Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Rajasthan identifies 58,000 illegal mosques, temples on govt land

Rajasthan identifies 58,000 illegal mosques, temples on govt land

Rajasthan identifies 58,000 illegal mosques, temples on govt land

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:08 PM PDT

The Rajasthan government has pledged in court to demolish and rebuild over 58,000 illegally-constructed mosques and temples across the the state.

BJP fields 'rioters' for civic polls

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 05:17 PM PDT

At least four accused in the post-Godhra riots, who are under investigation by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT), are contesting municipal elections on BJP tickets.

Jailed Bihar politicians fall back on 'better halves'

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 05:14 PM PDT

With elections round the corner, former MPs and 'political dons' — Mohammed Shahabuddin, Anand Mohan Singh and Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav are back into the strong-arm game through their wives.

Babel of voices hangs heavy over Ayodhya

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 05:09 PM PDT

The Ayodhya arena continues to be a picture of muddle with disparate voices, days after the high court verdict on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri masjid title suits. The saving grace is that most of these voices are saner.

'Rahul should brush up his knowledge'

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 05:04 PM PDT

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, who is on a tour of the BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh, told Youth Congress members, ''We will not allow people with hardline fundamentalist ideologies of the RSS and SIMI to enter our party.''

Bengal CM: There's life beyond Singur

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 05:01 PM PDT

Singur is not the end of the road for Bengal. A financial hub at Rajarhat New Town, an aerotropolis at Burdwan, the East-West Metro connecting Salt Lake to Howrah are some of the projects waiting in the wings.

N-park put on hold with polls in mind?

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 04:59 PM PDT

The Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government has ''advised'' Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd to stay off Haripur in East Midnapore till the 2011 assembly elections in West Bengal.

'Rarest of rare' doctrine subjective, arbitrary

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 04:58 PM PDT

The reduction of death sentence to life in the Priyadarshini Mattoo case reflects the churning within the Supreme Court in recent years on the sheer uncertainty of its own "rarest of rare" doctrine.

A tale of three cities

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 04:38 PM PDT

In Mumbai, it is said, you could sell dirt and still make money. The prospect of earning well is a siren call to hundreds of enterprising migrants who make their way to the city every day.

Kutchi sailor showed Vasco da way

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 04:34 PM PDT

When Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama discovered Europe-to-India sea route in 1498, he had a Gujarati by his side to show him the way. Historians and scholars gathered at Gujarat's port town Mandvi are discussing how a Kutchi sailor, Kanji Malam, navigated the commander to Calicut from Malindi on east African coast.

Switching sides: Arms courier turns Red hunter

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 04:27 PM PDT

For this young Muria man, it's been a long journey, from his village in the jungles of Bastar, to the endless expanse of the sea in Kolkata, and then, to the mystifying whiteness of the snow in Kashmir.

Mamata to Centre: Pull out Jangalmahal forces

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 04:29 PM PDT

For long a vociferous advocate of withdrawal of central forces from Maoist bastion Jangalmahal, Mamata Banerjee doesn't want to wait anymore. She wants the UPA government to act on her demand immediately, even if it doesn't go down well with the Delhi ally.

Navy commander held for question paper leak

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 04:22 PM PDT

The CBI has arrested a naval commander with Western Naval Command's INS Angre for his alleged role in an examination paper leak case.

'Maneater' on loose gives Hardoi the jitters

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 04:19 PM PDT

Even as forest officials continued to comb fields and villages around Mathura in search of the elusive tiger that has strayed into the area, another tiger scare emerged.

BSY govt teeters on the brink

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 04:11 PM PDT

The 28-month-old Yeddyurappa government is hanging on a razor-thin majority after 18 BJP MLAs - including seven ministers - withdrew their support on Wednesday.
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