Cyclist on runway as Mulayam’s plane lands

LUCKNOW – Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav had a narrow escape Sunday morning when a cyclist suddenly appeared on the runway just as his plane was landing at the Saifai aerodrome in Uttar Pradesh’s Etawah district.

Mulayam Singh, who was on his way from Delhi to Lucknow, had made a brief stopover at Saefai, about … Read more »».

Minister’s son gets contract from father’s department

RANCHI – A Jharkhand minister is facing allegations of favouring his son in awarding a contract worth Rs.1.41 crore from his department.

Tanvir Ansari, son of Rural Works Minister Haji Hussain Ansari, was given the contract for road construction in Deoghar district March 5. It was awarded by the tender committee of the rural works department …. Read the original article  : Minister’s son gets contract from father’s department.

Won’t allow passage of Women’s Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha: Lalu Yadav

PATNA – Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) President Lalu Prasad Yadav deciding to stall the Women’s Reservation Bill in its present form has said that he will not allow it to pass in the Lok Sabha.
Addressing a gathering of Muslim Community in Patna, Yadav said, “The government will have to throw me out of …. Source  : Won’t allow passage of Women’s Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha: Lalu Yadav.

Maneka Gandhi stopped from entering riot-hit Bareilly

BAREILLY – Noted animal-rights activist and Aonla MP Maneka Gandhi, who is heading the three member panel appointed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to monitor the situation in riot-hit Bareilly was on Sunday not allowed to enter the city.

Sources said police personnel stopped Gandhi near Ghaziabad, while enroute to Bareilly.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Maneka Gandhi stopped from entering riot-hit Bareilly.

Big BJP boss steps in to save protgs (Capital Buzz)

NEW DELHI – The shock outburst by a clutch of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs over the women’s reservation bill left some party satraps red-faced after they put up a spirited defence in the Rajya Sabha. But when there’s a crisis, there’s big boss L.K. Advani.
Opposition to the bill by controversial Yogi Adityanath …. Read the original article  : Big BJP boss steps in to save protgs (Capital Buzz).

Russia, US close to signing arms reduction pact: Kremlin

Moscow, March 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian and US presidents have discussed the negotiations on a new strategic arms reductions treaty and said it was possible to talk about a date for the deal to be signed, the Kremlin said.
\”The heads of state have, by an already established tradition, held a regular exchange … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Russia, US close to signing arms reduction pact: Kremlin.

Despite brashness that made him a pariah in the GOP, Bunning still a hero in Ky. home base

Despite brashness, Bunning still a hero in Ky.

HEBRON, Ky. – Irascible Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning has been a pariah among his congressional colleagues. Back in the conservative swath of northern Kentucky he calls home, though, he’s being heralded as a hero.
Democrats bemoaned Bunning as unsympathetic to down-on-their-luck Americans when he single-handedly held up a …. Original article  : Despite brashness that made him a pariah in the GOP, Bunning still a hero in Ky. home base.

Obama, Medvedev discuss final issues on nuclear arms reduction treaty

Obama, Medvedev encouraged on arms talks accord
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Saturday had what the White House described as an “encouraging” phone conversation with Russian President Dmitrty Medvedev as the two countries sought to work out the remaining issues on a treaty to significantly reduce nuclear arsenals.
National Security Council spokesman …. Original article  : Obama, Medvedev discuss final issues on nuclear arms reduction treaty.

Fiorina introduces herself to GOP faithful with heavy criticism of Boxer, gov’t spending

Fiorina assails Washington, Boxer as out of touch

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Senate candidate Carly Fiorina is attempting to win over California Republicans by attacking two of their strongest dislikes – incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer and a federal government she says is broken.
Fiorina is the former Hewlett-Packard CEO making her first run at public office. She …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Fiorina introduces herself to GOP faithful with heavy criticism of Boxer, gov’t spending.

Sen. Reid’s wife taken out of intensive care unit after surgery on broken neck following crash

Sen. Reid’s wife leaves hospital’s intensive care

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s wife has been transferred out of a Virginia hospital’s intensive care unit and is improving after she was seriously injured in an accident on an interstate highway near Washington.
Jon Summers, a spokesman for the senator, says Landra Reid’s condition was … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Sen. Reid’s wife taken out of intensive care unit after surgery on broken neck following crash.

