Antony downplays bunker destruction A month prior to the Prime Minister's China visit, Defence Minister A K Antony has sought to underplay reports of China destroying two Indian outposts on the Sikkim border as 'minor incidents' that happened 'outside the Indian territory' due to two nations having 'different perceptions about the border.'
Road to airport: case goes to SC A Bangalore-based private investment firm has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Karnataka High Court order which permitted the state to take possession of its more than three acres land for the construction of the approach road to the international airport.
Jairam Ramesh gets the boot In a move that has left Congress insiders surprised, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh, considered to be close to the high command, has been dropped from the recently-constituted high-profile AICC Group of Future Challenges.
Sonia likens Modi to Godse in Gujarat barnstorm Asserting that the party that had lost several leaders to terrorist attacks did not need a certificate from others on how to combat terrorism, AICC President Sonia Gandhi made a frontal attack on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, indirectly referring to him as "Godse".
Madhuri film faces music in Punjab & Haryana; UP lifts ban
SC/ST panel takes note of Aaja... gaffe The comeback film of actress Madhuri Dixit courted further trouble on Saturday with Punjab and Haryana governments also banning its screening offended by controversial lyrics in a song and the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes also issuing summons.
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Railway Minister Lalu Prasad flagging off the Red Ribbon Express at Safdarjung Railway station, in New Delhi, on Saturday. AFP
Was the West Bengal government right in nudging controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen into leaving Kolkata? Should the Centre extend political asylum or Indian citizenship to her as she says she can’t go back to Dhaka?
Deccan Herald had invited its readers to send their opinions. Most readers opine that persuading Taslima Nasreen to leave the state was an extreme move and that granting asylum is humane although extending citizenship to her is debatable. A few others insist that she must now return home to Dhaka as her views have hurt the sentiments of Muslims.
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