Cong dares Modi to debate on gujarat
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday dared Narendra Modi to an open debate on his governance model in Gujarat, while rubbishing his attack on the UPA for the economic slowdown. “Gujarat Chief Minister is in the habit of making one or the other statement daily...If he is so confident of the governance model of Gujarat, he should come and debate it with us any day on a place and format of his choice. It will be crystal clear how much strength that governance model has...People of the country will judge...They would be able to sift the fact from the fiction,” Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari told reporters.
bangla foreign minister in india
New Delhi: As a political consensus eluded the Indo-Bangla land boundary pact here, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni on Thursday hoped all Indian parties would “see the larger picture and act accordingly”. Apart from holding talks with the top Indian leadership tomorrow, Moni, who arrived here on Thursday, will also meet leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley in a bid to ensure his party’s support for smooth sailing of the land Boundary Agreement (lBA) which is expected to come up in the monsoon session of the Parliament next month.
SC Transfers all IIT petitions to self
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed transferring to its bench all petitions relating to admissions in Indian Institute of Technology pending in the Andhra Pradesh High Court. “The transfer petition is allowed,” a bench comprising Chief Justice P Sathasivam and Justice Ranjan Gogoi said.
sc seeks answers on med admission quota
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday sought response from the Medical Council of India (MCI), Governments of Tamil Nadu and Kerala on a plea challenging the regional reservation in admissions in super specialty medical courses. A bench of justices KS Radhakrishnan and AK Sikri also issued notice to Shillong-based North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Science seeking its response on the plea.