Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Manmohan Singh leaves for G20 summit in Seoul

Manmohan Singh leaves for G20 summit in Seoul

Manmohan Singh leaves for G20 summit in Seoul

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 09:18 PM PST

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left for Seoul for the 5th G20 Summit on Wednesday where he will meet his host, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, apart from other leaders, including US President Barack Obama for the second time in less than a week.

I am highly honoured and humbled: Prithviraj Chavan

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 09:10 PM PST

Union minister Prithviraj Chavan said on Wednesday that he had been informed by defence minister AK Antony about the Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's decision to make him the next chief minister of Maharashtra and added that he was "highly honoured and humbled".

From PMO backroom to seat of power

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 09:09 PM PST

From the relative obscurity in the backroom of the PMO to the most coveted seat of power in Maharashtra, Prithviraj Chavan has reaped the reward for his personal integrity, professional ability and unflinching loyalty to 10, Janpath.

Prithviraj Chavan to be next Maharashtra chief minister

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 07:54 PM PST

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday morning announced Prithviraj Chavan as the next chief minister of Maharashtra. According to sources, swearing in ceremony will be held on Thursday.

Indo-US pact on ISS bolt from the blue for space scientists

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 04:52 PM PST

ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan declared at the International Astronautical Congress in Prague that there is no immediate plan of India partnering with the 17-member US-led International Space Station (ISS).

Maoists poison pond close to CRPF camp

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 01:58 PM PST

Maoist cadres allegedly poisoned a pond atop Jharkhand's Jhumra hills close to a CRPF camp.

Toll in Bodo ‘revenge’ attacks now 21

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 01:55 PM PST

NDFB's anti-talk faction of NDFB killed two more persons on Tuesday and injured eight others. With this, the death toll has rose to 21 since Monday's massacre.

Activists unimpressed by CM losing job

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 01:44 PM PST

Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan and Congress MP Suresh Kalmadi may finally have been divested of their posts for their roles in the Adarsh Housing Society and Commonwealth Games scams respectively but city activists are unimpressed.

Will Maha lead to cabinet reshuffle?

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 01:41 PM PST

A senior minister said Congress has been mulling that the yardstick applied in Ashok Chavan's case should be followed when the Union Cabinet is reshuffled, now tentatively scheduled to take place after January 15.

Opposition raises scams, threatens to disrupt LS

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 01:37 PM PST

Making clear its intentions for the month-long winter session, the Opposition on Tuesday raised the temperature in the Lok Sabha over the raging scandals and held out a clear threat that unless it was allowed to have its say, House proceedings would be disrupted.

Party looks for smooth sailing with new CM

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 01:33 PM PST

The NCP has made it clear to the Congress that the new Maharashtra chief minister should be "cooperative" with the Congress's ally.

Now, NCP's blot of shame in scam

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 01:28 PM PST

The NCP is waiting smugly in the wings watching its political ally crumble under the weight of controversies, but it may still be pulled into the Adarsh scam.

Govt relook at allotment policy

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 01:26 PM PST

In the bloodbath that has followed the Adarsh scam, the state government is planning to modify the policy regarding allotment of lands to cooperative housing societies at concessional rates.

How ’09 hero fell swiftly from grace

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 01:23 PM PST

For the crisis-ridden Congress-NCP alliance, winning the 2009 Lok Sabha polls with a record number of seats came as a surprise. When it secured a clear majority in the October 2009 Assembly polls, it was nothing short of a miracle.

No action against bureaucrats yet

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 01:19 PM PST

Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh said on November 3, that since the Adarsh file was cleared despite not meeting Coastal Regulation Zone-2 norms, the bureaucrats who approved it were liable for prosecution under the Environment Protection Act.
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