BEIJING (AP) — China on Sunday slammed President Barack Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama as an act that has "grossly interfered in China's internal affairs" and damaged Chinese-American relations.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Petitioner in Padmanabhaswamy temple case dies
Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple Thiruvananthapuram Travancore Royal Family TP Sunderarajan
Nobody can afford to buy me: Lokayukta
BANGALORE: Even as the second report on mining by Lokayukta Justice N Santosh Hegde is expected around July 25, the latter's disclosure that some influential BJP leaders tried to influence him on the report has put the state government in a bind.
Is Afghanistan ready to decide its own destiny?
US President Barack Obama's announcement of the start of American troop withdrawals from Afghanistan, and his administration's increasing emphasis on reconciliation with the Taliban, have been studied attentively in one capital that has a large stake in the outcome — New Delhi.
For better laws, debate and discuss bills first
Anna Hazare's campaign against corruption has a curious side-effect. It has turned the spotlight on India's lack of pre-legislative transparency. We may accept or dismiss team Anna's Jan Lokpal draft but his movement — and the subsequent build-up of hope and betrayal — has unwittingly exposed the systemic opaqueness in which our laws are conceived, written, debated and passed.
AP: Speaker to take his time on resignations
This cut is simply not deep enough
India betrayed an almost adolescent approach to foreign policy this week, when foreign minister S M Krishna "welcomed " an $800 million cut in military aid by the US to Pakistan.
Mumbai blasts: man picked up for questioning dies
A man questioned in connection with Wednesday’s serial blasts died while undergoing treatment in a civic-run hospital in Mumbai, police said.
Faiz Usmani, brother of 2008 Ahmedabad blast accused Afzal Usmani, died at 1:30 AM while he was undergoing treatment for hemiparesis and hypertension in the Lokmanya Tilak Hospital here, doctors said.
Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony marriage breaks apart
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez and Latin pop singer Marc Anthony have decided to end their marriage after seven years, the couple said on Friday.
"This was a very difficult decision," they said in a joint statement. "It is a painful time for all involved, and we appreciate the respect of our privacy at this time."
Mumbai blasts: IM operative's Bengal link being probed
Mumbai, July 16 (IANS) Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has contacted its counterparts in West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh seeking help in tracing an Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative who went underground post the triple bombings, an official said here Saturday.
BJP slams Digvijay for remark on RSS terror involvement
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday said Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh's comment on possibility of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's (RSS) involvement in terror activities was 'highly objectionable'.
Scottish couple wins record European lottery jackpot
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The winners of Europe's biggest ever lottery jackpot see their future as "bright and golden" after winning 161,653,000 pounds ($260.58 million) in the Euromillions draw, they told a news conference on Friday.
Mona ka swayamvar
Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega is preparing for Mona Singh's vivah on the show. The judges have always tried matching her kundali with the contestants of the show but Mona is still single. Hence the show has now gone a step ahead and brought in five TV celebrities to play the role prospective grooms.
India not a pace fearing side but Tremlett can trouble them: Strauss
London, July 15 (PTI): England skipper Andrew Strauss does not believe that India is a weak side when it comes to facing pace bowling but feels if Chris Tremlett can be at his best, the lanky bowler can trouble the visiting batsmen in the upcoming Test series.
Test Drive : BMW 330i - Temptation on Wheels
Is Mumbai a soft target for terrorists?
Why Mumbai?
When serial blasts ripped the heart of the city in 1993, it gutted the collective psyche of a city, and a nation forever. Ever since Mumbai has been the favorite hunting ground to unleash terror with over 700 people having been killed so far.No burden on India to prove anything: Zaheer
Taunton, July 16 (IANS): Pace spearhead Zaheer Khan is confident that India can continue their run as the world's best Test team in the four-match series against England.
The left-arm pacer said there is no pressure on India to prove anything. He feels if India can play good cricket they can win the series.
Lost love letter finds recipient 53 years later
California (Pennsylvania), July 15 (AP): Much has happened in the 53 years since Vonnie sent Clark the letter, wondering why he had not called before going back to college.
They married later that year. He graduated. They had four children. They divorced. And he changed his name.
