Islamabad, Oct 21 (IANS) A tough-talking US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday told Pakistan it could not “keep snakes” in its backyard and said the country must act against terror and “squeeze the Haqqani network”. Addressing a joint press conference with Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, Clinton said here that the US has reasserted its commitment to eliminating... 

New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Friday called for reforms in agricultural marketing to enable farmers to get best prices for their products. The prevailing system of regulated markets under the Agriculture Produce Market Committee Act, 2003, was a constraint on farmers’ ability to sell their produce at the best prices, he said here. Pawar was addressing the Parliamentary... 

New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation led by party president Nitin Gadkari met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here Friday on the continuing economic blockade in Manipur and demanded imposition of president’s rule in the northeastern state. The delegation, which also included Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, along with... 

New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Two months after its first notice, the Income Tax Department Friday issued another notice to Team Anna’s key member Arvind Kejriwal asking him to pay his dues of more than Rs.9 lakh by Oct 27. “Kejriwal has received the notice from the IT department,” one of his aides told IANS. Kejriwal could not be contacted for his comments. The department sent the first... 

Bhubaneswar, Oct 21 (IANS) The state-run National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) Friday placed an order with a government agency to import two lakh tonnes of coal to meet shortfall, an official said. The company’s smelter and captive power plant in Orissa’s Angul town, about 160 km from here, has been operating at reduced capacity since past several days because of the prevailing coal crisis. “We... 

New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) A special court here Friday dismissed the bail application of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani’s former aide Sudheendra Kulkarni, who has been arrested in the 2008 cash-for-vote scandal. Besides Kulkarni, Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal also rejected the bail applications of former BJP MPs Faggan Singh Kulaste and Mahabir Singh Bhagora. The court said:... 

New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said the task of “evolving a mechanism to check corruption was urgent” and the nation should “seize the moment”. “We are on the cusp of far reaching changes in fighting corruption. The agitation for the establishment of a Lokpal has brought the issue of cleaning up of public life right at the top of the agenda... 

Kolkata, Oct 21 (IANS) The opposition Left Front (LF) Friday demanded that the West Bengal government reverse its move to scrap the renaming of North 24 Parganas district’s Rajarhat New Town after Marxist icon Jyoti Basu and threatened to take the issue to the governor. “The move to revoke the name is unacceptable and we demand the announcement to do so be immediately withdrawn. Jyoti Basu... 

AIJAZ AHMED KHAN JEDDAH: Kanoo Travel beat Jeddah Projects Cricket Team by 8 runs, Natco International gain 5 wickets win over ACE Travels, Sultan Al Abideen beat Babar Toor by 13 runs while the champion team Hijaz-XI win by 35 runs against the Zinda Tilismat of Hyderabad Indian-XI in the 6th week matches of premier division, this league is sponsored by the Kanoo Group of Companies & it is organized... 

AIJAZ AHMED KHAN JEDDAH: Saudi German Hospital team beat Cougar Lubricants by ten wickets while Peeran-XI beat Saudi Steel Profile by 6 wickets in the sixth week match of division-I, this tournament is sponsored by the ACE Travels & Tours for the 5th consecutive time & it is organized by the Jeddah Cricket Association. Saudi German Hospital-XI Beat Cougar Lubricants: Batting first Cougar Lubricants...