Extending support to locals agitating against Koodankulam Nuclear Power project, about 100 anti-nuclear activists will embark on a yatra from Madurai to the site Thursday.
The activists, under the aegis of Chennai Solidarity Group for Koodankulam Struggle would start their journey from Madurai on November 10 and stop at towns and villages en route to Koodankulam to explain"the terrible environmental and health effects of nuclear energy."
At Koodankulam, they would conduct for more details....

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Against the backdrop of a court giving 'clean chit'  to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in the 'dumper'  scam following a Lokayukta report, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh today said his party had lost faith in the state Lokayukta, P P Naolekar.
Referring to a closure report filed by the Special Police Establishment, which works under the Lokayukta, last December absolving the CM of the charge of misusing his official position, Singh said,"there was enough evidence against Chouhan for more details....

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hold talks with his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani on the sidelines of the SAARC summit here tomorrow when they are expected to review progress in bilateral ties against the backdrop of some positive developments witnessed lately.
The two leaders will meet tomorrow morning ahead of the inauguration of the two-day summit of the South Asian Association for more details....

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Mamata Banerjee led Trinamool Congress, the biggest partner of the Congress in the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA), on Friday threatened to pull out of the central coalition over the hike in fuel prices once again, a decision which the angry West Bengal chief minister called unilateral.
"We were not consulted. This is unilateral decision. Our parliamentary party comprising the ministers and lawmakers has decided to pull out, but I amended their decision and asked them to wait till the Prime Minister for more details....

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Jagan Mohan Reddy, son of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, for questioning on November 4 in connection with alleged multi-crore iron ore mining scam.
The agency is probing alleged nexus between Jagan and Janardhana Reddy whose company Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) has been accused of violating mining norms in the Ananthpuram disctrict of Andhra Pradesh, CBI sources said.
The clearance for mining leases for more details....

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In yet another administrative reshuffle, the UP government has transferred six IAS officers, including chairman and Chief Executive Officer of New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (Noida), official sources said today.
Noida Chairman and CEO Balwinder Kumar will take over as principal secretary for more details....

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumartoday said he was, in principle, in favour of the Right to recall elected representative of the people, but said a debate was needed on the issue.
"Being a follower of Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan, I am, in principle, in favour of Right to Recall,"Kumar told reporters here while exchanging greeting with people on the occasion of Chhath puja.
"But it will be better to have a debate over the demand for Right to recall or Right to reject,"he said.
On the demand of Gandhian Anna Hazare for bringing the Lokpal bill in the forthcoming winter session of Parliament, Kumar said,"There for more details....

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BJP President Nitin Gadkari, who is heading the Purti sugar factories group in and around Vidarbha, today offered a slew of incentives for sugarcane growers in the region.
Speaking at a function to mark the beginning of sugarcane crushing season at Jamni in neighbouring Wardha district, about 110 kms near here, Gadkari promised a share profit of Rs 1,000 crore per year from the three sugar factories run by his group towards payment of sugarcane and successful cultivation for more details....

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The Karnataka High Court will today resume hearing on the bail plea of state’s former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, who is under arrest for his alleged involvement in corruption cases.
The former CM had moved the High Court for regular bail after the Lokayukta special court, on October 15, issued an arrest warrant and sent him to judicial custody following complaints of alleged illegal for more details....

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Against the backdrop of Anna Hazare threatening to resume his fast on the last day of Parliament's Winter Session if a strong Jan Lokpal Bill is not passed by then, Team Anna would once again appear before a Parliamentary panel scrutinising the measure this week.
Representatives of Team Anna would appear before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel and Law and Justice on November 3 and 4 to present their view on the anti-corruption measure.
This will be Team Anna's second appearance before the Committee and first after the Gandhian undertook a 13-day fast demanding passage of the Lokpal for more details....

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Taking the district administration and local partymen by surprise, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi arrived unannounced in the city this morning.
District Magistrate Ravindra when contacted confirmed that the Congress MP is in the town, though he stated the district administration was not aware of his visit.
The local unit of the party was also unaware about the visit with Congress district president Anil Srivastava saying that he has come to know for more details....

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Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, who suffered injuries after being beaten up inside a high-security jail, will remain in hospital for a few more days.
"His right hand is under plaster and doctors have kept him under observation,"the director of the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Tulsi Mahto, said here today.
He would remain in hospital till doctors allow him to be discharged, he said.
While Koda alleged that he had been beaten up by prison guards at the Birsa Central Jail yesterday, the district administration and prison officials said Koda for more details....

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