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| At anniversary bash of UPA-2, Sonia Gandhi and PM dispel talk of rift | | | |
NEW DELHI: Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh on Wednesday sought to quell the stubborn perception of growing divergence between them, with the Congress chief choosing the fourth anniversary bash of UPA-2 to assert that the prime minister has her full support.
According to an agency report, Rahul Gandhi also contributed to the focus on unity by saying that speculation about differences between Sonia and Singh were a "creation of media".
"The prime minister is carrying out his responsibility with great dignity in the face of unrelenting hostility and abuse from the opposition. We respect him and stand by him," Sonia stressed in her speech at the function held at the PM's official residence to celebrate the fourth anniversary of Singh's second term as prime minister.
According to an agency report, Sonia refuted the speculation about perceived divergence between the two power centres within the UPA when she spoke to reporters as well. "There are no differences between the prime minister and me. There is collective leadership," she said in response to a query.
Later, the PM also spok... | |
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| 80-Year-Old becomes Oldest man to scale Mt Everest | | | |
KATHMANDU: An 80-year-old Japanese national today set a new world record by becoming the oldest climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest, world's highest peak.
Yuichiro Miura, a professional mountaineer summited the 8,848 metre high peak at 9 a.M. Today, said Tilak Pandey, an official at Ministry of Tourism and Culture.
Miura was accompanied by his son Gota Miura, a professional skier, and eight other climbers on top of the world.
With this Miura has taken away the record from his closest rival Nepalese climber Min Bahadur Serchan who scaled the world's highest peak in 2008 at the age of 77, becoming the oldest person to do so.
Incidentally, Serchan had also broken the previous re... | |
| | | | Spot-Fixing: Mumbai Police summons CSK CEO | | | |
NEW DELHI: CEO of Chennai Super Kings, Gurunath Meiyappan has been asked to appear tomorrow in Mumbai before Crime Branch police there in connection with the IPL betting scandal, police said today.
Two Mumbai Crime Branch officials, who arrived here this morning to quiz Meyiyappan with whom arrested Bollywood actor Vindoo Randhawa was allegedly in touch, were also believed to have served summons to Meiyappan through his secretary at his Boat Club residence in this connection, they said.
Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of BCCI president N Srinivasan, has been asked to appear before Mumbai crime branch between 11 am and 5 pm, Joint Commissioner Crime Branch Himanshu Roy said in Mumbai.
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| | | | Would raise SMS ban issue during internal security conference: Omar | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, May 23: Stating that he would raise the issue of ban on prepaid SMSes during internal security conference meeting, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday said he see a ray of hope in Nawaz Sharif’s victory during Pakistan elections.
“I can see a ray of hope from Nawaz government in Pakistan. Nawaz Sherief has been pushing for settlement of Kashmir issue. I hope that both the leaders from two countries will strengthen the hands of friendship,” Omar said Abdullah while speaking to media persons at the sidelines of the function of General Post Office here.
“Omar-Umar accord is more questions to Mirwaiz than to me. I’m part of UPA government and alliance with ... | |
| | | | Visually Impaired girl tops MP Board exams | | | |
BHOPAL: Beating all odds, a visually impaired girl, Shrishti Tiwari, from Damoh town has topped the Madhya Pradesh Higher Secondary examination in Arts stream.
The results were declared two days back by the Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education.
For Shrishti, a student of JBP Government Higher Secondary School in Damoh, the achievement is special not only academically but also because of the fact that she is visually impaired since birth.
She scored 481 out of 500 marks to emerge as the topper in Arts stream.
Shrishti's grandparents and uncle helped her a lot in mastering the subjects, her family said.
While her parents stay in Bhopal
because of job compulsions, Shrishti's ma... | |
| | | | Governor for establishment of feed and fodder banks in remote areas | | Councillors from Changthang area present Memorandum to Governor | | |
Early Times Report
leh, May 23: Mr. N. N. Vohra, Governor, today emphasized the need for establishing Feed and Fodder Banks in the Ladakh region, particularly to serve Changthang and other remote areas, to meet the fodder requirements of livestock during winter months. He also stressed the need for construction of Shelter Sheds for live stock in such areas.
The Governor was receiving briefing about the to-date status of development of agriculture, horticulture, animal and sheep husbandry and other development sectors in Leh district at a high level meeting held here this afternoon.
Recalling the loss of Pashmina goats, sheep and cattle in the Changthang area of Ladakh this winter, th... | |
| | | | Governor receives security briefing from Lt. Gen Bakshi GOC 14 Corps | | | |
Early Times Report
leh, May 23: Mr. N. N. Vohra, Governor Jammu and Kashmir, visited the Hqs 14 Corps at Leh today.
Lt. Gen. Rajan Bakshi, GOC 14 Corps, gave a briefing to the Governor about the overall security situation in the very large area of his responsibility and about issues relating to security management in regard to the LoC and LaC. He also updated the Governor about the recent developments in Eastern Ladakh, along the LaC.
The Governor discussed with the Corps Commander and other senior Army officers various important matters which have a bearing on the overall security environment in the Ladakh region. The Governor lauded the Army in defending the territorial integrity ... | |
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