Badal meets Naidu
Cong discusses UP strategy

Priyanka, Rahul are party workers, says Congress
New Delhi, January 21
Publicly admitting what has, so far, been left unsaid, the Congress today maintained that party President Sonia Gandhi’s two children have been in the party since their birth.

Priyanka, Rahul touring Amethi constituency
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Hurriyat leaders meet Advani today
New Delhi, January 21
The Hurriyat Conference will hold crucial talks with Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani tomorrow to discuss ways of finding a lasting solution to the vexed Kashmir issue.

Gopalaswami appointed Election Commissioner
New Delhi, January 21
In a departure from the convention, the government today appointed the Union Home Secretary, Mr N. Gopalaswami, as the Election Commissioner.

Pak under US pressure on N-scientists’ role
New Delhi, January 21
Pakistan is under renewed pressure from the United States of America to divulge the exact details that may have emerged following the interrogation of its six nuclear scientists who were detained by the Pakistani authorities following disclosures that Islamabad had proliferated nuclear technology.

 World page: Pak releases 3 N-scientists

Indian murder convict held in Canada after 30 years Ludhiana, January 21 Almost 30 years after his conviction for murder, Malkiat Singh Bhandol, who had since acquired Canadian citizenship, was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in the Canadian province of British Columbia and would now be deported back to India.