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All rights reserved Sun, 27 May 2012 07:08:27 +0530 5 http://in.news.yahoo.com/politics/ http://l.yimg.com/os/mit/media/m/index/img/Yahoo_logo_en-IN.gif Shimla, May 27 (IANS) Polling began Sunday morning for the Shimla Municipal Corporation, one of India's oldest civic bodies, with the mayor and the deputy mayor to get elected directly by voters for the first time.http://in.news.yahoo.com/polling-starts-shimla-municipal-corporation-013827853.htmlSun, 27 May 2012 07:08:27 +0530IANS India Private Limitedpolling-starts-shimla-municipal-corporation-013827853Doctors at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital said the health of KMSS general secretary Akhil Gogoi was stable.http://in.news.yahoo.com/dispur-firm-big-dams-213233701.htmlSun, 27 May 2012 05:30:00 +0530www.telegraphindia.comdispur-firm-big-dams-213233701"Today is a day of celebration. But we should also pledge to work more for the people who have been solidly behind the Congress which will continue to work for your welfare," she exhorted partymen.http://in.news.yahoo.com/sonia-plea-peace-progress-213229540.htmlSun, 27 May 2012 05:30:00 +0530www.telegraphindia.comsonia-plea-peace-progress-213229540New Delhi, May 27 -- The Centre couldn't dilute your right to information (RTI) by law. So it's using technology to do it.The government has slipped in a provision in its new call-centre project to restrict the electronic system from accepting information requests relating to more than two public authorities in a single application.This is the fourth instance since 2005 - when the transparency law came into force - of attempts being made to weaken RTI. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/govt-plans-technology-limit-given-under-rti-183000270.htmlSun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 +0530HT Mediagovt-plans-technology-limit-given-under-rti-183000270NEW DELHI, May 27 -- In a strongly-worded letter to BJP president Nitin Gadkari, eminent lawyer and MP Ram Jethmalani has alleged that party leaders are "silent against the huge corruption" in the UPA-II government and are, instead, engaged in fighting each other. Jethmalani also hit out at Gadkari for not being active on the issue of the presidential election, for which the government is planning to field finance minister Pranab Mukherjee. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/bjp-infighting-jethmalani-sends-scathing-letter-colleagues-183000941.htmlSun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 +0530HT Mediabjp-infighting-jethmalani-sends-scathing-letter-colleagues-183000941New Delhi, May 27 -- Hitting back at Narendra Modi for his criticism of the UPA, the Congress on Saturday said the soul of Hitler's propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, seemed to have entered the "frustrated" Gujarat chief minister. The party also accused him of crossing the 'laxmanrekha'. "The kind of unparliamentary language he has used against the UPA government cannot be expected from any chief minister," party spokesperson Manish Tewari told reporters here. While addressing the national executive of the BJP in Mumbai on Friday, Modi had launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/cong-compares-narendra-modi-hitlers-minister-183000056.htmlSun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 +0530HT Mediacong-compares-narendra-modi-hitlers-minister-183000056New Delhi, May 27 -- A youth claiming to be the biological son of veteran Congress leader ND Tiwari on Saturday gave his blood sample along with his mother in the Delhi High Court, in connection with a paternity suit. Rohit Shekhar and his mother, Ujjawala Sharma, made themselves available before a joint registrar, as ordered by a single judge bench of Reva Khetrapal to give their blood samples.Published by HT Syndication with permission from Hindustan Times.http://in.news.yahoo.com/nd-tiwari-paternity-case-rohit-mother-blood-samples-183000941.htmlSun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 +0530HT Mediand-tiwari-paternity-case-rohit-mother-blood-samples-183000941Guwahati, May 27 -- UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Saturday urged hardline militant outfits still waging armed struggle in Assam to give up violence and join the peace process."Most of the militant outfits have already realised that violence is not going to solve their problems. I hope those who are still outside the peace agreement will also join the peace initiative of the central government very soon," Gandhi told a rally to mark the first anniversary of the Congress government's third consecutive term in the state. