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5 bodies of drowned youth recovered
Mumbai: Security agencies have been successful in recovering five bodies so far out
of the sixteen who were feared to have drowned on Sunday.
No CBI probe into church blasts: Krishna
Bangalore: Chief Minister S M Krishna on Monday firmly ruled out a Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the blasts in three churches in less than a month.
MTNL employees call off strike
New Delhi: Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) employees on Monday called off their
indefinite strike in response to Communications Minister Ram Vilas Paswan's appeal,
official sources said.
Manhunt launched to arrest sacked Yadav
Patna: Police said Bihar was being scoured to arrest sacked Minister of State for
Cooperatives Lalit Kumar Yadav, who is accused of kidnapping and torturing a truck
driver and cleaner.
Suspended cop A K Jain granted bail
Mumbai: Additional sessions judge S P Kukade on Monday granted bail to suspended
additional commissioner of police A K Jain, but however asked him to attend the
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) office as and when required and co-operate with the
investigating agency.
Dara Singh plans to join Sena
Bhubaneswar: Dara Singh, the prime accused in the murder of the Australian missionary
Graham Stewart Staines and his two minor sons, wants to join the Shiv Sena party
after he is freed from the jail. He preferred joining the Sena rather than set up his
own party.
Karmapa not my successor: Dalai Lama
New Delhi: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama has said Karmapa is an important
leader but indicated that he does not view him as his heir and leader of the Tibetan
people.
Lakhubhai case: Court asks CBI to file reply
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday directed the CBI to file its reply by Tuesday
to the statement of former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao and other accused in the
100,000-dollar Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case that the bureau was deliberately
delaying the trial.
DMK supporting terrorism in Lanka: Jaya
Chennai: Former Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK general secretary J
Jayalalitha on Monday demanded the dismissal of the Tamil Nadu government and removal
of the DMK, PMK and the MDMK from the Union Government for their support to terrorism
and separatism in Sri Lanka.
Blast in car kills two Bangaloreans
Bangalore: Two persons were killed and one was injured seriously in a powerful blast
in a moving Maruti van in the city on Sunday night.
Detractors are jealous of my proximity to Sonia: Ahmed Patel
Ahmedabad: Senior Congress party leader Ahmed Patel, till recently considered a
close confidant of party president Sonia Gandhi, claims that but for him the party's
Gujarat unit would have broken up.
SC wants report on tiger deaths by July end
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to file within three
weeks a copy of the report of the expert committee assigned with the task of going
into the causes of the deaths of the 12 tigers of the Nandankanan Zoo along with the
action taken report.
'What is there to talk with Pakistan?'
Kuwait: India has ruled out any talks with Pakistan while accusing Islamabad of
sponsoring terrorism on the Indian soil.
Australian PM arrives in India
New Delhi: Australian Prime Minister John Howard arrived here on a two-day official
visit. He will hold talks with Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and other leaders
on further developing partnership in political and economic fields, besides
exchanging views on the Fiji crisis.
14 feared drowned in Arabian Sea
Mumbai: The 12 youth, who went missing after daring to venture out to swim, in the
choppy Arabain Sea, ignoring warning signs on Sunday, are feared to be dead, after
fire brigade officials today said that the chances of finding them alive
are remote.
Rains disrupt Mumbai life
Mumbai: Mumbai was limping back to normalcy on Monday after the deluge over the
weekend that caused the death of seven people and injured many more as house
collapsed and trees uprooted.
Rabri sacks minister Lalit Yadav
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi has recommended the dismissal of state
Cooperative Minister Lalit Kumar Yadav from the council of ministers for his
involvement in a case of kidnapping and atrocities on his truck driver and cleaner.
Minor explosion near Bangalore church
Bangalore: Yet another explosion occurred at a church on Mysore Road here late
on Sunday night.
Ministers, MLAs face arrest in Orissa
Bhubaneswar: Several present and former ministers and legislators in Orissa face
the risk of landing behind the bars.
Trinamool-BJP on tenterhooks in Calcutta
Calcutta: The Trinamool Congress-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine's rise to
power in the city's municipal body, defeating the state's ruling Communists, has
boosted the morale of opposition parties, but the challenges of good civic
administration will keep them on tenterhooks ahead of next year's Assembly polls.
High accident rate of MiG worries IAF
New Delhi: An unusually high accident rate for aircraft of the MiG series, which
make up the backbone of the Indian Air Force (IAF), has become a cause for concern
for the force's top brass.
Another NDA partner plans political spectacle
Chennai: Buoyed by the success of a political convention held by a partner in
the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), another constituent party from Tamil Nadu is
gearing to stage a massive show of strength to turn the spotlight on itself.
PM attempts to placate Thackeray
Mumbai: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee met Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray in
an attempt to placate him. This is a follow-up of a meeting with Home Minister L. K.
Advani and the Sena leader last week.
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