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Kerala has a richness divine to any eye: PM
Charmed by the beauty and "greatness" of Kerala, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on January 18 sang poems of the picturesque state saying it had always fascinated him.
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NATIONAL
Farooq may get berth in Feb Cabinet expansion
New Delhi: An expansion of the Union Council of Ministers is likely to take place in the first week of next month in which former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah may be inducted.
Mufti asks Hurriyat to loosen stand, join talks
New Delhi: Asserting that dialogue was the essence of Democracy, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed on January 18 asked Hurriyat Conference separatists to shun partisan attitude and join dialogue to help restore peace in the state.
21 children to receive bravery awards on R-Day
New Delhi: Justin K Tom, a mentally challenged child, displayed rare grit and saved a three-year-old child from drowning.
Akash successfully test fired from Chandipur
Balasore: India on January 18 successfully test fired medium range surface-to-air missile 'Akash' from the interim test range at Chandipur on sea, about 15 kms from Balasore.
KASHMIR
Army Major, 6 ultras among nine killed in J&K
Srinagar: An Army officer, six militants and a girl were among nine persons killed and six others, including four security personnel injured, in Jammu and Kashmir, where security forces averted a major tragedy by defusing an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by ultras on a road, since January 17 evening.
NORTH
Cold wave claims 29 more in UP, toll up to 571
New Delhi: Many parts of India continued to bear the onslaught of bone-chilling cold wave that claimed 31 more lives, raising the death toll this winter to 571 as dense fog once again played havoc with rail, road and air traffic on January 18.
Sonia vows to block UP move to rename Amethi
Rae Bareilly: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on January 18 vowed to block implementation of Uttar Pradesh government's decision to name Amethi after Maharashtra dalit leader Shahuji Maharaj, saying there was no logic behind the decision.
SOUTH
Shekhawat visits Tirumala on two-day pilgrimage
Tirupati: Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat offered worship at the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala on January 18 evening. Shekhawat, on his maiden visit, arrived in the afternoon for a two-day pilgrimage.
Advani irked at scribe's query on 'Gujarat model'
Bangalore: Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani on January 18 took exception to the accusations made against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that it was trying to repeat the "Gujarat model" in Himachal Pradesh in next month's Assembly polls.
160 cartoons also missing from ASF meet venue
Hyderabad: Close on the heels of the disappearance of M F Hussain's valuable painting, it has now come to light that 160 cartoons, contributed by 30 artistes from across the country, had also vanished from the same venue while on display during the Asian Social Forum (ASF) meet.
PM pays tribute to martyrs at Port Blair jail
Port Blair: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on January 18 laid a wreath at the Cellular jail in Port Blair, dreaded during the British rule but now a national monument, in memory of martyrs and said it was his good fortune to visit the place for the second time.
Pak must abandon terrorism for talks: Advani
Bangalore: India on January 18 reiterated its stand that there would be no talks with Pakistan unless it abandoned the use of terrorism as an instrument of policy.
Bomb threat: Security tightened in parts of TN
Udhagamandalam: Police has been put on red alert following receipt of a letter saying that bombs would explode in some parts of Tamil Nadu, if People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief Abdul Nazir Madany, an accused in the serial blasts case, was not released immediately from Coimbatore prison.
6-year-old singing sensation enters Limca Book
Kannur: A six-year old girl, who had been entertaining music lovers by singing in various languages, has now found her way into the Limca Book of Records.
Politics alone is not news, Advani tells media
Bangalore: Giving a piece of advice to the media, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani on January 18 asked it not to focus "too much" on politics, saying it does not do the country good.
India's spiritual philosophy not dogmatic: Advani
Bangalore: In a significant statement on conversions, Deputy Prime Minister L K
Advani on January 18 said it had never been a tradition in the country to
convert, "much less to convert by questionable means".
Poaching: Andaman marine policing to be beefed up
Port Blair: Government is considering strengthening the police marine force of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands primarily to check foreign poaching in India's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and protect the region's fragile eco-system.
PM takes dig at CPM's view on 'God's own country'
Kochi: Taking a dig at the previous communist-led government in Kerala, Prime
Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on January 18 said even that coalition tried to
project the salubrious state as "God's own country" to woo foreign investors.
PM leaves for Port Blair after day's Kochi visit
Kochi: Prime Minister A B Vajpayee left for Port Blair by an Indian Air Force
aircraft after a day's visit to Kochi on January 18.
Minister flags off Chennai-Guruvayur direct train
Chennai: The famous pilgrim centre of Guruvayur in Kerala has now been connected by a direct train from Chennai with Union Minister of State for Railways A K Moorthy flagging off the service at a function on January 18.
Cong adopting selfish vote bank politics: BJP
Tirupati: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on January 18 charged the Congress and the Communist Party of India – Marxist (CPM) with adopting 'selfish vote bank politics', and said this was dangerous and explosive.
'Kerala must not remain trapped in outdated dogmas'
Kochi: Asserting that government is committed to accelerating growth, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on January 18 asked states like Kerala not to remain trapped in outdated dogmas and sterile ideological debates on issues like labour reforms.
Central
Bharti spikes rumours of her quitting Cabinet
Bhopal: Union Coal and Mines Minister Uma Bharti said on January 18 that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership had never asked her to quit the Cabinet nor ever offered the presidentship of the party's Madhya Pradesh unit.
EAST
2 killed in attack on ex-Bihar Deputy Speaker's house
Katihar: Two persons were killed as unidentified assailants attacked the house of a former Deputy Speaker of the Bihar Assembly on January 18, police said.
BSF jawans open fire on school students, 3 hurt
Baharampore (WB): Border Security Force (BSF) jawans fired on school students, injuring three, when asked to apologise for having beaten up some of them on January 18 at Nintitai village in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, the police said.
21 passengers injured in Kolkata train mishap
Kolkata: In yet another train accident, 21 passengers were injured when the Pandua-Howrah local derailed after hitting the buffer at the end of the platform in the busy Howrah Railway terminus on January 18 morning.
WEST
Improving economy is my top priority: Shinde
Mumbai: Bringing Maharashtra's economy back on the rails, tackling the prevailing drought-like situation in parts of the state and countering fundamentalist forces would be uppermost in his list of challenges, Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said on January 18.
Activist abuses Modi on Guj riots at CII meet
Mumbai: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with industry captains in Mumbai was on January 18 disrupted by a representative of a lesser-known organisation, who accused of him being "tainted" with the blood of thousands of people killed in the state's communal riots frenzy.
Shinde sworn-in as 22nd CM of Maharashtra
Mumbai: Veteran Congress leader Sushil Kumar Shinde was on January 18 sworn-in as Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
Senior Bachchan continues to remain critical
Mumbai: The condition of renowned poet Harivanshrai Bachchan, who had been suffering from respiratory problems, continues to be critical for the third day on January 18, according to family sources.
NORTH EAST & SIKKIM
Voters' slips to be used in Naga Assembly polls too
Kohima: After Jammu and Kashmir, voters' slips, in addition to photo identity cards (PIC), will be used for the first time in the North East when Nagaland goes to Assembly elections on February 26.
Border row: 10,000 Manipur youth threaten immolation
Imphal: A newly formed youth organisation on January 18 threatened that over 10,000 youth would self-immolate if the territorial integrity of Manipur was disturbed during talks between the Centre and National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Issac/Muivah (NSCN-IM).
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