Thursday, October 7, 2010

New Zealand minister seeks to defuse Indian anger over TV race row

New Zealand minister seeks to defuse Indian anger over TV race row

New Zealand minister seeks to defuse Indian anger over TV race row

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 08:07 PM PDT

New Zealand's foreign minister on Friday said he was powerless to act against a television anchor whose "gratuitous and insulting" race remarks provoked a furious official protest from India.

Former BJP president Rajnath Singh down with dengue in New York

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 06:49 PM PDT

Former BJP chief Rajnath Singh has contracted dengue fever and has been advised to stay in the city until it was safe for him to travel, his spokesperson said.

'Munni' tune a hit at jagratas

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 05:38 PM PDT

This year jagrata parties in the region are going to be livelier, thanks to the catchy tune of 'Munni badnam hui darling tere liye'. The song from Bollywood movie 'Dabanng' , with raunchy dance steps by Bollywood's original item number queen Malaika Arora, has not just taken the nation by storm. It has also caught the fancy of jagrata party organizers, who have lifted the tune and changed the words to uplift the religious mood of people.

Now, a divided SAD battles crisis within

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 04:13 PM PDT

Is the house of Badals going the Bal Thackeray family way where the son and the nephew of the Shiv Sena supremo parted ways over leadership issue?

UN rules out Kashmir role

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 04:09 PM PDT

Secretary general Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday the United Nations would play a role in resolving the situation in Kashmir only when both India and Pakistan wanted it to step in.

Rebels blink, relief for BSY

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 04:04 PM PDT

The tottering BJP government in Karnataka appeared to have got a breather, with party dissidents doing a volte face.

Signalling error spoils Didi's Metro moment

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 03:45 PM PDT

Mamata Banerjee was smiling. And she had every reason to do so. Thanks to her efforts, the entire North-South metro corridor from New Garia (named Kavi Subhas after poet Subhas Mukhopadhyay) and Dum Dum was finally thrown open on Thursday.

Big guns bring music to Sabarmati jail

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 03:40 PM PDT

Sabarmati Central Jail's inmates are thrilled when high-profile figures are forced to join them. It is not as though the prisoners revel in powerful people's downfall - rather, they delight in the facility upgrade that flies in with the rich jailbirds.

BJP to press for disqualification of revolting Karnataka MLAs

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 02:40 PM PDT

BJP is planning to seek the disqualification of its MLAs in Karnataka who have unfurled the banner of revolt against the B S Yeddyurappa government and have reduced to a minority.

Order to unlock Ayodhya site was given in 'undue haste'

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 02:36 PM PDT

There was uncommon haste and violation of procedures in dealing with an application for opening the locks of the disputed Ayodhya site in 1986 which denied the Muslim party a fair hearing and also violated the need for justice appearing to be done.

BJP condemns Omar's remarks

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 02:32 PM PDT

Opposition BJP on Thursday described Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah's remarks in the state assembly about Kashmir's accession to India as "shameful, regretful and suspicious" and alleged that it was an attempt by him to divert attention from his own "failures".

Fact-finding team on Azad's killing to submit its final report today

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 02:28 PM PDT

Expert opinion on the official forensic report obtained by the investigating agencies has claimed that CPI (Maoist) politburo member and party's spokesperson Azad alias Cherukuri Rajkumar was killed in an encounter, contrary to claims made by his party, civil rights activists and even some mainstream political leaders.

EC considering plan to bring some colour back into elections

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 02:22 PM PDT

Free and fair they will continue to be, but colourless elections may soon be a thing of the past. In a major course correction, the Election Commission is considering liberalisation of the campaign methods which will bring colour back into electioneering.

After Cong, caste comes to haunt BJP in Bihar

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 02:16 PM PDT

The last time a political party mentioned caste of its leaders in a list, it had an FIR slapped on it. Congress perhaps managed to undo the stigma by replacing its leaders in Bihar, but now the BJP has gone ahead and done the same, the list this time comprising names of Jharkhand leaders who are expected to rope in voters in Bihar elections, once again proving that caste and political expediencies go hand in hand in the state.

India awaits formal Pak proposal for 26\11 Commission

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 02:11 PM PDT

India is treading cautiously over Pakistan's proposal to send a Commission to interview the magistrate, who recorded 26/11 gunman Ajmal Kasab's statement, and the investigating officer of the case as New Delhi is still awaiting a formal communication from Islamabad.
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