NDA leaders meet Speaker, discuss issues

NDA leaders have met Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee and apprised him of the issues the Opposition would seek to raise in the winter session of the Parliament beginning on 22nd November. Leader of the Opposition L K Advani, BJP’s Vijay Kumar Malhotra and Santosh Gangawar and BJD’s B K Tripathy called on the Speaker at his residence for a breakfast meeting.

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BSP founder Kanshiram cremated

The body of BSP founder and prominent Dalit leader Kanshiram, who pitch-forked dalits to the centrestage of power politics in Uttar Pradesh, has been consigned to flames in New Delhi in the presence of top political leaders and a huge number of his supporters. Two of his sisters and a brother and some other relatives were also present with police protection ordered by Delhi High Court after the family sought his body for the last rites after a post-mortem, suspecting foul play in his death.
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Reform in insurance and banking sector must: PM

Listing financial sector reform and infrastructure as India’s “two biggest priorities,” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has exuded confidence of getting political support on these issues.

“Financial sector reform and increase in investment in infrastructure, are our two biggest priorities,” Singh said in an interview published in Financial Times coinciding his visit to Britain.

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Seven accused in Mumbai train blasts case retract statement

In a set back to the prosecution in the 11th July serial blasts case, seven accused have retracted their confession before a special court saying they were taken under duress by police.The accused are Faizal Shaikh, Muzammil Shaikh, Tanvir Ahmed Ansari, Mohammed Kamal Ansari, Ethesham Siddiqui, Sohail Shaikh and Zamir Ahmed Ansari.The stand of the accused to resile their statements given to the police comes 10 days after Mumbai police claimed that they had cracked the train blasts case.
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Sri Lanka president vows to retaliate against Tigers

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse has vowed to retaliate against Tamil Tiger attacks while stressing that he wanted a negotiated settlement to the island’s ethnic strife.
Rajapakse, in a meeting with top diplomats from Sri Lanka’s key international aid donors, said that he wanted peace talks to succeed and asked the international community to mount pressure on the Tiger rebels.

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Chikungunya brought under control in TN: govt

The Tamil Nadu government has claimed that chikungunya had been brought under control by adopting a slew of measures, including anti-mosquito control, which would continue till no cases were reported in the state. “From over 23,893 cases of Chikungunya reported in June, it has reduced to just 226 cases this month after a series of measures initiated by the Health Department,” Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary L K Tripathy told reporters in Chennai on Monday.
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Bail plea of 13 accused in Srinagar sx scandal dismissed

A court in Chandigarh has dismissed the bail application of the 13 accused in the sensational Srinagar sex scandal case that had rocked Jammu and Kashmir. The bail was denied by District and Sessions Judge B S Mehndiratta, who had kept his ruling on the bail application reserved for today after listening to the arguments of the prosecution and the defense on 3rd October.
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J&K demands Rs 25 cr package for settlement of migrants

Jammu and Kashmir government has demanded a Rs 25 crore package from the Centre for permanent settlement of migrants in Nowshehra sector of Rajouri district. The demand was made by Minister of State for Public Health Engineering R C Sharma in a memorandum submitted to Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil during a meeting in Srinagar on Sunday, an official spokesman said.
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Coffin scam hearing deferred till 16th Oct

The Supreme Court has deferred the hearing in the Kargil Coffingate scam till 16th October, after authorities pleaded that the investigations were still under way.
A Bench headed by Chief Justice Y K Sabharwal allowed the CBI’s request and adjourned the hearing till 16th October. Earlier, the matter was listed for hearing on 29th September.
During the last hearing, the apex court had pulled up the investigating agency for not doing enough to bring the culprits to book.
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35 Dengue cases reported in Haryana, Chandigarh

After Delhi, the dreaded dengue has struck Haryana with one person dying of the suspected disease and 33 cases being confirmed, two dengue cases have been confirmed in Chandigarh also.
Two of the 11 cases that have reported in the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here have been confirmed, an institute spokesman said adding the results of the tests of remaining nine were awaited.
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Prime accused in Sabarimala priest assault case surrenders

Bechu Rehaman, the key accused in the Sabarimala temple priest assault case and a small time Malayalam film and television actor, has surrendered before the police in Kochi. Rehaman has surrendered before G Venu, the Circle Inspector of the Ernakulam Central police station, who is also the investigating officer in the case.
Rehaman was likely to be produced before Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Ernakulam.
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Congress to give Koda outside support

The Congress has formally ruled out joining the Madhu Koda government in Jharkhand and decided to support it from outside, the Congress national leadership had declared outside support well before the Koda ministry was formed.
“After deliberations with the national leadership, it has been decided that the party will give support to the Madhu Koda-led UPA government from outside,” said Jharkhand PCC President Pradeep Kumar Balmachu.
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EC issues notice to Jairam Ramesh on OoP issue

