India is a country on the go; at any given moment in time, there is much happening in the fields of politics and governance, of finance, of development; there is constant churning in society, considerable activity in sports and in the arts... It's almost too much to keep track of. And hence, this effort: a real-time, constantly updated look at the events that matter. Refresh this page for live updates.
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CALLING READERS: On this live blog, we curate in real time the goings on in the world around us. Come be a part of the project: If you see an interesting story, send us the link to indiaeditors@yahoo.in and we'll publish it in this space. Got an interesting photo to share? Same email link applies. Got suggestions on how we can improve this further? Ditto.
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12:40 pm: 'World lucky to have Manmohan Singh as Indian PM'
The world, the United States in particular, is lucky to have Manmohan Singh as Indian Prime Minister who has taken personal risk to avoid confrontation along the western border despite provocations, but that might not be the same if there is another terror attack, a former Obama aide has said.
"We are lucky to have (Indian) Prime Minister (Manmohan) Singh who has taken personal risk along the Pakistani-Indian border to make sure that there's no provocation.
"But it's a sensitive time because another attack from Pakistan on India then it will be hard-pressed to contain a reaction that would greatly destabilise the region," former US National Security Advisor, Gen (retd) James Jones, said.
Jones, who was President Obama's NSA for nearly two years, told reporters at National Press Club luncheon that the US has made this aware to Pakistan in clear terms. 12:30 pm: 'I am in Delhi to save Karnataka'
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Tuesday rather sarcastically hit out at Governor Bhardwaj. Speaking to reporters in Delhi today Yeddyurappa said, " I would like to thank Governoe Bhardwaj as he helped us unite people within out party. I would like to complement him for this. We would like to give him a grand reception." "I thank all the BJP CMs for their support. We came to Delhi to save democracy and to save Karnataka."
12:15 am: Adarsh: another piece of evidence goes missing
A crucial piece of evidence in the Adarsh Housing Society scam - a hard disk - mysteriously disappeared on Tuesday from the Urban Development Department (UDD) just days after a key file went missing.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has informed the special CBI court that one out of the 10 hard disks from the Urban Development department - pertaining to the case has gone missing. Incidentally, last week the Environment Ministry had reported that a file related to the Adarsh case was untraceable.This is not the first time that official documents have gone missing in this high-profile probe involving the Army and bureaucrats. 12:00 noon: Vijender to tie the knot
Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh will tie the knot with a Delhi girl, Archana, on Tuesday.
The Olympic and World Championship bronze-medallist, who returned to the country on Sunday after winning a bronze in the Arafura Games, will marry at the Flying Club while a ceremony has been organised at Bhiwani for Wednesday.
"I am getting married and my would-be bride's name is Archana and she is from Delhi and that's all I want to tell about her. It is a private occasion and I hope my privacy is respected," Vijender said after landing here.
11:45 am: Force India's Sutil faces assault charges
Renault owner Eric Lux plans to file a criminal complaint against Force India driver Adrian Sutil for physical assault following an incident in Shanghai.
A lawyer for Lux said in a statement on Monday that Lux will sue the German driver for "for physical assault and grievous bodily harm" over a reported nightclub incident last month following the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix.
Without going into detail about what happened, the 28-year-old Sutil issued an apology in a statement to German media last week, and said his actions were accidental.11:30 am: ‘SC judgment is erroneous’
The Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley is of the view that the recent Supreme Court judgment quashing disqualification of 11 BJP MLAs, has “weakened” some provisions of the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution or the anti-defection law.
The senior BJP leader said the judgment is “erroneous” as it is based on the premise that the rebel MLAs only wanted to replace Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and did not want the government to fall.
Mr Jaitley, in an article, says the Supreme Court’s conclusions based on a letter written by the rebel MLAs to Governor H.R. Bhardwaj on October 6, 2010 may not be correct.
