Thursday, June 28, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

After Kalam, Who?
Congress exerting ‘undue pressure’ on voters: NDA
New Delhi, June 27
As the race for Raisina Hills entered the crucial phase, the diatribe have become boisterous, with NDA threatening to move the Election Commission against the Congress for putting ‘undue pressure’ on the members of the Electoral College.

Cong seeks Shekhawat’s resignation

Four-nation grouping not anti-China: PM
New Delhi, June 27
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tonight assured China that the proposed Quadrilateral Strategic Forum involving Japan, Australia, the United States and India, was not a military alliance against anybody.

Punjab okays dera chief’s arrest
Chandigarh, June 27
The Punjab government tonight gave its sanction for the arrest and prosecution of Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. Sources in the government confirmed the development regarding the arrest of the dera head.

Clergy rejects fresh dera apology

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Govt wants to seek Gandhiji's letter from Christie's
New Delhi, June 26
With hardly a week to go for a precious letter written by Mahatma Gandhi days before his assassination under the auctioner's hammer, government has stepped in with efforts to acquire it but Christie's today said it will go ahead with the sale.

Maya for catapulting Mishra to national scene
Lucknow, June 27 Satish Mishra wears multiple hats as cabinet minister, Rajya Sabha MP and national general secretary of the Bahujan Samaj Party. Within three months he would exchange his hat as cabinet minister for a strategic assignment to nationally replicate the UP social engineering experiment.
Mayawati along with BSP General Secretary SC Mishra at a press conference in Lucknow on Wednesday. — PTI

Railways to rename coaches
Patna, June 27
With a view to changing the nomenclature of all classes in every Mail and Express train, the Railway Board has decided to put a new name on its long-distance coaches from Sunday next.

Blair resigns after decade in power
London, June 27
After staying in power for a decade, British Prime Minister Tony Blair tendered his resignation to Queen Elizabeth II today.

PM Brown good news for India

Ex-Mumbai police chief, others discharged
Telgi ready to plead guilty
Pune, June 27
In yet another dramatic twist to the fake stamp paper scam case, prime accused Abdul Karim Telgi, who stoutly denied all accusations against him in the special MCOCA court yesterday, informed the court today that he was ready to plead guilty.

Himachal Six industrial firms, one big scam Dharamsala, June 27 A fraud involving an illegal business of around Rs 200 crore over the past six years has come to light in Una and Bilaspur districts of Himachal Pradesh. The modus operandi