Here is India & World News Summary for May 31 2011. India News 340 prisoners found HIV positive in Tihar jail Integrated counseling and Testing Centre have been found that there are near aobut 340 HIV positive prisoners in Tihar Jail Link: News Summary for May 31... Read More

Here is India News Summary for May 26 2011. India 3 IAF women officer have reached Mt. Read the rest here: India News Summary for May... Read More

Here is the India News Summary for 25 May 2011. India News Bomb exploded at the High court of Delhi A small bomb was blasted in Delhi High Court, but no one was injured. Read the original here: India News Summary : 25 May... Read More

Sri Sathya Sai Baba, whose spiritual clout ran far and wide, passed away this morning in this town in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district due to cardio-respiratory failure. Sai Baba, who was 86, breathed his last at 7.40 AM at the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, its Director A N Safaya said in a bulletin. “Bhagwan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is no more with us physically. Read more: Sri Sathya Sai Baba passes... Read More

Andhra Pradesh assembly members began casting their votes to elect 10 members to the state legislative council even as suspense continues about who the legislators loyal to former Congress MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy will support. Flexing his muscles once again, Jagan – as he is commonly known – held a meeting with 26 legislators supporting him. See the rest here: Suspense about Jagan group even as council polls... Read More

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday demanded the “immediate” resignation of the Manmohan Singh government in the wake of the revelations in leaked US diplomatic cables that payoffs had been made to MPs to ensure majority in confidence vote in 2008. The issue was raised in both houses of parliament. The furore over the issue saw both houses being adjourned till 12 noon. See the original post here: Wikileaks disclosures: BJP demands UPA government’s... Read More

Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh Tuesday said the government had started a programme to boost population of river dolphin, the national aquatic animal of India. Answering supplementaries in the Rajya Sabha during question hour, he said the population of dolphins in Gangetic area had been estimated between 2,000 and 3,000. He said river dolphin was a unique heritage resource of India See original here: Plan to increase river dolphin population:... Read More

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan Saturday declared that the state government would go ahead with the 9,900-MW Jaitapur nuclear power project being set up at a cost of Rs.60,000 crore ($130 billion) with French collaboration in Jaitapur village in the Konkan belt. Making a visit to personally meet and assure the villagers on their apprehensions over the multi-billion rupees project, Chavan said the project will strictly adhere to all norms of operational safety and environmental protection. Originally posted here: Prithviraj Chavan bats for Jaitapur nuclear... Read More

The Indian Railways’ plan to cut through the mountains in Jammu and Kashmir, construct bridges and bore tunnels and get the train chugging into the Kashmir Valley in 2017 is a deadline on which doubts have been cast by many, the latest being Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in his tweet posted: “Rail line (from Udhampur to Srinagar) date is given in 2017. Banihal-Qazigund day break this year December & line opening in 2013 Read this article: Will Kashmir rail line by ready by... Read More

Delhi’s women need to be made aware about their rights and the importance of their empowerment, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said here Saturday. “We need to make women aware about their powers, only then will they feel empowered. Awareness is more important than legal empowerment,” Dikshit said as she flagged off the ‘bell bajao’ campaign against domestic violence. Link: Awareness needed for Delhi’s women:... Read More