2. Kalmadi accepts blame for CWG mess; India's image dented, says Fennell New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) After days of denial, Commonwealth Games OrganisingCommitee (CGOC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi Saturday accepted the blame for the mess surrounding the Oct 3-14 event, but cushioned this by saying the government agencies had not delivered the infrastructure on time There are concerns which remain, mainly related to cleanliness Some 7,000 participants and officials from 71 countries and territories are expected to attend the Commonwealth Games.
3. Advani urges Supreme Court to allow Ayodhyajudgment Somnath, Sep 25 (IANS) Senior BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Saturday urged the Supreme Court to allow a decision on the Ayodhya dispute by the Allahabad High Court, and said people had been waiting for a judgment in the case for over past five decades. The high court was to deliver its verdict on the BabriMasjid-Ramjanmabhoomi title suit on Sep 24. Advani said he respected the judicial system of the country and added that he had appealed to party workers to maintain calm.
4. FIIs push markets to new highs FIIs are quite bullish on the domestic markets and analysts believe they have the potential to go up further in the short term, driven by strong FII support. Individuals and domestic institutional investors are looking jittery at the higher levels, but the strong FII support has potential to push the markets to the next level The domestic markets are on top of the list of many large institutional investors due to their strong position
5. Nalco proposes to set up power plant in Orissa Targeting generation of 5,000 MW of power by 2020, aluminium major Nalco today proposed to set up a mega thermal power plant in Orissa set up the power plant in collaboration with a state PSU interest to be a partner in OMC-OHPC joint venture company for setting up a plant.
6. Next year critical for decision on India venture: Telenor Telenor ASA, Scandinavia's biggest phone company, said next year will be decisive for its Indian operations Telenor entered India last December seeking to leverage expertise gained in Pakistan and Bangladesh to capture growth and profits in the world's second-biggest wireless market Telenor entered India when it acquired a majority stake in a new wireless business set up by Unitech Ltd
7. Govt to tie up with TERI for climate change action plan The Uttar Pradesh government is all set to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi for implementation of the state action plan for climate change. TERI will support us during implementation of the state action plan for climate change in next 10 to 15 years The draft MoU will soon be sent to all the eight core groups formed for missions