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'Democratic means key to ending J&K terrorism'
Minister of State for Defence Chaman Lal Gupta has said that those who are talking of boycotting elections in Jammu and Kashmir are directly or indirectly helping the "misrule" of the National Conference (NC) and creating hurdles in the process of change through Democratic means.
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NATIONAL
BJP lost, confused over Kashmir issue: Congress
New Delhi: Congress on August 31 accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of "misleading" the nation on Jammu and Kashmir alleging that its "flip-flop" policies on the sensitive border state was responsible for the prevailing "confusion" in the state.
'Jaya wriggling out of hypocritical situation'
New Delhi: Congress on August 31 dubbed as "hypocritical" AIADMK chief
Jayalalithaa's statement that her letter to the then President K R Narayanan in 1999 was not for the Prime Ministership of Sonia Gandhi and said that it was a pathetic attempt on her part to wriggle out of a situation prompted by her personal motives and compulsions.
Petrol, diesel to cost dearer from midnight
New Delhi: State-run oil companies on August 31 announced upto 22 to 34 paise per
litre increase in the retail selling price of petrol and diesel, effective from
midnight on August 31.
Bailout package for IFCI next week: Jaswant
New Delhi: After taking a long-awaited decision to reform-bailout package of
beleagured Unit Trust of India (UTI) on August 31, the government would finalise a similar package for ailing Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) next week.
BJP wants Sonia to explain Shah's retraction
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on August 31 demanded an explanation from
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on what made separatist Kashmiri leader Shabir Shah retract his statement on participating in the coming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections after meeting her on August 30.
Jethmalani meets Sonia, discusses Kashmir issue
New Delhi: Former Law Minister Ram Jethmalani, who heads a private initiative on the Kashmir issue, on August 31 met Congress president and leader of Opposition Sonia Gandhi and briefed her about the work done so far by his team to find a long-standing solution to the vexed problem.
Govt moots dividing UTI in new bail-out package
New Delhi: In a major reform initiative, the government on August 31 announced a package for Unit Trust of India (UTI), which includes bail-out for meeting liabilities of US-64 and other assured return schemes, an Ordinance to repeal the UTI Act and splitting the mutual fund into two companies.
EC may look into Centre's package for pandits
New Delhi: The Election Commission may look into the 16-point financial package announced by the Centre for migrants from the Valley of Jammu and Kashmir which is going to polls next month.
KASHMIR
Hurriyat advances executive meeting to Sept 1
Srinagar: The Hurriyat Conference on August 31 advanced its executive meeting to
September 1 to discuss the issue of dummy candidates purportedly fielded by one of its constituents in the Assembly elections.
Shiv Sena to contest 12 seats in J&K elections
Jammu: The Shiv Sena on August 31 announced that it would contest 12 seats in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, including Ganderbal where National Conference chief Omar Abdullah is in the fray, even as it criticised the Centre for inviting separatist leaders for talks.
JK Assembly polls: LUTF bags both seats from Leh
Srinagar: Newly floated Ladakh Union Territory Front (LUTF) bagged both seats from Leh district in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls even before a single vote could be cast, with its nominee Nawang Rigzin remaining the only candidate in the fray from Leh constituency after two of his rivals withdrew from the contest on August 31.
NORTH
5 children killed in temple fire during 'Janmashtmi'
New Delhi: Five children, including three girls, were killed in a fire that broke out at a temple in New Delhi on August 31 when 'Janmashtami puja' was on, police said.
Shivani case: Pradeep Sharma's custody extended
New Delhi: A Delhi court on August 31 extended the judicial custody of Pradeep
Sharma, a key accused in journalist Shivani Bhatnagar murder case, by 11 days and
issued directions to jail authorities to shift him to a high-security cell following complaints of threat to his life.
Kashmiri pandits meet Sonia over JK re-organisation
New Delhi: A delegation of a frontline organisation of Kashmiri pandits on August 31 met Congress President Sonia Gandhi and pressed the need for a geo-political re-organisation of Jammu and Kashmir even as it claimed the coming Assembly polls in the state would be an "exercise in futility" for the displaced community.
Mayawati transfers secretary incharge of sports also
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati late on August 30 night shifted her secretary incharge of sports, Kashmira Singh, after suspending the principal secretary (sports) earlier in the day for issuing a government order providing reservation in sports colleges and hostels without consulting her.
Allies' pressure loosens Mayawati's iron grip on power
Lucknow: Chief Minister Mayawati's decision to scrap the controversial government order providing reservation for Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and other backward classes (OBCs) in sports colleges and hostels in the state is being viewed as reflective of increasing assertiveness of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)'s ruling coalition partners Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Lok Dal.
Delhi Congress corporator Gupta's body recovered
New Delhi: The body of Delhi Congress corporator Atma Ram Gupta, who was killed last week, was recovered past midnight in Bulandshahar, police said on August 31.
SOUTH
Krishna inaugurates meet through video conference
Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister S M Krishna, who could not make it to the World Kannada Conference being held at Detroit in US, inaugurated it from Bangalore using a video conferencing facility.
Foreign origin issue relevant during polls: Naidu
Chennai: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president M Venkaiah Naidu on August 31 said the issue of "foreign born" persons occupying the office of Prime Minister of the country would become more relevant at the time of the elections.
