President's nod for ordinance to repeal POTA
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 21.The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, tonight promulgated an ordinance to repeal the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA), just a month before it was to lapse. The POTA came into force from October 24, 2001 and was ...
MUSHARRAF MUST KEEP HIS WORD, MANMOHAN TELLS BUSH `India, U.S. have closer ties now'
WASHINGTON, SEPT. 21. India said today that it had re-designed its relationship with the United States as an "evolving partnership, based on mutual confidence and concern." After the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh's hour-long breakfast meeting ...
Martyn and Clarke prop up Australia
BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 21. Michael Vaughan, the England captain, said before the ICC Champions Trophy semifinal against Australia, that "one-day cricket is a funny game" but he could not have imagined this one would be so funny that he would bowl ten ...
BCCI cancels tender process for telecast
MUMBAI, SEPT. 21.The Board of Control for Cricket in India submitted in the High Court today that it had decided to cancel the tender process for awarding the rights to telecast cricket matches in India. ``The whole tender process is ...
`Talks with naxalites in isolation will not help'
HYDERABAD, SEPT. 21. A majority of the nine extremist-affected States want the Centre to initiate a composite dialogue with the naxalites instead of leaving it to individual Governments to tackle the problem. At a meeting of the Chief ...
Left economists threaten to quit Plan panels
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 21.The controversy over the inclusion of World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) representatives in the consultative groups of the Planning Commission has reached a deadlock. With the Commission Deputy Chairman, Montek Singh ...
Sushma, others court arrest near Cellular Jail
PORT BLAIR, SEPT. 21. About 100 Bharatiya Janata Party Members of Parliament led by Sushma Swaraj courted arrest here this afternoon, demanding "restoration of the Savarkar plaque" at the Cellular Jail. They were later released. Accompanied by ...
Madras High Court initiates contempt proceedings against TV reporter
CHENNAI, SEPT. 21. The Madras High Court today restrained the New Delhi-based Aaj Tak-TV Today Network Limited from telecasting any news relating to the contents of a fax message sent to the Chief Justice, B. Subhashan Reddy. The message was sent ...
Quota for Muslims held ultra vires
HYDERABAD, SEPT. 21. Five judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, constituting a Special Bench, today declared that the GO(MS 33) which has created 5 per cent reservation for the Muslim community in the field of education and public employment ...
Sengupta to head commission on informal sector
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 21.The Government today appointed the former Planning Commission member, Arjun Sengupta, as the chairman of the four-member National Commission on Enterprises in the Unorganised and Informal Sector. "The commission will ...
