Regional Indian Languages Newspapers and Their Reach

The newspapers in India can be easily categorized on the basis of circulation, language and medium of communication. On the basis of the language, there are many different newspapers since there are many different languages spoken in this country. The English news is read by people in every part of the country and this might make one believe that perhaps these are the most read ones in the country. However; the same is not true since the readership trends indicate that the Hindi newspapers steal a march over the English news on the readership front. Even though the spread of the English newspapers is more than the Hindi ones, it is the high density of population of north Indian Hindi speaking states which gives these newspapers a lead over the ones of other language. Besides the Hindi Magazines and the English papers, Urdu, Marathi, Tamil, Oriya, Punjabi and Bengali newspapers also cater to the different linguistic regions of the country.

On the basis of circulation, the newspapers can be categorized as national, regional or even local. The national newspapers have a readership across different states and linguistic regions of India while the regional ones are more focused within one state or, to some extent, in the adjoining areas of the neighboring states. The local ones have a very limited circulation, covering only the news of one small part of the state or a city.

On the basis of medium of communication, the news could be in the print media, the electronic media and on the internet based media (computers and mobiles). While people have long been conversant with the print and electronic media for reading or listening to the news headlines, the internet based media is far more decentralized involving greater role of public participation. Whenever you happen to read the news on your computer or on the mobile, you can also give your opinion about it. This is one a distinct advantage of the internet based media that the public participation can be done with ease. English news media is quite strong on the internet but even the regional editions of the magazines and newspapers are read to a good extent on the internet. Every media group has its own editions of the multiple language e-news websites.

Delivery of news headlines is also done on the mobiles of the customers. In fact, customers have a choice on what all news they want on their mobiles. For people on the move, any movement of the share prices or the exchange rates, or even the fast changing political situation can be known in real-time by getting the news to stream in the mobile through the service provider or by using the online editions of the news on the mobiles. Even the online news portals, irrespective of their language, are optimized for mobile usage so that the readers can check the full news coverage (not just the news headlines) on cell phones from anywhere and at anytime.

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Narrow personal rivalries have driven political decisions in Tamil Nadu since the 1970s. There's more in store for the state as the current CM goes all out to overturn many key projects of the previous government, writes Sundharabuddhan

Politics in Tamil Nadu is in a league of its own. When there is no essential ideological difference between parties, politics based on individual rivalry is unaviodable. This is what Tamil Nadu has been witnessing since the mid 1970s.

AIADMK, an offshoot of DMK, emerged out of the personal rivalry between MG Ramachandran and M Karunanidhi in 1972, when the latter ousted the former from the DMK. Of course, there are some minor differences between these two main political rivals of Tamil Nadu but there is none when it comes to political praxis.

Irrespective of his political convictions, Karunanidhi would do anything to topple Jayalalithaa and vice versa. The bitterness between the heads of ADMK and DMK has always been on the rise and when Jayalaithaa became the general secretary of ADMK it reached its peak.

They cannot see eye to eye on any matter. So, what is happening in Tamil Nadu now, reversing the previous government's policies and actions, is not surprising. This game between Karunanidhi and Jayalaithaa has been keeping political observers in good humour but at the expense of the people's welfare.

This time, as soon as she was sworn in, she declared that the new Secretariat building, a pet project of her predecessor, would be converted into a super-speciality hospital. There was almost no opposition to this move from the people because many perceived the new Secretariat building as a waste of public money.

She also scrapped the Kalaignar Medical Insurance Scheme and replaced it with a new one that gives more benefits to patients. She did away with the free TV schemes and introduced free laptops to students and many other freebies.

Recently, she sacked six Cabinet colleagues but that didn't evoke much criticism except some mild murmurs from certain quarters. Many saw it as internal matter of the ADMK. However, her announcement to shift the Anna Centenary Library from Kotturpuram to the DPI campus at Nungambakkam has provoked severe opposition from both the public and intellectuals.

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Putting a list of ministers’ properties triggers a debate

Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik is not known to land himself in unseemly controversies. But by doing what he thought was a good turn, he appears to have done just that. In fact controversies were only to be expected when the chief minister uploaded the list of his own properties along with his council of ministers on the official website in a bid to make it public.

