 Assembly constituencies in the second phase of elections in Bihar has begun in the shadow of Naxal threat. The second phase has seen 19 percent voter turnout in the first two hours of polling.


Bihar: Intelligence branch officer kidnapped by Maoists

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An Intelligence branch officer and an NGO worker were kidnapped by Maoists from Ayodhya area in Purulia district with police saying that the inspector was on leave and had gone there for some personal work.


Now, Cabinet Secretary snubs Kalmadi

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In what is being seeing as another snub for the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman, Suresh Kalmadi, Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrashekhar hosted a 'thanks giving' dinner on Friday where most CWG officials were invited, except Kalmadi.


Bihar: Major haul of explosives ahead of Lok Sabha by-poll

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In a major haul ahead of the Lok Sabha by-poll in Banka constituency, the Bihar Police today recovered a dozen detonators, ammonium nitrate and firearms in Banka.


CWG corruption: Probe panel head VK Shunglu meets the PM

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V K Shunglu, the former Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), who has been appointed by the Prime Minister's office to head the probe into the Commonwealth Games met Dr Manmohan Singh in New Delhi today. Sources have told NDTV that the meeting was attended by the Cabinet Secretary, Sports Secretary and the PM's principal secretary.


Bihar polls: Tight security for phase II

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Security measures have been stepped up for the 2nd phase of polling in 6 districts of Bihar on Sunday. "We are leaving nothing to chance with central paramilitary forces deployed at 85 per cent polling stations besides armed police from other states and the Bihar Military Police and District Armed Police," Bihar's Director General of Police, Neelmani, said.


Low expectations for Obama's India trip

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With just a couple of weeks to go for US President Barack Obama's India visit, government sources are playing down the expectations. New Delhi is hoping that one significant announcement will be on the lifting of restrictions on hi-technology exports to India, but those talks, say sources, are going down to the wire.


Virbhadra Singh, wife summoned by court in corruption case

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A Special Judge on Saturday issued notice to Union Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife Pratibha Singh asking them to appear in court on November 27 in connection with a corruption case, official sources said.


Bihar polls: Second phase in Maoist affected belt

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45 Assembly seats in six districts in the Maoist belt of Bihar go to polls in the second phase on Sunday. The Election Commission has changed the poll timings in some constituencies after Maoists killed six policemen in Sheohar district on Friday.


RJD-LJP alliance will disintegrate after poll: BJP

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Claiming that RJD's performance would be an all time low this elections in Bihar, the BJP today said the RJD-LJP alliance would "disintegrate" after the Assembly polls.


Clean sweep for Narendra Modi in panchayat polls

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After a resounding win in the civic polls, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has stamped his dominance even in the rural areas. The BJP drubbed the Congress in the panchayat polls winning 22 of the 24 seats in the state.


Food bill re-draft: Subsidies for 75 per cent

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The National Advisory Council (NAC) headed by Sonia Gandhi wants subsided food for 75 per cent of Indians – that's nearly 800 million people. A working group of the Council will redraft the bill that was earlier prepared by the food ministry under Sharad Pawar.


Interlocutors begin 'Mission Kashmir', separatists boycott talks

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The 3 central interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir arrived in Srinagar today. They say they are willing to talk to anone who is willing to talk to them. Dilip Padgaonkar, one of the three interlocutors appointed by the centre did not shy away from describing Kashmir as a dispute.


Congress accuses RSS of 'disturbing' communal amity

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Congress today accused RSS of "disturbing communal amity" in the country after the name of one of its senior leaders figured in the chargesheet against five accused in the 2007 Ajmer blast.


RSS rejects reports of functionary named in Ajmer charge sheet

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RSS on Saturday insisted that none of its leaders were involved in any anti-national activity and rejected reports that the name of one of its top leaders figure in the charge sheet filed in the Ajmer dargah blast.


Ajmer blast chargesheet: BJP defends RSS leader Indresh Kumar

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Defending RSS leader Indresh Kumar, whose name figures in the Ajmer blast chargesheet, BJP today said there was nothing "substantial or credible" against him and accused the government of targeting nationalist organisations while keeping quite on Kashmiri separatists.


Flight diverted to carry stranded Haj pilgrims in Patna: GoAir

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Amid reports that its Delhi-bound flight from Lucknow was diverted to Patna without informing passengers, GoAir, on Saturday said that its flight did not make any unscheduled halt in Patna and its passengers were informed at Lucknow Airport itself about the diversion.


Assam: A boy playing with a grenade throws it out, no casualties

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An explosion occurred in Kokrajhar district on Saturday when a 14-year old boy threw a grenade, that was believed to be a toy by his mother who brought it inside their house, police said here. There were no casualties, they said.


DGCA's press statement on Mumbai airport mishap

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Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA) initiated an inquiry into the incident at the Mumbai airport wherein a Jet Airways aircraft brushed against the tail of a Kingfisher plane at 0205 hours on Friday night. DGCA suspended a ground personnel and derostered two others.


When Prakash Karat was asked his caste

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One of the first questions CPI()M general secretary Prakash Karat was asked when he went to study on a scholarship at the University of Edinburgh in 1968 was: "What is your caste?"


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