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None will be spared: Sonia
Oil-for-food scam in Iraq

New Delhi, November 15 Chairperson and Congress President Sonia Gandhi today made it clear that action will be taken against anyone, including former External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh, if found guilty of misusing the party's name in the UN's oil-for-food scam in Iraq.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi laughs while answering a question during the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in New Delhi on Tuesday. — AFP photo

Sonia has no regrets in giving up PM’s post

Development of rural India deserves better focus: PM
New Delhi, November 15
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today called for reducing the rural-urban divide and stressed that rural India must catch up with the best of infrastructure as in urban areas.

Jehanabad SP suspended
Patna, November 15
As the head of the administration in Bihar under President's rule, Governor Buta Singh, today admitted security lapse to repulse the attack by Maoists on Sunday night in Jehanabad releasing over 340 inmates, but suspended Jehanabad SP Sunil Kumer only for the dereliction of duty.

Three Naxalites killed in Jharkhand

Nation page: Naxals’ ‘operation jailbreak’ to impact 4th phase outcome
Jail attack: Uma writes to Kalam

Buta Singh vacates house
New Delhi, November 15
Attacked by the Supreme Court for “unauthorised” occupation of government accommodation, Bihar Governor Buta Singh has vacated his residence in Lodhi Estate in the Capital.

Editorial A house for Mr Buta Singh
Nation page: Non-politicians occupy govt houses: Ministry

J&K ex-minister escapes bid on life
Three killed, 45 hurt in grenade attack
Srinagar, November 15
Senior PDP leader and former minister Ghulam Hassan Mir escaped a bid on his life when militants hurled a grenade in his public meeting killing three persons and injuring 45 others at Tangmarg, 40 km from here, this afternoon.

Tribune Special
Wait and watch, says Shatru on joining Cong
New Delhi, November 15
“Bihari Babu” Shatrughan Sinha is in a defiant mood. “Let them throw me out of the BJP but I will not compromise on the issue of criminalisation of politics”, he roars in his characteristic baritone.

In video (28k, 56k) Takht Damdama Sahib illuminated on the occasion of the birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev in Talwandi Sabo, near Bathinda, on Tuesday. — Photo by Kulbir Beera

PPSC members without work for three years
Chandigarh, November 15
The Members and staff of the Punjab Public Service Commission are on a paid holiday for the past over three years. Since assuming office in April 2002, the Amarinder Singh government has failed to refer most of the vacancies to the PPSC for making selections.

3 more held for Delhi blasts
New Delhi, November 15
Three persons are understood to have been detained in Srinagar by the Delhi police in connection with the serial blasts in the Capital.

Talks with China for import of encephalitis vaccine New Delhi, November 15 India today held talks with China on the important issue of importing vaccines to contain Japanese Encephalitis, which has already taken a heavy toll of human lives in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.