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Pandemonium in Parliament
Revelations on Natwar’s role by envoy
New Delhi, December 2
Even as India's Ambassador to Croatia Aneil Mathrani's explosive observations about Union Minister without Portoflio K Natwar Singh's role in the United Nations Oil for Food scam in Iraq provided necessary grist to the Opposition to put the UPA government on the mat in Parliament, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha "we are determined that truth must prevail in this matter and no one who is guilty will go unpunished."
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Nation page: Cong concern is to keep Sonia out of firing line
Editorial: Avoidable ruckus

Matherani recalled; Cong core group meets
New Delhi, December 2
Despite the new controversy on the Volcker episode, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will go ahead with his bilateral visit to Russia (December 4 to 7), PMO sources told The Tribune this evening.

Paratroopers of the Indian Air Force present their skills at the closing ceremony of the Special Olympics 2005, at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi on Friday. — Tribune photo by Rajeev Tyagi

Govt launches overseas citizenship scheme
New Delhi, December 2
The government today launched the Overseas Citizenship of India scheme for Indian diaspora abroad and the first OCI card will be given by the Prime Minister at the Pravasi Bharati Divas on January 7 in Hyderabad.

DSGMC elections under cloud
Dec 19 poll illegal, says acting chief
New Delhi, December 2
The annual executive election to the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee today came under a cloud with the officiating president ruling the poll call for December 19 as “unconstitutional”.

Sarna writes to Delhi govt for clarification
Amritsar, December 2
The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee’s imbroglio today took a new turn with its chief, Mr Paramjit Singh Sarna writing to the Delhi government and the Director Gurdwara Election Board to seek clarification for holding the executive committee election along with general elections of the DSGMC, scheduled to be held in July next year.

Sarna will be removed: Hit
Chandigarh, December 2
A former President of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, Mr Avtar Singh Hit, today said that Mr Paramjit Singh Sarna would be removed from the presidentship of the committee on December 19, the day a meeting of the general house of the committee had been convened to elect a new President.

Cops swoop on bus carrying 14 Hizb ultras
Jalandhar, December 2
The teams of district and Jammu and Kashmir police swooped down on a bus near here today and arrested 14 persons suspected of being associated with the Hizb-ul Mujahideen militant group.

TADA court order set ASIDE
Mumbai, December 2
The Bombay High Court today set aside designated TADA court order restricting interrogation of extradited gangster Abu Salem by only two officers of the Anti-Terrorist Squad of Mumbai police.

A slice of Italy, with Sonali in it Pamjim (Goa), December 2 The previous two days were days of Italy in the 36th International Film Festival of India here with a series of events highlighting the welcome trend of the Indo-Italian audiovisual co-production agreement signed in May this year. There was a workshop in the Film Bazar to highlight the advantages of the treaty.