‘Shiv Sena contention a pernicious thesis’
PC says Mumbai belongs to all
New Delhi, February 1
Rejecting Shiv Sena contention of ‘Mumbai for Maharashtrians’ as “pernicious thesis”, the Centre today said the financial capital belonged to all Indians who are free to live and work there. On Sena threats to Australian and Pakistani players’ participation in the IPL cricket event in Mumbai, Home Minister P Chidambaram asserted that he would “guarantee them full security”.

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Mumbai for marathis?
Gadkari widens Shiv Sena-BJP rift
New Delhi, February 1
The rift between the Shiv Sena and the BJP became wide open today with BJP president Nitin Gadkari, toeing the RSS line, strongly opposed the “Mumbai for Marathis” refrain of its oldest saffron ally, the Shiv Sena. 
Uddhav Thackeray lashes out at Ram Madhav
Tiff an example of hypocrisy: Cong
Reserve jobs for ethnic Marathis: Raj

Rahman strikes double gold at Grammys
Los Angeles, February 1
Music maestro A R Rahman continued his winning spree by striking double gold at the 52nd Grammy Awards here but two other Indian hopefuls Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and Zakir Hussain lost out.
Tia Carrere presents AR Rahman with the Grammy in Los Angeles on Sunday. — AP/PTI

Several ifs, but Chidambaram hints at talks with Pak
New Delhi, February 1
A move that could gladden the hearts of peaceniks, India and Pakistan could soon be resuming the dialogue process, stranded after the November 26 (2008) Mumbai terror attacks.

India to host largest naval war game
New Delhi, February 1
A move aimed at securing the coast and ensuring that incidents like Mumbai terror attacks when foreign militants entered via sea route didn’t happen again, India would be hosting the largest four-day naval war game, ‘Milan-2010’, involving 12 nations in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Andaman and Nicobar Islands from February 4. The event will be held close to the world’s busiest trade route in the straits of Mallaca.

UK gives no fixed date to resume visa service Record applications from North baffled agencies Chandigarh, February 1 Baffled by multifold increase in number of applications for student visa under Tier 4 of the points-based system, the British High Commission and its UK Border Agency — overseeing visa work — have refused to set any date for restoring normal visa service for students from north India.