-The Hindu Two cotton farmers, one of them a primitive tribesman, committed suicide in Adilabad district on Thursday owing to failure of crop this season. According to the police, K. Bheem Rao, a 42-year-old Kolam farmer from Sadalpur in Bela mandal, consumed poison in his field on Wednesday night perturbed over failure of the crop in his four acres of land. He is reported to have incurred a debt of Rs. 1 lakh. He...
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No scope for change in liability regime, India will tell Obama by B Muralidhar Reddy
On the eve of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's scheduled meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the Asean summit in Bali, Indian officials said they did not know whether the newly notified rules for implementing the Nuclear Liability Act would address American concerns about nuclear suppliers being exposed to claims for damages in the event of an accident but insisted that the “law of the land” could...
More »PM meets Obama, discusses implementation of civil nuclear deal
-The Indian Express Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today declared that there were "no irritants" in Indo-US ties as he met US President Barack Obama here and disucssed the ways to implement the civil nuclear deal. Singh, who met Obama for the first time after latter's trip to India last November, also talked about strengthening the bonds of strategic ties put in place during the historic visit of the US President to India...
More »Lokpal among slew of anti-corruption bills on winter session table
-IANS The government on Wednesday said it is determined to pass the Lokpal bill as it unveiled its agenda for the winter session of parliament that includes a slew of anti-corruption legislations apart from the ambitious food security bill. Apart from Lokpal, other anti-corruption bills slated for consideration and passing in the winter session include whistle blower protection bill and judicial standards and accountability bill. Talking to mediapersons, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar...
More »Hint of motive on funeral day by Alamgir Hossain & Suman K Shrivastava
Sister Valsa John may have incurred the wrath of a group of local criminals for seeking justice for a raped tribal girl and that may have been the immediate provocation for her brutal murder on Tuesday. According to a senior Pakur district official, Valsa had sought an appointment with Pakur deputy commissioner after the Amrapara police refused to lodge an FIR against the alleged rapists a couple of days back. Deputy commissioner...
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