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  • How the BJP, RSS mobilised kar sevaks IE - 05:35 AM

    "The preparation was accomplished with phenomenal secrecy, was technically flawless with consistency and assured results...The theme was power.

  • Sudershan: Things didn't go as planned IE - 05:35 AM

    Former RSS chief K S Sudarshan on Tuesday said there was nothing to regret about the demolition of the Babri mosque, and that it was 'unfortunate' because it (demolition) did not happen according to the plan.

  • Reprocessing pact: PM says need to dot Is, cross some Ts IE - 05:35 AM

    Despite efforts in the last few weeks to conclude an agreement on arrangements and procedures for reprocessing US-origin nuclear fuel, India and the US fell short of their objective with differences still persisting on the kind of reporting requirements to be included in the agreement.

  • Trinamool-CPM war sucks in college IE - 05:35 AM

    Many injured as students slug it out at Panihati College Violence erupted at Panihati College in North 24-Parganas over distribution of nomination papers on Tuesday.

  • ULFA talks going nowhere: Chidambaram IE - 05:35 AM

    Stating that talks with the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) were leading nowhere because the banned outfit's leadership was outside the country, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said the pressure on ULFA will be maintained despite the government's willingness to hold talks.

  • Rajaratnam denies insider charges, blasts wiretaps Reuters - 12:36 AM

    Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam attacked a U.S. regulator's lawsuit on Tuesday, denying insider trading charges and saying government wiretaps violated his constitutional rights.

  • U.S. committed to completing India nuclear pact - Obama Reuters - Tue, Nov 24

    President Barack Obama told a joint news conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday that he was committed to completing a bilateral civil agreement that would open up India's potential $150 billion market in power plants.

  • Former RSS chief rejects Liberhan Commission report IANS - Tue, Nov 24

    Bhopal, Nov 24 (IANS) Accusing the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government of deliberately leaking the Liberhan Commission report to divert attention from more crucial issues, former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief K.S. Sudarshan here Tuesday rejected the conclusions of the report.

  • Andhra stops iron ore mining, jolt to Karnataka minister IANS - Tue, Nov 24

    Hyderabad, Nov 24 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh late Tuesday ordered a complete halt to iron ore mining across the state, delivering a huge blow to Karnataka Minister G. Janardhan Reddy's Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC).

  • Assam ready for talk with rebels ANI - Tue, Nov 24

    Guwahati, Nov 24 (ANI): Assam's Revenue Minister Bhumithar Burman said on Tuesday the government was ready to talk to rebels after Nalbari town was rocked by twin blasts recently.

  • Navjot Sidhu moves privilege motion against Amritsar official IANS - Tue, Nov 24

    Amritsar, Nov 24 (IANS) Former cricketer and Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhu has moved a privilege motion against the city's deputy commissioner, saying that the official was creating hurdles in performing his duties as an elected representative.

  • Government will act on Liberhan recommendations: Congress IANS - Tue, Nov 24

    New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The Congress Tuesday said the government will act on the recommendations of the Liberhan Commission and a supplementary charge sheet will be filed 'if any new details emerge after the police investigation'. It also said that the report showed the 'true character' of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

  • BJP seeks Chidambaram's resignation over Liberhan report leak IANS - Tue, Nov 24

    New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Attacking the government for 'leakage' of the Liberhan Commission report on the 1992 Babri mosque demolition, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday sought Home Minister P. Chidambaram's resignation and demanded a joint parliamentary panel probe into it. It termed Liberhan's report, which indicts top party leaders, as 'ill-founded'.

  • Rahul Gandhi visits Rajasthan to draw out youth support ANI - Tue, Nov 24

    Sawai Madhopur (Rajasthan), Nov 24(ANI): Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday commenced his two-day tour of Rajasthan by interacting with the youth from state's Sawai Madhopur district.

  • Jharkhand gears up for first phase of poll Wednesday IANS - Tue, Nov 24

    Ranchi/Jamshedpur, Nov 24 (IANS) Security forces tightened their cordon in Jharkhand on the eve of the first phase of assembly polls, fearing largescale disruption by Maoist insurgents.

  • Mirwaiz suspends entire Hurriyat (M) organization ANI - Tue, Nov 24

    Srinagar, Nov 24(ANI): Executive Council of the Hurriyat Conference (Moderate) has suspended its entire organizational structure including all its office bearers except its chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.

  • Sequence of events leading to Babri razing in Liberhan report IANS - Tue, Nov 24

    New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The following is the sequence of events in brief leading up to the razing of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya on Dec 6, 1992, as recorded in the Liberhan Commission report tabled in parliament Tuesday:

  • Galleon's Rajaratnam denies inside-trading charges Reuters - Tue, Nov 24

    Raj Rajaratnam, the billionaire founder of hedge fund firm Galleon Group, denied federal insider trading charges and accused the government of violating his constitutional rights with its use of wiretaps.

  • Indicting Vajpayee 'outrightly illegal': Liberhan ex-counsel IANS - Tue, Nov 24

    Chandigarh, Nov 24 (IANS) A former counsel to the Liberhan Commission Tuesday alleged that the indictment of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for the Babri mosque dmolition was 'outrightly illegal'.

  • Was never involved in Babri, Vaghela says on Liberhan indictment IANS - Tue, Nov 24

    Gandhinagar, Nov 24 (IANS) Former union textiles minister Shankersinh Vaghela, whose name figures in the Liberhan Commission report on the Babri Masjid demolition, Tuesday said he was never involved in any way in the demolition of the 16th century mosque in Ayodhya.


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