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Barga redux: Naxals roll out land 'reforms'

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 10:32:26 PM

It was land distribution under Operation Barga that brought CPM to power in 1977. Thirty-three years later, the Maoists in Jangalmahal are treading a similar route to consolidate their support base. >>

Sena's absurd protest, spills milk on highway

News Source: Rediff - 7/29/2010 10:32:20 PM

To protest the central government's decision to import milk powder and other dairy products, Shiv Sena activists spilled thousands of litres of milk on the Satara-Pune highway. >>

BJP leaders meet President on prices

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 6:02:08 PM

BJP sources said Speaker Meira Kumar's ruling on notices for discussion under Rule 184 would be awaited on Friday morning and if these were rejected, the House was likely to be adjourned. >>

'2nd wave of swine flu has arrived'

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 6:02:08 PM

The second wave of the pandemic H1N1 influenza has struck and its infection rate is likely to be higher than the first wave, according to the National Institute of Virology (NIV). >>

'Best Indian students welcome in UK'

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 6:02:08 PM

David Willetts, UK's minister for universities and science, says India and UK aim to make qualitative enhancements on the education front in an exclusive interview to Malini Sen. >>

Unani and ayurveda docs can conduct surgery: Madras HC

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 6:02:08 PM

The Madras high court has said registered practitioners in siddha, ayurveda, homeopathy and unani are eligible to practise surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, anaesthesiology, ENT, ophthalmology, etc. >>

Kachroo ragging death accused surrender

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 6:02:07 PM

The four medical students, allegedly involved in ragging Aman Kachroo to death, surrendered on Thursday after the Himachal Pradesh high court set aside their bail on Wednesday. >>

Sohrabuddin issue: BJP to go on offensive in House

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 6:02:07 PM

BJP is preparing itself for a full-scale attack on the government over the arrest of Amit Shah, close confidant of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, in the Sohrabuddin encounter case. >>

States, farmer groups unhappy with Seed Bill

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 5:32:35 PM

The agriculture ministry is keen to introduce the Seed Bill in the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament. >>

Congress criticises Left for 'aligning' with BJP

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 5:32:34 PM

With a united Opposition continuing to paralyse Parliament, Congress on Thursday assailed the Left for an 'opportunistic alliance' with the BJP shedding its historical antagonism towards that party. >>

Speaker's ruling cannot be challenged: Congress

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 5:32:34 PM

Faced with the continuing impasse in Parliament over the format of a debate on price volatility, Congress on Thursday attacked the Opposition for not accepting the Speaker's ruling. >>

Karnataka bans export and transport of iron ore

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 5:32:33 PM

The ban on exports covered the 10 ports under state jurisdiction but not the bigger one in Mangalore. >>

PF scam: Officer kept record of gift receipts signed by judges

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 5:32:33 PM

On February 15, 2008, CBI special judge Rama Jain filed an FIR in Kavi Nagar police station against 82 persons, naming treasury officer Ashutosh Asthana as the mastermind of the scam. >>

No. of Indian students going to US falls, rises for UK

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 5:32:33 PM

More than twice the number of Indian students who applied to fly abroad for entry into colleges this year chose the UK over the US. >>

Congress hopes to cash in on mismatch in Nitish media blitz and ground realities

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 5:02:46 PM

As Congress looks to mark its presence in the Bihar elections due later this year, it is looking at whether a mismatch between the state govt's media campaign and ground realities could make CM Nitish Kumar vulnerable to an "India Shining" trap. >>

BlackBerry makers agree to address security concerns

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 5:02:46 PM

Canada-based Research in Motion (RIM) — the makers of BlackBerry — assured India that it will soon address security concerns by complying with formats that could be monitored by security and intelligence agencies as and when required. >>

Sohrabuddin case: CBI may file status report in SC today

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 5:02:45 PM

CBI, which is questioning former Gujarat minister Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin encounter case, is likely to file its status report before SC on Friday. >>

Wiki logs show not enough cover for Indians in Afghanistan

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 5:02:44 PM

According to the intelligence documents, Indians working on the $180 million road project and Indian missions across Afghanistan were on top of terrorists' threat list. >>

Qureshi to blame for failure of talks: PM

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 5:02:44 PM

Breaking his silence on the recent India-Pakistan dialogue, PM Manmohan Singh on Thursday blamed Pakistan's pugnacious foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi for the failure of the Islamabad talks. >>

65:35 funding pattern for RTE rollout okayed

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 4:32:25 PM

The Expenditure Finance Committee has approved 65:35 funding pattern for the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), which is the main implementing vehicle of RTE, between the Centre and states. >>

Environment ministry clears Andhra project

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 4:32:25 PM

Going purely on the assurances of Andhra govt, the MoEF has cleared the long-pending case of diverting 3,831 hectares of forest land for Rs 8,000-crore Polavaram project on Godavari river. >>

Will overcome Maoist menace in 3 years: Chidambaram

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 4:32:24 PM

The Centre on Thursday said it was confident of overcoming the ultra Left problem in the "next three years" through its existing two-pronged policy — development and police action — to deal with the menace. >>

Speaker's logic for rejection makes Opposition task tougher

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 4:32:24 PM

Speaker Meira Kumar's decision to disallow adjournment notices given by the Opposition for discussion on price rise can be trend-setting as it clarifies that the said section cannot be an instrument to force discussions on routine issues. >>

N-liability bill faces rough ride in standing committee

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 4:32:24 PM

The civil nuclear liability bill may have been the priority number one for the government just a few months back, but now it faces the uphill task of getting past the standing committee on science and technology. >>

