Friday,
November
6,
2009, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Cong, NCP clinch deal
Swearing-in likely tomorrow
New Delhi, November 5
Differences over power sharing between the Congress and the NCP have finally been sorted out. The two parties will meet Maharashtra Governor SC Jamir tomorrow to stake
claim, while the swearing-in ceremony of the new government is expected to take place on Saturday.
Sachin Tendulkar celebrates after scoring his 45th ODI century in Hyderabad on Thursday. He became the first batsman ever to score 17,000 runs in ODIs. Australia won by 3 runs. — AFP (Details on Sports page)
Another
controversy hits Gen Rodrigues Chandigarh, November 5
The outgoing Punjab Governor-cum-UT
Administrator Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retd) is caught in yet another
controversy.
Rs
20 wheat MSP hike upsets farmers New Delhi, November 5
The Centre today hiked the minimum
support price of wheat by Rs 20 a quintal, an increase that failed to
satisfy the farmers who termed the “meagre” hike as the “cruelest
joke” played on them by the government at a time when costs of
production were skyrocketing.
Commonwealth
Games budget doubled New Delhi, November 5
The government today more than
doubled the budget for the 2010 Commonwealth Games to Rs1,620 crore from
the earlier Rs 767 crore.
Haryana cabinet expansion put
off by a day Chandigarh: The proposed cabinet expansion in Haryana seems to have hit a roadblock with the government postponing the ceremony at the eleventh hour here tonight.
(Details on Haryana
page)
‘Not all J&K glaciers
melting’ Jammu, November 5
Amidst growing concerns over global warming and receding glaciers, there is some good news from Jammu and Kashmir: not all Himalayan glaciers are melting and many in the state and in its neighbourhood are stable for years now, finds out a study conducted by Jammu University.
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