Crucial Tuesday for Telangana
All eyes on UPA coordination committee, CWC meetings
Centre rushes forces to AP
New Delhi/Hyderabad, July 29
A separate Telangana state appears a distinct possibility with the ruling UPA and its main constituent, the Congress, deciding to hold their crucial meetings tomorrow amid raging protests from pro and anti-Telangana activists.

Of late, pro-Telangana agitation has only intensified

Gurgaon CJM, parents booked for dowry death
Gurgaon, July 29
Almost two weeks after being booked for alleged murder of his wife Geetanjali, Gurgaon Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Ravneet Garg has now been booked for dowry death. The Gurgaon police has booked the CJM and his parents under Section 304B (continuous dowry harassment leading to unnatural death) of the Indian Penal Code.

PM, industry captains discuss ways to revive growth
New Delhi, July 29
Raising duties on consumer and luxury goods and accelerating the Amritsar-Delhi-Kolkata industrial corridor were among the measures discussed to revive economic growth at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s meeting with industry captains today.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Dy Chairman of Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia during a meeting with business leaders in New Delhi on Monday. — PTI

Punjab’s cotton belt gets boost with textile park
Barnala, July 29
Lotus Integrated Texpark, the first such commercial hub in North India, was today inaugurated by Union Minister for Textiles Dr Kavuru Sambasiva Rao at the Trident Complex at Dhaula village near here.
KS Rao
Union Minister for Textiles

RS seats for Rs 100 cr, says Haryana MP Birender; retracts
New Delhi, July 29
The Congress today distanced itself from the remarks of its Rajya Sabha MP from Haryana Choudhary Birender Singh who said at a rally in Jind yesterday that Rajya Sabha seats were available for Rs 100 crore.

Indian-Americans celebrate 100 years of Ghadar movement
Washington, July 29
Hailing the contribution of leaders of the Ghadar movement in India's freedom struggle, Indian-Americans from across the US have called for remembering their sacrifices annually on Memorial Day.