Gill applies brakes on tenure of Kalmadi & Co
No sports body chief to serve for more than 12 years
New Delhi, May 2
Upsetting the balance of power in the multi-million dollar Indian sports industry, the government today prescribed limits to the hitherto open tenures of those in charge of affairs at the national sports federations (NSFs), including the Indian Olympic Association.

Now, Excise Dept slaps notices on Kings XI
Sports page: BCCI Working Committee endorses charges against Modi

Terror bid foiled at Times Square
Bomb found in SUV, defused
New York, May 2
The police today foiled a major terror attack by defusing an “amateurish” but potentially powerful crude car bomb in the heart of the New York city’s famous tourist hub of Times Square, averting what could have been a “very deadly event” in the US.

Police checks the SUV in which a crude bomb was found. — AP/PTI

Spectrum Spat
Karuna rules out Raja’s resignation
New Delhi, May 2
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi today backed Telecom Minister A Raja and virtually quashed the demand of the Opposition for his resignation over the 2G Spectrum controversy.

Sex taint spells minister’s exit
K’taka minister accused of raping friend’s wife, quits
Bangalore, May 2
The BJP government in Karnataka received a big blow today when a minister from Chief Minister Yeddyurappas’s home district Shimoga resigned following a report in a daily saying the minister had raped a friend’s wife. Food and Civil Supplies Minister Harathalu Halappa resigned after a Kannada daily carried a front-page story that alleged that he had raped the wife of a social worker.

Soren to continue as CM for now, says JMM
New Delhi/Ranchi, May 2
As political uncertainty in Jharkhand continued for the sixth day, JMM today asserted that Shibu Soren will stay on as the Chief Minister for now and described as very constructive talks with BJP leadership to end the impasse.
JMM leader Hemant Soren at Ranchi airport on Sunday. — PTI

Opposition, NGOs, farmers allege exploitation of water resources
Coca Cola’s Guntur plant runs into trouble
Hyderabad, May 2
A Coca Cola plant in Guntur district of AndhraPradesh has incurred the wrath of opposition parties, NGOs and farmers for “exploiting local water resources and causing pollution”.