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India to lead campaign on climatic change
India will spearhead developing countries' campaign at the 10-day UN Conference on Climate Change for stepped up funding by industrialised nations to effectively deal with the hazards of global warming, posing a serious threat to ecology, agriculture and world economy.
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NATIONAL
'Cong has reached decision on JK govt formation'
New Delhi: Congress on October 22 night said it has taken a decision on government formation in Jammu and Kashmir but it would be announced by party chief Sonia Gandhi.
Govt non-committal on sending envoy to Pakistan
New Delhi: Government on October 22 was non-committal on when it would send a new High Commissioner to Pakistan.
Pak-sponsored terrorism still a menace: India
New Delhi: India on October 22 conveyed to Japan its ''disappointment'' at the
international community's inability to make Pakistan abide by its commitments to put an end to terrorism permanently, saying the menace ''still remains''.
Redeployment modalities being worked out: Official
New Delhi: India on October 22 said modalities were being worked out on redeployment of troops from the international border with Pakistan and it was upto Islamabad to decide on when it wished to start pull back of its troops.
VHP intensifies attack on PMO, Brajesh Mishra
New Delhi: Ignoring appeals for restraint, VHP (Vishwa Hindu Parishad) on October 22 intensified its attack on the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and Principal Secretary Brajesh Mishra, accusing them of creating a gulf between the government and the Sangh Parivar outfit and "spoiling" the Prime Minister's image.
NHRC, govt at loggerheads over compensation issue
New Delhi: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and Central government were at
loggerheads in the Delhi High Court on October 22 over the Commission's power to
award compensation to victims of custodial torture by investigating agencies while probing criminal cases against them.
PM afflicted with viral infection, advised rest
New Delhi: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee is suffering from viral infection and has been advised complete rest for the next two to three days, forcing him to cancel all engagements on October 22.
SC notice to Centre, Guj govt on relief camps
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on October 22 issued notices to the Centre, Gujarat
government and the National Human Rights Comission (NHRC) on a petition filed by
Jnanpith award winner Mahashweta Devi and 29 other public personalities seeking
reopening of relief camps for Gujarat riot victims and transfer of all riot-related cases to CBI.
Indisposed Vajpayee cancels schedule for the day
New Delhi: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, who has been suffering from viral infection for the past two days, has cancelled all his engagements on October 22, including receiving his Japanese counterpart Junichiro Koizumi's special emissary as he has been advised complete rest for two-three days by doctors.
Vajpayee to receive Japan Premier's emissary
New Delhi: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, who has been down with sore throat and had cancelled public engagements for the last two days, will on October 22 receive Yoshiro Mori, a special emissary of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
Kalam lauds paintings by orphan children of JK
New Delhi: President A P J Abdul Kalam on October 21 hoped that normalcy would be restored in Jammu and Kashmir following the successful holding of elections to the state Assembly.
KASHMIR
Congress-PDP deadlock continues, talks fail
Srinagar: Congress and the PDP were locked in a brinkmanship on October 22 on the
issue of Chief Ministership in Jammu and Kashmir with the national party even
raising questions over continuing the parleys.
Panthers Party seeks Cong help in forming JK govt
Srinagar: Panthers Party chief Bhim Singh on October 22 asked Congress to support
formation of a government headed by him in Jammu and Kashmir if no agreement on a
coalition was reached between People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Congress.
'Any Cong-led govt without PDP will be unstable'
Srinagar: People's Democratic Party (PDP) vice-president Muzaffar Baig on October 22 said any Congress-led government in Jammu and Kashmir without the presence of his party will be "unstable" and asserted that the two parties needed each other in providing a "stable and responsive" government.
Claim for Chief Ministership 'reasonable': Azad
New Delhi: In the continuing war of attrition, Congress on October 22 said that its claim for Chief Ministership in a coalition with the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu and Kashmir was "reasonable" and disclosed that the latter had rejected its proposal for rotating Chief Ministership.
PDP ready to sit in Opposition, claims Mehbooba
Srinagar: Hours before Congress president Sonia Gandhi's meeting with senior party leaders to discuss government formation in Jammu and Kashmir, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) on October 22 said it was ready to sacrifice power and sit in the Opposition if its demand for heading the coalition was not accepted.
NORTH
RLD leader seeks withdrawal of support to UP govt<
ucknow: General secretary of Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), an alliance partner in the coalition government in Uttar Pradesh, on October 22 sought immediate withdrawal of party's support to Mayawati government accusing it of being "anti-farmer" and opposed to formation of a separate Harit Pradesh.
Decision on Gujarat polls shortly: Krishnamurthy
Shimla: The Election Commission would shortly take a decision on holding Assembly
polls in Gujarat.