11:15 am: 26/11 case: Rana's trial begins in Chicago court
Nearly 100 potential jurors filed one-by-one into a federal courtroom on Monday for the first day of a terrorism trial involving a Chicago businessman at the center of a case that could reveal troubling links between a terrorist group blamed for the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks and Pakistan's largest intelligence agency.
Tahawwur Rana, 50, who is accused of helping a former schoolmate serve as a scout for Pakistani militants blamed in the three-day rampage on India's largest city, greeted the jury pool for the first time with just two words: "Good morning."
Jury selection is expected through Thursday for the trial that is being closely watched worldwide and comes at an especially fragile time for U.S.-Pakistan relations. Testimony from David Coleman Headley, Rana's former friend who has pleaded guilty, could reveal alleged connections between the Pakistani militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency, which has come under increasing scrutiny after Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. raid on his compound in a Pakistani garrison town.
11:00 am: BSY to parade lawmakers before President
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa will parade legislators supporting his government before President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Tuesday.
Yeddyurappa arrived here on Monday night along with 121 MLAs. He is also expected to demand the recall of Governor H R Bhardwaj.
"Governor of Karnataka has been trying to destabilise our government right from beginning. We request President and Prime Minister to save Karnataka, to save democracy by recalling the Governor," Yeddyurappa told reporters.
10:50 am: Jayalalithaa strikes ‘friendly’ deal with media
"Let me strike a deal with you, friends! You don't need to follow me everywhere. I will meet you once a week," Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa told reporters. From accommodating allies to reaching out to minorities to making more time for media interaction, observers say this is a changed Jayalalithaa in her third innings.
10:45 am: Playing with Poverty Statistics
The poverty line for a given individual can be defined as the money the individual needs to achieve the minimum level of ‘welfare’ to not be deemed ‘poor,’ given its circumstances.”
This is how Martin Ravallion, director of the Development Research Group at the World Bank, defines the poverty line. In 2005, the World Bank revised the international poverty line up from $1 a day to $1.25 a day, but countries are allowed to set their own national poverty line. The Planning Commission has set India’s national line at 578 rupees a month, or the equivalent of 43 U.S. cents a day. Even assuming only a charitable (to the government, that is) 30 days a month, that works out to less than 20 rupees a day. Ranjani Iyer Mohanty of the WSJ outlines the absurdity of such a low poverty line
10:30 am: Rahul criticises Maya govt, BSP calls him a liar
The tug of war over Uttar Pradesh is now getting intense and venomous. Taking a eight-member delegation of farmers from Bhatta Parsaul to meet the Prime Minister, Rahul Gandhi on Monday openly accused UP chief minister Mayawati of State oppression.
He even charged that 74 farmers have been killed in the agitation over land in Greater Noida.Rahul said, "The issue here is a more fundamental one with regard to these villages in particular and a large number of villages in UP all down the Agra highway, where state repression is being used, where people are being murdered. Quite severe atrocities taking place there. There is a set of large 74 heaps of ash there with dead bodies inside. Everybody in the village knows it. We can give you pictures. Women have been raped, people have been thrashed. Houses have been destroyed." Full story
10:15 am: HR Bhardwaj, the man who loves controversies
Governor HR Bhardwaj, the man in the centre of the political crisis in Karnataka, is no stranger to controversies.
He is famous for jumping into controversies. He moves from one controversy to another and the latest being what many allege is playing the role of the unofficial leader of the Opposition and recommending the dismissal of the BS Yeddyurappa government.
Karnataka Governor and one time crisis manager of the Congress, HR Bhardwaj has continued his brazen acts even in his gubernatorial role. Read more on IBN Live
10:00 am: US seeks answers from Pakistan on Mumbai attack
With the terrorism trial of Pakistan-born Tahawwur Hussain Rana widely expected to expose Pakistan's link to terrorists, the United States has sought answers from Islamabad about the 26/11 Mumbai attack.
'Those are allegations, and we've asked the Pakistani Government to address those allegations in the past,' State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters Monday when asked about the alleged involvement of Pakistani spy agency, Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) in the November 2008 attack.
