Sonia spells
trouble for UF
The controversial Bofors case puts the Gujral government in a tight spot.
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CBI seeks governor's nod for Laloo's prosecution
CBI makes the move a day after an accused in the case commits suicide.
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Talks meaningless unless Kashmir is resolved: Pak minister
Gohar Ayub Khan however hopes Gujral and Sharif will ''break the ice''.
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Moopanar issue exposes Karunandhi gameplan
CM's son Stalin and nephew Maran emerge with flying colours.
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Largest Indian art sale fetches $ 2.8 million
Sotheby's pleased; highest price goes to a 19th century Flintlock gun.
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JKLF chief to fast unto death from Monday
Several Hurriyat leaders will join him; won't relent till government ends police atrocities on innocents.
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MAY 10

Hindi-Chini
Bhai Bhai
Gujral plans to visit Beijing to offset the threat of too close military ties between China and Pakistan
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Marriage party ends in tragedy
71 killed as truck falls into gorge in Himachal Pradesh
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Rao moves high court to quash charges against him
Not enough evidence, claims former PM's counsel
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Mayawati eats words, Kalyan Singh swallows bitter pill
Anything to keep the fragile BJP-BSP alliance going
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Delhi high court summons file on allotment to Deve Gowda's kin
It's surprising that Deve Gowda's daughter-in-law could not find a job despite being a computer engineer, says court
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Nod for Laloo prosecution only if there's strong evidence: Bihar governor
Governor Kidwai said he would seek legal opinion before allowing CM's trial
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Pak shipping magnate sentenced in BCCI fraud
Abbas Gokal was jailed for 14 years for masterminding a massive swindle which led to the collapse of the bank
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Delhi high court stays proceedings against Jains
Diary entries pertaining to late Union minister A K Sen cannot be considered as evidence, urge Jain brothers' counsel
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MAY 9

Sonia joins the party!
Why did Sitaram Kesri wait 45 days to make the announcement?
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Election Commission allows Congress to hold organisational elections after deadline
Meanwhile, party dissidents have warned Kesri that they will go to the courts if he hurries through the organisational polls.
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CBI will soon seek governor's nod to prosecute Laloo
The Central Bureau of Investigation will write to Bihar Governor A R Kidwai in the next eight or 10 days to seek his permission for prosecuting Bihar Chief Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav in the fodder scam case, CBI Director Joginder Singh said.
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All quiet on the northern front, says army
There could be not more than 500 to 600 foreign militants operating all over the state, Lieutenant General J S Dhillon said, claiming they mostly lived in forests and on the outskirts of villages where security forces are not present.
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Consensus eludes meet on electoral reforms
Though political parties failed to reach consensus on electoral reforms at a meeting convened by the Election Commission, they opposed proposals like banning the use of animals as election symbols and scrapping the regional election commissioner's post.
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Applause and abuse as Athavale is awarded the Templeton prize
Pandurang Shastri Athavale's Swadhyaya movement fulfills a cultural and religious need of Hindus cast asunder in the Christian West
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Two Sherpas race for Everest record
Appa Sherpa completed his eighth conquest of the 8,848-meter (29,028-foot) peak on April 26. On the northern face of Everest in Tibet, the legendary Ang Rita is making an attempt to reach the summit for the eleventh time.
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Few dare to fight elections in Nepal as Maoists threaten to kill
Threatening to kill contestants, Maoists have created an unprecedented situation in Nepal ,where local government elections begin on May 17. Few dared to file their nominations as the government tried to save face with empty promises.
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MAY 8

Enforcement Directorate to question Antony, Kesri
"We are not satisfied with the Congress's explanations, therefore, we will certainly question both Kesri and Antony," a senior ED official told Rediff On The NeT. Under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, those responsible for receiving and depositing the funds are liable to prosecution, can be fined and/or sentenced to prison for up to five years.
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Underground tribal guerrillas kill 19 securitymen
In one of the worst-ever extremist attacks, 18 Central Reserve Police Force jawans and one Tripura home guard were killed by the outlawed National Liberation Front of Tripura guerrillas in south Tripura on Wednesday morning.
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Terrorist outfit behind Jalandhar bomb blast: Punjab police chief
The DGP said the Punjab police's perception was that Pakistan's ISI was trying to encircle India as indicated by its activities in the North-East, border states in the North-West, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
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CBI to probe IIT paper leakage
The IIT entrance exam of May 3 and 4 were cancelled after a suspected question paper leak. Almost 100,000 students appear in the entrance exams held across the country. Now they will have to be re-examined in July.
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Turmoil in Kerala church as Malabar-Chaldean faction war hots up
Neutrals fear another vertical split in the church as the Malabar-Chaldean faction war takes a serious turn. The former has called for a meeting of the faithful at Kochi on May 10, when more fireworks are expected against the Rome-backed Chaldean bid for church control.
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National Commission for Women demands stringent penalties for rapists
''The victims are being left on the wayside, without any help for even medical expenses. Under the present law, there is no compensation allocated if both the victims and the culprits belong to the same caste,'' said NCW chairperson Mohini Giri.
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Goa's private police bill incurs Gupta's wrath
Union Home Minister Indrajit Gupta has urged Goans to launch a state-wide movement against the creation of private police force.
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Thirunavukkarasu tries to wrest control of AIADMK from Jayalalitha
The simmering feud between Jayalalitha and her deputy S Thirunavukkarasu in AIADMK has come to the fore again, with the latter launching another onslaught to oust the former chief minister.
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MAY 7

