Monday, November 1, 2010, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Obama visit short on substance
Experts call for commitment on UNSC permanent seat for India
October 31
Barack Obama’s mother instilled in him from a very early age an interest in other cultures. An anthropologist, Stanley Ann Dunham had worked in India and it was only natural that one of the cultures and traditions her son would learn about would be Indian.

Yemen arrests woman in jet bomb plot
Washington, October 31
US investigators believe that the same person or persons who built the crude Christmas Day 'underwear bomb' were behind the PETN-based devices hidden in packages sent from Yemen, designed to bring down an airplane."The thinking is it's the same person or group of persons that built the underwear bomb because of the way it's put together," CNN quoted a US government official as saying.

3 former CMs deny role in Adarsh housing scam
Mumbai, October 31
Amid reports that more leaders from Congress and NCP from Maharashtra could have links with the controversial Adarsh Housing Society, three ex-Maharashtra chief ministers and a NCP leader today claimed they had not recommended any case for membership.

Narayan Rane’s wife accused of grabbing land
Mumbai, October 31
Even as the Damocles sword hangs over Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, Maharashtra's Revenue Minister Narayan Rane is now in trouble after his wife is accused of attempting to grab land belonging to a temple trust.
(Details on Nation page)

Nation page: Cong panel needs ‘more time’ to submit report

Priests in AP want pay hike, go on strike
Demand salaries on par with state government employees
Hyderabad, October 31
The deities in Andhra Pradesh are being deprived of their daily rituals after priests at several temples across the state went on an indefinite strike demanding hike in wages on par with the state government employees.

Disabled child entitled to lifetime pension
Chandigarh, October 31
Observing that pension controlling authorities cannot amend a policy issued by the President, the Armed Forces Tribunal, in an important judgement, has held that the disabled ward of a deceased serviceman is entitled to family pension for his entire life, even if married.