By Mithun Dasgupta Kolkata: Security forces achieved their biggest success in West Bengal when Maoist commander Kishenji was killed. While this is seen as a major setback for the Leftwing movement, the irony is hard to miss. The media savvy politburo member of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), Kishenji or Mallojula Koteswara Rao, [...]
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By Prashant Sood New Delhi, (IANS) Has Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati set the agenda for the upcoming assembly polls with the proposal for four-way division of the state? Some analysts say the decision has put her opponents on the defensive but is not likely to make a major difference to her fortunes. Political commentator [...]
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By Manish Chand New Delhi: The sudden postponement of boundary talks due to differences over Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama’s presence at a Buddhist conference here has also put a question mark on the visit to India of China’s vice president Xi Jinping, widely seen as the country’s next leader. China’s Special Representative Dai Bingguo [...]
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New Delhi: With China upping the ante over the Dalai Lama issue, President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh skipped the four-day Global Buddhist Conference that began Sunday with the chanting of prayers to mark the 2,600th year of Buddha’s enlightenment. Patil, who was invited by Asoka Mission, the organizers, to inaugurate the conference, [...]
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Hyderabad, (IANS) The last rites of slain Maoist leader Kishenji were performed Sunday in his hometown Peddapalli in Andhra Pradesh, attended by a larger number of slogan-shouting supporters including one Congress MP and some other politicians. He was cremated amid slogans of “Llong live Kishenji” and “Lal Salam” (Red Salute). Among those in attendance were [...]
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New Delhi, (IANS) A Delhi court Saturday directed Delhi Police to file a case against former top cop and Team Anna member Kiran Bedi for alleged cheating and misappropriation of funds in collusion with foreign companies and foundations. Bedi said the development did not surprise her. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Amit Bansal directed the deputy [...]
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By Meha Mathur New Delhi: Mohammad Dilshad Manzar is a typical young man from the small town of Samastipur in Bihar but with big dreams. He led a life of deprivation due to his father’s ailment, but today Manzar is studying the sleeping patterns of patients for his PhD at Jamia Millia Islamia. He is [...]
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Kolkata, (IANS) West Bengal Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Saturday began a probe into the allegations that senior Maoist leader Mallojula Koteshwar Rao alias Kishenji was killed by the security forces in a staged shootout, a top official said. “Yes, a probe has been initiated. Whenever any high-profile criminal is killed in an encounter, such [...]
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Idukki, (IANS) A day after a Kerala minister warned of the threat to the over 100-year-old Mullaperiyar Dam due to an earthquake, slight tremors were experienced early Saturday in this district. The earthquake measuring 3.4 on the Ritcher scale was reported at 3.15 a.m and the epicentre was at Upputhara village in Idukki district, 30 [...]
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Jodhpur, (IANS) Sacked Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna was Friday quizzed here for about three hours by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) over his alleged involvement in the disappearance of nurse Bhanwari Devi. Maderna was called for questioning at CBI’s local office at 2 p.m. and left around 5 p.m. It was for the third [...]
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Lucknow, (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Friday called for the ouster of Chief Minister Mayawati and for bringing back the Congress party in Uttar Pradesh, as Mayawati dismissed him as a “dynastic inheritor without substance”. The war of words between the Uttar Pradesh chief minister and the Congress leader continued on the fourth consecutive [...]
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West Midnapore (West Bengal), (IANS) The body of one of the top Maoist leaders Kishenji, who was killed in a gun fight with security forces, was Saturday identified by his niece Deepa Rao, Maoist ideologue P.Varvara Rao said. “Deepa has identified the body. It is of Kishenji. After the post-mortem is done today (Saturday), he [...]
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New Delhi, (IANS) External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Saturday asked Pakistan to bring the perpetrators of 26/11 to “speedy justice” on the third anniversary of the Mumbai carnage and underlined that India has provided enough evidence to prosecute the terrorists. “We call upon Pakistan to bring perpetrators and conspirators of 26/11 to speedy justice,” Krishna [...]
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Mumbai, (IANS) India paid homage to the victims and martyrs of the 26/11 terror attacks on its third anniversary here Saturday. Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan laid a wreath at the 26/11 memorial at the Police Gymkhana on Marine Drive in south Mumbai. He was followed by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, [...]
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