Modi should bluntly ask Chinese President Xi Jinping why he was willing to put his neck in the Pakistani noose, ignoring all that is known of Pakistan's perfidy, says B S Raghavan.
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Nearly a year after it was set up by the Supreme Court, a high-powered Special Investigation Team probing the post-Gohdra riots cases in Gujarat has submitted its report before the apex judiciary.
Nandan Nilekani exits for a high-profile govt job, but two low-profile founders have built successful careers after quitting.
SIT chief RK Raghavan said that his team had arrested Erda in connection with the 2002 Gulbarg society riot case. Erda was posted at Meghaninagar police station during the 2002 riots and was incharge of the Gulbarg case, SIT member, Joint Commissioner of Police, Ashish Bhatia said
Two Indians are on board the Singaporean ship that was hijacked by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden on Thursday, official sources said in New Delhi on Sunday.
The body of Albany-based hotelier George Kolath, who hails from Kerala, was recovered on Monday afternoon, state police said. Bodies of his 11-year-old son, George Kolath Jr, and friend, identified as Krishnan Raghavan (52), were pulled out from the river on Sunday.
'I am sure Dr Patra will get the fullest cooperation from the finance minister who needs workhorses, not prima donnas constantly looking to improve their CVs,' says T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.
The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team on Tuesday began its inquiry into a complaint filed against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others in connection with the post-Godhra riots. "It can be officially said that we have begun an inquiry into the petition filed in the Supreme Court against some of the leading politicians in Gujarat," SIT chief R K Raghavan said. "This is just the first stage, we have a plan of action for the investigations," he said.
India on Monday handed over a letter written by the only surviving terrorist involved in the Mumbai terrorist attacks, Ajmal Amir Kasab to Pakistan's acting High Commissioner Afrasiab, in which he states that he is a 'Pakistani'. In his letter, Kasab also says the other nine involved in the attack were also Pakistani nationals and that he wants to meet the Pakistan High Commissioner.
Pakistan High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik summoned by Ministry of External Affairs in connection with the Mumbai terror attacks, sources told PTI. India had blamed elements in Pakistan as being responsible for the attacks.
Jet has a 26 per cent share of the market. It shed about 20 per cent of its domestic capacity last year, besides discontinuing its flights to Shanghai, San Francisco and some other destinations abroad. It is now planning to scale up the fleet of its no-frills economy service, Jet Airways Konnect.
Good intentions are best left to political parties, governments and religious establishments, suggests T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.
Shah Rukh's Red Chillies Entertainment Pvt Ltd is producing its first television show on NDTV imagine. Its a weekly sitcom called Ghar Ki Baat, which is going to be on the same lines as the classic mega hit Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi.
He has left no one in any doubt about his ability to take bold, even out-of-the-box, decisions, to gauge the feelings and aspirations of the common people at the grassroots and to ensure that polices and schemes do not remain on paper, but are implemented, says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
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A film that makes Singh Is Kinng seem like a highly textured work of complex characterisation and nuanced writing, Chandni Chowk To China is a disastrous overbudget mess -- and it may even turn out to be the one film so weak that even current box-office almighty Akshay Kumar can't save it.
Jet Airways announced the launch of a new all-economy, no-frills service called Jet Airways Konnect starting May 8.
In a bid to cash in on summer vacation rush, Jet Airways will launch new no-frills service - Jet Airways Konnect, from May 8 and will provide 10-15 per cent cheaper airfare on the service.
'With the big political job done, the time has come to pay attention to the economy, which is the main problem now,' argues T C A Srinivasa Raghavan.
'Everyone is keen that the case should succeed and the Special Investigation Team will be a model in this case. The Supreme Court is sensitive to this case, what more do we need?' asks Gujarat SIT chief R K Raghavan.
The Special Investigation Team formed by the Supreme Court to inquire into the post-Godhra riot cases has decided to seek an extension, SIT chairman and ex-Central Bureau of Investigation chief R Raghavan said in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
Jet Airways is in talks with Chinese carriers for code-sharing deals to other destinations after it became the first Indian private air carrier to operate a service to China by launching its Mumbai-Shanghai-San Francisco flight. The flight connecting the economic hubs of India and China was formally launched in Shanghai on Monday.
A memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed on Thursday in Penang between Romli Bin Hj Hassan, director general of Malaysia's human resources ministry and G Raghavan, president, NIIT Global Individual Learning Business.
States could then stop complaining about the Centre and fashion their own economic destinies, says T C A Srinivasa Raghavan.
A Chinese firm said the unmanned aircraft was not sold to any government.
The hugely popular television show Sarabhai vs Sarabhai is all set to come back as a web series.
As part of their special responsibilities, Information Technology industry in India is slowly opening its eyes towards the visually challenged by offering them jobs, training and even taking up infrastructural modifications to accommodate them.
India's Founding Fathers did not give absolute powers of enforcement to the court. It is most surprising that the Supreme Court has accepted this situation, cleverly designed by the political class to weaken the top court, for all these years without demur, says B S Raghavan.
The five-member team headed by former CBI chief R K Raghavan spent almost an entire morning visiting the sites, sources in the police department said. The team, which include former director general of police of Uttar Pradesh C D Sathpathy and three IPS officers from Gujarat -- Geeta Johri, Shivanand Jha and Ashish Bhatia -- had an extensive meeting at Meghaninagar police station after visiting the contentious sites, police sources said.
'Modi, with his sharply honed political savvy and undoubted grasp of international affairs, is a past master at taking the measure of world leaders.' 'He would be the last person to think of the unpredictable and not too well-regarded Trump as the mediator,' says B S Raghavan.
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The Pakistan Army has claimed that Indian troops killed two of its soldiers on the Line of Control.
The issue related to the petition filed by the National Human Rights Commission, which sought transfer of the trial of the riots' cases outside Gujarat and re-investigation by an independent agency. The NHRC had filed the petition after several witnesses turned hostile amidst allegations of threat, coercion and inducement to derail the investigation.AA three-member bench said it would pass necessary orders on Wednesday for constituting the SIT.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered registration of criminal cases against students indulging in ragging activities.
The meeting of the working group on cross-Line of Control CBMs, earlier scheduled to be held on July 10, was postponed as Joint Secretary T C A Raghavan, who was to lead the Indian delegation, rushed to the Afghan capital after the suicide attack on the Indian embassy there on Monday last that killed 58 people.
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A bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and Aftab Alam directed all medical, dental, nursing colleges and polytechnics in the country to insert a clause in their prospectus that if the students found indulging in ragging after having been given an opportunity to explain their stand, shall be expelled.
