India News / Press Releases on November 24, 2009

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Assam ready for talk with rebels
Assams Revenue Minister Bhumithar Burman said on Tuesday the government was ready to talk to rebels after Nalbari town was rocked by twin blasts recently. ANI

Maharashtra forms special force to combat militant strikes
Maharashtra Government on Tuesday instituted a special task outfit named Force One to combat militant strikes. ANI

Car designer Dilip Chhabria designs Hot Nano for youngsters
Car designer Dilip Chhabria has revolutionised the automobile market by redesigning the cheapest car in the world, Nano, manufactured by Tata Motors. ANI

Rahul Gandhi visits Rajasthan to draw out youth support
Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday commenced his two-day tour of Rajasthan by interacting with the youth from states Sawai Madhopur district. ANI

Orissa assembly adjourned following uproar over baton charge on teachers
Legislative Assembly of Orissa was adjourned on Tuesday following an uproar between the opposition and ruling parties over yesterdays incident in which several teachers were baton charged by policemen in Bhubaneshwar. ANI

Mirwaiz suspends entire Hurriyat (M) organization
Executive Council of the Hurriyat Conference (Moderate) has suspended its entire organizational structure including all its office bearers except its chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. ANI

Govt. has not rejected Liberhan Commission recommendations: Moily
Union Law Minister Virappa Moily on Tuesday said that no recommendation made in the Liberhan Commission report has been rejected. ANI

Saints convention to decide future of Ram temple issue: Togadia
Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) General Secretary Pravin Togadia said here on Tuesday that a meeting of Hindu saints during Poorna Kumbha in Haridwar will decide on the future course of Ramjanmbhoomi movement. ANI

Security beefed up in Jharkhand for first phase of State Assembly polls
Security has been beefed up in Jharkhand on Tuesday ahead of the first phase of elections to the provincial legislature to prevent Maoist attempts at disruption. ANI

Pakistan wants to push maximum terrorists inside India: Army chief
Army chief General Deepak Kapoor on Tuesday said that Pakistan wanted to push maximum number of terrorists across the border. ANI

Joshi demands for JPC to investigate Liberhan Commission report leak
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Tuesday demanded formation of a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to investigate leakage of Liberhan Commission report, which blames BJP leaders for their role in the destruction of an ancient mosque that had sparked widespread riots. ANI

Anil Ambani makes a surprise appearance at Supreme Court
Industrialist Anil Ambani, who heads the Reliance Natural Resources Limited (RNRL), made a surprise appearance at the Supreme Court on Tuesday. ANI

Pandemonium in Rajya Sabha over Liberhan Commission report
Parliamentarians of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Samajwadi party (SP) heckled each other as the enquiry report of the Liberhan Commission, which probed the circumstances leading to the demolition of the Babri Masjid in December 1992, was tabled in parliament. ANI

Justice Liberhan asks media to read the report before asking questions
Commission head Justice Manmohan Singh Liberhan (retired) asked the media to read the mosque probe report, which was tabled in the parliament on Tuesday, and then put up questions in a bid to resolve the controversy, which spiralled up after the report was leaked to the media. ANI

Exemplary punishment to those found guilty by Liberhan: CPI-M
CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury has asked the Congress-led UPA Government to pursue cases against those found responsible for the demolition of Babri Masjid in December 1992 by the Liberhan Commission. ANI

Kalyan Singh condemns Librehan report, calls it politically motivated
Former firebrand BJP leader and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh on Tuesday condemned the Liberhan Commission report, describing it as politically motivated. He denied that the December 6, 1992 demolition of the Babri mosque was orchestrated or pre-planned. ANI

Students, teachers protest after miscreants set fire to another school in Manipur
pur), Nov 24(ANIThousands of students and teachers formed a human chain from Thoubal Haokha till Khongjom Bazar in protest after miscreants set fire to another school in Manipur. ANI

CII summit to promote trade between India-ASEAN held in Guwahati
A business conference organized by Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) to explore and promote trade opportunities between India and ASEAN was recently held in Guwahati. ANI

Governments Action Taken Report names no individual in Babri demolition case
Even as the details of the Liberhan Commissions findings are yet to be revealed to the public due to the availability of limited copies of the English version, the 13-page Action Taken Report (ATR) of the government have been put in the public domain. ANI

NLFT kills family members of surrendered militants in Tripura
Members of the banned National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) recently raided Pusparampara village in North Tripura district and kidnapped eight tribals, including four women, at gunpoint and shot them in a nearby jungle. ANI