That was the trigger which the opposition BJP needed to demand a probe into properties owned by the chief minister. Among other BJP claims, it was alleged that Patnaik had understated the value of his assets in Delhi and Faridabad. “He has mentioned the value of his farmland and building over an area of 22.7 acres at Tikrikhera village in Faridabad district of Haryana at Rs.3.34 crore while the actual value of the property is far more than that. The value of Patnaik’s property shown in the list would be more than Rs. 200 crore which has been shown as Rs.12 crore,’’ queries Ashok Sahu, BJP vice-president.

There was more as the opposition cited other charges, however trifling. “While he has shown the value of his property as Rs 7.73 crore in the affidavit filed before the last assembly elections in 2009, the recent property list shows he owns property worth about Rs 12 crore. The CM should clarify how the value of his property has increased by about Rs 4 crore in the last two years?,” alleges a BJP spokesperson.

The chief minister’s office (CMO) offered a clarification. “All the immovable properties of the chief minister are inherited from his parents. The rates of properties in Delhi and Haryana have been raised substantially by their respective governments in the last two years.”

The scrutiny then moved on to some other cabinet members. For instance Orissa’s law minister Bikram Keshari Arukh’s revealed that his list included two houses built on government plots. It further came to light that the law minister had bought two plots in Bhubaneswar under the discretionary quota of the state urban development minister.

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A foxy combination of both hot and cool, Anushka Sharma speaks her heart out in a conversation with Nishita Mahajan.

You always wanted to be a model, and films were never on your mind. So, how did you end-up getting signed by the Yash Raj banner?
It pretty much happened by fluke. I was asked by my modelling agency to go for the auditions at Yash Raj Films. I went there without any agenda in my mind, not knowing that this could be a turning point in my life. The rest, as they say, is history.

Shahrukh is someone with tremendous amount of experience, and it was your first time in front of the camera. Tell us about your first day of the shoot with SRK...
Working with Shahrukh Khan is an experience in itself. He makes his co-artist extremely comfortable while shooting, and especially when it’s your first time in front of the camera. I was a little worried and nervous thinking about sharing camera space with Shahrukh, but he made me so comfortable that instead of being nervous, I could concentrate on my work.

In Band Baaja Baaraat, you were working with a first-timer. What advice did you pass on to Ranveer that you might have learnt from SRK or Shahid?
The first time I met Ranveer, I was bowled over by his energy level, and I’d told him with a straight face to “be yourself!”

The chemistry between you two was rocking in Band Baaja Baaraat. Tell us about some fun moments that you remember. Who do you think you share the best on-screen chemistry with?
I know! Lots of people told us that we look great together. I have lost count of the fun moments we had during the shoot. We were one big family having a whale of a time! I have worked with SRK, Shahid, Akshay and Ranveer, and I feel that I look good with all of them on-screen. Mostly, I have been told that Ranveer and I look the best.

How much do you rate him in looks out of ten? Do you think looks matter a lot in this industry?
Ranveer is an unconventionally good-looking person. Out of ten, I will give him 7 – this is a very objective rating. Yes, looks matter to an extent, like if you are a very good-looking person, you may get get noticed for sure, but ultimately your acting skills will sustain you in the industry.

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Movie Review: Miley Naa Miley Hum

Miley Naa Miley Hum, the debut movie of Ram Vilas Paswan’s son Chirag Paswan, is a plain, boring and unentertaining B-grade movie, which leaves no impact whatsoever. If you must know, the story goes like this – Chirag’s (Paswan) parents separated because his mother was upset that his father was playing tennis when he was born (huh!). His dad (Kabir Bedi) is a strict disciplinarian, who owns a vineyard, and mom (Poonam Dhillon), an extremely successful businesswoman, is rather carefree. The boy is torn between the two and thus starts leading parallel lives to make both the parents happy. He hides from his well-read mom that he is a tennis champion, and she only finds out when her manager tells her about it, and so she switches on the TV to find out the truth!

Now, to score points with their son and to prove that they’re better than the other, each of the parents finds a prospective girl for their son. To escape from the situation, Chirag hires an aspiring model Anishka (Kangana Ranaut) to bail him out and pays her Rs 20 lakh for 20 days each! And predictably, the two go on to actually fall in love with each other. Now, Chirag has to convince his parents, and also win a tennis match, which takes a lifetime to get over!

Chirag Paswan is expressionless, stiff and tries too hard to act. He lacks the charisma and versatility that most newcomers these days exude. Neeru Bajwa and Sagarika Ghatge are in a blink-and-you-miss role and Kangana Ranaut does nothing to revive the film. If one wants to waste their money, time, and energy, then this movie will help you to do just that and more.

