1. 2G note at PMO’s insistence: FM, Cab Sec Drafted Para On PC, Says Letter To PM:
New Delhi: The controversial finance ministry note on 2G spectrum allocation that created a political storm by suggesting that thethen finance minister P Chidambaram could have prevented the scam by insisting on auction of spectrum was drafted after detailed consultations with the PMO and the Cabinet Secretariat, and issued only because of the
PMO’s “insistence”, although the “DEA (Department of Economic Affairs in the finance ministry) was not in favour of sending the note”. [TOI p1]
2. Oppn accuses govt of concealing facts :
New Delhi : The joint parliamentary committee meeting on the 2G scam on Monday witnessed a fierce exchange of fire, as opposition members accused the government of concealing facts. [HT p1]
3. PAC meet on CAG cancelled after ruckus :
New Delhi : A key meet of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the 2G-spectrum scandal was shelved on Monday after members of the Opposition and the Congress clashed over the presence of Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) Vinod Rai in the meet.[HT p11]
4. India’s Track 3: Afghan-Iran rail link : New Delhi : In a bold move to
assert itself in the Af-Pak region and reduce Pakistan’s room for man
oeuvre, India is finalising a plan to construct a 900-km railway line that will
connect Chabahar port in Iran, being built with Indian help, to the mineralrich
Hajigak region of Afghanistan.[HT p1]
5. Clarify Stand on Kani Bail Plea: SC to CBI: NEW DELHI : Ahead of the
special court order on the bail pleas of DMK supremo M Karunanidhi’s
daughter Kanimozhi and four others in the 2G spectrum scam case, the
Supreme Court has asked CBI to clarify whether it was opposed to the
court granting bail to the accused. [ET p2]
6. Why different stands on 2G bail: SC to CBI, Agency Asked To
Explain The Basis For Differentiating Between 2G Accused: New
Delhi: Days before the trial court verdict on bail pleas of DMK leader
Kanimozhi and four others in the 2G spectrum scam case, the Supreme
Court on Monday asked the CBI on what basis the agency was
differentiating the case of the five from other accused, whose bail they are
opposing in the apex court. [TOI p18]
7. I-T crackdown on undisclosed Swiss a/c holders, Tycoons, MPs
Summoned For Questioning: New Delhi: In the first crackdown of its
kind against those stashing unaccounted wealth overseas, the income tax
department has launched an offensive against politicians and industrialists
who had parked money in HSBC Bank, Geneva. [TOI p1]
8. Centre for more talks, AFSPA on backburner : Jammu : After his
October 21 announcement triggered hot debates in the state as well as
the Centre, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah’s idea of
revoking the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from “certain
areas” seems to have been consigned to cold storage.[HT p8]
9. PC backs Omar, says decision taken by CCS : New Delhi : Home
minister P Chidambaram stood up in defence of J&K chief minister Omar
Abdullah on Monday, saying there was “nothing unusual” in the chief
minister’s plans to lift the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from
parts of the state.[HT p8]
10. EC accepts call for right to reject : New Delhi: Accepting a major Team
Anna demand, Election Commission will be writing to the law ministry
asking for the option of “right to reject” to be introduced in elections in five
states going to polls next year. [TOI p11]
11. Team Anna got 3cr in donations, Of This, 1.16cr Collected During
Ramlila Stir: New Delhi: Team Anna collected Rs 2.94 crore in donations
in the last six months, of which Rs 1.16 crore was collected in 12 days
while the Ramlila Maidan agitation was on. Over 25,000 people made
donations during the Ramlila Maidan agitation of which 23,138 people
donated less than Rs 1,000 — an indication of the mass movement that
the August agitation became. About 400 people donated above Rs
10,000. [TOI p13]
12. Hazare to End Maun Vrat Soon, To tour country to meet people who
supported him: MUMBAI : Anna Hazare has announced that he will end
his maun vrat (silence) in the next four days and speak out on various
issues. He will take up a national tour to meet his supporters from every
part of the country and declare the future course of his agitation too. [ET
p3]
13. Parliament’s winter session from Nov 22 : New Delhi : The winter
session of Parliament will commence from November 22. A decision to
this effect was taken by the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs
(CCPA) during a meeting in the national capital on Monday.[IE p5]
14. Opp. plans no-trust vote in Winter Session : NEW DELHI : The
Opposition plans to keep the government on tenterhooks by moving a noconfidence
motion against it during the coming Winter Session of
Parliament, beginning on November 22, in order to expose the “fencesitters”
ahead of next year’s crucial Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.[AA
p2]
15. Quota for Muslim OBCs soon, says Khurshid : Lucknow : A day after
former RSS chief KS Sudarshan met Shia cleric Kalbe Sadiq at Unity
