Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Parties must introspect on behavior in House: PM

Parties must introspect on behavior in House: PM

Parties must introspect on behavior in House: PM

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 03:35 PM PDT

I believe all political parties in India must do some introspection, said PM Manmohan Singh in a strong critique of political parties holding up parliamentary business.

BSY: Can't attend court as my convoy inconveniences people

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 03:33 PM PDT

B S Yeddyurappa's counsel Ravi B Naik told the special Lokayukta court in Bangalore that his client had 'Z' category security and whenever he was travelling, the traffic had to be halted to allow his convoy.

Aiyar 'maliciously' warned PM on CWG cost escalation: Maken

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 03:30 PM PDT

Sports minister Ajay Maken has blamed his predecessor Mani Shankar Aiyar for playing an "irreparable obstructionist role" that eventually led to inordinate delays resulting in huge cost and time overruns.

House space crunch breeds hostility in UPA

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 02:43 PM PDT

Even after two and a half years into the 15th Lok Sabha, political parties, including important allies of the UPA-II, are without a room for their MPs in Parliament.

Govt can keep any entity off N-bill ambit

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 02:40 PM PDT

The government will be able to exempt any facility, premises and radioactive material from the purview of the proposed Nuclear Safety and Regulatory Authority on grounds of national defence and security.

International community condemns Delhi blast

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 02:38 PM PDT

Condemning the Delhi blast, the US said that it will give whatever assistance it can to bring the perpetrators to justice. United States Chargé d' affaires Peter Burleigh also expressed condolences to the government and victims' kin.

Delhi terror target, had input in July: Chidambaram

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 02:36 PM PDT

Union home minister P Chidambaram said that Delhi was a target for terrorist groups, admitting that the incident had taken place even though the Capital was on high alert.

Congress MP withdraws privilege notice against Anna's aides

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 02:33 PM PDT

Congress MP Pravin Aron withdrew his privilege notice against associates of Anna Hazare, saying they were using serious parliamentary activity to gain cheap publicity.

Slap on Delhi cops' face, NIA asked to probe blast

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 02:31 PM PDT

The Centre on Wednesday handed over the probe into the bomb blast outside the Delhi High Court to the National Investigation Agency which was set up in the aftermath of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.

Delhi blast: SP chief plays the communal card again

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 02:27 PM PDT

"Whenever there is a terror act, a particular community is looked at with suspicion. This is not good. It should stop. It is dangerous. It has happened several times and this still continues," Mulayam Singh Yadav said.

No intelligence is also intelligence failure: BJP

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 02:25 PM PDT

Opposition BJP and Left strongly condemned the bomb blast at Delhi High Court on Wednesday and asked the government why no additional security measures were put in place at the site where a low intensity bomb had gone off in May.

CJAR slams House panel report on judicial accountability bill

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 02:21 PM PDT

Lawyer Prasant Bhusan, convener of CJAR, alleged that the government had misled the people, proposing that judiciary be kept out of the purview of Jan Lokpal since the judicial accountability bill would take care of it.

Truth of email suspect but HuJI can strike big

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 02:19 PM PDT

Even though investigators suspect the credibility of the email sent hours after the Delhi blast claiming responsibility for it, HuJI (Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami) is capable of carrying out such a high profile attack.

Maharashtra govt asked to name Abhinav Bharat, Sanatan Sanstha as terrorist group

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 02:16 PM PDT

The Maharashtra police has recommended that the state government ban right-wing groups including Sanatan Sanstha and Abhinav Bharat.

Terror: Third whammy after graft, price rise

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 02:14 PM PDT

The corruption-inflation-terror triple whammy has hit the government when the national election is still 32 months away and that is at the heart of the Congress's dilemma.

Those in power should pay more attention: Digvijay

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 02:12 PM PDT

Amid signs of growing ire over continuing terror attacks, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh said those in the government needed to be vigilant.

Politics made Mamata pull out, hints Manmohan

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 02:10 PM PDT

"Some other factors came into play" for West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee to pull out of the Bangladesh visit at the last moment, said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

CPM seeks wider probe into cash-for-vote scam

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 02:06 PM PDT

CPM on Wednesday demanded a wider probe into the 2008 cash-for-vote scam, saying that Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh, who has been arrested in the case, was not acting alone.

PM promises to 'win' war against terror

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 02:03 PM PDT

"We have some early leads on the blasts," said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after terror attacks struck at the Delhi High Court on Wednesday.

Blast defuses BJP's cash-for-votes bomb

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 01:59 PM PDT

The blast at Delhi High Court may have added to the UPA's problems but on Wednesday, the attack helped the government by heading off a scathing attack it would have faced from the BJP on the cash-for-vote scam.

Jairam tables land bill, says Rahul Gandhi force behind it

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 01:50 PM PDT

The rural development minister introduced the bill to amend the 1894 acquisition law in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

Govt firm on Army chief's birth date

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 01:43 PM PDT

This was pretty much clear from defence minister A K Antony's written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, which held that Gen Singh will have to retire in May 2012.

Harkat says we did it, but LeT, IM also suspect

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 01:25 PM PDT

Within hours of the blast, an email popped up from an outfit calling itself Harkat-ul-Jehadi (very similar to the notorious HuJI – Harkat-ul-Jehad Islami) claiming responsibility for the Delhi High Court blast.

Earthquake jolts Delhi and adjoining towns

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 11:48 AM PDT

The tremors, measuring 4.2 on Richter Scale with Haryana's Sonipat as epicentre, were felt across Delhi and its satellite towns late on Wednesday night.

Strong earthquake shakes Delhi

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 11:48 AM PDT

The tremors, measuring 4.2 on Richter Scale with Haryana's Sonepat as epicentre, were felt across Delhi and its satellite towns late on Wednesday night.
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