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Stop Child Abuse

At the age of seven, Harish Aiyyar was like any other child his age… innocent and blissfully unaware, he loved to spend time outdoors, often hours, playing and chattering, particularly with this one close relative. Being brought up in a joint family, it wasn’t unusual to be fussed over by relatives. Little did he know that the expression of love, rather loathsome lust by this close relative would leave him wounded, physically and emotionally.

One day, this relative invited Harish to give him a bath and joined him in the shower. “I didn’t have a stitch on and neither did he. I remember feeling slightly awkward about him taking off his clothes,” recalls Harish. What began as a playful boy-bath together, slowly took an ugly turn. “He started fondling my private parts and then wanted me to take his in my mouth. I was scared. I refused. He suddenly grabbed me, and before I knew, he had forced me into oral intercourse.”

There was no one at home so his screams went unheard. He bled, he cried and was threatened to not tell anyone or he’d face dire consequences. Since that day, Harish was repeatedly sodomised by his relative till he turned 18.

Recent statistics reveal a shocking figure of 53.22 per cent of children having faced sexual abuse in India. More disconcertingly, in 50 per cent of the cases, the abusers are known to the child. “After being abused a number of times, my mind had become so numb that the moment I was cornered by him, I would take off my clothes and lie down in front of him,” remembers Harish. Wincing at the memory, he continues, “At times I was also beaten up because I wouldn’t get an erection.”

The acts of cruelty reduced Harish to a self-conscious wreck and shattered his confidence. In school he would hesitate to use the washroom, wouldn’t participate in sports and would shudder even at the slightest touch from the same gender. “I had become the butt of all jokes because I wouldn’t mix with the boys. In fact, I remember that I would feel so much pain that I couldn’t sit for long hours on the wooden benches in the classroom, and my classmates would laugh at me,” he shares.

Harish turned into a recluse; he started to make abstract conversations and spent hours talking to trees and birds.

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Small Wonders: What makes the world of child prodigies go round

Children never cease to surprise. Sometimes they surprise you by their innocent antics, at others by their prodigious deeds that often verge on the incredible, like an 11-year-old giving lectures to B.Tech students or a 9-year-old directing films! These are exceptionally talented students, often described as child prodigies. TSI peeps into the world of these little masters...

Ashutosh Padhy, 13

On cue, always

Ashutosh Padhy has done Orissa proud. At age 13, he has achieved what nobody in the eastern state has ever accomplished: he has won a cue sports national title.

Padhy bagged the sub-junior title in the national billiards and snooker championship in Chennai in July 2011. It has been a steady rise for the Bhubaneswar boy and he now dreams of being a champion at the senior level one day.

It is not as if cueists from Orissa have never reached a national-level final before. But none ever went on to grab the crown. Ashutosh has ended the drought; he also aims to make it a habit.

On July 24, he bagged the sub-junior boys’ snooker title by getting the better of defending champion Dhuvaj Haria of Gujarat by two frames to nil. Dhuvaj, winner of the sub-junior boys’ billiards title, hadn’t lost a frame until the final.

Ashutosh, a student of Class 9 at Delhi Public School Kalinga, fell in love with billiards after playing pool games. He took up cue sports seriously in 2008. Recalling his journey, he says, “I started playing at Bhubaneswar Club and became passionate about the game. There I was coached and guided by Rabi Mohanty, Debasish Mohanty and Biranchi Mallik. Later on, I practised at the Cue sports Academy.”

In 2009, Ashutosh took part in state-level competitions. Though success didn’t come instantly, he improved quickly and emerged as one of the best young cueists of the state.
His first title came in the sub-junior segment of the 15th State Billiards and Snooker Championship. He kicked on from there and made rapid strides at the national level. “Winning the state championship boosted my confidence. I began to devote at least six hours a day to practice, which went a long way in helping me win the national title,” says Ashutosh.

Has his love for billiards affected his studies in any way? “No,” he says. “Sport has never hampered my studies. I am an above-average student and secured 91 per cent marks in the last class promotion exam. This has been possible due to my teachers, who are very supportive. And my parents too help me a lot to manage my studies alongside the game,” says Ashutosh.

Ashutosh, son of Bipin Bihari Padhy and former minister Surama Padhy, adds: “I want to be a world champion when I play the game at the senior level.” “I have two idols among the greats: Geet Sethi and Mike Russell," he says.
Snooker and billiards are his passion. But Ashutosh is also a keen follower of the game of football. And like all other teens of our times, he loves to spend his free time surfing the net.

