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Bhajan Lal floats Janhit Congress
Son Kuldeep to quit LS seat
Rohtak, December 2
Former Haryana Chief Minister and sitting Congress MLA from Adampur Bhajan Lal announced the launch of a new political outfit at the janhit rally organised here today. In an apparent assertion of their revolt against the Congress leadership, Bhajan Lal and his MP son Kuldeep Bishnoi unveiled a board bearing the name “Haryana Janhit Congress (BL)” and an image of rising Sun before a huge gathering at the rally venue behind the new bus stand here.

Rebel Congress MP Kuldeep Bishnoi (right) and his father former Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal at the janhit rally in Rohtak on Sunday. — Photo by Manoj Dhaka

Sonia-Modi Slugfest
It’s Gujarat shining vs aam aadmi
Ahmedabad, December 2
Will the BJP pull off in Gujarat this month what it could not do so at the national level in 2004? Or more importantly, will the Congress do an encore in Gujarat with its aam aadmi campaign that brought it rich dividends nearly four years ago? The Gujarat Assembly elections scheduled for December 11 and 16 is effectively a race between Narendra Modi and the Congress.

Interceptor missile testfired
Orissa, December 2
A mock and solo test fire of the indigenously developed unnamed interceptor missile was conducted over the Bay of Bengal today, prior to the user’s trial. The interceptor, akin to India’s guided missile Prithvi, was test fired from a mobile launcher at 10.44 am from the integrated test range launch pad at Wheeler’s Island, about 70 nautical miles from here, defence sources said.

UP Blasts
Suspect’s sketch released
Lucknow, December 2
The Allahabad police today released the sketch of a suspect in connection with the triple blasts, which hit Uttar Pradesh on November 23. The blasts at Lucknow, Varanasi and Faizabad courts had killed 13 persons and wounded 70 others.

Taslima’s fate hangs in balance Kolkata, December 2 Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has relented and surrendered to the fundamentalists, but still there is hardly any hope for her immediate return to Kolkata, her second homeland from where she was “evicted” on November 22.

Taslima Nasreen

Taslima row spells big bucks for booksellers
Kolkata, December 2
The controversy surrounding Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has spelt big bucks for her publishers and booksellers as they are merrily capitalising on the sudden demand for her books.