Uma quits as MP CM

Hubli court rejects her petition Bhopal, August 23 Ms Uma Bharati today resigned as the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister. She gave the resignation to Governor Bal Ram Jhakar. Her successor, Mr Babulal Gaur, accompanied Ms Bharati when she met the Governor. The new Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Mr Babulal Gaur, with the outgoing Chief Minister, Ms Uma Bharati, in Bhopal on Monday. — PTI photo In video (28k, 56k)

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BJP to launch stir for tainted ministers' ouster

New Delhi, August 23 Trapped in a web of its own making, the BJP parliamentary board today decided to make political capital out of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti’s resignation.
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Jaswant Singh coming out after the BJP Parliamentary Board meeting in New Delhi on Monday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

SC orders relook in 156 Gujarat riot acquittals
New Delhi, August 23
After ordering the reopening of over 2,000 closed riot cases in Gujarat last week, the Supreme Court today directed the state’s Advocate-General (AG) to personally examine 156 cases in which a large number of accused had been acquitted by the trial courts due to lackadaisical prosecution but no appeals had been filed in the High Court.

Talks with truckers fail, more join stir
New Delhi, August 23
The All-India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) has announced to continue the nationwide indefinite strike of truck operators after the failure of the two rounds of talks between the striking truck operators and the government today.
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PUDA plans to regularise illegal colonies
Mohali, August 23
Swinging into action following police action on unauthorised colonisers in the state, the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) has decided to finalise a comprehensive policy regarding regularisation of ‘illegal’ colonies in Punjab. 

Steps to check infiltration bids in J&K discussed
New Delhi, August 23
Concerned over the escalation in the infiltration of militants from across the border, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil here today held a high-level meeting to discuss measures to counter it, including speeding up the fencing work along the Line of Control (LoC).

Steps to rescue stranded pilgrims in full swing
Dehra Dun, August 23
Even as the bulldozers and other rescue and road-clearance equipment were rushed to the site of mudslides, the road near Rishikund could not be cleared. Over three hundred pilgrims on their way back from the Gangotri shrine were still stranded at Dabrani, near Rishikund in Uttarkashi, Disaster Management Department officials said.

Fund crunch may hit defence projects New Delhi, August 23 Shortage of funds in the budgetary allocation made this year for defence can lead to curtailment or deferment of some of the schemes and projects, which are at various stages of finalisation.