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/sonia-assam-rebels-join-peace-process-183000178.htmlSun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 +0530HT Mediasonia-assam-rebels-join-peace-process-183000178New Delhi, May 27 -- The environment ministry is facing heat from within the government for delaying key infrastructure projects in the country.Road transport and highways minister CP Joshi on May 21 shot off a letter to his counterpart in the environment ministry, Jayanti Natarajan, blaming her ministry for the delay in giving environment/forest clearance to 16 crucial highway projects.Of the projects that are yet to be granted a formal environmental clearance, two are located in UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's pocket borough, Rae Bareily. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/16-road-projects-hit-green-hurdle-ministry-under-183000110.htmlSun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 +0530HT Media16-road-projects-hit-green-hurdle-ministry-under-183000110BANGALORE, May 27 -- Lokayukta police on Saturday raided eight residences and offices of ruling party MLA M Srinivas, his son Venkatesh Babu and other associates with regard to a disproportionate asset case. During the raids, Srinivas, a BJP MLA from Rajarajeshwari Nagar assembly constituency, was found to possess a commercial complex, a BDA site and two industrial sheds, among other properties.Published by HT Syndication with permission from Hindustan Times.http://in.news.yahoo.com/lokayukta-raids-residences-mla-son-associates-183000525.htmlSun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 +0530HT Medialokayukta-raids-residences-mla-son-associates-183000525New Delhi, May 27 -- So near, yet so far. Coming at the time of an unprecedented fuel price hike, the BJP'S national executive meet was an opportunity for the party to tear into the UPA. True, they did this in certain sessions and even announced a Bharat Bandh, but it was the party's inner power struggle that made news.In 2011, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi had skipped the BJP'S last national executive meet in Delhi over his bete noire Sanjay Joshi being given a key role by party chief Nitin Gadkari in Uttar Pradesh. His absence became the news back then. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/meet-exposed-bjp-power-tiffs-not-upa-flaws-183000252.htmlSun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 +0530HT Mediameet-exposed-bjp-power-tiffs-not-upa-flaws-183000252MOSCOW, May 27 -- Vladimir Putin steered Dmitry Medvedev into the chairmanship of Russia's ruling party on Saturday. At Putin's behest, delegates at a United Russia congress elected Medvedev chairman with a unanimous show of hands, the final step in a choreographed role reversal the longtime leader hopes will preserve his rule against growing opposition.Published by HT Syndication with permission from Hindustan Times.http://in.news.yahoo.com/medvedev-replaces-putin-ruling-party-chief-183000819.htmlSun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 +0530HT Mediamedvedev-replaces-putin-ruling-party-chief-183000819HYDERABAD, May 27 -- Congress legislators are continuing to warm up to YSR Congress president Jaganmohan Reddy even as his interrogation by the CBI in the disproportionate assets case is on.On Friday it was Alla Nani, MLA from Eluru in West Godavari district. And on Saturday it was the turn of SK Ranga Rao, legislator from Bobbili in Vizianagaram district, the home of Andhra Pradesh Congress president Botsa Satyanarayana. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/cong-gets-jitters-legislators-cosy-jaganmohan-183000607.htmlSun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 +0530HT Mediacong-gets-jitters-legislators-cosy-jaganmohan-183000607New Delhi, May 27 -- The elections are not really round the corner, but the talk of political alignments is already in the air. And as always, there will be talk of a Third Front. And indeed this could well be a possibility. But let me take you through the present scenarios. The UPA is very much there. It seems to be getting a spring back in its step after its third anniversary bash that had Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh in attendance. The NDA should be getting its act together now that the party president has got another shot at the job. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/three-crowd-183000480.htmlSun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 +0530HT Mediathree-crowd-183000480<p><a href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/putin-puts-medvedev-charge-russias-ruling-party-172848399.