Sharma’s judicial custody extended by 14 days
New Delhi: A Delhi court on October 22 extended by 14 days the judicial custody of R K Sharma, former Haryana IG (Prisons) and a prime suspect in the journalist Shivani Bhatnagar murder case.
Electoral rolls to be on internet: Krishanamurthy
Shimla: The Election Commission would make an effort to make the electoral rolls
available on website before the next Lok Sabha elections in 2004, Election
Commissioner T S Krishnamurthy said in Shimla on October 22.
SOUTH
Job-seekers advised to learn Chinese/Japanese
Madurai: IDBI (Industrial Development Bank of India) Executive Director R Jayaraman Iyer on October 22 advised job-seekers and students whether in IT or Management field to learn Chinese/Japanese language for getting good jobs.
Cauvery row: Karnataka to seek time to reply
Bangalore: Barely two days before the Supreme Court is to hear the contempt petition filed by Tamil Nadu against Karnataka Chief Minister, S M Krishna and two others, the state has decided to file an application before the court seeking time to file its replies.
Whole world must unite to fight terror: Joshi
Hyderabad: Terming terrorist attacks on Parliament and Jammu and Kashmir Assembly as 'assault on democracy', Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshi on October 22 said the 'whole world must be united' to fight terrorism and protect democratic values and
institutions.
Joshi laments indiscipline among Law makers
Hyderabad: Voicing serious concern over frequent breach of code of conduct and lack of discipline among Parliamentarians, Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshi on October 22 said the prestige and decorum of the Legislature was "going down' and Parliamentary control over the executive was eroding because of members' pre-occupation with political issues.
JD (U) seeks CBI probe into stamp paper scam
Hubli: Janata Dal-United's (JD-U) Karnataka unit on October 22 demanded that the state government order a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the multi-crore fake stamp paper scam or else, it said, the Centre should step in to hold an inquiry by the Central agency as it involved different states.
EAST
I'll quit politics if charges are true: Nitish
Patna: Railway Minister Nitish Kumar on October 22 brushed aside accusations bestowing undue favour to his party colleagues in awarding railway contracts and said that he would quit politics if the allegations were proved.
WEST
'Slain ultra renewed contacts during Godhra riots'
Ahmedabad: The slain Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist Samir Khan Pathan, who is alleged to have conspired to eliminate Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, had "activated his old contacts" in Maharashtra, MP and Rajasthan, during post-Godhra riots, a senior crime branch officer said on October 22.
Police submits material against Shah in HC
Mumbai: Police on October 22 submitted entire material before the Mumbai High Court to substantiate charges framed against diamond merchant and film financier Bharat Shah in a case of alleged nexus with the underworld.
HC rejects bail plea of Gulshan murder accused
Mumbai: Mumbai High Court on October 22 rejected the bail plea of 31-year-old Abdul Rauf Dawood Merchant, sentenced to life imprisonment by a sessions court for gunning down audio king Gulshan Kumar five years ago.
Salman urges for bail, court to hear plea tomorrow
Mumbai: Incarcerated film actor Salman Khan on October 22 urged a sessions court to grant him bail in a hit and run case as investigations were over and a chargesheet had been filed against him.
Guj temple attack: NSG guard still on life support
Ahmedabad: The condition of National Security Guard (NSG) commando Surjan Singh Bhandari, who was injured during the Akshardham operation to flush out terrorists, was still critical.
Intruder tries to enter Bachchan's home, arrested
Mumbai: In the third incident of its kind, an 18-year-old tried to break into the residence of superstar Amitabh Bachchan at Juhu in North West Mumbai on October 21 night.
BJP panel to chalk out Guj poll strategy tomorrow
Ahmedabad: Pulling up sleeves for the forthcoming crucial elections to the 182-member Gujarat Assembly, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) high-powered election committee would hold two rounds of separate special sessions with Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani and party chief M Venkaiah Naidu on October 23 at Gandhinagar.
Sonia remark: GPCC to file case against Togadia
Vadodara: Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) would file a case against Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Pravin Togadia for his "derogatory" remarks against party president Sonia Gandhi.
Criminal who conspired to eliminate Advani killed
Ahmedabad: Shabir Khan, the alleged mastermind of a plan to eliminate Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, was shot dead in an encounter with police in Usmanpura Garden area in Ahmedabad in the wee hours on October 22.
NORTH EAST & SIKKIM
Kashmir will not be repeated in Assam: Gogoi
New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on October 22 said his government was alert in countering anti-national activities in the state and would "not allow Kashmir to be repeated in Assam".
Youth Cong, NSUI bid to storm VHP office foiled
Guwahati: Angry Youth Congress and National Students Union of India (NSUI) members on October 22 attempted to break into offices of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) protesting against the VHP leader, Praveen Tagodia's derogatory remark against Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.
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