'No plans to pull down govt' The Left parties continued its opposition to the Indo-US nuclear deal while making clear that it has no plans of pulling down the UPA Government or for going for mid-term polls.
No Sethu realignment: Baalu Union Minister for Shipping and Highways T R Baalu on Saturday ruled out realignment of the Sethusamudram canal to save the Ramar Sethu\Adam's bridge in view of the petition filed by Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy and others in the Supreme Court.
Gold for Karunanidhi's head The mahants of the Rama Janmbhoomi Trust have offered to weigh in gold anyone who gets Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's scalp for his comments on Lord Ram.
Declare Sethu a national heritage monument: BJP A resolution moved on the issue by former Bharatiya Janata Party president Murli Manohar Joshi in the Bharatiya Janata Party National Executive demanded fixing responsibility for the drafting of "a sacrilegious affidavit" on the Ramar Sethu as also an unqualified apology from the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.
CPM Polit Bureau Member Sitaram Yechury, shakes hands with Shivamurthy Muraga Sharanaru of Chitradurga at a seminar on the Indo-US nuclear deal organised by the People for India Forum in Bangalore on Saturday. DH Photo/ Kishor Kumar Bolar
The State government has proposed a ban on the use of cellphones by schoolchildren saying that it would affect their mental and physical growth. Is the government justified? Deccan Herald had invited readers to send their responses.
Most readers opine that the ban is a wise move since the use of cell phones has affected the health and academic performances of students. Others argue that these gadgets are quintessential to this globalised world.