New Delhi
‘Raja target for being dalit’
May 3: The government is finding it difficult to defend telecom minister A. Raja over the alleged 2G spectrum allocation scam in Parliament. There are compulsion in coalition politics that we have to face, UPA managers concede privately.
2G spectrum issue rocks Parliament
May 3: The issue of an alleged scam in the 2G spectrum allocation rocked both the Houses of Parliament on Monday. The Opposition members’ trooped into the well demanding resignation of telecom minister A. Raja for his controversial role in the exercise.
Govt tables 4 bills to overhaul education
May 3: Going full steam ahead on its agenda to press reforms in the education sector, the government on Monday introduced four major bills. These include Foreign Universities Bill, National Accreditation Regulatory Authority for Higher Educational Institutions Bill, Prohibition of Unfair Practices in technical
Universal PDS demand is unsustainable: Pawar
May 3: Union food and agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Monday replied to the Opposition demand for universalisation of the public distribution system in the country.
BJP demands Aiyar apology
May 3: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday stated that the government was free to take action against anyone involved in terrorist activities but incidents of terrorism should not be linked with religion.
Need caste Census, but too late now: Moily
May 3: The Centre is not keen on a caste-based Census fearing that it can lead to a division of the society at a time when the Opposition parties are insisting on collection of data on castes.
IDSA didn’t get permit for construction
May 3: Defence minister A.K. Antony informed Parliament on Monday that the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) had carried out constructions on land leased to it in the Delhi Cantonment area “without obtaining sanction of the Delhi Cantonment Board”.
Scribe was forcefully confined
May 3: “Main aane ki koshish karungi ... tum patience rakhna aur bina meray kahay koi extreme step nahin uthana ... tum apnay aap ko kuch mat karna” (I will try to get back to Delhi. Be patient and don’t take any extreme step ... Don’t hurt yourself).
CBI chief: Ajmer, Mecca Masjid blasts are linked
May 3: CBI director Ashwani Kumar on Monday said that there was a link between Ajmer blast and the Mecca Masjid blast in Hyderabad.
IM, Simi modules worry security agencies
May 3: Active modules of Indian Mujahideen, Hizbul Mujahideen, Lashkar-e-Tayyaba and Students Islamic Movement of India (Simi) in different parts of the country are giving sleepless nights to the security agencies. Admitting that mere “alert” is not enough, sources in the Central agencies say that these modules need to be cracked to check terror activities in the country.