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GaueRkg_yO9Trqdg9YDzDA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-26T172848Z_1_CDEE84P1CK100_RTROPTP_2_RUSSIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Russia&#039;s President Vladimir Putin gestures next to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as they attend a United Russia party congress in Moscow" align="left" title="Russia&#039;s President Vladimir Putin gestures next to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as they attend a United Russia party congress in Moscow" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin steered Dmitry Medvedev into the chairmanship of Russia&#039;s ruling party on Saturday and demanded reforms to the flagging organisation he will rely on to keep his grip on the country&#039;s far-flung regions. At Putin&#039;s behest, delegates at a United Russia congress elected Medvedev chairman with a unanimous show of hands, the final step in a choreographed role reversal the longtime leader hopes will preserve his rule against growing opposition. After four years of playing No. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://in.news.yahoo.com/putin-puts-medvedev-charge-russias-ruling-party-172848399.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 22:58:48 +0530Reutersputin-puts-medvedev-charge-russias-ruling-party-172848399<p><a href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/putin-puts-medvedev-charge-russias-ruling-party-172848399.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GaueRkg_yO9Trqdg9YDzDA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-26T172848Z_1_CDEE84P1CK100_RTROPTP_2_RUSSIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Russia&#039;s President Vladimir Putin gestures next to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as they attend a United Russia party congress in Moscow" align="left" title="Russia&#039;s President Vladimir Putin gestures next to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as they attend a United Russia party congress in Moscow" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin steered Dmitry Medvedev into the chairmanship of Russia&#039;s ruling party on Saturday and demanded reforms to the flagging organisation he will rely on to keep his grip on the country&#039;s far-flung regions. At Putin&#039;s behest, delegates at a United Russia congress elected Medvedev chairman with a unanimous show of hands, the final step in a choreographed role reversal the longtime leader hopes will preserve his rule against growing opposition. After four years of playing No. ...</p><br clear="all"/>New Delhi, May 26 (ANI): Rohit Shekhar, who claims to be the biological son of veteran Congress leader N D Tiwari, furnished his blood samples for DNA test in a paternal lawsuit, along with his mother Ujjwala Sharma, here on Saturday.http://in.news.yahoo.com/n-d-tiwari-paternity-row-rohit-shekhar-deposits-160018894.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 21:30:18 +0530ANIn-d-tiwari-paternity-row-rohit-shekhar-deposits-160018894Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) Taking strong exception to the Trinamool Congress opposing the central government over the recent petrol price hike, West Bengal Congress leaders Saturday said the Mamata Banerjee-led party could walk out of the United Progressive Alliance government if it felt so, and threatened to launch similar protests against her government in the state over various issues.http://in.news.yahoo.com/congress-slams-trinamool-over-petrol-price-hike-protest-155513481--finance.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 21:25:13 +0530IANS India Private Limitedcongress-slams-trinamool-over-petrol-price-hike-protest-155513481--financeJodhpur, May 26 (IANS) A Rajasthan court here Saturday rejected the bail plea filed by Congress legislator Malkhan Singh Bishnoi, arrested for his alleged involvement in the murder of nurse Bhanwari Devi, a lawyer said.http://in.news.yahoo.com/bishnois-bail-plea-rejected-bhanwari-case-153912787.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 21:09:12 +0530IANS India Private Limitedbishnois-bail-plea-rejected-bhanwari-case-153912787New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Police Saturday supplied transcript copies of the CD of the 2008 cash-for-vote scam sting operation to the seven accused in the case, including former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh.http://in.news.yahoo.com/cash-vote-cops-furnish-cd-transcripts-accused-152902399.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 20:59:02 +0530IANS India Private Limitedcash-vote-cops-furnish-cd-transcripts-accused-152902399Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) Stepping up pressure on the beleaguered Congress-led central government on the issue of hike in petrol prices, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday led a protest rally of several thousand Trinamool supporters here, demanding a roll back.http://in.news.yahoo.com/roll-back-petrol-hike-mamata-151113571--finance.