FirstPost on Politics: US upset on fighter snub

Here are the important political stories in India that are keeping the media busy on 29 April 2011.[caption id="attachment_3072" align="alignright" width="380" caption="Good bye: US envoy Timothy Roemer. Yuri Gripas/Reuters"][/caption]'Disappointed' US to keep up defence ties with IndiaEven as the United States was unhappy with its failure to secure the multi-billion 126 Medium Multi-role Combat Aircraft for either Boeing or Lockheed Martin, the country hopes that ample scope remains to increase defence deals with India in future.Source: Hindustan Times2G scam: Joshi walks out, Cong-DMK vote out his reportA Public Accounts Committee meeting on Thursday ended in pandemonium as they worked to take a final view on its draft report on the 2G scandal. Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi was forced to stop proceedings before the committee finished business.Source: The Indian Express2G: did CBI let off Karunanidhi's wife lightly?Questions are being raised about the CBI’s chargesheet in the 2G scam.  Sources have claimed that Dayalu Ammal, wife of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK head Karunanidhi, was actively involved in running the Kalaignar TV, but while Karunanidhi's daughter has been charged, his wife was not.Source: The HinduTo counter CPM, Mamata promises her own'‘global' NandigramIn her Nandigram election rally on Thursday, Trinamool Congress head Mamata Banerjee promised industrialisation to help develop of the area. Ironically, a few years back Banerjee was up against the Buddhadeb Bhattacharya-led CPM government’s policy to transform the region into an industrial hub.Souce: ibnlive.com