College in Lucknow, Union Minister Salman Khurshid visited the same
college on Monday and in Sadiq’s presence promised that the government
would soon bring “quota within quota” for Muslim OBCs.[IE p2]
16. Uddhav, Athavale will share stage with Advani : MUMBAI: Senior BJP
leader L.K. Advani’s “Janchetana Yatra” will make its way into Mumbai on
November 4. Interestingly, apart from several BJP leaders slated to speak
at the rally, Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray and RPI
leader Ramdas Athawale will also be amongst the people who address
the crowd.[AA p2]
17. Gadkari meets BJP leaders in Tihar, hits out at CBI, Centre : New
Delhi: BJP chief Nitin Gadkari on Monday met Sudheendra Kulkarni and
two former party MPs at Tihar Jail and said it was beyond his
comprehension as to why they were not being granted bail despite being
chargesheeted in the cash-for-vote scam case. [TOI p15]
18. HC seeks Delhi cops response on bail pleas of Kulkarni, 3 others :
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court on Monday issued a notice to the Delhi
Police on the bail applications of for accused including senior BJP leader
and former deputy prime minister L K Advani’s former aide Sudheendra
Kulkarni and two former BJP MPs, for their alleged complicity in the cash
for vote-scam.[IE p5]
19. BSY ministers skip LK’s dinner party: Bangalore: Embarrassment for
L K Advani in Karnataka didn’t stop at 12 ministers loyal to ousted CM B S
Yeddyurappa boycotting his public rally on Sunday. He was further
snubbed when at a dinner hosted by CM D V Sadananda Gowda the
same night, only 5-6 ministers and 20 of the state’s 122 BJP MLAs
showed up. [TOI p19]
20. Diggy’s farce ‘D Plan’ of Congress, says Javadekar : New Delhi :
Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh got it left and right from the
BJP, which on Monday accused former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister of
always supporting wrong-doings. Singh had irked the Opposition party by
claiming that after Baba Ramdev and Anna Hazare, Sri Sri Ravishankar
was the plan ‘C’ of RSS-BJP. [Pioneer Daily p5]
21. Decision on Telangana after Eid: PC : New Delhi: A movement towards
a decision on the Telangana issue will take place after the Eid-ul-Zuha
festival, home minister P Chidambaram said on Monday. He said
Congress general secretary incharge of Andhra Pradesh and Union health
minister Ghulam Nabi Azad had conveyed to different groups in the state
that since the festival season was going on, there has been no movement
on the issue. [TOI p16]
22. BJP slams Digvijaya for his remarks on Sri Sri Ravi Shankar : New
Delhi : The BJP criticised senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh for his
statement that Art of Living guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is Plan ‘C’ of the
RSS to destabilise the UPA government, saying Singh himself
represented Plan ‘D’ of his party, “which could be dirty tricks department or
duffer.”[HT p13]
23. Now, Sri Sri takes on graft in UP yatra : Lucknow: After Baba Ramdev
and Anna Hazare, spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has announced
action against graft. Starting on November 7, he will take out an anticorruption
yatra from Jaunpur in UP, during which he will hold satsangs in
various parts of the state and urge people to take a pledge against graft.
The yatra will begin and end in UP. [TOI p16]
24. Khalistan terror group says Sajjan Kumar was target : Patiala : The
explosives recovered from an abandoned car in Ambala on October 12
were being brought to Delhi by banned terrorist group Khalistan Tiger
Force (KTF) to eliminate Congress leader Sajjan Kumar.[HT p11]
25. MFIs are new-age moneylenders : Brinda : Mumbai : Micro Finance
institutions (MFIs) envisioned to give small loans to the poor, are
exploiting poor women by charging them exorbitant interest rates,
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat
said on Monday.[The Hindu p5]
26. Maharashtra govt set to prosecute Lavasa top brass : New Delhi :
The Maharashtra government is set to initiate criminal proceedings
against top Lavasa Corporation Limited (LCL) bosses including its
chairperson Ajit Gulab-chand for alleged environmental violations in the
Lavasa township project.[IE p1]
27. Koda thrashed by jail guards, fractures hand: Ranchi: Former
Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda, jailed for money laundering, was beaten up
by prison guards while leading a protest against the poor quality of food
served to him and other high-profile inmates here on Monday. Koda
fractured his right hand and is in hospital. [TOI p1]
28. Chinks in BJP widen as Shanta men skip meeting : Shimla : The
absence of Shanta loyalists, including two ministers and four MLAs, from
the significant BJP State Executive meeting here today has rung alarm
bells for the ruling party as the tactical move by the rival faction is a clear
indication of the rebellious mood in the dissident camp, which seems to be
in no mood to relent.[The Tribune p8]
29. Arunachal CM Gamlin quits : Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh chief
minister Jarbom Gamlin resigned on Monday after 40 Congress legislators