The Election Commission (EC) has issued a notice to Union Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh on a complaint seeking his disqualification as a Rajya Sabha member on the office of profit issue.
President A P J Abdul Kalam had earlier referred the petition to the Commission. The EC also sought certain details from the Cabinet Secretariat on the issue.
According to EC sources, Ramesh, has been given three weeks time to file his reply by 20th October.
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Indian Navy sacks captain of INS Prahar

The Indian Navy has sacked the captain of the warship INS Prahar for “navigational error” after it sank following a collision with a ship off the Goa coast five months ago, according to Ministry of Defence sources.
The navy conducted a court martial of captain Cdr Yogesh Tripathi and found him guilty of “navigational error”, a Ministry of Defence spokesman said in Mumbai.
Tripathi, was tried by court martial and dismissed from service.
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19 more AIADMK candidates elected unopposed

Nineteen more AIADMK candidates were elected unopposed as Councillors and Panchayat Union Presidents in various districts of Tamil Nadu with elections to local bodies scheduled to be held on 13th and 15th October.With this, 74 AIADMK nominees have so far been elected unopposed, Party General Secretary J Jayalalithaa said and congratulated them, a party release said.
Jayalalithaa, had sent individual congratulatory messages to all the winners, the release added
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SC reserves judgement on mixed land use in residential colonies

The Supreme Court reserved its judgement on petitions challenging the notifications permitting mixed land use in about 2,200 residential colonies spread all over Delhi.
A bench comprising Chief justice Y K Sabharwal and Justices C K Thakker and R V Raveendran, however, indicated that the court may announce its verdict on the notifications dated 7th September and 15th September, 2006 before it closes for Dussehra holidays.
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Belgaum scripts history; hosts K’taka Legislature session

Chiseling its name in the annals of the Karnataka Legislature, Belgaum, the bone of contention between the State and neighbouring Maharashtra, today hosted the five-day special session of both the Houses of the Legislature, amidst vociferous protests from the Maharashtra Ekikarana Samiti (MES).
As soon as the Assembly met for the day in the Jawaharlal Nehru Auditorium of the KLE Education Society, Speaker Krishna moved the obituary reference for renowned Shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan and legal luminary L G Havanur.
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Media studies to be part of NCERT textbooks

The increasing role played by the media, its influence and impact on the society and the changes taking place in its functioning with the advent of technology will form part of NCERT textbooks from next year.
The new chapter — Mass Media and Communication — included in the Social and Political Life textbook for Class VII students will analyse how media is setting agenda and how market has become central to its functioning.
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Six shot dead in Jammu and Kashmir

Militants shot dead six persons, including a village headman and a woman, in separate incidents while security forces recovered some arms and ammunition from a passenger vehicle in Jammu and Kashmir since Sunday night.
Nazir Ahmad Wani, a headman, was shot at and critically injured by militants at Khushanpora-Nagbal in Shopian area of Pulwama district last night, officials said.
Wani was rushed to hospital where he succumbed to injuries.
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Army intensifies operations against ULFA

United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) ‘corporal’ Diganta Baruah, alias Bitupan Baruah, has been killed and ten others, including nine army personnel, have been injured in a fierce encounter at Lakhipathar in Upper Asom’s Tinsukia district on Sunday.
Another injured militant managed to escape during the stepped up army operation against the outlawed organisation.
Soon after the Centre withdrew its ceasefire with ULFA in Asom, the Army started its operation against the rebel group early on Sunday ending the one-and-a-half month peace process.
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Kalam visits Kovilur Mutt

President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, who visited the Mutt last night, has visited the Kovilur Mutt in Kovilur, which runs Vedic school and another where ‘Nadhaswaram’ is taught. The President listened to Vedic chants and Tamil hymns ‘Thirupugazh’ and ‘Thiruvasagam’ in praise of Lord Subramania and Shiva, presented by children.

He also asked ‘Nadhaswaram’ learners to play Thiagaraja ‘keerthana’. Impressed by their performance, Dr Kalam patted them. He also got himself photographed with them.
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India responsible nuclear power: Mukherjee

Expressing confidence that the Indo-US nuke deal would be cleared by the US senate, Def Minister Mukherjee has said the international community is prepared to cooperate with New Delhi in civilian nuke programme as India has behaved very responsibly in this regard. “There has been not a single case of outward proliferation though India was the first Asian nation to build indigenous atomic reactor and establish full fuel cycle,” Mukherjee said while addressing leaders of the Indian-American community in New York last day.
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