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The BJP core group on Sunday deliberated over senior leader L.K. Advani’s proposed yatra on the corruption issue. The issue was also discussed during the party’s office-bearers’ meeting later in the day. Though the party is yet to finalise a detailed plan for this yatra, sources said many leaders suggested it should start from Gujarat [...]
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Gulbarg massacre: eyewitness recalls the horror
Posted by admin on September 12th, 2011
New Delhi: For the victims of the Gulbarg Society massacre, it’s been a nine-year long wait for justice. Imitiyaz Pathan, who lost 8 members of his family is among the few who came forward to testify against the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
Imtiyaz Pathan clearly remembers February 28, 2002, the day when rampaging mobs slaughtered [...]
Corrupt babus may lose part of pension
Posted by admin on September 9th, 2011
NEW DELHI: Bureaucrats face a 10% loss of pension for minor cases of corruption and a 20% cut for major infringements that lead to compulsory retirement from service.
In a bid to deter corruption, government will soon implement the decision taken by the Group of Ministers on corruption. Cases of public servants accused of graft will [...]
Manmohan Singh, Sheikh Hasina put Teesta behind, fix boundary
Posted by admin on September 7th, 2011
DHAKA: Mamata Banerjee’s public sulk on the Teesta water-sharing pact almost killed the Manmohan Singh-Sheikh Hasina summit billed as a paradigm shift in India-Bangladesh ties. A land boundary agreement and significant trade concessions by India saved the day, but it was a close shave for both leaders.
Visibly angry over India’s decision to put off the [...]
Bollywood to Tihar, Amar’s journey into loneliness
Posted by admin on September 7th, 2011
High-profile, former Samajwadi Party general secretary, Amar Singh’s journey from star-studded parties to Tihar jail shows how he has been left alone by his friends, who once ranged from politicians and corporate honchos to Bollywood bigwigs. The outspoken Rajput leader, whose meteoric rise during the last 15 years, had earned him many rivals, perhaps was [...]
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No Comments »Prime Minister assures Mamata before Dhaka trip
Posted by admin on September 6th, 2011
New Delhi: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh left for Dhaka today. But the run up to his high-profile Bangladesh trip has been jittery with Mamata Banerjee pulling out.
And hours before leaving for Bangladesh, the Prime Minister assured Mamata Banerjee that “nothing will be done that will harm Bengal’s interests”.
The interests of West Bengal will [...]
Posted in India Tags: Mamata Banerjee, PM in Bangladesh, Prime Minister, Teesta water pact No Comments »Janardhana Reddy in jail, Gadkari summons Karnataka Chief Minister
Posted by admin on September 6th, 2011
Hyderabad: The BJP’s last Karnataka crisis had only just settled and party chief Nitin Gadkari has had to summon new Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda to Nagpur to discuss the fallout of the arrest of G Janardhana Reddy, one of the three powerful Reddy brothers of Bellary, all prominent BJP leaders in the state.
Mr Gowda [...]
Posted in India Tags: illegal mining, Janardhan reddy, Janardhana Reddy, Janardhana Reddy arrested No Comments »On road to Dhaka with new respect Delhi keen to ‘insulate’ ties
Posted by admin on September 5th, 2011
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, still recovering from a bruising battle with powerful sections of Indian civil society, is off to Dhaka this week on a landmark visit whose real success — somewhat ironically — depends on reaching out to Bangladesh’s own vibrant civil society and expanding middle class, top PMO officials believe.
Officials on both sides [...]
BJP hopes Janardhana Reddy will come out clean
Posted by admin on September 5th, 2011
BJP on Monday expressed hope that former Karnataka minister Janardhana Reddy, who has been arrested in connection with the mining scam, will come out clean but maintained the whole issue was related to his private business and not to the party.
“Reddy brothers are holding the point that they have not violated any rules of mining. [...]
Posted in India Tags: Bellary mines, illegal mining, Karnataka mining scam, Lokayukta report, Obulapuram mines, reddy brothers No Comments »For Anna rally, five Indians get jail in Dubai
Posted by admin on September 2nd, 2011
Five Indian professionals, who organised a rally in Dubai in support of Anna Hazare, are in jail for 12 days now, with the Indian Consulate stepping in to secure their release.
These employees of private financial firms — in their 20s and 30s, from Kerala, Maharashtra and Gujarat — were arrested on August 20 when they [...]
Posted in India Tags: Anna Hazare support, arrest, Dubai, Indian professionals, Sanjay Verma, UAE Indian community No Comments »
