Tuesday,
September
15,
2009, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
DGPs
draw PC flak Stop being mute
spectators to political meddling, says minister New Delhi, September 14
Lashing out at state
governments, especially the DGPs, for their handling of the
police force, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today regretted
that officers have been reduced to a football, being kicked from
one post to another.
Bypoll win a morale booster for BJP New Delhi, September 14
Victory for the BJP in seven of the 12 seats of various state assemblies, results for which were declared today, has come as the much needed morale booster as the party had been passing through one of the lowest patches in its 29-year history.
Judge�s
integrity in question Proposed elevation of Karnataka
CJ to SC draws ire of senior advocates New Delhi, September 14
In an unprecedented move five
senior advocates of the Supreme Court led by Fali S Nariman have sought
an inquiry into the �integrity� of the Karnataka Chief Justice P.D.
Dinakaran and questioned his proposed elevation to the apex court.
India,
Mongolia ink nuke pact New Delhi, September 14
Mongolia today became the fifth
nation to sign a civil nuclear pact with India as New Delhi extended a
25 million US dollar soft loan to the Central Asian nation to help it
mitigate the effects of the global financial meltdown.
MASTER STROKE: Sachin Tendulkar raises his bat after scoring his 44th ODI century during
the tri-nation championship final between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo on Monday.
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(Details in Sports page)
Babbar
Khalsa plot to disturb peace foiled 14.7 kg of RDX seized in
R�sthan in less than a week Jaipur, September 14
With the seizure of 14.7 kg of RDX
along with other arms and ammunition in Barmer in less than a week, the
Rajasthan police has thwarted nefarious designs of Babbar Khalsa to
execute fresh attacks in the country.
Real
jumbos lose out to statues Lucknow, September 14 Scores of elephants statues are to
come up in a memorial park here in the Uttar Pradesh capital city at a
cost of crores of rupees. But for creation and maintenance of a special
elephant reserve, the state government can spare only Rs 50 lakh.
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Stop being mute
spectators to political meddling, says minister
New Delhi, September 14
Scores of elephants statues are to
come up in a memorial park here in the Uttar Pradesh capital city at a
cost of crores of rupees. But for creation and maintenance of a special
elephant reserve, the state government can spare only Rs 50 lakh.