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Garam Dharam turns on the heat!

The living legend Dharmendra is the only actor in the history of Indian cinema with more than 50 movies, which have been registered golden jubilee successes. His looks of a Greek God made him win the title of the most handsome man in the world and the World Iron Man in his youth. Undefeated in action, comedy, and romance, after more than 200 movies, Dharmendra continues to win our hearts with his humility, persona and talent

Tell us about your role in Tell me O Kkhuda?
My character’s name in the film is Anthony, who is a part of the mafia from the underworld and is very powerful, yet soft hearted. Aggressive by nature, betrayed by fate and friends, completely let down in love in his youth, he is merciless in his fight against anything unjust. Anthony bumps into Tanya (Esha) and her friends. He had loved a woman deeply in the past who couldn’t be hers, so there’s an emotional rush when he hears about a girl who wants to find her parents, as she’s completely broken after knowing that her biological parents disowned her.

What convinced you to be a part of this film? Was it because your family was involved or was it because you liked the script?
Many people were considered for this role, but one fine day Esha asked if I’d do this and I said yes immediately. Anything for Esha! It was because of the script as well. The story is different and nice. It’s about a girl and is very touching. My role also is very important in the film.

You had reservations about Esha working in the industry. Are you now okay with Esha being a Bollywood star? How did the transformation happen?
Yes, I was reserved about Esha working in the industry earlier. I’ll tell you one thing – my father was also reserved about me working in the film industry in spite of me being a boy. He used to tell me that this industry is like a brick of a well. If it fits then everything is well, otherwise it’ll go inside that well and everything will be drowned with it. In a way it is true. That’s the life of Mumbai. Thousands of people want to be a part of the industry every day and rarely does someone actually become a part of it.

My mother used to tell me that she prays that nobody’s child becomes an actor, as one lives and dies with every film of yours. Talking about my case, I was lucky and had won All India Talent contest and so I became a part of this wonderful industry. It is very tough to be an actor as there is a load on your shoulders with every release, but I kept my hopes high because at every step one has double thoughts about the success and failure of the film. We all are human beings and this is basic human nature. So, I never wanted my children to feel the same stress that comes with every film, since there’s cut-throat competition here and everything is very unpredictable. I did not want Esha to feel the burden everyone here feels, as she even has to get married one day. Being a father, that was what I thought. I think no father in the world would want their children to have a stressful life. That is why I said no. But then, you know, when your children want something, you can’t say no, as parents are born to do everything that makes their children happy. So, she wanted to act and then I agreed.

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Shortcomings of the India news channels in coverage and delivery

The Constitution of India guarantees Freedom of Speech and Expression and included in it is the Freedom of the Press as well. Ever since India gained Independence, there has been a freedom of expressing ideas and opinions with certain due constraints. With the onset of the era of liberalization and globalization and with the participation of the private players, the India news media has grown tremendously. Today you find a number of news channels on the TV in different languages which compete with one another to get the maximum number of viewers. However, the growth of the media technologically and also numerically has not necessarily made it mature. There are certain shortcomings of the TV channels which are quite evident to everyone. Some of these shortcomings are the following:
1. Sensational Delivery of the India news: There is an unmistakable tendency to sensationalise the delivery of news by most of the channels. This might be a ploy to gain the attention of maximum number of viewers but this looks, at times, highly unprofessional.
2. Negligible coverage of foreign news: Except for some channels which do give some reasonable time for coverage of the foreign developments on a regular basis, most of the others do not cover. At best, there are confined to the quick fire round of news headlines only unless there is some really big development.
3. Incorporation of soap programs as news: If there is some popular soap opera running at some other or same channel, the excerpts of the same are used an a news item. The underlying objective is to keep the viewers glued to the channel by showing the popular program clippings.
4. Abysmal coverage of development news: There are dedicated programs on crimes and criminals but there are very few channels which make it a point to cover something interesting, valuable, creative and positive in the real life. You can find the dedicated political news, business news or even the sports news but there is extremely less coverage of the development or socially relevant news.
5. Encouragement to superstitious tendencies: It is quite common to find the news channels predicting the end of the world at some time in future. This kind of news delivery clearly shows the lack of maturity of the media.
These are some of the shortcomings of the India news media which needs regulation. The poor selection of the content, the highly biased coverage of the news, inappropriate time allocation to different categories of news and unprofessional delivery of the same to the viewers are some of the main shortcomings which the media faces.
To an extent the same shortcomings are also present in the print media as well. Whether it is the newspaper or magazine, many of the above mentioned issues can be pointed out. Some people argue that the most of the India TV media channels have lost their way and are also deviating from the journalistic ethics and professional code of conduct. This calls for stricter regulation which does not adversely impact the Fundamental Right.