He, however, declined to give details citing it as a legal matter with ongoing court proceedings in a Chicago court.
9:45 am: Annu Raj Singh seals Olympic berth
Annu Raj Singh became the fifth Indian shooter to book a berth in next year''s London Olympics after clinching the 10m Air Pistol silver medal at the ongoing ISSF World Cup in Fort Benning, USA.
Singh, who had never won a World Cup medal before this, qualified for the finals with 389 points, tied with eventual gold-medallist Olena Kostevych of Ukraine.
The 27-year old shooter ended up second overall with a total score of 486.6 points, after scoring 97.6 points in the final.
9:30 am: Fight fuel price rise or improve mileage?
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The battle for Karnataka shifted to New Delhi Monday as Chief Minister B.S. Yedyyurappa, along with 120 supporting MLAs, arrived here to prove their majority before President Pratibha Patil and senior NDA leaders met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urging him to prevent the sacking of the government.
The prime minister held parleys with senior colleagues on the report by Governor H.R. Bhardwaj on the situation in the state.Full story
9:00 am: Rajinikanth cheerful after chest surgery
Actor Rajinikanth on Monday underwent a minor procedure at the Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre, where doctors removed the excess fluid that had accumulated in his lungs. "The fluid in his chest was pressing against the lungs, causing respiratory problems. We had to aspirate this fluid," a doctor treating him told TOI.
The 61-year-old superstar was admitted to the hospital on Saturday with pneumonia, kidney and liver problems. Full story8:45 am: Noida protest: BSP questions Rahul's evidence
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has questioned the authenticity of the photographs released by Rahul Gandhi to back his charge that he has seen evidence of what he called "state oppression in Uttar Pradesh."
The Congress General Secretary met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday evening to highlight the situation of farmers in Greater Noida who claim their land is being illicitly acquired by Mayawati government in UP. He was accompanied by some farmers. Full story
8:30 am: Yeddyurappa's show of strength today
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa arrived in Delhi on Monday evening accompanied by 127 MLAs. He says he is ready to parade them before the President on Tuesday to show that his government still enjoys a majority in the state assembly.
The BJP also stepped up the offensive demanding the recall of Governor HR Bhardwaj after he recommended the imposition of President's Rule.
The BJP has stepped up its demand to recall Karnataka governor HR Bhardwaj but sources have told CNN-IBN that the Centre is unlikely to accept the Governor's recommendation to dismiss the BS Yeddyurappa government.
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CALLING READERS: On this live blog, we curate in real time the goings on in the world around us. Come be a part of the project: If you see an interesting story, send us the link to indiaeditors@yahoo.in and we'll publish it in this space. Got an interesting photo to share? Same email link applies. Got suggestions on how we can improve this further? Ditto.
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12:40 pm: 'World lucky to have Manmohan Singh as Indian PM'
"We are lucky to have (Indian) Prime Minister (Manmohan) Singh who has taken personal risk along the Pakistani-Indian border to make sure that there's no provocation.
"But it's a sensitive time because another attack from Pakistan on India then it will be hard-pressed to contain a reaction that would greatly destabilise the region," former US National Security Advisor, Gen (retd) James Jones, said.
Jones, who was President Obama's NSA for nearly two years, told reporters at National Press Club luncheon that the US has made this aware to Pakistan in clear terms. 12:30 pm: 'I am in Delhi to save Karnataka'
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Tuesday rather sarcastically hit out at Governor Bhardwaj. Speaking to reporters in Delhi today Yeddyurappa said, " I would like to thank Governoe Bhardwaj as he helped us unite people within out party. I would like to complement him for this. We would like to give him a grand reception." "I thank all the BJP CMs for their support. We came to Delhi to save democracy and to save Karnataka."
