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'All Indian rivers can be linked within 10 years'
It was possible to link all the rivers in the country within 10 years under a scheme submitted to the Centre by the National Waterways Development Council, its chairman A C Kamaraj said on November 6.
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NATIONAL
N Railway cancels trains due to operational reasons
New Delhi: The Northern Railways on November 8 announced cancellation of a number of mail, express and passenger trains due to operational reasons.
India, Norway to intensify efforts to combat terrorism
New Delhi: Sharing concerns over threats posed by terrorism, India and Norway on November 8 pledged to intensify efforts to combat this menace as the two sides decided to further bolster bilateral co-operation in different spheres.
VHP assails NHRC stand on Ansal Plaza encounter
New Delhi: Asserting that terrorists have no Human Rights, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on November 8 criticised the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) for questioning Delhi police on the South Delhi encounter and advised the Centre to consider taking matters pertaining to ultras out of its purview.
PM returns after 5-day visit to Cambodia, Laos
New Delhi: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee returned to New Delhi on November 8 from a five-day tour of Laos and Cambodia where he attended the first-ever India-ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) Summit.
Pak refuses to accept bodies of slain terrorists
New Delhi: Pakistan on November 8 night refused to accept the bodies of two terrorists killed in a shoot out with Delhi police in an upmarket shopping complex on November 3, saying that they were not Pakistani nationals.
CBI conducts nationwide raids, books 20 cases
New Delhi: CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) on November 8 conducted nationwide raids and registered 20 different cases against government officials.
BJP tells Sonia to refrain from empty rhetoric
New Delhi: BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) on November 8 countered the Congress attack on the NDA (National Democratic Alliance) government saying that Sonia Gandhi should take stock of the performance of her party Chief Ministers instead of indulging in "empty rhetoric".
Post jet crashes, its introspection time for IAF
New Delhi: Concerned over a spate of fighter jet crashes, some of them causing civilian casualties, Defence Minister George Fernandes on November 8 chaired a meeting of the top brass of the Indian Air Force (IAF), which felt that absence of design data of Russian and British aircraft came in the way of rectifying faults.
India tells Pak to accept terrorists' bodies
New Delhi: India on November 8 asked Pakistan to accept the bodies of the two terrorists killed in an encounter with Delhi Police in a posh shopping mall in New Delhi on November 3 maintaining that they were Pakistani nationals.
Delhi statehood Bill likely in winter session
New Delhi: A Bill is likely to be introduced in the coming winter session of Parliament for granting full statehood to Delhi, Minister of State in the PMO Vijay Goel said on November 8.
'Trust of citizens in judiciary still continues'
New Delhi: Conceding that corruption has dented judiciary's image to some extent, the new Chief Justice of India (CJI) G B Pattanaik on November 8 said slackness on the part of Chief Justices of High Courts, who supervise functioning of subordinate judiciary, was the reason behind the menace.
3rd Hinduja brother too moves HC on chargesheet
New Delhi: Europe-based NRI businessman Srichand Hinduja moved the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chargesheet against him in the Rs 64 crore Bofors pay off case on the ground of delay in probe after two of his brothers had filed similar petitions earlier.
Salman seeks permission to go abroad for shooting
Mumbai: Film actor Salman Khan, charged with killing one person and injuring four in a hit and run case, urged the police to release his passport as he had to go to Malaysia for a film shooting from November 21 to December 10.
Pattanaik takes oath as new Chief Justice of India
New Delhi: Justice Gopal Ballav Pattanaik took over as the new Chief Justice of India (CJI) after President A P J Abdul Kalam administered oath of office to him at an impressive ceremony at Ashoka Hall in the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
Punish those inciting communal passions: Lyngdoh
New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner J M Lyngdoh has said people who make communal speeches should be prosecuted and the Commission would enforce the law "rigidly" in Gujarat in the coming Assembly elections.
Eyewitness mum on 'stage-managed' Delhi encounter
New Delhi: An eyewitness whose claim that the Ansal Plaza encounter was "stage-managed" has created a controversy, strangely refused to talk about it anymore and denied that Delhi police was threatening or harassing him.
KASHMIR
J&K government releases two jailed militants
Srinagar: Amid speculation that some Hurriyat leaders may be released from jails, the new Jammu and Kashmir government has released two militants who have been languishing in prisons for over 10 years.