Multilingual online magazines: Symbolic of Unity in Diversity

Media plays an important part in Indian democracy. It gives the news of the latest happenings around the world, debates the issues and helps in formulating public opinion. The Constitution guarantees the Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression which extends to the media as well and ensures that it is able to function in free and fair manner and without any favor or prejudice. Spread of internet to the common populace of the country through the wired and non-wired networks and on different devices has made it possible for people to log on to the favorite media channels and read whatever India latest news or features which they want.

While the India news channels give the latest news and show the live debates on topics, a more comprehensive analysis of the news and issues is done in the magazines by the experts in their respective fields. The online magazines provide these in the form of features which are read by the people. These could be of different character. Some might be dealing exclusively with the political news while some others might be devoted to the business news. Further, there could be a specific political ideology or business area or a sport on which the online magazines could be based. If it is a sporting magazine, it could be based on sports news cricket or tennis dealing exclusively or essentially with one sport only.

If you draw the Indian magazines list, having online presence, you would find a number of such magazines in different regional languages. These languages could be English and Hindi which find nationwide coverage as well as in the regional languages. The presence of the regional language editions of these magazines bears a positive influence on the Indian diversity and allows them Freedom of Speech and Expression. Some sections of the analysts have feared that these could give a further impetus to the regional consciousness among the people of the different regions. The voicing of the local concerns could suppress the larger national objectives from coming to the limelight. Further, there has been a concern that these magazines in Marathi or other languages could be used in a biased way leaning towards certain sections of the society. These can also become a convenient tool in the hands of powerful locals to quell the voice of the other marginalized sections of the society.

However, the fears are unfounded since there are strong undercurrents of journalistic ethos and counter-weight forces which keep these tendencies in
check. On the contrary, these are key elements of Indian democracy which prides itself in being a unity in diversity. Regional online magazines in Assamese and in other languages of the north-east are able to connect with the rest of the country and throw light on the situation in these areas. Also, the north-east people living in other parts of the country can know what is happening in their respective regions and states by reading these online magazines. Whether it is the online Urdu magazine or any other, the movement towards the use of digital media signifies acceptance of the modern media far and wide.

Distinctive Features of Online India News Media

The online India news media is fast carving out a niche for itself. With internet reaching the homes and mobiles of the people, the current news is only a few clicks away. As the reach of the internet increases across distances and devices, a fundamental transformation is undergoing in the way we interact with the India news media. This transformation is due to the features of the online media which sets it apart from the traditional media.
It is a fact of life that in the busy routines, it is not possible to read through the morning newspapers which many of us subscribe. On the other hand, there is a growing dependence on the computers and internet and people spend most part of their times in front of computers. This section of the digitally active people can check out the latest happenings using the online media and keep well informed.
Second important feature is that if you are not interested in going through the pages of the entire newspaper, but want to know about a particular section only, then the online media is far better to make use of. You can subscribe to the RSS feeds of only those sections which are of interest to you. So, you can get the exclusive sports news or political news or even the business news in your separate feeds aggregators without having to check out the website of the online magazine. And, you can do this aggregation from not just one but a number of online news media.
If you want to look for some old newspaper, this is a difficult task to locate it physically. But, the online edition of the same can be found with ease. Just type in the required date in the archives section and you will get to see the archived online magazine of that period.
India is a multi-lingual society and therefore, there are national and regional news media which are operational in different languages. While the Hindi and the English news media, be it the printed newspapers or magazines or the channels, can be found nationwide, there other languages are confined to certain specific regions only. It is not easy to find the newspapers or magazines in one regional language to be available in the other parts of the country. The online India news media can be readily made multi-lingual in character. The same news can be read by the thousands of people from different linguistic backgrounds at the same time in the language of their choice.
Yet another important feature which distinguishes it from the other media is the scope of reader interaction that it provides. There are limitations with the both the print and the TV media when it comes to interaction with the readers. The former has the limitations of space and the latter has the limitations of time. However, there is no such limitation associated with the online media.
It is due to these and many more distinguishing features that the India news media is making use of the online platform for better dissemination of news and for greater participation of the readers in providing their feedback.

