Monday, August 20, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

N-deal: Govt may set up panel of experts
New Delhi, August 19
Amid efforts by the government to find a solution to the stand-off with the Left parties on the Indo-US nuclear deal, UPA allies today rallied behind Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, conveying their desire to fully support the Congress on the issue.

CPM suggests mechanism to break impasse
New Delhi, August 19
The four Left parties are holding a crucial meeting tomorrow in the Capital, while keeping their eyes pinned on the possible statement from the UPA in Parliament to break the nuclear deal impasse.

N-deal: Allies rally behind PM
Pranab speaks to Buddha

N.D. Tiwari new AP Governor

New Delhi, August 19 President Pratibha Patil today appointed former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Narayan Datt Tiwari as Governor of Andhra Pradesh and transferred Orissa	Narayan Datt Tiwari Rameshwar Thakur Sudarshan Agarwal
Governor Rameshwar Thakur to the same post in Karnataka where he will succeed T.N Chaturvedi on the expiry of his term tomorrow.

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War Room Leak
Ravi Shankaran traced to Sweden
New Delhi, August 19
Ravi Shankaran, a kin of former Navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash who is the main accused in the war room leak case, has been spotted in Sweden after slipping out of Britain when an arrest warrant was issued against him by a UK court on the CBI’s request.

Punjab nod to NOC, change in land use permissions
Chandigarh, August 19
Almost six months after no objection certificates and permission to change in land use of leading mega projects in Punjab were cancelled, the state government today restored NOC and CLU permissions.

Nation page: Punjab contests Reorganisation Act provisions in SC

Canada stays deporation of paralysed Sikh
Toronto, August 19
The Canadian government has granted a 60-day stay on the deportation of a paralysed Sikh refugee who was to be sent to India tomorrow after sympathisers launched a campaign urging the authorities to let him stay in the country. (Details on World page)

National I-card may soon become reality
Lucknow, August 19
A multipurpose national identity card having a unique identity number may soon become a reality solving the problem of glitches in the voters list declared chief election commissioner N. Gopalaswami here today.

ULFA rejects appeal for talks
Guwahati, August 19
In response to Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi’s renewed appeal to ULFA for direct talks with the Government of India, the insurgent group has ruled out talks unless its demand for “restoration of sovereignty of Assam” does not form the core of the agenda.

2 Cops Suspended Youth dies in custody Hoshiarpur, August 19 Death of a youth in police custody sparked a protest at Dasuya town, 40 km from here, this afternoon. A large number of residents led by the father of the deceased staged a dharna and blocked traffic for more than two hours on the Jalandhar-Pathankot national highway and on Dasuya-Talwara road at the Hajipur crossing.