A day after the AIADMK and BJD announced support for party leader P A Sangma’s candidature, NCP chief Sharad Pawar today said his party’s stand on the Presidential election will be consistent with that of the UPA.
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Prez poll: NCP”s stand will be consistent with UPA
RS adjourned briefly after uproar on Guj Guv issue
Opposition BJP today stalled proceedings in Rajya Sabha over the alleged involvement of Gujarat Governor Kamla Devi Beniwal in a land grab case.
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Kingfisher Airlines owes Rs 269 cr income tax: Govt
Vijay Mallya-promoted Kingfisher Airlines owes Rs 269.06 crore income tax and I-T Department has initiated penalty and prosecution proceedings against the private carrier, Government informed the Lok Sabha today.
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Sri Lankan High Court grants bail to Fonseka
Jailed former Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka was today granted bail by the High Court here in a case for harbouring military deserters, ahead of an imminent presidential pardon for him.
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US imposes sanctions on 2 Taliban and Haqqani network leaders
The US has slapped sanctions on two individuals linked with the Taliban and the Haqqani network based along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, barring American citizens from any dealings with them.
NATO summit to decide on next steps in Afghan transition
Leaders of the NATO nations, Afghanistan and Pakistan meet in Chicago on Sunday to set in motion the massive transition to end the costly war in Afghanistan and the post-2014 scenario in the country.
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Aviation Ministry convenes meeting of recognised AI unions
With no end in sight to the pilots’ strike that entered 10th day today, the Civil Aviation Ministry has convened a meeting of all recognised trade unions of Air India next week to discuss issues relating to career progression and pay-scales.
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CAG report on MNREGA by December: Jairam
The CAG is expected to present the report of the first ever audit of rural job scheme – MNREGA – in December, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh told the Lok Sabha today.
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Bail applications of BSY, family members adjourned to May 25
CBI designated court today adjourned to May 25 hearing on the anticipatory bail pleas filed by former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and his family members, against whom the central agency has launched a probe in connection with an alleged illegal mining scam.
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Australia’s uranium supply to India will be demand based once the approvals for the yellow cake exports to New Delhi are finalised, Energy Minister Martin Ferguson has said. “It (uranium supply) will be demand based. The supply once approved for exports will be of a commercial nature between the Australian uranium and mining industry and potential customers in India,” Ferguson told PTI. Asked when the uranium exports will begin, Ferguson said “We don’t put a timeframe. This is about a negotiation of a product between Australia and India.” “The issue is to get it right to resource negotiations and to make sure that we take the respective community with it in terms of their confidence about the fact that the uranium will be used safely.” Australia’s uranium reserves are the world’s largest, with 23 per cent of the total. Ferguson, a Labor party leader who had earlier advocated uranium sale to India, yesterday become the first politician to receive the Ashoka Medal, the first of its kind award instituted by Australia India Business Council – Victoria and Australia India Institute (AII), for his outstanding contribution made towards India Australia relations in the last twelve months. He said that Australian uranium industry was growing and the amount to be sold to countries like India would be based on demand and between the buyers and sellers. In December last year, Labor party, led by Julia Gillard, cleared the way for Australian uranium to be exported to India after a strong debate on the floor of the party’s 46th national conference. Despite resistance from opponents, the landmark policy change was carried by a majority of delegates, paving the way for the first Australian country-to-country agreement to sell yellow cake to a nation outside the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Ferguson, a strong supporter of the uranium industry, had been lobbying within the government for Labor to re-instate the Howard policy of selling uranium to India.
Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner and Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan faced the prospect of being banned from the Wankhede Stadium after an alleged scuffle with Maharashtra Cricket Association officials as the IPL was rocked by fresh controversy here today.
The MCA’s managing committee will meet tomorrow for emergency meeting where a final decision will be taken on a proposal to ban Khan from entering the Wankhede Stadium as both parties accused each other of misbehaviour that provoked the brawl.
Khan categorically denied that he was drunk and claimed that the scuffle broke out after MCA officials manhandled his kids who he had come to pick after the IPL match between KKR and Mumbai Indians. MCA officials, who have lodged a police complaint against the actor, however, gave a different version.
“The president (Vilasrao Deshmukh) has asked us to convene the MCA managing committee meeting urgently tomorrow.
The proposal to ban Shah Rukh Khan will be the only item on the agenda and after a decision is taken it will be sent to the Cricket Board formally,” informed MCA secretary Nitin Dalal.
The Bollywood star had an altercation with the security and officials of the association after the Knight Riders’ thumping victory, according to MCA treasurer Ravi Savant.
“He misbehaved and abused the MCA security personnel as well as MCA officials, including our president Vilasrao Deshmukh, after the IPL match (between KKR and Mumbai Indians). We have decided to ban him for life from entering the stadium in future,” said Savant, who alleged that the actor was in a totally inebriated state.
Within days of a TV sting operation that implicated five players in spot-fixing, the cash-rich T20 league was hit by another furore last night with one of the IPL’s franchise owners in the spotlight. .