adopted a one-point resolution asking party chief Sonia Gandhi to choose
Gamlin’s successor. The resignation capped a prolonged resistance to
Gamlin’s selection as CM, led by dissident leader Nabam Tuki. [TOI p16]
30. Lokayukta Bill tabled in Uttarakhand Assembly : Dehradun :
Uttarakhand Chief Minister B C Khanduri Tabled the Uttarakhand
Lokayukta Bill 2011, in the Vidhan Sabha on Monday amid a muted
response from the opposition Congress. The Bill comes up for debate on
Tuesday.[The Hindu p7]
31. Over 100 AI pilots seek NOC to quit : New Delhi: The war of attrition
between pilots of Air India and erstwhile Indian Airlines now threatens to
hasten the demise of the critically ill Maharaja. Over 100 AI pilots last
Saturday collectively sought a “no objection certificate” from the aviation
ministry to seek jobs elsewhere and quit the national airline.[TOI p11]
32. Civic agencies pass buck on HC order, Legal Hurdle For BJP To
Declare Chhath As Holiday In MCD: New Delhi: BJP suffered a huge
embarrassment on the eve of Chhath after it failed to declare the festival
as a public holiday despite controlling the Municipal Corporation of
Delhi.[TOI p6]
33. Delhi govt hikes minimum property rates by up to 250%: New Delhi:
For the second time this year, the Delhi government announced a steep
hike in circle rates in a bid to garner more revenue and check the use of
black money in property transactions. [TOI p1]
34. Circle rate hike way to go: Experts, Will Initially Burden Consumers
But Prove To Be Beneficial In Long Run: New Delhi: With the Delhi
government hiking the circle rates substantially on Monday, the city’s
realty market is expected to be impacted somewhat. It’s going to be a
twopronged impact, say property experts. [TOI p4]
35. BJP demands withdrawal of new circle rates : New Delhi : Alleging
that the Delhi Government is increasing the circle rates in order to recover
the losses incurred during the Commonwealth Games in the city last year
State BJP president Vijender Gupta on Monday demanded that the
Government immediately withdraw the new rates.[The Hindu p4]
36. Chief secy panel to look into farmhouse policy : New Delhi: The Delhi
cabinet has set up a committee that will study and frame
recommendations on regularization of farmhouses as country homes and
also come up with a policy for farmhouses in general. The DDA had
sought the views of the state on its farmhouse policy before it is finalized.
[TOI p4]
LEGAL/CRIME NEWS
37. SC Notice over NC Worker’s Death : NEW DELHI : The Supreme Court
has issued notices to the Centre and Jammu and Kashmir governments
on a petition seeking CBI probe into the custodial death of National
Congress worker Sayeed Muhammad Yusuf. Yusuf ’s death had kicked up
a political storm in J&K. [ET p3]
38. Villages of Yamuna Expressway await High Court hearing : Greater
Noida :After deciding the land acquisition cases in Noida and Greater
Noida, the Allahabad high court is likely to begin hearing of petitions filed
by the farmers of Yamuna Expressway soon. Many of the 30-odd villages
located along the Noida-Agra toll road have moved court, seeking their
land back.[HT p2]
39. 3 gets life sentence in Mirchpur case : New Delhi : A Delhi court on
Monday awarded life sentences to three of the 15 people convicted for
burning to death a 70-year-old Dalit man and his physically challenged
daughter in a Haryana’s Mirchpur village last year. [HT p8]
40. NIA Not to Oppose Bail of Malegaon Blast Accused : NEW DELHI :
With probe pointing to the role of right-wing extremists in the 2006
Malegaon blasts, the National Investigation Agency has decided not to
oppose bail petitions of nine accused who were arrested before the role of
Hindu radicals came to light. [ET p2]
41. NIA finishes blast jigsaw, except for the bombers : New Delhi : The
National Investigation Agency (NIA) has pieced together what it says is
the entire conspiracy behind the Delhi High Court blast, but for the
identities of the two men — known only as “Bilal” and “Haroon” — who
allegedly boarded a Volvo bus from Jammu with the briefcase bomb on
September 4 and set it off three days later.[IE p1]
EDITORIAL/OPINION
42. The Swiss Bank Myth, Ridding the domestic economy of black
money should be a priority: Ashok Malik : On his nationwide yatra, BJP
leader L K Advani has urged bringing back India’s “Rs 25 lakh crore”
allegedly lying in dubious foreign accounts. “If the black money is brought
back,” Advani has said, “India can provide basic facilities like water,
power, roads and others to nearly six lakh villages.” Others have coined
an imaginative one-liner: “Swiss bank to grameen (rural) bank”. [TOI p20]
BUSINESS NEWS
43. Premji slams govt paralysis : Bangalore: The complete absence of
decision making in the government, coupled with corruption, is the biggest
challenge facing the country, Azim Premji, chairman of IT major Wipro,
said on Monday. [TOI p1]
44. Anil Ambani Gets 700 cr as Mudra Goes to Omnicom: Mumbai : After
a decade of on-and-off parleys, US advertising giant Omnicom has sealed
a deal to gain control of the Mudra Group, the last of the major homegrown
advertising networks left in the country. [ET p1]