K'taka gives STF 'full powers' to nab Veerappan
Bangalore: The Karnataka government on August 31 gave "full powers" to the Special Task Force (STF) to act "according to the situation" in operations against forest bandit Veerappan but sought to keep under wraps its plans to send an emissary to negotiate the release of Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader H Nagappa.
No plan to amend POTA, says Union minister
Chennai: Union Minister of State for Home C Vidya Sagar Rao on August 31 said there was no plan with the Central government to amend Prevention of Terrorism Act and such a Law was necessary to deal with matters concerning terrorism.
Congressmen asked to keep mum on kidnap issue
Bangalore: A day after the state Cabinet decided that the ministers should keep mum on the abduction of former minister H Nagappa by forest brigand Veerappan, the Congress on August 31 told its office-bearers not to talk anything on the kidnap to the press, saying it was a "sensitive issue".
Janmashtami celebrated with pomp, grandeur at Udupi
Udupi: Krishna Janmashtami was celebrated with religious fervour and gaiety in this temple town, which is the seat of "dwaita" (dualism) philosophy and renowned for the about 700-year-old Krishna temple.
Jana disputes Sonia claim on electoral Ordinance
Bangalore: Union Minister for Law and Justice, K Jana Krishnamurthi on August 31
disputed Congress president Sonia Gandhi's categorical statement that the country's main Opposition party did not support the Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, asserting that there was consensus by political parties on the issue.
K'taka mum on emissary for Nagappa's release
Bangalore: Karnataka government on August 31 declined to make public whether it was deputing an emissary to negotiate the release of abducted former minister H Nagappa from the clutches of notorious poacher-smuggler Veerappan, even as the kidnap crisis entered the seventh day.
Letter: Jaya flays Cong for 'malicious act'
Chennai: Jayalalithaa's letter on support to the Congress in 1999 took a new turn
with her assertion on August 31 that she had only said that the All India Anna
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) would 'extend support to a government to be
formed by the Congress led by Sonia Gandhi' and never said that her party would
extend support to a government 'to be formed by Sonia Gandhi'.
Govt mulls multi-level arbitration courts: Jana
Bangalore: Union government is mulling a proposal on setting up arbitration courts at different levels for delivery of speedy justice pertaining to civil cases to the litigant public, Minister for Law and Justice K Jana Krishnamurthi said on August 31.
Failing to nab Veerappan: Cong asks Jaya to quit
Nagercoil: The Congress has demanded the resignation of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for failing to arrest forest brigand Veerappan even as over one year had passed after the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) came to power.
Kidnap drama: K'taka Cabinet to meet again today
Bangalore: The Karnataka Cabinet is again meeting on August 31 in the backdrop of its efforts to negotiate with forest brigand Veerappan to secure the safe release of Janata Dal – United (JD-U) leader H Nagappa.
'Jaya's remark a bid to divert people's attention'
Chennai: Reacting sharply to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's statement linking Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president M Karunanidhi with forest brigand Veerappan, the party on August 30 said it was an attempt to divert people's attention from the manner in which the Congress had "exposed" her at New Delhi and said they were ready to face any probe.
EAST
Mafia don, 18 sentenced to life imprisonment in WB
Midnapore (WB): Mafia don Basab Rambabu, who had terrorised Kharagpur since
the '80s, his wife, Basab Manju, brother, Srinu and son-in-law, Srinivas Rao were
among 19 sentenced to rigorous imprisonment (RI) for life by a Midnapore court on
August 31 for the murder of Goutam Choubey, son of the late Communist Party of India (CPI) stalwart Narayan Choubey, in 2001.
One dead, 30 missing as boat capsizes in Orissa
Bhubaneswar: A woman drowned and over 30 people went missing when a boat capsized
midstream in river Baitarani in Bhadrak district of Orissa on August 31 morning, an official report said.
Two KLO ultras killed in encounter in Bengal
Siliguri (WB): Two Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) ultras, including a suspect in the attack on a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) office in Dhupguri, were killed in a fierce encounter with the police at Beltoli village of Coochbehar district early August 31, inspector general of police (North Bengal), Bhupinder Singh, said.
WEST
Govt package will boost confidence: UTI chief
Mumbai: Unit Trust of India (UTI) said that the reforms package and financial
assistance of over Rs 14,600 crore announced by the government will help meet
investors' expectations, reinforce confidence in the largest fund manager and
provide a positive trigger to stock market.
'No let up in infiltration, but polls on schedule'
Pune: Indian government was committed to conduct free and fair elections in Jammu
and Kashmir though there has been no let up in the infiltration by Pakistan in the state, information consultant to Defence Minister Ramamohan Rao said on August 31.
Godhra accused transferred to Railway custody
Godhra: Iliyas Sikander Giteli alias Moteschi, who was in the custody of Godhra
police, has been arrested by the government Railway police (GRP) for his alleged
involvement in the attack on Sabarmati Express on February 27, which resulted in the death of 59 passengers.
NORTH EAST & SIKKIM
NSCN denies issuing threats to ministers, MLAs
Kohima: National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN I-M) on August 29 said it never issued threats to ministers and MLAs of Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh asking them to withdraw their support to leadership of S C Jamir and Mukut Mithi respectively.
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