And, at last, the letter is wending its way to Clark ' that is, Muhammad Siddeeq ' who awaits its arrival with mixed emotions. "I'm curious, but I'm not sure I'd put it under the category of 'looking forward to it'," Siddeeq told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
The letter, bearing four one-cent stamps postmarked February 1958 and addressed to Clark C. Moore, arrived in the mailroom at California University of Pennsylvania last week. School officials checked their files but could not figure out who Clark Moore was.
But his friends and family still lived in the area and saw media reports about the letter. They called Siddeeq, now 74 and living in Indianapolis, who had changed his name after converting to Islam.
"I never dreamed of anything like this," Siddeeq told the Washington Observer-Reporter. The letter, its stamps turned upside down as sign of love, arrived at California University of Pennsylvania on July 8, tucked inside some magazines.
Telangana, not terror, worries Congress more
NEW DELHI: The Congress core group, which met here on Friday for the first time after the serial blasts in Mumbai, seemed more worried about the Telangana agitation rather than the terror strikes or the bickering with ally NCP which holds the Maharashtra home portfolio.
Though they did come up for discussion, it was the Telangana issue that dominated the agenda of the Congress top brass.It seems the threat of the T-stir spiraling out of control forced them to look at Andhra Pradesh more intensely. Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, sources indicated, briefed the core group headed by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, on both -- investigation into the terror strikes and intelligence inputs on Telangana.The meeting was also attended by Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, the incharge of party affairs in Andhra Pradesh. His recent remarks in Beijing that no movement on Telangana was possible without concensus and a unanimous resolution in the State Assembly has kicked up a furore in the region. The Congress top brass has little time left to find a way out of the T impasse since the Telangana joint action committee has given a call for a regionwide strike from Aug 1. Sources hinted that “some decision” on separate statehood cannot be kept pending. However, what could be the contours of the decision, which seems to have been discussed at the meeting, was not clear. Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is also said to have spoken at length on the legal aspects and the pros and cons of the Telangana issue. Meanwhile, the Congress stoutly defended Chidambaram, reiterating his claim that “there was no intelligence failure” despite the government’s candid admission that it had no prior intelligence inputs about the blasts in Mumbai.
Lokpal Bill: Anna Hazare team unknown to the draft
Team Anna is in the dark regarding the nature of the draft of the Lokpal Bill that is scheduled to be tabled in Parliament in the first week of August.
This was claimed by former top cop and Magsaysay awardee, Kiran Bedi, who is an integral part of the Jan Lokpal Bill movement, in Pune on Friday.
Terror threat to Bhakra Nangal dam, reveals IB report
NCP slams Chavan for saying Maharashtra Home Minister should be from Congress
Mumbai: A political battle has broken out in Maharashtra at a time when the state is still trying to recover from Wednesday's serial blasts in Mumbai. The NCP has slammed Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan's statement that ideally, Maharashtra Home Minister should be from Congress and not from its coalition partner NCP.
Govt to seek recall of SC black money verdict
NEW DELHI: The Union government on Thursday decided to move Supreme Court seeking total recall of its stinging judgment taking over the probe into black money while accusing the government of probing the sensitive economic issue laggardly.
3 LeT militants, jawan killed in J&K encounter
SRINAGAR: Three terrorists and an Army jawan were killed in a gun battle in Kupwara, north Kashmir, on Friday. The terrorists, said to belong to Lashkar-e-Taiba, were holed up in a house at a village in Lolab, about 120 km from Srinagar, officials said.
Four security personnel were also injured in the encounter that began early morning when troops cordoned off a house in Dar Mohalla village.
According defence spokesman J S Brar, security forces comprising soldiers from Rashtriya Rifles and the state police had specific information about the presence of foreign terrorists in the house.
The hiding terrorists took a woman as hostage and opened fire on the forces when they were asked to surrender, defence spokesman Brar said.
Obama to meet Dalai Lama, risks upsetting China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will speak with the Dalai Lama about Tibet in their first meeting in more than a year on Saturday, the White House said.
Obama's face time with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader stands to upset China, which is already on edge about the Dalai Lama's meetings with congressional leaders and the potential for a U.S. debt default.
Mumbai blasts: Raj Thackeray points fingers at migrants
Mumbai, July 14 (IANS) Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray Thursday blamed the north Indians and migrant population, including illegal Bangaladeshis, in Mumbai for Wednesday's triple blasts which left 17 dead and 131 injured.
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