Decks cleared for Kalyan Singh's homecoming
NEW DELHI, JAN. 23.The decks have been cleared for the re-entry of the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Rashtriya Kranti Party (RKP) leader, Kalyan Singh, into the Bharatiya Janata Party. With an eye on the coming Lok Sabha elections, ...
Hurriyat leaders meet PM
NEW DELHI, JAN. 23. The All Parties Hurriyat Conference leaders today called on the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and said their half-an-hour meeting in the evening was a "courtesy call'' heralding a new relationship with the Central ...
Jayalalithaa acquitted in SPIC case
CHENNAI, JAN. 23. A special court here today acquitted the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, in the `Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation (SPIC) disinvestment' case. Two other accused, the former Industries Secretary, C. Ramachandran, and ...
49 perish in fire at wedding in Srirangam
TIRUCHI, JAN. 23.Forty-nine persons were killed and about 50 injured in a devastating fire during a wedding at a marriage hall at Srirangam in Tiruchi district of Tamil Nadu today. Among the dead were the bridegroom, 20 women and four ...
MP bans cow slaughter
BHOPAL, JAN. 23.The Madhya Pradesh Governor, Ram Prakash Gupta, has accorded his assent to an Ordinance banning cow-slaughter in the State. Now, anyone found guilty of killing a cow or getting one killed by others be punished with three years' ...
Bar on U.S. firms outsourcing federal government contracts
WASHINGTON, JAN. 23.The United States Senate has approved a law that prevents private sector contractors in the U.S. who get federal government contracts from doling out sub-contracts to other countries. The move comes to partial terms with the ...
THE GREG CHEPPELL COLUMN Winning is contagious
SYDNEY, JAN. 23. Once more we were treated to an excellent contest between the two best teams in world cricket at the SCG on Thursday. Ganguly was happy to bat first on another belting batting wicket and his batsmen responded in excellent ...
