Saturday, October 30, 2010, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

2G probe: SC asks why Raja is still 
a minister
New Delhi, October 29
The Supreme Court today slammed the UPA government for letting Telecom Minister A Raja continue in office despite the serious allegation of a Rs 70,000 crore scam in the allocation of 2G Spectrum in 2008.

If it is necessary, I can (quit) but where is the necessity… I have been told by the Department of Telecom that the hearing has been postponed for another date, so I would not like to make any comment. — Telecom Minister A Raja

Karnataka government safe
HC upholds MLAs’ disqualification
Bangalore, October 29
In a huge relief to Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, Justice VG Sabhahit of the Karnataka High Court today upheld the disqualification of 11 rebel party MLAs by Assembly Speaker KG Bopaiah on October 11.

Editorial: Relief for Yeddyurappa

Chinese Premier to visit in Dec
October 29
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao would be visiting India, possibly in the third week of December to resolve outstanding issues that are bedevilling the relationship between the two countries. Announcing this during the meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Chinese premier hoped that both sides will be able to “reach a consensus on some major aspects so as to lay a foundation for the visit”.
PM Manmohan Singh with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Hanoi, on Friday. — PTI

Sohrabuddin Case
Amit Shah gets bail
Ahmedabad, October 29
In a relief to former minister Amit Shah, the Gujarat High Court today granted him bail more than three months after he was arrested by the CBI in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.

Tribune Exclusive
Post-Mirchpur, SC panel to have offices in 8 more states
Haryana to have a separate office in Gurgaon
New Delhi, October 29
In the backdrop of April 21 Dalit atrocity in Haryana’s Mirchpur, the government is considering setting up eight new state offices of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) to ensure larger coverage of the SC population.

N-deal struck with Korea, on ‘fast track’ with Japan
South Korea becomes the ninth country with which India will be signing the nuclear agreement
October 29
India and South Korea have struck a deal to finalise an agreement on civil uses of nuclear energy. This is a major success for India during the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Asia tour as India has also put on “fast track” a similar agreement with Japan. National Security Adviser Shiv Shankar Menon said here today that India and Korea have finalised the agreement on cooperation in civil uses of nuclear energy. (Details on Nation page)

Warehouse wheat to sell as manure Highest bid received for disposal of decayed  grain is 62 paise a kg Sirsa, October 29 Over 95,000 bags of rotten wheat lying in the storehouse of the Haryana State Warehousing Corporation (HSWC) at Bani village will fetch the corporation much less than Re 1 per kg. The 1.7 lakh wheat bags were submerged in Bani village highest bid received by the corporation for the disposal of the decayed wheat is 62 paise per kg. Use ‘kharif’ for ‘garib,’ SC tells Centre