Setback for PM
Under fire, the prime minister's foreign policy adviser resigns.
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Storm in Lok Sabha over Sengupta's appointment
Former prime minister Chandra Shekhar quoted a letter in an American newspaper by Sengupta on May 30, 1974, condemning India's peaceful nuclear test and seeking sanctions if it refused to stop nuclear tests.
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Will Blair mediate in Kashmir?
"Labour has a history of supporting causes; after all it was a Labour government that gave freedom to India and Pakistan. So maybe in the 50th year of our Independence, they will help Kashmir achieve freedom!" says World Kashmir Freedom Movement president Dr Ayyub Thukar.
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Court frames charges against Rao, 19 others in JMM MPs bribery case
A Delhi court on Tuesday said there was sufficient evidence against former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao and 19 others in the MPs bribery case. The court, however, refused to summon Congress president Sitaram Kesri in the case.
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Pranab meets Gill, seeks more time for holding party polls
The Election Commission has ued a show-cause notice to the Congress asking why the party should not be 'virtually derecognised' for its failure to honour its directive on the completion of organisational elections before May 31 this year.
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40 months from the 21st century, human beings are still being sacrifiied in Bastar
Imminent famine. Recurring deaths of cattle and children. A general, non-specific dissatisfaction with the quality of life. For all these and more, the solution is identical -- human sacrifice.
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For the wretched of the earth, what is left but death?
Studies indicate that once every six minutes, one Indian takes his own life. Now a Delhi advocate has told the National Human Rights Commission that at least forty per cent of all suicides in this country is caused by poverty.
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Laloo Yadav running the risk of splitting JD: EMS
The CPI-M leader claimed Yadav was helping the Congress cause by turning against the CBI.
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Goan tourism on the verge of stagnation
With no immediate plans to develop 'quality tourism' and no control measures taken to arrest the declining 'quantity tourism', Goa is in a precarious situation -- its economy is certain to be hit in the near future.
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Laloo has exposed himself as weak and insecure; he has rendered himself powerless with power
Janardan Thakur profiles Bihar's beleaguered chief minister.
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Pak religious leaders hold talks to end sectarian strife
Even as religious leaders on Monday announced a code of conduct to end Shiite-Sunni killings, two more Shiite Muslims were shot dead, taking the toll in the recent violence to 17.
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Kamal Hasan, Tabu, Gulzar bag national film awards
Kamal Hasan got the award for his double-role in the Tamil film, Indian while Tabu bagged one for her role in the Hindi film Maachis.
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B K Nehru, then governor of Jammu and Kashmir, reveals why Indira Gandhi wanted to get rid of Farooq Abdullah in 1983, the aftermath of which is felt in the valley to this day. A revealing excerpt from his much acclaimed recent biography.
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MAY 6

Challenge for Kesri
Congress chief Sitaram Kesri's desire to face an unopposed election for the post of the All India Congress Committee president may go haywire as three top rival Congress leaders plan to contest the forthcoming polls.
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Laloo's threats irk United Front leadership
A prominent leader at the Communist Party of India-Marxist headquarters in New Delhi said the time for threats was over and that the Bihar chief minister should read the writing on the wall and quit.
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Better ties only after Pak gives up claim on Kashmir: Farooq
The chief minister said it took Pakistan 50 years to admit that areas like Gilgit, Skardu and Hunza did no belong to it. "So nothing much will happen when the two prime ministers meet at Male,'' he added.
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Unprovoked firing ends as India teaches Pak a lesson: Mulayam
Jaswant Singh, deputy leader of the BJP, said the Pakistanis had fired not only from the Line of Control but also 30 km within LoC.
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Sangma asks govt to probe firing on BJP MP in Bihar
Former prime minister Chandra Shekhar said the matter of firing on an MP was serious and that the whole House was concerned at the ''shocking incident.''
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Left to meet Chidambaram on 'pro-poor' changes in Budget
The prime minister has assured the Left Front at a meeting last week that its main demands on the Budget had merit and would be given due consideration.
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Supreme Court suggests limited autonomy for CBI
The Supreme Court suggested granting of limited autonomy to the Central Bureau of Investigation so that it could discharge its statutory obligations without being influenced by anyone. The court has sought the Union government's response.
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'If we can keep this alliance going, the BJP-BSP will be one of the most lethal political combines'
BJP leader Kalyan Singh tells Rediff On The NeT, in an exlusive interview.
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Tanwar murder case exhibits sent for DNA testing
The two exhibits found were a blood-stained cement slab and a metal pipe recovered during raids on the house of Ratnakar Mudgil, a friend of Dr Tanwar, the court was told.
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Pak air force pilots accused of transporting heroin
Pakistani drug smugglers have found that flying out heroin through the national airline may be dangerous. Now they opt for carrier pigeons or air force pilots instead.
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B K Nehru, then governor of Jammu and Kashmir, reveals why Indira Gandhi wanted to get rid of Farooq Abdullah in 1983, the aftermath of which is felt in the valley to this day. A revealing excerpt from his much acclaimed recent biography.
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