Kerala cabinet holds anti-centre agitation in Delhi Lead
NAT51National/PoliticsKerala cabinet holds anti-centre agitation in Delhi LeadNew Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 17 IANS Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Friday led his cabinet colleagues and ruling Left Democratic Front LDF legislators to an agitation near parliament against the alleged negligence meted out towards state by the central government. Sixteen ministers, 70 legislators and the Left MPs from Kerala participated in the protest march and sit-in inaugurated by Achuthanandan and addressed  read more
Posted by IANS on Monday Oct 20
NEW DELHI/COLOMBO
INT48International/DiplomacyIndia asks Sri Lanka to stop military offensive against Tamils LeadNew Delhi/Colombo, Oct 17 IANS With the political temperature rising in Tamil Nadu over the situation in Sri Lanka, Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon Friday summoned Sri Lankan High Commissioner C.R. Jayasinghe and asked Colombo to "take steps" to stop the violence that has severely affected Tamil civilians in the island nation. "India expressed grave concerns over the ongoing violence in Sri Lanka  read more
Posted by IANS on Monday Oct 20
Next month's polls will lead to Manmohan-Advani face-offComm
NAT2National/PoliticsNext month's polls will lead to Manmohan-Advani face-offCommentBy Amulya GanguliThe next round of assembly elections in five states, and also possibly in Jammu and Kashmir, will be of high importance for all the political parties for they will set the tone for next year's general election.Whichever of the two major protagonists - the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP - emerges victorious in most of the states will have the advantage of stitching up the alliance led by it  read more
Posted by IANS on Monday Oct 20
Stunt pilots race virtual counterparts
INT14International/Aviation/TechnologyStunt pilots race virtual counterpartsLondon, Oct 18 IANS Stunt pilots raced against virtual opponents for the first time - in a contest combining the real and the virtual at 400 kmph.Using technology developed, in part, by a University of Nottingham spin-out company, an air-race in the skies above Spain saw two stunt pilots battle it out with a virtual plane which they watched on screens in their cockpits.They were able to merge the virtual with the real world,  read more
Posted by IANS on Monday Oct 20
Dalit Muslim body expels its president Ali Anwar
NAT9National/PoliticsDalit Muslim body expels its president Ali AnwarPatna, Oct 18 IANS An influential backward and Dalit Muslim body has expelled its national president Ali Anwar, MP, charging him with neglecting its cause and doing everything to make Bharatiya Janata Party's L.K. Advani the next prime minister.The All India Pasmandsa Muslim Mahaz's executive committee has dismissed Anwar for "betrayal of the cause of empowerment of backward and Dalit Muslims". Anwar is Bihar's  read more
Posted by IANS on Monday Oct 20
Now, Chicago's Sun Times endorses Obama for president
Chicago, Oct.18 ANI: If the Washington Post took the lead on Thursday in being the first to endorse Barack Obama as the next President of the United States, then on Friday, it was the turn of the Chicago-based Sun Times to follow suit.In an editorial, the paper says that with the Americans ready to be one country and yearning to bridge their differences, to find common cause, to rise above ideology, race, class and religion, Obama seems the ideal person to don the mantle of the 44th President of the United States  read more
Posted by aniin on Monday Oct 20
Nuclear deal with India not a model to replicate with Pak: U
Washington, Oct 18 ANI: United States Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher described the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement as "unique" which cannot be replicated elsewhere as a model. He further said that the Bush Administration has made it clear that Pakistan cannot be the beneficiary of a similar deal. "The agreement we have with India is unique to India, not a model for anything else," said Boucher at a recent Round Table on Pakistan  read more
Posted by aniin on Monday Oct 20
US media predicts Pak economy collapse despite it receiving
Washington, Oct 18 ANI: Despite Pakistan receiving enough pledges from donors to avoid a possible economic default, the US media continues to predict an impending economic collapse in the recession-hit country.Only a day ago, a excerpts of a draft report being prepared by the US intelligence agencies said that Pakistan economy was 'on the edge', having "no money, no energy, no government."About half a dozen reports published in the US and Western media on Friday blamed 'political  read more
Posted by aniin on Monday Oct 20
Zardari wins economic deals in China Lead
INT55International/Diplomacy/BusinessZardari wins economic deals in China LeadBeijing, Oct 15 DPA Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari held talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao Wednesday as the two nations signed economic cooperation agreements covering satellites, trade, mining, agriculture and other sectors. State media quoted Hu as saying that Zardari's family were "all old friends of the Chinese people" and praising Zardari's late wife, Benazir Bhutto, and her father, Zulfikar  read more
Posted by IANS on Friday Oct 17
Anil Ambani firm wants gas on same terms as NTPC
ECO17Economy/National/EnergyAnil Ambani firm wants gas on same terms as NTPCMumbai, Oct 15 IANS Anil Ambani-promoted Reliance Natural Resources Ltd RNRL Wednesday told the Bombay High Court that under the memorandum of understanding MoU signed with Reliance Industries Ltd RIL, gas from the Krishna-Godavari KG basin has to be given to it on the same terms as the National Thermal Power Corporation NTPC. The MoU records the arrangement between Anil Ambani and RIL chief Mukesh Ambani as part of the  read more
Posted by IANS on Friday Oct 17
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