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Defiant Koda says he ‘can’t be summoned’

NDTV Correspondent, Friday November 20, 2009, Ranchi

Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda has written to the Enforcement Directorate saying they cannot summon him. In the letter to, he has also said the ED will have to give him a 10 day advance notice and also inform the Speaker. Madhu Koda dodged interrogation yet again on Thursday, ignoring a summons that required him to be in Delhi to explain exactly how a chief minister collects assets worth 4000 crores.

Court furious over Manu Sharma’s parole

NDTV Correspondent, Friday November 20, 2009, New Delhi

“It’s clear that only the rich and powerful who get parole” - the Delhi High Court’s furious take on Manu Sharma’s controversial bail. The court went on to slam the Delhi Police, saying “the police seems to go out of the way to favour them while those who need it the most don’t get bail.” The court’s attack against the Delhi Police, however, is baffling, since the police had warned the Delhi government that it did not support Sharma’s bail application. Sharma, sentenced to death for killing model Jessica Lall in 1999, made headlines when he was found at a Delhi nightclub earlier this month. It then emerged that Sharma had been granted bail on the grounds that he needed to attend to his business and his ageing mother. The Delhi Police went on record to say that it had told Chief Minister these were not sufficient reasons for bail. An embarrassed chief minister defended the parole, saying Sharma had not been done any favours, but the police’s statement indicated otherwise.

Passenger has heart attack on flight

Press Trust of India, Friday November 20, 2009, Chennai

A Colombo-bound Air Lanka flight from Chennai returned to the airport soon after take off on Friday after a passenger suffered a heart attack, airport sources said.

Jharkhand: Naxals target train; 2 killed

NDTV Correspondent/Agencies, Friday November 20, 2009, Manoharpur (Jharkhand)/Rourkela (Orissa)

Restoration work is on in full swing on the tracks damaged by the Maoist attack on a running passenger train on the Orissa-Jharkhand border on Thursday night that left two persons dead and 55 injured. Eight bogies of the Tata-Bilaspur passenger train derailed after Maoists blew up railway tracks between Manoharpur and Posoita railway stations in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district.

Several trains on SE Railway route diverted

Press Trust of India, Friday November 20, 2009, Kolkata

The South Eastern Railway on Friday diverted, terminated, cancelled and rescheduled a number of trains in the wake of the derailment of the Tata-Bilaspur passenger train between Posoita and Manoharpur on Thursday night.

NSG did not use gas in Mumbai attacks

Press Trust of India, Friday November 20, 2009, New Delhi

The elite National Security Guard (NSG) was under pressure to use gas to neutralise the heavily armed Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists during the Mumbai terror attacks last year but the idea was shot down for fear of repeat of another Russian theatre disaster.

Remembering Manjunath, killed for honesty

NDTV Correspondent, Friday November 20, 2009, Lucknow

Manjunath Shanmugam, an executive with Indian Oil, was murdered for exposing an adulteration racket in Lakhimpur, Uttar Pradesh four years ago. Time stands still in the Manjunath household as it did on the November 19, 2005. Especially for his mother who just can't come to terms with the loss her bright and upright son. “What is the point when I don't have my son around. I don't want to mourn his death,” says Pramila Shanmugam, Manjunath's mother.

‘Unhappy’ Bhatt writes to PM

Press Trust of India, Thursday November 19, 2009, Mumbai

Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt has written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, expressing his displeasure over the manner in which things were handled after his son shared information about terror suspect David Headley.

Narendra Modi, the Englishman

NDTV Correspondent, Friday November 20, 2009, Ahmedabad

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi wore a sporty look as he carried out a check on the progress of Sabarmati river front development project in Ahmedabad on Thursday. The chief minister posed for cameras on the banks of Sabarmati river as his ministers and bureaucrats looked on. This is something that Modi rarely does, perhaps another makeover, taking a shot at cowboy image.

Pak has nothing to fear from India: PM

Press Trust of India, Friday November 20, 2009, Washington

Terming as "tragic" Pakistan's use of terror as state policy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said India is ready to resolve all outstanding issues with the country on the condition that it will not allow its territory to be used against its neighbour.