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 20:41:13 +0530IANS India Private Limitedroll-back-petrol-hike-mamata-151113571--financeShimla, May 26 (IANS) Hinting at a reduction in petrol prices in the state, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Saturday said the Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol may be reduced further provided the Congress-ruled states took initiative in this regard.http://in.news.yahoo.com/states-reduce-petrol-vat-congress-takes-initiative-dhumal-145643683--finance.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 20:26:43 +0530IANS India Private Limitedstates-reduce-petrol-vat-congress-takes-initiative-dhumal-145643683--financeNew Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Team Anna Saturday charged Prime Minster Manmohan Singh and 14 cabinet ministers of "massive" corruption and asked for an independent probe, but the Congress described the charges as "unsubstantiated".http://in.news.yahoo.com/team-anna-charges-manmohan-chidambaram-pranab-corruption-145623950.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 20:26:23 +0530IANS India Private Limitedteam-anna-charges-manmohan-chidambaram-pranab-corruption-145623950Hyderabad, May 26 (IANS) For the second consecutive day, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) grilled YSR Congress Party leader Y.S.Jaganmohan Reddy for over seven hours in the disproportionate assets case and directed him to appear again on Sunday.http://in.news.yahoo.com/cbi-continue-questioning-jagan-sunday-142710280.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 19:57:10 +0530IANS India Private Limitedcbi-continue-questioning-jagan-sunday-142710280Guwahati, May 26 (IANS) With opposition weak and in a shambles and greater thrust on peace and development, the Congress-led government seems to have a smooth ride ahead in Assam as it completes an unbroken run of 11 years in power.http://in.news.yahoo.com/sans-opposition-congress-smooth-ride-assam-141329221.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 19:43:29 +0530IANS India Private Limitedsans-opposition-congress-smooth-ride-assam-141329221Budapest, May 26 (IANS) Amdist charges of corruption flying thick and fast, delegates at the 62nd FIFA Congress backed measures to reform structures within the world football governing body and pledging to continue increasing accountability and transparency.http://in.news.yahoo.com/fifa-backs-reform-road-map-annual-congress-141049413.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 19:40:49 +0530IANS India Private Limitedfifa-backs-reform-road-map-annual-congress-141049413Hyderabad, May 26 (IANS) Police here Saturday further stepped up security following the arrest of three workers of YSR Congress Party who allegedly hatched a conspiracy to set afire 100 buses in the event of their leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's arrest.http://in.news.yahoo.com/security-further-tightened-hyderabad-133800671.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 19:08:00 +0530IANS India Private Limitedsecurity-further-tightened-hyderabad-133800671Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) West Bengal will send a revised list of people living below poverty line (BPL) by the end of June to the central government for approval, state Panchayat Minister Subrata Mukherjee said Saturday.http://in.news.yahoo.com/bengal-send-revised-bpl-list-central-approval-132030676--finance.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 18:50:30 +0530IANS India Private Limitedbengal-send-revised-bpl-list-central-approval-132030676--financePatna/New Delhi, May 26 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday hit out at the Congress-led UPA over the petrol price hike, and said that the ruling government is putting the blame on oil companies to avoid the responsibility and come out clean.http://in.news.yahoo.com/nitish-tells-upa-come-clean-oil-price-hike-123649728.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 18:06:49 +0530ANInitish-tells-upa-come-clean-oil-price-hike-123649728Ranchi, May 26 (IANS) The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), a key ruling alliance partner in Jharkhand, will decide Monday on supporting either of its two alliance partners for the upcoming Hatia by-poll.http://in.news.yahoo.com/whom-support-hatia-poll-jmm-decide-may-28-123359862.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 18:03:59 +0530IANS India Private Limitedwhom-support-hatia-poll-jmm-decide-may-28-123359862New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Team Anna Saturday renewed its attack on the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, alleging Prime Minster Manmohan Singh and 14 cabinet ministers were involved in massive corruption.http://in.news.yahoo.com/team-anna-attacks-manmohan-chidambaram-pranab-122240375.