Saturday, August 18, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Support now only on merit, says Bardhan
New Delhi, August 17
Keeping up the pressure on the Manmohan Singh government, the CPI today said the support of the Left should “not be taken for granted” and it would only extend help to the UPA coalition on the “merit of each issue.”

"Marriage may continue, but there is no love in it. Marriage without love leads to divorce."

WILL THEY CONTINUE TO SUP WITH UPA? CPM general secretary Prakash Karat (centre) shares a lighter moment with senior party leaders and politburo members R. Uma Nath (right) and Ramachandran Pillai at the party headquarters as they attend a politburo meeting on the issue of Indo-US nuclear deal in New Delhi on Friday. — Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

CPM will support UPA for entire term: Basu
Kolkata, August 17
“The CPI (M) does not want the BJP and other communal forces to come to power and run the government once again and destroy the nation.

PM dines with Buddha
No voting, only discussion on N-deal: Speaker
Editorial: Left is not right
Nation page: BJP leaders organised havans for my death: Manmohan

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N-test up to India: Burns
But... “India is a sovereign country.” Provisions of the 123 Agreement which will govern the nuclear deal give the US President the “options in acting in the event that there is a (nuclear) test”
— Sean McCormack, State Department spokesman

Remarks on PM
No apology: Fernandes
New Delhi, August 17
Under attack from the ruling Congress over his statement against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, NDA convener George Fernandes on Friday refused to apologise for it.

Angry Cong men stall RS proceedings

No separate quota for women
New Delhi, August 17
In a significant ruling on judicious implementation of reservation, the Supreme Court today held that there could not be a separate quota for women of reserved categories in government employment within the quota fixed for SCs, STs and OBCs under the law.

‘Expel Tasleema or we will kill her’
Kolkata, August 17
Activists of a Muslim group today threatened to “eliminate” Bangladeshi writer Tasleema Nasreen from India for allegedly “defaming” Islam if the Centre failed to expel her from the country.

Defiance Up in Gujarat
Mehta rejects Modi’s leadership
New Delhi, August 17
Rebellion mounted against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today as BJP veteran Suresh Mehta declared he would not fight elections under the leadership of the saffron party’s Hindutva icon.

Your finger is your credit card
Washington, August 17
US scientists have developed a cashless, cardless payment system that allows a person to make purchase simply by scanning their finger. The system uses the unique vein pattern under the skin of a person’s finger as a form of identification and then ties that so-called biometric to credit card information.

Pilferage scam Siachen gear up for sale Army orders probe New Delhi, August 17 A major scam involving the pilferage and sale of high-altitude clothing and rations meant for soldiers deployed at the Siachen glacier, uncovered by the Jammu and Kashmir police, has prompted the Army to order an inquiry into the matter.