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Ajit rules out aid to private carriers
n Minister says they will have to learn to fend for themselves
n Govt can’t keep injecting funds into cash-starved AI
New Delhi, January 11
Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh today ruled out financial help to private carriers but indicated relief to some in the form of opening up 49 per cent foreign investment in the cash-strapped sector.

Pak PM ups the ante, sacks Kayani’s nominee
January 11
Amid intense speculation that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is about to sack the chief of the Army, General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani and the ISI chief, General Shuja Pasha, the Army chief today named Brigadier Sarfraz Ali as commander of the ‘Triple Brigade’ at the General Headquarters, Rawalpindi. The brigade has been used in every military take-over in the past.

Put minority sub-quota on hold in poll-bound states, EC tells Centre
New Delhi, January 11
As the debate over reservation for minorities escalated today, the Election Commission directed the UPA government to put on hold its decision to carve out a 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities from within the 27 per cent quota for OBCs in the five poll-bound states.

TEACHER TRAINING
SC formulates rules to check exploitation
New Delhi, January 11
The Supreme Court has laid down 18 stringent parameters for regulating the teacher training institutes across the country as such institutions have been “brazenly exploiting” the candidates seeking admission for three decades and the regulatory bodies “have failed to stem the rot.”

Sheikh Hasina urges India to be liberal in resolving water issues
Agartala, January 11
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed today urged the Government of “vast” India to be liberal in the efforts to resolve water issues between the two countries as well as to remove the prevailing bilateral trade imbalance.

Home Ministry wants the incident to be probed
Andaman administration defends itself over tribals’ video
New Delhi, January 11
Even as the Andaman Nicobar Island administration today chose to defend itself over a video of tribal women being forced to dance semi-naked before tourists, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has ordered a probe into the shocking incident. A member of Jarawa tribe