Defence ministry clears Navy's 30k cr destroyer project

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 4:02:30 PM

Slowly but surely, India is building a powerful three-dimensional blue-water Navy to protect its geo-strategic interests stretching from Hormuz Strait to Malacca Strait. >>

Samjhauta blast: Govt hands over probe to NIA

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 4:02:29 PM

With no breakthrough in the over three year old Samjhauta Express blast case which was being investigated by Haryana Police, the government has finally handed over the probe to National Investigation Agency (NIA). >>

'Cameron's delegation won't benefit UK business'

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 4:02:29 PM

Do Barclays Bank, ARUP, BAE Systems, Vodafone, Rolls-Royce and Standard Chartered need to be a part of a delegation? Good publicity but nothing more, writes Christopher Lamb. >>

No end in sight to price logjam in Parliament

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 3:32:23 PM

The deadlock between the government and a united Opposition on price rise defied a resolution on Thursday. >>

Indian athletes to lose on home advantage: CGF CEO Mike Hooper

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 3:32:23 PM

Delay in the completion of the Commonwealth Games venues will rob the Indian athletes of the vital home advantage, Commonwealth Games Federation CEO Mike Hooper said on Thursday. >>

3 HC judges dipped into staff PF to buy groceries, pay beauty bills

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 3:02:28 PM

3 Allahabad HC judges seldom spent on grocery and vegetables as everything, including beauty treatment of their family members, was paid through money withdrawn from the PF accounts of Ghaziabad district court employees. >>

PM blames Qureshi for India-Pak talks breakdown

News Source: TimesofIndia - 7/29/2010 2:32:28 PM

Breaking his silence on the recent talks, PM Manmohan Singh today blamed Pak foreign minister S M Qureshi for mishandling the press conference and hoped that the two countries will be able to restore dialogue soon. >>

Invoking Allah’s Succour

News Source: GreaterKashmir - 7/29/2010 2:32:12 PM

There are times of acute helplessness in the life of a person or a people when one turns for succour to the Unseen. What are the conditions of a successful invocation of Allah’s succour in such dire situations? Let us consider some Quranic pronouncements on the subject. First of all the Quran makes it >>

Dog menace

News Source: GreaterKashmir - 7/29/2010 2:32:12 PM

Population of dogs in the Valley is increasing at an alarming pace and if not curbed immediately shall have devastating ramifications. In some areas dogs have made their total domination and do not allow anybody to pass through. If we see at a glance it appears that it is very difficult >>

Soul suppressed

News Source: GreaterKashmir - 7/29/2010 2:32:12 PM

This refers to the article “suppression of soul” by Muhammad Zeeshan. After clear analysis a fact that comes to light is that the ongoing turmoil in Kashmir has left its shadow on the future of the youth. Due to the closure of the schools and colleges children remain engaged in bad activities. >>

Confused mind

News Source: GreaterKashmir - 7/29/2010 2:32:12 PM

This refers to the article ‘Let’s express ourselves’ by Tanveer Sadiq. The author has written that he does not trust the present leadership of any political party because they lack vision. But I want to remind Mr Sadiq that in his previous write-up he very appreciative of the “visionary qualities >>

Not state

News Source: GreaterKashmir - 7/29/2010 2:32:11 PM

This refers to the article “Disempowered Kashmir” by Masrook A Dar. The author has rightly said that nothing lies in the hands of the state government. The powers lie in the hands of central government. We are realizing the same for the past one month. Imposing and lifting curfew in Kashmir are >>

Shoot Kashmir

News Source: GreaterKashmir - 7/29/2010 2:32:11 PM

I was shocked to hear Dr Farooq Abdullah’s comment that Kashmir should be fired upon. Is Dr Abdullah narrating the policy of National Conference by saying Kashmir Ko Goli Maro. Were this statement given by an ordinary person, we would have been booked under the Public Safety Act. But who would >>

Kill them

News Source: GreaterKashmir - 7/29/2010 2:32:11 PM

The statement by National Conference president, Dr Farooq Abdullah, which said Kashmir Ko Goli Maro didn’t surprise me at all. Dr Abdullah only said whatever is happening on ground in Kashmir these days. The only difference is that this time he made it abundantly clear that the entire Kashmir should >>

In response to Mahmood-ur-Rehman’s letter

News Source: GreaterKashmir - 7/29/2010 2:32:11 PM

This refers to former bureaucrat Mahmood-ur-Rehman’s letter (Greater Kashmir July 25th). While responding to certain observations made in a story published in Times of India earlier, stated that the April 1992 standoff at the Srinagar Police Control Room “was settled amicably without any extraneous >>

Unveiling love and life

News Source: GreaterKashmir - 7/29/2010 2:32:11 PM

THIS is the young writer Andaleeb Wajid’s first novel and after you read it, your predominant feeling is that Kite Strings deserves a better editor. Mistakes mark the book, ranging from small typos to glaring grammatical errors but here’s the thing: they don’t mar the book. Which leads this reviewer >>

Who rules Kashmir?

News Source: GreaterKashmir - 7/29/2010 2:32:11 PM

‘We do not want to have our streets stained with blood of our teenagers as has become a usual routine. We do not want to live in a climate of insecurity and instability. We no longer want to live suffocated and besieged. We want to have it settled permanently’, an educated shopkeeper selling >>

Hopes Shattered

News Source: GreaterKashmir - 7/29/2010 2:32:11 PM

It was December in Kashmir. Snow had carpeted the whole valley. Everywhere. On the roof tops of thatched houses, on the naked tree branches, on the roads, in the open fields. Everything around was white. People who left for work, made their way through snowy lanes leaving behind their foot prints >>