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Marandi’s outburst embarrasses BJP
New Delhi, May 14
After senior party leader and former Gujarat Governor Sunder Singh Bhandari’s embarrassing outburst on the Gujarat riots and state Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP today suffered fresh convulsions with former Jharkhand Chief Minister Babulal Marandi revolting against the central leadership over the appointment of Mr Yadunath Pandey as state BJP unit president.

CPM criticises UPA govt
New Delhi, May 14
The two-day Politburo meeting of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) began here today with party leaders taking a critical review of the performance of the UPA government.

Navin Chawla appointed Election Commissioner
New Delhi, May 14
Information and Broadcasting Secretary Navin Chawla had been appointed an Election Commissioner with Chief Election Commissioner T. S. Krishna Murthy completing his term in Nirvachan Sadan here tomorrow, Union Law Minister H. R. Bhardwaj’s office said here this evening.

Recognition of parties made easy

Brother of ex-Hizb chief shot dead

Srinagar, May 14 Militants today shot dead Abdul Gani Bhat, brother of former top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Zaffar Abdul Fateh, outside his residence in the Bagh-e-Mehtab area, a senior police official said here. Bhat was shot at and grievously injured by militants at around 10.30 a.m. In video (28k, 56k)
Wailing relatives of Abdul Gani Bhat, brother of former top Hizbul Mujhideen commander Zaffar Abdul Fateh, who was shot dead by militants at Bagh-e-Mehtab on the outskirts of Srinagar on Saturday morning. — Tribune photo by Amin War

India to attend SAARC summit in Dhaka
New Delhi, May 14
India is ready to attend the twice postponed SAARC summit in Dhaka in November.

SGPC panel to review ‘Jo Bole So Nihal’ Amritsar, May 14 In a major setback to the sub-committee constituted by Akal Takht which had given ‘clean chit’ to the controversial Hindi film, ‘Jo Bole So Nihal’, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee today constituted a 15-member panel of Sikh intellectuals which would submit its report on the movie on May 19. Punjab page: Panel, not Vedanti, gave clean chit to film: Bhaur