12:15 am: Adarsh: another piece of evidence goes missing
A crucial piece of evidence in the Adarsh Housing Society scam - a hard disk - mysteriously disappeared on Tuesday from the Urban Development Department (UDD) just days after a key file went missing.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has informed the special CBI court that one out of the 10 hard disks from the Urban Development department - pertaining to the case has gone missing. Incidentally, last week the Environment Ministry had reported that a file related to the Adarsh case was untraceable.This is not the first time that official documents have gone missing in this high-profile probe involving the Army and bureaucrats. 12:00 noon: Vijender to tie the knot
Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh will tie the knot with a Delhi girl, Archana, on Tuesday.
The Olympic and World Championship bronze-medallist, who returned to the country on Sunday after winning a bronze in the Arafura Games, will marry at the Flying Club while a ceremony has been organised at Bhiwani for Wednesday.
"I am getting married and my would-be bride's name is Archana and she is from Delhi and that's all I want to tell about her. It is a private occasion and I hope my privacy is respected," Vijender said after landing here.
11:45 am: Force India's Sutil faces assault charges
A lawyer for Lux said in a statement on Monday that Lux will sue the German driver for "for physical assault and grievous bodily harm" over a reported nightclub incident last month following the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix.
Without going into detail about what happened, the 28-year-old Sutil issued an apology in a statement to German media last week, and said his actions were accidental.11:30 am: ‘SC judgment is erroneous’
The Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley is of the view that the recent Supreme Court judgment quashing disqualification of 11 BJP MLAs, has “weakened” some provisions of the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution or the anti-defection law.
The senior BJP leader said the judgment is “erroneous” as it is based on the premise that the rebel MLAs only wanted to replace Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and did not want the government to fall.
Mr Jaitley, in an article, says the Supreme Court’s conclusions based on a letter written by the rebel MLAs to Governor H.R. Bhardwaj on October 6, 2010 may not be correct.
11:15 am: 26/11 case: Rana's trial begins in Chicago court
Nearly 100 potential jurors filed one-by-one into a federal courtroom on Monday for the first day of a terrorism trial involving a Chicago businessman at the center of a case that could reveal troubling links between a terrorist group blamed for the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks and Pakistan's largest intelligence agency.
Tahawwur Rana, 50, who is accused of helping a former schoolmate serve as a scout for Pakistani militants blamed in the three-day rampage on India's largest city, greeted the jury pool for the first time with just two words: "Good morning."
Jury selection is expected through Thursday for the trial that is being closely watched worldwide and comes at an especially fragile time for U.S.-Pakistan relations. Testimony from David Coleman Headley, Rana's former friend who has pleaded guilty, could reveal alleged connections between the Pakistani militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency, which has come under increasing scrutiny after Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. raid on his compound in a Pakistani garrison town.
11:00 am: BSY to parade lawmakers before President
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa will parade legislators supporting his government before President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Tuesday.
Yeddyurappa arrived here on Monday night along with 121 MLAs. He is also expected to demand the recall of Governor H R Bhardwaj.
"Governor of Karnataka has been trying to destabilise our government right from beginning. We request President and Prime Minister to save Karnataka, to save democracy by recalling the Governor," Yeddyurappa told reporters.
10:50 am: Jayalalithaa strikes ‘friendly’ deal with media
"Let me strike a deal with you, friends! You don't need to follow me everywhere. I will meet you once a week," Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa told reporters. From accommodating allies to reaching out to minorities to making more time for media interaction, observers say this is a changed Jayalalithaa in her third innings.
10:45 am: Playing with Poverty Statistics
The poverty line for a given individual can be defined as the money the individual needs to achieve the minimum level of ‘welfare’ to not be deemed ‘poor,’ given its circumstances.”
This is how Martin Ravallion, director of the Development Research Group at the World Bank, defines the poverty line. In 2005, the World Bank revised the international poverty line up from $1 a day to $1.25 a day, but countries are allowed to set their own national poverty line. The Planning Commission has set India’s national line at 578 rupees a month, or the equivalent of 43 U.S. cents a day. Even assuming only a charitable (to the government, that is) 30 days a month, that works out to less than 20 rupees a day. Ranjani Iyer Mohanty of the WSJ outlines the absurdity of such a low poverty line
10:30 am: Rahul criticises Maya govt, BSP calls him a liar
The tug of war over Uttar Pradesh is now getting intense and venomous. Taking a eight-member delegation of farmers from Bhatta Parsaul to meet the Prime Minister, Rahul Gandhi on Monday openly accused UP chief minister Mayawati of State oppression.