Diversities in the India news Media

India is a country where diversities add to its beauty. This diversity is also reflected in the media of the country. With Constitution guaranteeing freedom of speech and expression, the media has grown tremendously in all its forms, print as well as electronic. When we talk about the diversity in the India news media, there are many aspects of it. These are:

   1. Diversity in medium of news delivery across different platforms: There were times when the print media was the only medium of reaching out to every household. The people came to know about the developments of the day before by reading the morning newspaper. There were magazines as well but most of these were related to the business news or the political news and its analysis. Today, we have the real time delivery of the news through the electronic media. There are different mediums through which one can get to know about the news. These are radio, TV, newspapers, magazines and journals, internet based editions and even the delivery of news headlines of your choice into your mobiles as short messages.
   2. Linguistic Diversity of the news media: India has got the federal setup based on linguistic regions. It is not surprising to find that the same administrative and political boundaries based on languages also have predominant influence on the India news media. While Hindi and English news have nationwide reach, different States and regions also have their own regional linguistic news media. The regional magazines, newspapers and even the news channels based on electronic media deliver the news in regional languages but are confined to these boundaries. These have the nationwide reach in dissemination and distribution of the news.
   3. Diversity in terms of news focus: This is essentially the diversity based on content of news and on geography. Some magazines, newspapers or the online news platforms are exclusively devoted to the sports news while some are totally focussed either on business news or the political news. Besides this content focus, there is also an overlapping regional focus. So, there is also a very local focus along with the content focus. This local focus helps in covering the local news more intensively, which could be of considerable importance to the people living or working in that area. If it were not for this local regional coverage, people would remain unaware of the local happenings.

Despite this diversity, both in terms of the regional as well as national following of the media, the ethos and the undercurrents remain essentially the same. There is a strong fighting tendency to be free from all influences and to be fair in accommodating differing opinions of people from different parts of the country.


There also the pitfalls of this diversity such as heightened regional consciousness. But, the same diversity plays a balancing role, leading to a richer and constructive amalgamation of regional and national interests. This diversity in media has made India news media a prime mover in all aspects of this nation’s life.

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2G: Karuna terms Kanimozhi innocent, slams CAG

Maintaining that his jailed daughter and party MP Kanimozhi had no role to play in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Thursday said she was a mere share-holder in Kalaignar TV, owned by his family

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Zawahiri still hiding in Pakistan: US

Al-Qaeda's new 'emir' Ayman al-Zawahiri is still hiding in Pakistan, a top Pentagon official has said, days after the most wanted terrorist lauded the Arab Spring as a big blow to US interests

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12th Plan Approach Paper approved, growth target hiked

The Government on Thursday approved the Approach Paper for the 12th Plan (2012-17) which seeks to raise annual economic growth rate to 9 per cent during the five-year period, up from 8.2 per cent estimated in the current Plan

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Setting NCTC is unfinished agenda: Chidambaram

Terming as "unfinished agenda" his plan of setting up a National Counter Terrorism Centre, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday hoped that he will be able to secure an early government nod for it

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Cabinet hikes DA for govt employees

Ahead of the festival season, the government on Wednesday announced a seven per cent hike in the Dearness Allowance of its employees

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Maoists developing guerrilla bases in WB: HM

Naxal violence is yet to abate in the worst-affected states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar and Orissa even as there are reports that Maoists have directed their West Bengal unit to develop guerrilla bases in Jangalmahal, Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Thursday

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'Unwell' Amar Singh granted interim bail

Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh on Thursday granted interim bail till September 19 on health grounds by a Delhi court in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam

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2G: Swamy files plea to make Chidambaram co-accused

Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy Thursday moved a fresh application before a special trial court seeking directions to make Home Minister P. Chidambram a co-accused in the second generation (2G) spectrum allocation case

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Delhi, Mumbai bomb blasts blot on govt: Chidambaram

Terming the two recent blasts in Mumbai and Delhi as a "blot" on government's record, Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday said many homegrown modules are active across the country and several of them have acquired the capacity to make bombs

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Mad run for students as forms go unsold

As more than fifty per cent of the admission forms of PTC colleges have gone unsold in Gujarat, the state is going to hold the admission process of 450 PTC colleges from June 20. For about 35,000 seats, only 14,460 admission forms have been sold so far

Badal rules out early elections in Punjab

Setting at rest the speculations about early Assembly elections in the state, Punjab Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal, on Friday denied such move. The elections in the state are due in February next.