Dalai Lama begins three-day long teachings in Dharamsala
Following his trip to Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, Tibetan spiritual leader-in-exile Dalai Lama on Tuesday made his first public appearance and also began his three-day long teachings. ANI

Unsung heroes of 26/11 attack recount 59 hours of horror
With the first anniversary of the Mumbai massacre approaching, some of the unsung heroes of the 26/11 attacks recalled their experiences. ANI

Centre tables Librehan report in Parliament, SP, BJP leaders scuffle
The United Progressive Alliance government finally tabled the much-awaited Librehan Commission Report on the Babri mosque demolition after the Opposition staged an uproar over its leakage to the media before its tabling in Parliament. ANI

Nine more check posts on Indo-Bangla border
To tighten security along the Indo-Bangla border, the Border Security Force would set up nine more Border Outposts (BOPs). ANI

SUCI calls a 12-hour statewide shutdown in West Bengal
The Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) on Tuesday called for a 12 hour state-wide shutdown in West Bengal to protest against rising prices of essential commodities. ANI

Elephants to be a thing of past in Lucknow Zoo
Elephants will not be allowed in Lucknow Zoo As per the directive of the central zoo authority. ANI

Kalyan Singh says he asked District Magistrate not to shoot on Karsewaks
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh on Tuesday admitted to have instructed the District Magistrate not to shoot as it could have led to multiple casualties of Kar Sewaks. ANI

Librehan report on Babri demolition tabled in Parliament
The United Progressive Alliance government finally presented the much-awaited Librehan Commission report over the Babri mosque demolition after the Opposition stage uproar on Monday over the leakage of repot to media before tabling it in Parliament as per the propriety. ANI

We own Ayodhya movement, but not going to apologise: RSS
Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), the mother organization of Bharatiya Janata Party, on Tuesday owned the Ayodhya movement but refused to apologise about what happened in Ayodhya in 1992 which led to demolition of the Babri mosque. ANI

BJP disrupts LS proceedings, questions Govt.s sincerity in tabling of Liberhan report
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday once again raised slogans and disrupted proceedings in the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) over the non-tabling of the Liberhan Commissions report on the December6, 1992 demolition of the Babri mosque in Ayodya and also the UPAs Action Taken Report (ATR). ANI

Onion prices fall in Maharashtra
Onion prices have fallen with rains halting in Maharashtra. ANI

Veteran actress Waheeda Rehman inaugurates 40th International Film Festival of India
Veteran Bollywood actress Waheeda Rehman inaugurated the 40th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) by lighting the lamp at a glittering function here on Monday. ANI

Actress Mahima Chaudhary caught in Congress-BJP clash in Jharkhand
Bollywood actress Mahima Chaudhary was on Monday caught up in a scuffle between Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists in Jharkhand s Dhanbad district. ANI

Ajit Singh threatens road blockade on sugarcane price issue
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Ajit Singh has threatened to launch road blockade in Uttar Pradesh if the state government fails to resolve the issue with sugarcane growers in the next two days. ANI

Sikhs mark 334th Martyrdom day of Guru Teg Bahadur
Marking 334th martyrdom day of Guru Teg Bahadur, the ninth master of the Sikhs, a religious procession was taken out in Amritsar, the city of Golden Temple, on Monday. ANI

Naxals blow up school building in Jharkhand
Maoists blew up a primary school building in Dumri village of Giridih district in Jharkhand today. ANI

Kashmir emerges as a hotel career hub for budding youth
Youth from across the country are opting to pursue hotel management courses in Srinagar, which is considered a perfect tourist destination. ANI

Army distributes artificial limbs in Kashmir
A free artificial limbs camp has been organised by the Indian Army in association with an NGO in Jammu and Kashmirs Poonch district. ANI

Govt. to table Liberhan report in Parliament at 12.00 p.m
The Government will present the Liberhan Commission report related to Babri mosque demolition at 12.00 (afternoon) on Tuesday in the Lok Sabha, a decision in this regard has reportedly been taken during the Cabinet meet called on to discuss the tabling of the report and Action Taken Report (ATR). ANI

UPA Govt. may table Liberhan report, ATR in Parliament today
The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government, which is faced with the heat of the Opposition over leakage of Liberhan Commission report related to Babri mosque demolition, may table the report on Tuesday in the Lok Sabha. ANI

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