Opponents would fight any ACORN attempt to return to Ohio for voter registration purposes

Ohio opponents would fight ACORN attempt to return

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The community organizing group ACORN is not expressly prohibited from returning to Ohio under a settlement reached in a lawsuit that claimed it used fraudulent voter registration practices.
But a lawyer for a group that filed the lawsuit says it would fight in court any attempt … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Opponents would fight any ACORN attempt to return to Ohio for voter registration purposes.

Lesbian Air Force sergeant discharged after SD police see marriage license and tell military

Lesbian sgt. discharged after police tell military

Former Air Force sergeant Jene (jeh-NAY’) Newsome says she played by the rules. She never told anyone in the military that she was a lesbian.
But Newsome was discharged earlier this year under the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” law after Rapid City, S.D., police officers saw an Iowa marriage …. Original article  : Lesbian Air Force sergeant discharged after SD police see marriage license and tell military.

Utah House GOP leader resigns after confession about nude hot-tubbing with teenage girl

Utah GOP leader resigns after hot tub confession

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah’s House majority leader resigned from the Legislature Saturday, two days after acknowledging he paid a woman $150,000 to keep quiet about a nude hot-tubbing incident that took place a quarter century ago when she was a teenager.
Republican Rep. Kevin Garn’s Thursday night confession …. Original article  : Utah House GOP leader resigns after confession about nude hot-tubbing with teenage girl.

Despite brashness that made him a pariah in the GOP, Bunning known as a hero in Ky. home base

Despite brashness, Bunning a hero back home in Ky.

HEBRON, Ky. – Irascible Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning has been a pariah among his congressional colleagues. Back in the conservative swath of northern Kentucky he calls home, though, he’s being heralded as a hero.
Democrats bemoaned Bunning as unsympathetic to down-on-their-luck Americans when he single-handedly held up … Read more »».

Appeals court to rehear case of California man removed from council meeting after Nazi salute

Court in SF to rehear Nazi salute case
SAN FRANCISCO – A California man who was ordered removed from a Santa Cruz City Council meeting after making a one-armed Nazi salute has won another day in court.

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said Friday a majority of its justices have agreed to …. Original source  : Appeals court to rehear case of California man removed from council meeting after Nazi salute.

Push for Native Hawaiian government could address problems faced by islanders since overthrow

Native Hawaiian government may become reality
HONOLULU – Their kingdom long ago overthrown, Native Hawaiians seeking redress are closer than they’ve ever been to reclaiming a piece of Hawaii.
Native Hawaiians are the last remaining indigenous group in the United States that hasn’t been allowed to establish their own government, a right already … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Push for Native Hawaiian government could address problems faced by islanders since overthrow.

Congress opposes Kashmir bill curtailing women’s rights

JAMMU – The Congress has decided to oppose a bill moved earlier this week in the upper house of the state legislature depriving women of their citizenship rights if they marry non-permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir.
“This piece of legislation will never be supported by the party within or outside of the legislature,” …. Read the original article  : Congress opposes Kashmir bill curtailing women’s rights.

Thousands of government supporters and opposition march over disputed Togo presidential vote

Thousands march over Togo presidential vote

LOME, Togo – Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of Togo’s capital in two organized, opposing marches more than a week after a disputed presidential election won by the son of the former dictator.
Opposition candidate Jean-Pierre Fabre on Saturday led his opposition party on its march, which was … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Thousands of government supporters and opposition march over disputed Togo presidential vote.

Afghan police report 4 explosions in city in southern Afghanistan; causes not yet known

Afghan police: 4 explosions occur in Kandahar

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Afghan police say four explosions have occurred in the city of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. What caused the explosions wasn’t yet known.
Deputy provincial police chief Mohammad Shad Farooqi says the explosions were reported Saturday evening across the city – near a hotel, a prison, a mosque … Read more »»».

New clashes in Jerusalem, West Bank

JERUSALEM – Groups of young Palestinians rioted Saturday in the old city of Jerusalem and the West bank after Israeli police closed both areas to devout Muslims seeking to go to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Temple Mount.

Five of the rioters were arrested.
Arab youths tried to break through Israeli police controls at the Nablus … Read more »».