Strenghthen girl child scheme: PM With child sex ratio on a steady decline, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Monday asked two of his cabinet colleagues Anbumani Ramadoss and Renuka Chowdhury to involve panchayat leaders to strengthen the Save the girl child programme.
Opposition trains gun on PMO Parliament continued to face noisy scenes on Monday over the T R Baalu affair as the Opposition pressed for a clarification from the Prime Minister over letters reportedly written by PMO asking the Petroleum Ministry to release gas for a company owned by the DMK ministers son.
No cultivable land for SEZ, Centre to instruct states Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Monday said that he would write to all state governments against acquiring cultivable land to set up Special Economic Zone (SEZ).
PMOs reaction to price rise insulting: Left The CPM on Monday reiterated their strong objection to the statement issued by the Prime Ministers Office asking political parties not to politicise the misery of people and said the statement on price rise was very insulting.
Pipeline: Iran, Pak to ink pact soon Pakistan and Iran on Monday announced that they had cleared all hurdles that had delayed the USD 7.5-billion Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline to carry gas to India and will ink a bilateral agreement soon on the project that is being stiffly opposed by the US.
School bus mishap... A man walks past an overturned school bus after an accident in Jammu on Monday. At least 13 children were injured when the bus fell into a crater. Reuters
Many candidates have made it a habit to change parties just to contest elections. Should people of Karnataka reject the party-hoppers lock, stock and barrel? DH had invited readers’ opinion on the issue. Not surprisingly, most readers called the turncoats as a sign of decadence in democracy and ideology, and that they should be written off with the bullets of the ballot. Voting for stable, honest and ideal-driven candidates, requires maturity on the voters’ part, said some.
There were a handful who felt that it was okay to be search for “greener pastures” to seek gain and sure enough, hop and jump.