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 17:52:40 +0530IANS India Private Limitedteam-anna-attacks-manmohan-chidambaram-pranab-122240375Guwahati, May 26 (ANI): Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Saturday has hailed the performance of the Assam government and its Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi.http://in.news.yahoo.com/sonia-hails-congress-rule-assam-121627892.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 17:46:27 +0530ANIsonia-hails-congress-rule-assam-121627892New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Former Lok Sabha speaker P.A. Sangma Saturday said he never propagated himself as a presidential candidate but "incidentally became" one.http://in.news.yahoo.com/became-presidential-candidate-incidentally-says-sangma-120919291.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 17:39:19 +0530IANS India Private Limitedbecame-presidential-candidate-incidentally-says-sangma-120919291Moscow, May 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Members of Russia's ruling United Russia party Saturday elected Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as its leader at a party congress.http://in.news.yahoo.com/medvedev-elected-ruling-party-leader-115300391.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 17:23:00 +0530IANS India Private Limitedmedvedev-elected-ruling-party-leader-115300391Guwahati, May 26 (IANS) United Progressive Alliance chairperson and Congress party president Sonia Gandhi Saturday appealed to hardline militant outfits in Assam to respond to the government's peace overtures and join hands in putting the state on a high growth path.http://in.news.yahoo.com/assam-changed-respond-peace-overtures-sonia-militants-114440993.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 17:14:40 +0530IANS India Private Limitedassam-changed-respond-peace-overtures-sonia-militants-114440993Rampur/New Delhi, May 26 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Azam Khan on Saturday said that he was not surprised with Rampur MP Jaya Prada's move to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).http://in.news.yahoo.com/not-surprised-jaya-pradas-move-join-bjp-azam-111121388.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 16:41:21 +0530ANInot-surprised-jaya-pradas-move-join-bjp-azam-111121388Mumbai, May 26 (IANS) It is now out in the open that not all within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are happy with their president Nitin Gadkari getting a second term, largely because of an internal struggle for power.http://in.news.yahoo.com/bjp-divided-house-despite-patch-moves-110220287.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 16:32:20 +0530IANS India Private Limitedbjp-divided-house-despite-patch-moves-110220287Guwahati, May 26 (IANS) Highlighting the Congress government's peace and development agenda in Assam, United Progressive Alliance chairperson and party president Sonia Gandhi Saturday appealed to militant outfits to join the central government's peace initiative.http://in.news.yahoo.com/sonia-tells-assam-militants-join-peace-initiative-103840271.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 16:08:40 +0530IANS India Private Limitedsonia-tells-assam-militants-join-peace-initiative-103840271Budapest, May 25 (Xinhua-ANI): The 62nd FIFA Congress finished on Friday in Budapest with delegates backing measures to reform structures within the world football governing body and pledging to continue increasing accountability and transparency.http://in.news.yahoo.com/fifa-delegates-back-reform-road-map-annual-congress-101305056.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 15:43:05 +0530ANIfifa-delegates-back-reform-road-map-annual-congress-101305056Gurgaon, May 26 (ANI): Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev on Saturday hit out at Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh for his inability to crack down rampant corruption, and alleged that the Congress-led UPA Government is not performing its constitutional responsibility.http://in.news.yahoo.com/ramdev-takes-pm-says-upa-not-performing-constitutional-074858530.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 13:18:58 +0530ANIramdev-takes-pm-says-upa-not-performing-constitutional-074858530New Delhi, May 26 (ANI): Rampur MP Jaya Prada today made it clear that she will take decision of joining the BJP or another political party only after consulting Amar Singh.http://in.news.yahoo.com/jaya-prada-decision-joining-bjp-consulting-amar-singh-071629328.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 12:46:29 +0530ANIjaya-prada-decision-joining-bjp-consulting-amar-singh-071629328