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My detractors will repent soon: Yeddyurappa
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22:54 My detractors will repent soon: Yeddyurappa
Former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on Sunday challenged his detractors within the party, warning that he would make them repent soon.
Inaugurating the Shani temple tower at Muddapura village of Thyagaturu in Gubbi taluk, he revealed that he would release a book he had authored while in jail.
The book would contain the chronicle of events, including his political journey and conspiracy by his enemies.
"If there is any leader in the world who had to go jail for none of his mistakes, that is me. My enemies will repent one day and apologise," he said.
"Their designs of keeping me at bay from active politics will not work as I am a mass leader and I have no fear as the people stood by me," he claimed.
Inaugurating the Shani temple tower at Muddapura village of Thyagaturu in Gubbi taluk, he revealed that he would release a book he had authored while in jail.
The book would contain the chronicle of events, including his political journey and conspiracy by his enemies.
"If there is any leader in the world who had to go jail for none of his mistakes, that is me. My enemies will repent one day and apologise," he said.
"Their designs of keeping me at bay from active politics will not work as I am a mass leader and I have no fear as the people stood by me," he claimed.
22:25 7 Yeddyurappa loyalists quit Karnataka cabinet
Vicky Nanjappa reports: Stepping up pressure on Karnataka Chief Minister D Sadananda Gowda, seven ministers loyal to B S Yeddyurappa have quit the Karnataka cabinet.
The seven ministers said that they have decided to quit since the chief minister has lost confidence in them. They have also authorised Yeddyurappa to decide on their future course of action.
Those who quit include Shobha Karandlaje, Basavaraj Bommai, Umesh Katti, C M Udasi, V Somanna, M P Renukacharya and Murugesh Nirani.
All seven of them submitted their resignations to Yeddyurappa. It would depend on Yeddyurappa now whether to forward their resignations to the party president or not. Two more ministers are expected to quit by Sunday.
21:03
Cricketers such as Sachin Tendulkar should not be honoured with the Bharat Ratna as the demand to give the award to filmstars and cricket players spoke of 'thelow cultural level', Press Council of India Chairman JusticeMarkandey Katju said on Saturday.
18:36
Margaret Alva was on Saturday sworn in as Rajasthan Governor, after her shift from the Raj Bhavan in Uttarakhand in a gubernatorial reshuffle.
18:12
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Saturday arrived in Beijing to attend the fifth trilateral meeting between China, Japan and South Korea aimed at boosting cooperation through joint efforts.
16:37 BCCI to invite Pak team for Champions League T20
In a decision which can have implications on the revival of Indo-Pak bilateral cricket ties, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has cleared the decks for the inclusion of a team from Pakistan in the Champions League Twenty20 for the first time since the event's inception.
The BCCI Working Committee decision will see Pakistan's domestic T20 champions Sialkot Stallions, led by Shoaib Malik,
participate in the event scheduled in October once given the go ahead by the CLT20 Governing Council.
The move indicates a thaw in Indo-Pak bilateral cricket ties which had been snapped after the November 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai. It could also now pave the way for participation Pakistani players in the IPL for the first time after 2008.
"The Working Committee has decided to invite a team from Pakistan to play in Champions League Twenty20 to be held in October," BCCI President N Srinivasan told reporters after the meeting in Chennai.
"This is a recommendation that the BCCI will make to the Governing Council. CLT20 is owned by BCCI, Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa. So we will recommend to the GC that the BCCI has no objection and is prepared to invite a Pakistan team in the Champions League," he added.
15:18 Apologise, start the flights and then talk: Govt to pilots
Taking a tough stand, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has asked the striking Air India pilots to apologise to passengers, start the flights and then come to the government for talks.
"The first priority must be to make sure that the passengers feel they are being listened to. So let the pilots decide that. Ask for forgiveness from passengers. Start the flights ... we can talk on anything after that," Singh said.
He reminded the pilots that Air India was almost bankrupt and public money was being pumped to revive the national carrier.
"Our plan is to make Air India viable, revive Air India, make it profitable. That is why we are giving public money to Air India," Singh said.
The minister said the process of revival was bound to see many problems and asked the airline employees to be patient.
"They should firmly say their views but not inconvenience the passengers and make Air India lose credibility. Don't cause monetary loss to Air India. The airline is almost bankrupt," he said.
14:34 CBI officer to visit Dubai for 'Koda aide'
CBI would soon send one of its officers to
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14:30 Ready for talks with the government: AI pilots
Indian Pilots Guild on Saturday said that it was willing to hold talks without any precondition to resolve the crisis that has dogged national carrier Air India since the last five days.
IPG leader Tauseef Muqaddam, said: "The ball is in government's court. AI management is not giving a clear picture to the government."
