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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It, undoubtedly, is CPI(M) State secretary Pinarayi Vijayan’s finest hour. A mere stroke of the judicial pen, and the hunted has become the hunter, in a jiffy.

It staggers belief to note that the loss of power generation in the country due to the shortage of coal and gas amounted to around 50 billion units (BU) in the inaugural year of the 12th Five Year Plan and about 11.4 BU during the first four months of the current fiscal. No wonder that the latest monetary policy review of the apex bank bemoaned that among the infrastructure industry the power sector was crippled by the “poor performance of thermal power, with the plant load factor (PLF) declining continuously to almost early 2000 levels”. This is despite the tall target of new capacity additions in the current plan as against the dismal record in the Eleventh Plan when the gap between target and actual performance was whopping.

BHOPAL: Tribal leader Devi Singh Saiyam has resigned from the Madhya Pradesh council of ministers following the denial of ticket to him. The tribal leader's unexpected move has sent shock waves in the ruling BJP, which hopes to win the upcoming assembly election consecutively for the third time.

New Delhi: The Government will be drafting the rules on leasing of Waqf properties on basis of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2013.

New Delhi: Indian government and the industry has welcomed the British Government decision to abandon its controversial plan to impose a £3,000 immigration cash bond on visas.

New Delhi: Circa-2014 will begin with hosting of a gala conclave of Overseas Indians which special focus on linking Indian youth diaspora. The Vice President of the ruling Congress party, Rahul Gandhi will have an excellent opportunity of addressing the Indian youths settled or working abroad.

New Delhi: Nearly 134,000 Indian workers have left Saudi Arabia as the grace period for enforcement of Nitaqat law ended on last Sunday.

The October 27 bomb blasts in Patna, timed to precede BJP Prime-Ministerial nominee Narendra Modi’s much tom-tommed rally, mark a new, murky and dangerous turn in Indian politics. If the turn persists, we will probably see extremely bloody Assembly elections in five states over the next month, and an even more gory 2014 Lok Sabha poll campaign.

Why did Narendra Modi lose no time to visit the relatives of the victims of the Patna bomb blasts while he has been totally indifferent to those who survived the Gujarat riots of 2002?

New Delhi: The Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh urged the top Indian diplomats to shape the country’s diplomacy in this “time of immense flux in the world” based on the five-pronged approach.