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| UPA Govt’s Oath Likely on May 22 | | | | AGENCIES
New Delhi, May 19: Fresh from the spectacular victory in the Lok Sabha polls, the new Congress-led UPA government is likely to take oath on May 22.
According to reports, the United Progressive Alliance is likely to stake claim to the formation of government tomorrow besides having a meet at the residence of Congress president Sonia Gandhi. The alliance will also get letters of support tomorrow.
Earlier in the day, Dr Manmohan Singh was renominated as Congress Parliamentary Party leader by party chief Sonia Gandhi to head the new government.
At the meeting of newly elected Congress MPs held at Parliament's central hall, Sonia Gandhi was also elected chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP). Her name was proposed by senior Karnataka leader Mallikarjun Kharge.
The CPP also endorsed Singh as the leader of Rajya Sabha, while Pranab Mukherjee has been given the charge of the Lok Sabha.
76-year-old Singh’s renomination as the CPP leader to lead the government was unanimously approved by the members amid thumping of desks.
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| Azad tipped to be Minister, Farooq elbowing in Delhi | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, May 19: While Congress General Secretary and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has reportedly been picked up by the Congress leadership for a top Ministry in the United Progressive Alliance government, the National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah is seriously jostling for a Ministerial position in New Delhi.
Interestingly, with bright prospects of Ghulam Nabi Azad and Dr Farooq Abdullah, things are seen becoming tougher for the two Congress MPs Madan Lal Sharma and Lal Singh in getting a Ministerial position in New Delhi. Both, Madan and Lal Singh have won their second Lok Sabha elections from Jammu-Poonch and Udhampur-Doda constitu... | |
| | | | Government never ceases to exist: SC | | | | AGENCIES
New Delhi | May 19 : ''The government never ceases to exist,'' the Supreme Court reminded Additional Solicitor General Amarinder Saran who refused the accept notice on behalf of the union government on the grounds that the government was going to resign.
Justice Markandey Katju who was presiding the vacation bench, told Saran that in several countries the king never dies and quoted a french saying, ''le roi est mort, vive le roi !(the King is dead, long live the King.!) Mr Saran assured the bench that he will convey the court's view to the central agency which deals with all union government matters.
The other judge on the bench was Justice Deepak Verma
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| | | | India test fires Agni-II | | | | AGENCIES
Balasore, May 19,
India has successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable 'Agni-II' missile with a strike range of upto 3,000 kms from a launch pad off Orissa's coast.
The test of the indigenously built Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile missile was carried out from a mobile launcher at about 1006 hrs from launch pad-4 of Integrated Test Range at Wheelers Island near Dhamra, about 80 kms from Balasore, defence sources said. It was a user trial conducted by the army and scientists from Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) were present to provide the necessary logistical support, the sources said.
The trial of the sophisticated missile was successful and scientis... | |
| | | | Manmohan elected Congress Parliamentary Party leader | | | | AGENCIES
New Delhi, May 19: Dr Manmohan Singh was on Tuesday elected as the Congress Parliamentary Party leader. At the meeting of newly elected Congress MPs held at Parliament's central hall, Singh's name was proposed by Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
Gandhi was also elected chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP). Her name was proposed by senior Karnataka leader Mallikarjun Kharge.
With Dr Singh being nominated as the party’s leader and its prime ministerial candidate, the ball has been set rolling for formation of new government. The CPP also endorsed Dr Manmohan as the leader of Rajya Sabha, while Pranab Mukherjee has been given the charge of the Lok Sabha.
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| | | | Inflation may rise again | | | | AGENCIES
New Delhi May 19: Inflation, currently at 0.48 per cent, may again rise to around 5-5.5 per cent by this fiscal end, forcing the Reserve Bank to tighten money supply, points out Financial Services Firm ‘Nomura’.
“We expect Wholesale Price Index Inflation to rise to around 5-5.5 per cent by end of the fiscal 2009-10, against the RBI's 4 per cent target,” experts of financial service firm stated in a a report.
According to the firm, the economy and credit growth are expected to recover in 2010, as banks will start easing the credit restrictions. Therefore, the country may face excess liquidity and so “we expect increasing inlfationary worries to force the RBI to start implement... | |
| | | | Govt tools used to keep me away from politics: Leela | | Lost election with a margin of 1.2 lakh votes, the former SAYSS convener says | | | Early Times Report
Jammu May 19: The icon of Shri Amarnath land agitation, Leela Karan lost Lok Sabha elections to Congress with a huge margin never seen before, but he not ready to concede his defeat. Instead, the former convener of Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti believes that the government machinery was used to ensure his defeat so that he is kept away from active politics.
Leela Karan Sharma today attributed his loss to ‘a well planned government ploy to keep him away from the active politics’.
“The existing coalition government machinery did all maneuverings to fail my endeavors which were directly connected to the voters of the area,” said Leela Karan Sharma adding that Congress... | |
| | | | Mufti dubs NC-Cong as regime if fear psychosis | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, May 19: Condemning custodial killing of a youth, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed regretted that the Government has failed to safeguard life and dignity of the people of this State.
In his statement issued today Mufti said that Congress-National Conference coalition regime was looking helpless in protecting lives of people as killing of innocent citizens has been going unabated since formation of this regime in the State. “Killing of Manzoor Ahmed Beig, a 35 year youth of Srinagar city who was tortured to death by the SOG is another glaring example of the failure of the this regime in protecting lives of i... | |
| | | | Khan’s return spoils coalition party but MP says he didn’t join NC | | | | I want to clarify that I have not joined any political party and continue to maintain my independent status. However, I extend my unconditional support to the UPA coalition," Ladakh MP Khan said
HAMAAD SALIF
Jammu, May 19: A day after the National Conference leadership created flutters in political, parliamentary and legal circles by announcing rejoining into the party of its ‘rebel’ leader from Ladakh, the newly elected Member of Parliament Ghulam Hussain Khan today clarified that he has not joined any political party.
Khan was introduced to the press by National Conference president Farooq Abdullah and the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah as they announced his return to the party at a pr... | |
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