“What do you think...,” PM pulls up Capt
Amarinder seeks appointment with Sonia
New Delhi, July 14
A day after he was reprimanded by an angry Prime Minister, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today spent the whole day in the Capital explaining his compulsions for passing the Bill terminating the water sharing accords with neighbouring states.

Editorial: Captain in a hurry

HP, Rajasthan CMs meet Manmohan
New Delhi, July 14
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today met Chief Ministers of Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh as part of the Centre’s efforts to grapple with the sudden inter-state crisis resulting from the passage of the controversial Punjab Termination of Agreements Bill 2004.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje coming out of the Prime Minister’s office after a meeting with Dr Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Wednesday. — PTI photo
In video (28k, 56k)

Centre to turn to SC over water row
Nation page: SAD, BJP divided on Punjab Act
BJP walkout on water row
Punjab page: SAD hardens stand on river waters
Punjab loath to handing over SYL records
Rajasthan biggest loser in river waters row
Haryana page: What if Haryana annuls Yamuna accord, asks Chautala
BJP flays Punjab’s stand on river waters
Punjab Act black law: Cabinet

Armitage apologises to Fernandes
New Delhi, July 14
The visiting US Deputy Secretary of State, Mr Richard Armitage, today telephoned former Defence Minister George Fernandes and apologised for the latter’s strip-searching twice during his official visits to the USA in 2002 and 2003. In video (28k, 56k)

‘No striptease, only search’
Delhi page: A humble lesson in courage for Armitage

Laloo orders probe into Godhra carnage
New Delhi, July 14
Union Railway Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav today announced in the Lok Sabha the setting up of a time-bound high-powered departmental committee to probe the circumstances in which S-6 coach of the Sabarmati Express was burnt at Godhra in Gujarat on February 27, 2002. In video (28k, 56k)

SC admits PIL against Governors’ sacking
New Delhi, July 14
The Supreme Court today admitted a petition challenging the sacking of the governors of four states by the UPA government for their RSS affiliation, saying the public interest litigation filed in this regard “raises an important public issue involving interpretation of Article 156 of the Constitution.”

No change in history books