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Sunday, November 14, 2010, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 2:30 am (IST)

Free at last
Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s iconic opposition leader, is released after spending 15 years under house arrest with the ruling junta seeking international legitimacy after ensuring its proxies won a suspect general election recently
Yangon, November 13
“There is a time to be quiet and there is a time to talk. People must work in unison. Only then can we achieve our goal,” Aung San Suu Kyi told supporters at the gates of her lakeside home on Saturday after being released from detention. Indications that she would be released were available when the troops removed the barricades and moved away earlier during the day.

India hails Suu Kyi’s release

Aung San Suu Kyi talks to her supporters at the gate of her home in Yangon on Saturday. — AP/PTI

With large numbers resigning for better prospects
The IPS has vacancies for 630 officers
New Delhi, November 13
It will be several years before the country overcomes the acute shortage of police (Indian Police Service ) officers. In January this year the Parliament was informed that as on January 1, there was a shortage of 630 IPS officers and the annual intake was being increased by 60 additional heads to meet the shortage. But that is clearly not enough.

Reality TV under scanner after Rakhi’s ‘insaaf’
New Delhi, November 13
The death of a contestant, allegedly from acute depression after being called “impotent” by host Rakhi Sawant on her show ‘Rakhi ka Insaaf’, has put the spotlight on reality shows on Indian channels and the role of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry in overseeing what is being dished out to unsuspecting viewers in the name of reality TV.

The Laxman Case

Now, diesel SUVs on Ramesh radar
New Delhi. November 13
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has a new agenda and that is to get diesel-guzzling luxury and the Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) off Indian roads. Diesel cars in the luxury segment let out high carbon emissions and their use in a country like India is “criminal”, Ramesh said, suggesting a reformed diesel policy as real beneficiaries of the subsidy were not farmers but owners of “BMWs, Benzs and Hondas”.

Lobbying on to save part of Adarsh society
November 13, 2010
Flat owners in the controversial Adarsh Co-operative Housing Society have begun lobbying to save at least part of the building after the Union Environment Ministry on Friday issued show-cause notices asking why the building should not be demolished.

Narang wins silver, Bindra disappoints
Guangzhou, November 13
Ace marksman Gagan Narang expectedly fetched the first individual medal for India by clinching silver as the shooters launched their campaign in the 16th Asian Games with two silver medals. (Details on Sports page)