14:25 Ajit Singh invites former ministers to discuss AI strike
As Air India pilots' strike entered the fifth day, Government on Saturday reached out to the opposition parties to discuss ways out of the impasse.
Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has invited his predecessors Sharad Yadav, Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Shahnawaz Hussain for informal talks on the ongoing strike, sources said.
Indicating support to the government on the issue, Rudy said, "The argument given by the erstwhile Air India pilots is bizarre. No government will support them."
He was of the view that common people could not be harassed because of the strike.
13:04 Tanker hijacked in Arabian Sea; Indians among crew
About 15 crew members, including Indians, are on board an oil tanker that has been hijacked by pirates in the Arabian Sea, a media report said.
The Liberian-flagged Smyrni was carrying 135,000 tonnes of oil. It was seized off the coast of Oman, reported BBC.
The ship's operator said it lost contact with the crew at 11:50 GMT on Thursday. It is reported to have a crew of about 15 on board, composed of Indians and Filipinos.
Pirates struck about 630 km from the Omani coast and hijacked the ship which was only on its second voyage. It had first set to sea in 2011.
As many as 17 ships and nearly 300 crew are currently held by Somali pirates, according to the International Maritime Organisation.
12:37 37 killed, 19 missing in torrential rains in China
The death toll from hail and rain storms in a mountainous area in northwest China has risen to 37 while 19 people remained missing.
The storms had affected 358,000 people in Minxian county in Gansu province, forcing the evacuation of nearly 30,000 local residents.
Hail and torrential rain, battered the county over two days starting Thursday, cut power in six townships, damaged several homes, hospitals and schools, disrupted traffic on two inter-provincial highways and destroyed over 7,000 hectares of crops, county authorities said.
China's National Disaster Reduction Committee and the Civil Affairs Ministry yesterday raised the level of emergency response from level 4 to level 3, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
11:16 Blind Chinese activist cries foul
Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, whose week-long stay in the US embassy in Beijing stirred up a major standoff between Beijing and Washington, has said there was no progress on government's promise to grant passport to him and his family to visit America.
When the dissident left the embassy, China promised him he could apply to study abroad. But more than a week later Chen said there was no movement.
"There is no movement on his papers a week after he and his family were promised passports," Chen told BBC.
He is currently convalescing at a hospital after he came out of the US Embassy on May 2.
10:30 Inquiry ordered into shocking Leh army camp clash
The Indian Army has ordered a court of inquiry into the incident in which Commanding Officer of 226 Field Regiment Colonel Kadam was attacked by jawans of his regiment.
The inquiry order came after the Defence Ministry sought a report from the Army on the incident that took place on Thursday night.
"A minor scuffle took place between the officers and the troops of a unit on the night of 10-11 May in Ladakh", Army Spokesperson Colonel Jagdeep Dahiya said, adding "a few minor injuries were suffered by the personnel."
The Major allegedly did not allow medical treatment for the 'sahayak' fuelling anger among the colleagues who objected, the sources said.
The news reached Col Kadam who was camping in nearby police guest house. He immediately reached the scene and gauging the mood shouted at the Major for his reluctance to allow the injured 'sahayak' being taken for treatment. Seeing this, the Major along with five of his officer colleagues beat the Commanding Officer, a Colonel, in front of jawans. This angered the jawans who then went berserk and beat the other officers with sticks, the sources said.
Nearly 40 to 50 jawans then started a search for Major rank officers. Two were found in nearby camp and were beaten up, the sources said, adding they were rescued after an intervention by the local police.
09:57 $50 mn aid cut likely on every US death in Pak
Alleging that Pakistan has for decades leveraged radical terrorist groups to carry out attacks in India and Afghanistan, a US lawmaker has introduced a bill that proposes to deduct $50 million from the US aid to Islamabad everytime an American is killed "as a result of actions of ISI."
Congressman Dana Rohrabacher introduced the "Pakistan Terrorism Accountability Act of 2012" yesterday in Congress.
The legislation would require the Department of Defence to list all Americans killed by terrorist groups operating with impunity inside Pakistan and Afghanistan and supported by elements of the Pakistani government.
For each person killed, $50 million would be subtracted from US foreign assistance to Pakistan, a requested $2.2 billion, and given to the victim's family. Rohrabacher is Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.
03:37 US partially resumes military supplies to Bahrain
The United States said today it is partially resuming sales of military supplies to key Gulf Arab ally Bahrain but maintaining a freeze on certain wire-guided missiles and vehicles.
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said "the items that we are releasing are not used for crowd control," urging Bahrain to tackle "serious unresolved human rights issues" amid a crackdown on pro-democracy activists. The equipment and services were released "for the purpose of helping Bahrain maintain its external defence capabilities," she said.
Although Nuland did not provide further details about the items, her statement entitled "Renewal of US Security Cooperation with Bahrain" was explicit about what would not be sent. "We will continue to maintain the holds on the TOW missiles and Humvees that were notified to Congress last October," she said amid concerns they could be used against protesters.
