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May 11, 2010 8:59 AM

Justice Srikrishna Committee holds consultations with political parties

Justice Srikrishna Committee is continuing to hold its consultations with various political parties in Hyderabad. Majlis Ithehadul Muslimeen (MIM) Lok Sabha member Asaduddin Owaisi, who presented views before the committee told media last evening that his party preferred a united Andhra Pradesh. How...

May 11, 2010 8:56 AM

Sholay’s Sambha dies at 71

Veteran character actor Mac Mohan, immortalised in the role of Gabbar Singh's sidekick Sambha in Ramesh Sippy's blockbuster "Sholay", died in Mumbai yesterday. The 71-old actor was suffering from cancer and breathed his last at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital in suburban ...

May 11, 2010 8:29 AM

BJP appoints observers to work out consensus on Jharkhand CM

The BJP Parliamentary Board has decided to send senior party leaders Rajnath Singh and Anant Kumar as observers to Jharkhand to help finalise a new Chief Minister. Briefing the media after the Party Parliamentary Board meeting in New Delhi yesterday, Ananth Kumar said that a meeting of BJP MLAs will...

May 10, 2010 8:54 PM

SC allows Reddy brothers to resume mining in Bellary forest

The Supreme Court today allowed Obulapuram Mining Company, belonging to the Reddy brothers, to resume mining in the undisputed region of the Bellary reserve forest in Karnataka. <br/><br/>A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justices Deepak Verma and B S Chauhan ...

May 10, 2010 8:51 PM

Krishna, Qureshi likely to talk soon

The External Affairs Minister Mr. S.M Krishna is likely to discuss with his Pakistani counterpart Mr. Shah Mahmood Qureshi over telephone the modalities to reduce trust deficit between the two neighbours. <br/><br/>The External Affairs Ministry spokesman Vishnu Prakash said today...

May 10, 2010 8:46 PM

Caste census would not divide people: Munde

Supporting caste census, Senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde said in Mumbai today that it would not divide people but help estimate actual population of OBCs in the country and highlight the plight of the poor. He said such an exercise was undertaken last in 1931 and after that there has been no statis...

May 10, 2010 8:46 PM

Krishna, Qureshi likely to talk soon

The External Affairs Minister Mr. S.M Krishna is likely to discuss with his Pakistani counterpart Mr. Shah Mahmood Qureshi over telephone the modalities to reduce trust deficit between the two neighbours. <br/><br/>The External Affairs Ministry spokesman Vishnu Prakash said today...

May 10, 2010 8:27 PM

‘SC allows Reddy brothers to resume mining in Bellary? forest

The Supreme Court today allowed Obulapuram Mining Company, belonging to the Reddy brothers, to resume mining in the undisputed region of the Bellary reserve forest in Karnataka. <br/><br/>A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justices Deepak Verma and B S Chauhan ...

May 10, 2010 8:27 PM

Rajasthan launches Mukhyamantri Anna Suraksha Yojana

Rajasthan government has launched Mukhyamantri Anna Surksha Yojna to provide wheat on two rupees per kilogram rate to BPL families. <br/><br/>Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today inaugurated this scheme at Tonk district. 36 lakh 57 thousand BPL families in the state would be benefit...

May 10, 2010 8:27 PM

BJP appoints 2 observers to work out consensus on Jharkhand CM

The BJP Parliamentary Party Board meeting today decided to send two observers Mr. Rajnath Singh and Mr. Anant Kumar to Jharkhand to help finalise a new Chief Minister.<br/><br/>Briefing the media, the party leader Ananth Kumar said that a meeting of the party Legislators will be ...

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