Pawar: Climate change to blame for price rise
Nitish disagrees; says UPA policies at fault
New Delhi/Patna, December 20
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Sunday asked state governments to do more to control spiralling food prices, which led to protests in Parliament last week.

Karat says futures trading the villain; abolish it

Nation page: Rein in MNCs, CPM tells govt No price rise here NCP chief Sharad Pawar at the party’s national meet in New Delhi on Sunday. Tribune photo: Manas Ranjan Bhui

‘I’m still not confident… nervous’
Dikshit jittery over C’wealth Games
New Delhi, December 20
Panned by the Commonwealth Games Federation for organisational laxity, the Group of Ministers (GoM) for the 2010 Games met for a stocktaking session today with Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit saying she herself was ‘nervous’ about this race against time.

Change of guard heralds truce between Advani, RSS
New Delhi, December 20
The seven month-old war between the RSS and LK Advani seems to have come to an end, at least temporarily with the change of guard and the ascendancy of GenNext to the top posts of the party, culminating in Nitin Gadkari’s appointment as BJP president here yesterday.

Navy foils piracy bid on foreign vessel
New Delhi, December 20
Foiling yet another attempt of piracy off the coast of Aden, the Indian Navy last evening launched a chopper to first scare the pirates and assure safe passage for a merchant ship ‘MV Soderling Ace’ that is registered in Cayman Islands. For the past one year or so the Navy has permanently deployed one of its warships in the area.

Scotland Yard warns of 26/11-style attack on London
London, December 20
In the “bluntest” warning issued by the British police, Scotland Yard has said that businesses in the city of London could face a Mumbai-style terror attack early next year.

Pak govt denies visa to Mehbooba
Srinagar, December 20
The Pakistan government has denied visa to PDP president Mehbooba Mufti. She was to attend a two-day conference in Islamabad from December 21.