Police justifies its crackdown at Ramlila Ground

Justifying the crackdown at Ramdev's fast site, Delhi Police files its reply in the Supreme Court on Friday saying that the crackdown on yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his followers had to be carried out as protest at Ramlila Maidan is illegal.

'Bring law to prevent attacks on journalists'

Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Eknath Khadse has demanded from the state government early enactment of a law to protect journalists in the wake of increased attacks on them in the recent years.

Farmers' Rights Day on Rahul's birthday

With a view to garner support of the rural masses, the Congress is planning to celebrate Rahul Gandhi's birthday by holding a 'chaupal' in every panchayat of the state to hear grievances of farmers on June 19.

JKNPP to campaign for reorganisation of J&K

In a bid to reorganise J&K, Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) on Friday said it will campaign for the re-organisation of the state by carving out three separate Assemblies and independent executive authority for each of the regions.

US vows to kill new al-Qaeda chief

The United States has vowed to hunt down and kill new al-Qaeda "emir" Ayman al-Zawahiri like it did in the case of his predecessor Osama bin Laden.

BJP, Cong slug it out in MP bypoll

Victory in the June 25 bye-election for the Jebera Assembly constituency in state's Damoh district has become crucial for Opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh, but winning is equally important for the ruling BJP also, in view of the changed political scenario in both the parties.

Maoists burn construction materials, trucks

Armed Maoists burned down an office of Bihar State Bridge Construction Corporation (BSBCC) at Sheohar and two trucks at Gaya district in Bihar at the fag end of a 24-hour shut down that ended midnight on Thursday night.

Central law to protect journalists on anvil: Govt

In a bid to protect journalists and taking lessons from the murder of journalist J Dey in Mumbai recently, government on Thursday said it was planning to bring a central law to protect journalists.

Sri Lanka releases Tamil Nadu fishermen

Sri Lanka on Thursaday has released four Tamil Nadu fishermen, arrested and remanded in judicial custody for intruding into Lankan waters, a top coast guard official said.

In AIADMK regime, transfers only 'routine': Karuna

Reacting harshly to the transfer policy of the Tamil Nadu government, DMK President M Karunanidhi on Thursday said one should view such transfers only as 'routine' in the AIADMK regime.

Mamata to discuss WB financial crisis in Delhi

To discuss the financial crisis in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will meet Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and deputy chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia in New Delhi next week to seek assistance from the Central government.

'Rahul is capable of becoming a good PM'

Rahul Gandhi has got "all the qualities and capabilities" that are required to become a "good" Prime Minister, Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Thursday said.

Sarabjit meets his sister at Pak jail

Indian national Sarabjit Singh, on death row in Pakistan, had an emotional reunion with his sister Dalbir Kaur after three years in a prison in this eastern Pakistani city on Thursday.

US vows to kill new al-Qaeda chief

The United States has vowed to hunt down and kill new al-Qaeda "emir" Ayman al-Zawahiri like it did in the case of his predecessor Osama bin Laden.

"He (Zawahiri) and his organisation still threaten us. As we did both seek to capture and kill and succeed in killing bin Laden, we certainly do or will do the same thing with Zawahiri," Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters at a Pentagon news conference.

Mullen on Thursday said he was not surprised by the news reports that Zawahiri, who is carrying a USD 25 million reward on his head, has succeeded bin Laden.

Al-Qaeda has named al-Zawahiri as its new chief following the killing of long-time leader bin Laden by US commandos in May 2 raid in Pakistan.

In his last press conference as the Secretary of Defense, Gates said he is not sure it's a position anybody should aspire to be the al-Qaeda chief, under the circumstances.

"Bin Laden has been the leader of al-Qaeda, essentially since its inception. In that particular context, he had a peculiar charisma that I think Zawahiri does not have. I think he was much more operationally engaged than we have the sense Zawahiri has been," he said.

"We should be mindful that this announcement by al-Qaeda reminds us that, despite having suffered a huge loss with the killing of bin Laden -- and a number of others -- al-Qaeda seeks to perpetuate itself, seeks to find replacements for those who have been killed, and remains committed to the agenda that bin Laden put before them," Gates said.