02:28 US spy agency can keep mum on Google ties: Court
The top-secret US National Security Agency is not required to reveal any deal it may have with Google to help protect against cyber attacks, an appeals court ruled today.
The US Court of Appeals in Washington upheld a lower court decision that said the NSA need not confirm or deny any relationship with Google, because its governing statutes allow it keep such information secret. The ruling came in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from a public interest group, which said the public has a right to know about any spying on citizens.
The appeals court agreed that the NSA can reject the request, and does not even have to confirm whether it has any arrangement with the Internet giant. "Any information pertaining to the relationship between Google and NSA would reveal protected information about NSA's implementation of its information assurance mission," Judge Janice Rogers Brown wrote in the appeals opinion.
The non-profit Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a formal request to make public documents related to the dealings, and said much of the information had already been in news media.
01:39 US coalition forces admit Afghan civilian deaths
NATO and US forces in Afghanistan admitted today that a number of civilians were killed in two separate airstrikes, days after President Hamid Karzai warned that such deaths threatened relations with the US.
A joint statement by NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and US forces gave no details of how many civilians died in each incident, but local officials have put the total at more than 20. "The coalition takes full responsibility for these tragic and regrettable incidents, and we will meet with the family members of those who died or were injured to express our sincere condolences," the statement said.
ISAF commander General John Allen will brief Karzai on the results of initial investigations into the incidents on May 4 in southern Helmand province and on May 6 in northwestern Badghis province. "The president will be assured of our commitment to take any and all appropriate actions to minimise the likelihood of similar occurrences in the future," the statement said.
01:38 Blast near Baath party office in Syria's Aleppo: NGO
A large explosion went off near an office of the ruling Baath party in Syria's second city of Aleppo this evening, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. "A big explosion was heard near Al-Jabiri Square. It targeted an office of the Baath party, according to initial reports," the Britain-based watchdog said in a statement.
Contacted by AFP on the phone from Beirut, the Observatory's Rami Abdel Rahman said that, so far, there were no reports of any casualties from the blast. But he added that unidentified gunmen shot dead a guard outside the Baath party office as they drove by in a vehicle soon after the explosion.
"The blast was powerful but we do not know what was the origin of the explosion," said Abdel Rahman. "We can confirm one death -- the guard of the Baath party office."
01:18 IPL: Gayle, Dilshan help Bangalore thrash Pune
Half-centuries from Chris Gayle and Tillakaratne Dilshan combined with an excellent bowling effort helped Royal Challengers Bangalore crush Pune Warriors by 35 runs and enhance their play-off chances in the Indian Premier League on Friday.
While Bangalore are now placed third in the table with 15 points, the Warriors slumped to their seventh straight defeat to continue to languish at number eight. Gayle (57 off 31) and Dilshan (53 off 44) helped Royal Challengers to a challenging 173 for three after they were asked to bat by new Pune skipper Steven Smith.
Regular Pune skipper Sourav Ganguly 'rested' himself in the match and the side made as many as five changes but nothing helped them as they swallowed yet another defeat. Chasing 174, the hosts made the worst possible start as paceman Zaheer Khan removed Mohnish Mishra (4) and Manish Pandey (0) in the very first over.
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00:46 Attacker in Afghan uniform kills US service member
A man wearing an Afghan army uniform shot dead a US service member in the east of the country, one of two NATO troops killed today, military officials said. The Taliban took credit for the attack. It was the 15th incident this year in which Afghan soldiers or insurgents disguised in military uniforms have turned their weapons on foreign troops.
The shootings have increased the level of mistrust between the US-led coalition and its Afghan partners and raised questions about the readiness of local forces to take over from NATO ahead of a 2014 deadline for the withdrawal of foreign combat troops. An Afghan defence official said the incident took place in Kunar province in northeast Afghanistan.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to brief the media. NATO did not disclose the nationality of the trooper killed, but a Pentagon spokesman, Navy Capt John Kirby, said the service member was an American.
00:20 Putin to visit China after skipping US: Report
Russia's newly sworn-in President Vladimir Putin will make what could be his first foreign trip to China next month after deciding to skip the G8 summit in the US, a diplomatic source said today.
Putin's June 5-7 visit will include talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao and attendance at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, the source told Russian news agencies. Putin, sworn in for a third term as president on Monday after spending the past four years as premier, had earlier informed Obama he was turning down an invitation to visit Camp David for the G8 summit next week.
The US visit would have included ice-breaking talks with Obama, but the Kremlin said Putin would be busy putting the finishing touches on his new government in Moscow. The Kremlin has not announced any foreign engagements for Putin before the China visit is scheduled, meaning that Beijing could in a move of great symbolism be his first foreign destination for the third presidential term.
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