Opposition says PM’s remarks insulting
New Delhi May 6
The political war between the NDA and the UPA appears to turning uglier every passing day as the Opposition alliance today charged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with “insulting” it and ridiculed him of having no “control” either over the party or the government. In video (28k, 56k)

LS adjourned twice
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Third front likely to figure in TDP Congress
Table Phukan report or I’ll move court: George

A man suffering from bacterial meningitis walks outside his ward in a hospital in New Delhi on Friday. A strain of bacterial meningitis has killed over 10 persons in the Capital and possibly affected over 50 persons. — Reuters In video (28k, 56k)

SC quashes probe against ex-DGP Rathore
New Delhi, May 6
In a major relief to former Haryana Director-General of Police S.P.S. Rathore in a case of alleged harassment of the brother of Panchkula-based girl Ruchika Gehrotra, who had committed suicide in 1993 after levelling the charges of “molestation” against the police officer, the Supreme Court today quashed the judicial inquiry against him ordered by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

No to Sharma’s bail plea

Ban on Muslim body extended
New Delhi, May 6
The government has extended by another two years the ban on fundamentalist organisation ‘Deendar Anjuman’ for allegedly indulging in anti-national activities.

UN bans Lashkar
New Delhi, May 6
Terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba responsible for whipping up violence in Jammu and Kashmir, has been banned by the United Nations for its linkages with the Al-Qaida.

Hooda orders inquiries into Chautala ‘irregularities’ Chandigarh, May 6 Contrary to his public posture of being soft on the INLD chief, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, has quietly ordered inquiries into a number of cases in which, prima facie, several irregularities were committed by the previous regime.