India

Amar Singh accuses Mayawati of "kidnapping" six SP MPs

New Delhi, July 22 : Amar Singh accuses Mayawati of "kidnapping" six SP MPsSamajwadi Party (SP) leader Amar Singh today blamed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati of "kidnapping" six MPs of his party.

Speaking to reporters, Amar Singh claimed that Mayawati has forcibly kept six MPs of his party inside Uttar Pradesh Bhavan.

Commenting on the issue of MPs, who were being poached to muster the required strength to save the government, he alleged, "It is Mayawati who is trying to split parties by poaching MPs."

UPA Govt. to seek trust vote today

New Delhi, July 22 : UPA Govt. to seek trust vote todayThe United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government will face the trust vote in the Lok Sabha today.

Ahead of trust vote, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh reiterated that his UPA Government would win the trust vote.

“I am confident that the government will win the trust vote,” he told media persons late last evening after attending the first day of the two-day trust motion.

Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that the Congress-led alliance had the support of 276 MPs, clearly crossing the majority mark.

Mixed reactions to parliament debate on confidence motion, nuke deal

Indo-US NukeNew Delhi/Lucknow/Mumbai/Patna, July 21 : There has been a mixed response to the ongoing debate in Parliament on the vote of confidence sought by the UPA Government and the India-US civilian nuclear cooperation deal.

The debate on the vote of confidence in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh''s government began on Monday and its fate will be decided on Tuesday.

In Lucknow, the young brigade felt that the nuclear deal would benefit all sections of society.

Karnataka to set up 2000 MW thermal plant in Chhattisgarh

The Karnataka government has decided to set up a 2000 MW thermal power plant in Chhattisgarh. The state chief minister B S Yeddyurappa said that it would be set up in Janjgir district. The state government will acquire 2000 acres of land for the proposed project at Goghna. Chhattisgarh’s Chief Minister Raman Singh has already given nod to power project.

The project site is well connected to rail and road link. The water is also available from Mahanadi River for power plant. Thus the site is technically fit for the set up of plant.

India, Pakistan open new round of peace talks

India, Pakistan open new round of peace talksNew Delhi  - India and Pakistan launched a fifth round of peace talks Monday, focusing on the dispute over the Himalayan region of Kashmir and cross-border terrorism, officials said.

The talks which were originally scheduled to last two days in New Delhi, were shortened to a day due to political uncertainty in India as the ruling United Progressive Alliance faces a parliamentary confidence vote on Tuesday.

Peace process between India and Pakistan under stress: Menon

India & PakistanNew Delhi, Jul 21 : Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon on Monday warned that the over four-year-old peace process between New Delhi and Islamabad is under stress in the wake of the July 7 suicide bomb attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul.

Accusing "elements" in Pakistan for that incident, Menon said that conveyed the Indian Government’s strong objections on the recent terror attacks and ceasefire violations to his Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir, and demanded that these concerns of New Delhi be addressed.

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