Lucknow, Jan. 27: Old relationships and habits die hard and the Samajwadi Party website is an example of this.
The party website has not yet deleted Mr Amar Singh’s name and profile and the Thakur leader continues to be named as party general secretary and spokesman.

New Delhi, Jan. 27: The Congress downplayed the controversy over reported remarks of party spokesperson Manish Tewari that Kashmiri pandits had left the Valley not because of terrorism but due to the role of the state governor.  

New Delhi, Jan. 27: The BJP, which many feel had lost its identity of “party with a difference” in the recent times, is planning to do something different for its forthcoming national executive and national council meetings. Call it its austerity drive or genuine concern for the deteriorating environment, the three-day-long meet in Indore has been termed as an “eco-friendly” meet by the saffron outfit. The meet will begin on February 17. 

Bhubaneswar, Jan. 27: A day after chief minister Naveen Patnaik promised “all support” to South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in New Delhi to facilitate the 12-million-tonne Posco steel plant near Paradip, anti-displacement activists on Wednesday said they will not allow the company to acquire “even an inch of land” in the area.

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse reacts as he listens to the election results in Colombo on Wednesday. PHOTOS: AP,AFP

Team India after winning the second and final Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Wednesday. India won by 10 wickets to take the series 2-0.  PHOTO: AP

Colombo, Jan. 27: Seeking to usher in peace and prosperity in post-war Sri Lanka, President Mahinda Rajapakse scored a landslide victory over the common Opposition candidate, his former military chief Sarath Fonseka, in a bitterly-fought election for the sixth executive presidency held on Tuesday. It was also the first poll-war electoral exercise in the island nation, and the verdict is being contested as doctored by Gen. Fonseka.

Colombo, Jan. 27: Former Sri Lankan Army chief and Opposition presidential candidate Sara-th Fonseka said he would move court and petition the election commission to annul the verdict, saying it was not held in a fair and free manner and the government machinery and media were misused to “brand me a traitor” (by accusing him of striking a deal with the Tamil National Alliance to re-emerge the north and east). “I got huge crowds at my rallies and I saw people wanted a change. I suspect foul play. I do not accept this verdict and I will challenge it.”

New Delhi, Jan. 27: Overruling Chief of Army Staff Gen. Deepak Kapoor, defence minister A.K. Antony has “advised” disciplinary action — that could include a court-martial — against military secretary Lt. Gen. Avdesh Prakash in the Sukna land scam case, defence ministry sources confirmed on Wednesday.

New Delhi, Jan. 27: After implementing the grading system for Class 10 in CBSE schools from the coming academic session, the HRD ministry is planning to extend this to Classes 11 and 12 in CBSE schools as well. It is also looking at the feasibility of conducting a national-level entrance test, like Scholastic Aptitude Test, with national percentile scores in different subjects for undergraduate programmes.
This was decided at a conference of universities and schools chaired by human resource development minister Kapil Sibal on Wednesday.
 

Age Correspondent