Pranab wants rethink on agriculture policy
Terms it crucial to meet food security challenge
Ludhiana, November 27
President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday underscored the need for a rethink on the agriculture policy to ensure food security in the country and meet key challenges in the farm sector.

50 glorious years: (L-R) Punjab Governor Shivraj Patil, President Pranab Mukherjee, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Punjab Agricultural University Vice-Chancellor BS Dhillon release a publication to mark the institute’s golden jubilee in Ludhiana on Tuesday. — PTI

Ensure MSP for alternative crops, Badal tells Centre
Ludhiana, November 27
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday pressed the Union Government to provide minimum support price (MSP) for alternative crops such as maize.

Setback for activists as pvt, corporate graft taken out of Lokpal purview
RS panel drops clauses covering govt-aided trusts getting subsidised land
New Delhi, November 27
After years of debating the need to make private entities accountable for government support they receive in terms of both funds and land, the much-awaited Lokpal Bill has conveniently exempted this category from the purview of the ombudsman.

Facebook arrests: 2 cops suspended, magistrate shifted
Mumbai, November 27
The Maharashtra Government today suspended two senior police officers for arresting two young women over a Facebook post criticising the shutdown for Bal Thackeray's funeral in the state, while the judicial magistrate who remanded them in custody was shunted out.

Kargil martyr’s father moves SC
New Delhi, November 27
The father of Captain Saurabh Kalia, who was captured and tortured by the Pakistan Army during the 1999 Kargil conflict, has moved the Supreme Court seeking its direction to the Union Government to raise his son's case in the International Court of Justice.

‘Aam aadmi’ plank hijacked, Cong rolls direct-cash-transfer dice New Delhi, November 27 With its “aam aadmi” plank hijacked by Arvind Kejriwal’s new political outfit, the Congress today rushed to showcase its ambitious direct cash transfer scheme as nothing short of a political revolution and a game-changer that will ensure that the common man gets his rightful benefits through an efficient and transparent system. A major reform Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh at a press conference in New Delhi on Tuesday.