Jairam suggests new climate team, drops critics from list
NEW DELHI: Union environment and forest minister Jairam Ramesh has dropped Prodipto Ghosh and Chandrashekhar Dasgupta — his most vocal critics — from the suggestive list forwarded to the PM for reconstitution of the core negotiating group on climate change. ... TIMES OF INDIA
HYDERABAD: In another crash involving aging aircraft, two young Navy aviators were killed on Wednesday during a spectacular aerobatics show after their Surya Kiran MkII, a series inducted about 30 years ago, failed to pull out of a dive and plunged into a three-storied building in full view of the who's who of Indian aviation. ...TIMES OF INDIA
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the BJP's seniormost leader Lal Krishna Advani clashed twice in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, during Advani’s speech on the motion of thanks following President Pratibha Patil’s February 22 joint address to Parliament.... HINDUSTANTIMES Nano may not stay as cheap: Tata Motors
The Nano, the world’s cheapest car at Rs 1 lakh, may no longer be as cheap, when Tata Motors opens fresh booking later this year. The company on Tuesday said it had promised to hold the price line for the first lot of Nano buyers, hinting at a hike for fresh buyers. It did not divulge the exact amount of the price hike..... HINDUSTANTIMES
Mumbai’s Parth Sanghvi has become the youngest scuba open water diver when he plunged 40 feet underwater near Grande Island in Goa, Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) said on Thursday.... HINDUSTANTIMES
NEW DELHI: Wednesday's naval aircraft crash in Hyderabad is the fourth fatal incident involving aerial display teams in the last four years.
The IAF operates the Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team (SKAT) and the Sarang helicopter display team, while the Navy has the four-aircraft Sagar Pawan Aerobatic Team (SPAT)..... THE HINDU
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Government has decided to introduce a monorail service in the Capital in the next three-four years as it considers it “faster than the Delhi Metro railway”. Besides, the Government has also decided to commission non-stop express buses on 50 routes to provide rapid access to commuters.... THE HINDU
NEW DELHI: Employees of the Regional Passport Office at Bhikaji Cama Place here held a protest demonstration outside the office gate on Wednesday to express resentment over the manner in which privatisation of the passport system is being implemented... THE HINDU
An relenting Opposition on Wednesday kept the pressure on the Government in the Rajya Sabha on the spiralling prices alleging scam in sugar imports, a charge rejected by Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar..... INDIAN EXPRESS
Actor Preity Zinta says she was made to wait five hours at the Khar police station but is still struggling to lodge an FIR. She has been trying for 10 days, she complained on Twitter.... INDIAN EXPRESS
