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Six options on Telangana, status quo least favourable

Creation of a separate Telangana state with Hyderabad as its capital and keeping Andhra Pradesh united with constitutional and statutory measures for empowerment of the Telangana region are among the six options recommended by the Justice Srikrish

Cleanup time? Anti-graft ordinance coming

In a bid to fend off opposition attack over several scams, the government has decided to bring out an Ordinance to put in place a mechanism to deal with corruption involving public personalities, including the prime minister. The governmen

T R Baalu likely to land union cabinet berth

DMK`s T R Baalu could be made an union minister, according to highly placed party sources. His chances of landing a cabinet berth have become stronger in the backdrop of an imminent reshuffle, especially after A Raja`s exit. Baalu

Telecom 2010: 2G scam rocks the nation

The alleged Rs 1.76 lakh crore 2G spectrum scam that has rocked the nation and threatens to pitch fork into a political battle has already tainted the image of the telecom sector. The sector that has grown by leaps and bounds over last few years t

BJP`S 7 posers to Sonia, PM on Quatrocchi

Harping on the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) naming Italian middleman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the Bofors kickback scandal, the Bharatiya Janata Party has posed seven questions to prime minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gan

Karunanidhi rejects Alagiri’s resignation

DMK president and Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi has rejected MK Alagiri’s resignation from the post of organising secretary of the party. In his resignation letter Alagiri sought action against A Raja and Kanimozhi for thei

Telangana focus shifts to Delhi

Focus on Telangana has shifted to New Delhi with the arrival of governor ESL Narasimhan and chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy in New Delhi on Wednesday. Pranab Mukherjee and P Chidambaram have jointly taken responsibility of bringing peace

Joshi drops 2G from PAC meet agenda

Bowing to the wishes of the party, Murli Manohar Joshi has decided not to pursue the probe by the public accounts committee (PAC) into the 2G scam aggressively. Instead of probing the Rs 1.76 lakhs crore scam, the PAC chairman has opted to look in

BJP leadership meets to chart course in Uttar Pradesh

The BJP leadership is meeting in Noida on Wednesday with the revival of the party`s fortunes in Uttar Pradesh in mind. The state assembly elections which are to be held in about 18 months from now could  prove to be party president Nitin Gadk

CBI quizzes Kalmadi over CWG scam

Commonwealth organising committee chief Suresh Kalamdi was questioned on Wednesday by the CBI in connection with alleged financial irregularities in the conduct of the sports event. Kalmadi reached the CBI office at about 10 AM. His questi

Bofors case: CBI seeks withdrawal of case against `Q`

Pressing for closure of Bofors pay-offs case against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, the CBI today contended before a Delhi Court there was "nothing new" in the ITAT order that would obstruct the withdrawal of the over two-decad

Senior journalist Abdi acquitted of abetment to rape charge

Senior journalist S N M Abdi, who broke the "Bhagalpur blindings" story three decades back, has been acquitted of the charge of abetment to rape by a local court. After an in-camera trial, Abdi was given a clean chit by K

BJP voted to power in 12 zilla panchayats in K`taka

The ruling BJP in Karnataka today bagged 12 zilla panchayats and the opposition Congress and JD-S captured four each, while the verdict for the remaining 10 such bodies was fractured. BJP also secured majority in around 70 Taluk Pan

Water supply disruption in NDMC areas

Water supply will be disrupted in various areas under the jurisdiction of New Delhi Municipal Council in phases from January 6 due to annual cleaning of underground tanks of water boosting stations. The cleaning will be done in West

Water supply disruption in NDMC areas

Water supply will be disrupted in various areas under the jurisdiction of New Delhi Municipal Council in phases from January 6 due to annual cleaning of underground tanks of water boosting stations. The cleaning will be done in West

Cong opposes proposed property tax hike, slams BJP-ruled MCD

The opposition Congress in MCD today strongly opposed the hike in property tax proposed by the municipal commissioner in the civic body`s budget for the next fiscal and lambasted the BJP-led corporation for "failing" to generate enough r

Yet to hear from CBI: Kalmadi

Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi today said he has not yet heard from the CBI after he informed the agency last month that he was ready to appear before it in connection with the probe into alleged irregularities in the

SC stays HC verdict against Ashis Nandy

The Supreme Court today gave relief to political analyst Ashis Nandy by staying the verdict of the Delhi High Court which had refused to quash criminal proceedings initiated against him by Gujarat Police for his article in a national daily alleged

Moef`s final decision on Adarsh in a week

The Environment Ministry will take a final decision on the fate of the controversial Adarsh Housing Society in Mumbai within a week. The Ministry today held the final oral hearing and asked the society to give a written submission.

Diggy releases records of Karkare call

Under attack over his claim about a call from Hemant Karkare, Congress leader Digvijay Singh today produced record of the conversation the slain ATS chief had with him on 26/11 and sought apology from Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil and all ot

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