Several Muslim organisations Friday demanded an end to the trade and military relations between India and Israel as they held protest demonstration in the capital against Israel's assault May 30 on an aid ship en route to Gaza, leading to the death of nine activists.

Read the original: 
India should snap all ties with Israel, demand Muslim groups

West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has decided to skip the two-day Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo meeting in New Delhi, citing the state's law and order situation after three people were killed in Birbhum district, party leaders said Friday.

Read the original here:
Buddhadeb to skip CPI-M politburo meet, focus on law and order

Alaying doubts over the fate of South Korean steel company Posco's memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Orissa government to build a steel plant to be lapsed next month, South Korean former Finance Minister and Chairman of Presidential Committee for the G20 Summit hoped that India will renew its license further.

Read the original here: 
Korea hopes India would renew POSCO Steel MOU in Orissa

India Friday said listed companies must have 25 percent minimum public holding to broadbase the shareholding pattern and bring more transparency in capital markets – a move that is expected to see a deluge of primary offers worth nearly $45 billion.

Read more from the original source:
India wants listed firms to have 25 percent minimum public holding

Effluent treatment facilities set up with central and state subsidies across the length of the Golden Industrial Corridor from Ahmedabad to Vapi in south Gujarat bordering Maharashtra do not conform to pollution norms in Gujarat, an NGO said Friday.

Originally posted here:
'Pollution norms flouted in effluent treatment facilities'

Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving Pakistani gunman, who was sentenced to death for his role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, has filed an appeal in the Bombay High Court challenging the verdict and sought a legal aid panel to fight his case.

Go here to see the original:
Kasab files appeal in Bombay High Court against death sentence

In an apparent attempt to incite public sentiments, a top leader of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), the front face of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), has urged political leaders of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) to refrain from indulging in petty political issues and continue the 'struggle' for winning Kashmir back from India.

Originally posted here: 
Banned JuD back to its 'free Kashmir from India' demagoguery

For the first time, Left leaders are betraying their jitters, saying in public what the comrades have been introspecting and analysing in their politburo and other inner party forums – that West Bengal's ruling Left Front is facing a 'life and death battle' in the state whose first electoral test comes with the local elections on May 30.

Here is the original post:
'Left faces life and death battle in West Bengal'

India on Monday gave a strong call for reforming the international economic order, urging G-15 summit members in Iranian capital Tehran to work closely for a “balanced” outcome in the Doha Round of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations.isiting Indian External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna said: “We need to continue reform of the international financial institutions to make them more…

Read the rest here:
At G-15, India calls for reforming international economic order

At least 35 special police officers (SPOs) and civilians were killed when Maoist rebels detonated a landmine targeting a bus in which they were travelling in a forested stretch in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, the same region where they slaughtered 76 security personnel over a month ago.

See the original post: 
Maoists blast civilian bus in Chhattisgarh, 35 dead

A string of attacks by Maoists at their will on state police, paramilitary forces and civilians around the 40,000 sq km Bastar region has led to a strong sense of insecurity among the people of Chhattisgarh who fear the rebels have established a firm grip in the forested interiors.

The rest is here:
'Who rules Chhattisgarh's Bastar, certainly not the government'

Child actor Darsheel Safary, who earned kudos for his portrayal of a dyslexic child in Aamir Khan's 'Taare Zameen Par', has failed to attract footfalls with his latest outing 'Bumm Bumm Bole'. Experts blame it on the lack of star power.

More:
Lack of star power mars Darsheel-starrer 'Bumm Bumm Bole'

The Supreme Court Monday stayed a Patna High Court order upholding the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security's (BCAS) decision to withdraw security clearance licence granted to an agency run by retired armymen engaged in ground handling operations at Patna and other airports.

See the original post here: 
Apex court restrains Patna court order against airport agency

The murderous attack on some 50 civilians and security men in the Chhattisgarh forest Monday has left India's security experts shocked over how Maoists could strike with such impunity for the second time in 40 days. There is suggestion of a military-style offensive and better grassroot intelligence by befriending locals.

Read more here: 
'Military-style offensive, better local intelligence required'

New Delhi, May 17 (IANS)Home Minister P. Chidambaram met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday evening as the government condemned the Maoist attack on 'hapless civilians' in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh that left at least 50 dead, the second such murderous assault in 40 days in the state.

Read the rest here: 
Chidambaram confers with PM as government condemns Maoist attack

In what reads more like an indictment of the Indian defence establishment, a government working paper Monday suggested the foreign investment cap in the military manufacturing sector be raised to 74 percent from the present 26 percent to attract established players to the area, save tremendous foreign exchange and revive the country's industry at large.

Excerpt from: 
Raising FDI cap in defence manufacturing to 74 percent will save forex

A day after two people were killed and many injured in a stampede at the New Delhi Railway Station, scores of survivors were Monday looking for their missing family members or lost belongings. A 10-year-old boy, the second victim of the stampede, was Monday identified by his father in the mortuary.

See the original post: 
Second stampede victim identified; survivors look for lost kin

The Indian government's provisional revenue from the sale of third-generation (3G) airwaves Monday crossed the Rs.65,000 crore ($14.2 billion) mark and nationwide licence price reached over Rs.16,000 crore ($3.5 billion) at the end of 176 rounds of an auction to award the spectrum for telecom services.

Go here to see the original:
Revenue from 3G auction crosses Rs.65,000 crore mark

Hindus have applauded Delhi Metro for reportedly giving copy of Bhagavad-Gita to its senior managers as a management-text and urged other international and domestic corporations in India to do the same.

Go here to see the original:
Hindus laud Delhi Metro for using Gita as management-text and urge all corporations to follow

Defence Minister AK Antony on Monday asked the top brass of the Armed Forces to work in unison and make cyber systems as secure and as non-porous as possible, adding that cyber-warfare is becoming a serious threat to security. The paradigms of security in the age of Information Technology are seldom constant.

Go here to see the original: 
Antony cautions Indian Army commanders on dangers of cyber-warfare