Farooq threatens to sue CEC for his statements
Jammu: Former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on November 8 threatened to sue Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) J M Lyngdoh for his remarks that there was an attempt to sabotage free and fair elections in Jammu and Kashmir even as Congress and CPM (Communist Party of India-Marxist) demanded a probe into the issue terming it as serious.
Cong, CPM demand probe into Lyngdoh's revelations
Jammu: Congress and CPM (Communist Party of India-Marxist), two key allies in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led government, on November 8 demanded a probe into Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) J M Lyngdoh's revelation that there was an attempt to sabotage the free and fair elections in Jammu and Kashmir, terming it as "serious".
Abdullah, Azad file nominations for RS seats
Jammu: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah and state Congress chief Ghulam Nabi Azad were among four leaders who filed nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha seats of Jammu and Kashmir on November 8.
NORTH
Jaguar: Toll rises to 10 following girl's death
Ambala: With the death of a 19-year old girl on November 8, the toll in the Jaguar crash on November 5 in a residential area of Ambala Cantonment has gone up to 10.
Mayawati govt still enjoys majority: Governor
Kanpur: Uttar Pradesh Governor Vishnu Kant Shastri on November 8 said the (Bharatiya Janata Party) BJP-BSP (Bahujan Samaj Party) government in the state still enjoys a majority as no ruling combine legislators had given him letters of withdrawal of support.
SP wants UP Governor recalled, to meet Kalam
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) demanded recall of Uttar Pradesh Governor Vishnu Kant Shastri, alleging that he had turned a "blind eye" to the political developments in the state.
SOUTH
Kochi to host seminar on intellectual property
Kochi: A three-day Asia Pacific seminar on "Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources and Folklore" will be held in Kochi from November 11.
B'lore biz school signs pact with Ohio University
Bangalore: The Asian Business School (ABS), Bangalore, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) and an agreement with the College of Health and Human Services of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio (USA).
GCA award another feather on Infosys' cap
Bangalore: Infosys Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ:INFY) on November 8 announced that it has won the Global Corporate Achievement Awards 2002 for the Asia Pacific region.
'Terrorism will continue if militants are freed'
Chennai: Former supercop K P S Gill, who is credited with stamping out militancy in Punjab, on November 8 cautioned Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed against the move to release militants saying it would make terrorism linger on in the state for another 20 years.
'Boundary row with M'rashtra is a closed chapter'
Bangalore: Karnataka on November 8 asserted that the boundary dispute with
Maharashtra was a closed chapter and the recommendations of the Mahajan Commission were "final".
Jamalpur incident can't be termed violence: Swami
Chennai: Attempting to play down the latest incidents of violence in the communally sensitive area of Jamalpur in Gujarat, Union Minister of State for Home I D Swami said such incidents cannot be described as eruption of violence.
Diwali trauma....Crackers cost them light of their eyes!
Bangalore: Festivities at what cost? One is forced to ponder over this question given the list of injuries that crackers have caused during this Diwali season across the country. The festival of lights and joy turned out to be a trauma of darkness and misery for the patients and the kin, some of whom Indiainfo.com visited at the Minto Ophthalmic Hospital, Bangalore.
Centre to back J&K govt's efforts to crush terror
Chennai: Union Minister of State for Home I D Swami said the Centre would extend all help to the new Jammu and Kashmir government to crush terrorist activities in the state.
EAST
Surrendered ultras had MCC links: Jharkhand cops
Ranchi: Jharkhand police on November 8 denied as ''baseless'' press reports that the 37 ultras who had surrendered before Chief Minister Babulal Marandi on November 7 in Bokaro had no MCC links.
'Defence should not be left to ponder over funds'
Bhubaneswar: Seeking guaranteed availability of funds for the Armed Forces, Army Chief General S Padmanabhan has said there should not be a situation where the Defence sector has to ponder how much funds it would get each year.
NDA has failed to address issues of people: Sonia
Mount Abu: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on November 8 said India needs a strong Centre, states and panchayati raj system for the speedy development of the country.
WEST
Market in small trading zone, SENSEX opens low
Mumbai: The SENSEX opened moderately lower and later fluctuated in a narrow range of about 10 points in lack lustre activity on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on alternate bouts of buying and selling.
Guj police arrests 42 for Gomtipur violence
Ahmedabad: With tension prevailing in the city and pressure mounting on
administration, police in a major crackdown arrested 42 people from two religious communities for November 7 mob violence in communally sensitive Gomtipur area.
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