He even charged that 74 farmers have been killed in the agitation over land in Greater Noida.Rahul said, "The issue here is a more fundamental one with regard to these villages in particular and a large number of villages in UP all down the Agra highway, where state repression is being used, where people are being murdered. Quite severe atrocities taking place there. There is a set of large 74 heaps of ash there with dead bodies inside. Everybody in the village knows it. We can give you pictures. Women have been raped, people have been thrashed. Houses have been destroyed." Full story
10:15 am: HR Bhardwaj, the man who loves controversies
Governor HR Bhardwaj, the man in the centre of the political crisis in Karnataka, is no stranger to controversies.
He is famous for jumping into controversies. He moves from one controversy to another and the latest being what many allege is playing the role of the unofficial leader of the Opposition and recommending the dismissal of the BS Yeddyurappa government.
Karnataka Governor and one time crisis manager of the Congress, HR Bhardwaj has continued his brazen acts even in his gubernatorial role. Read more on IBN Live
10:00 am: US seeks answers from Pakistan on Mumbai attack
With the terrorism trial of Pakistan-born Tahawwur Hussain Rana widely expected to expose Pakistan's link to terrorists, the United States has sought answers from Islamabad about the 26/11 Mumbai attack.
'Those are allegations, and we've asked the Pakistani Government to address those allegations in the past,' State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters Monday when asked about the alleged involvement of Pakistani spy agency, Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) in the November 2008 attack.
He, however, declined to give details citing it as a legal matter with ongoing court proceedings in a Chicago court.
9:45 am: Annu Raj Singh seals Olympic berth
Annu Raj Singh became the fifth Indian shooter to book a berth in next year''s London Olympics after clinching the 10m Air Pistol silver medal at the ongoing ISSF World Cup in Fort Benning, USA.
Singh, who had never won a World Cup medal before this, qualified for the finals with 389 points, tied with eventual gold-medallist Olena Kostevych of Ukraine.
The 27-year old shooter ended up second overall with a total score of 486.6 points, after scoring 97.6 points in the final.
9:30 am: Fight fuel price rise or improve mileage?
The battle for Karnataka shifted to New Delhi Monday as Chief Minister B.S. Yedyyurappa, along with 120 supporting MLAs, arrived here to prove their majority before President Pratibha Patil and senior NDA leaders met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urging him to prevent the sacking of the government.
The prime minister held parleys with senior colleagues on the report by Governor H.R. Bhardwaj on the situation in the state.Full story
9:00 am: Rajinikanth cheerful after chest surgery
The 61-year-old superstar was admitted to the hospital on Saturday with pneumonia, kidney and liver problems. Full story8:45 am: Noida protest: BSP questions Rahul's evidence
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has questioned the authenticity of the photographs released by Rahul Gandhi to back his charge that he has seen evidence of what he called "state oppression in Uttar Pradesh."
The Congress General Secretary met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday evening to highlight the situation of farmers in Greater Noida who claim their land is being illicitly acquired by Mayawati government in UP. He was accompanied by some farmers. Full story
8:30 am: Yeddyurappa's show of strength today
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa arrived in Delhi on Monday evening accompanied by 127 MLAs. He says he is ready to parade them before the President on Tuesday to show that his government still enjoys a majority in the state assembly.
The BJP also stepped up the offensive demanding the recall of Governor HR Bhardwaj after he recommended the imposition of President's Rule.
The BJP has stepped up its demand to recall Karnataka governor HR Bhardwaj but sources have told CNN-IBN that the Centre is unlikely to accept the Governor's recommendation to dismiss the BS Yeddyurappa government.
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