Prez asks PM to meet her today
The great headhunt begins
Left formalises divorce,
SP submits support letter
New Delhi, July 9
While President Pratibha Patil has sought a formal meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tomorrow after the Left parties withdrew support to the UPA government, the Congress and its allies have got down to the real business of mustering the numbers for a trial of strength in the Lok Sabha, which will give legitimacy to the ruling coalition to proceed with the Indo-US nuclear agreement.

Editorial: Numbers game

Go ahead, MAN: President Bush cosies up to Manmohan Singh in Toyako. — Reuters photo

Bush praises PM for his leadership
Toyako (Japan), July 9
Even as the government battled with the political fallout of the nuclear deal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today discussed the progress on the agreement with US President George W. Bush, who praised him for his “leadership at home”.

‘N-deal may not get through current Cong session’

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India goes to Vienna
Vienna, July 9
India’s draft nuclear safeguards accord with the International Atomic Energy Agency has been given to the agency’s board of governors for approval, the UN watchdog said today.

Nation page: Govt move expected: Left

G-8 backs Nuke deal
Toyako (Japan), July 9
Wrapping up their three-day summit here, the leaders of the world’s top industrialised nations today tacitly backed the Indo-US civil nuclear deal and agreed to tackle rising oil and food prices, amid differences with the developing nations on fighting climate change.

IAEA draft cannot be made public: Kakodkar
Mumbai, July 9
India’s Atomic Energy chief Anil Kakodkar today came to the defence of the UPA government to blunt Left’s strident demand for releasing the nuclear safeguards text being negotiated with the IAEA, saying the draft cannot be made public until it is finalised.

Text of IAEA pact a privileged document: Cong

Anil Kakodkar, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, with former chairman, Department of Atomic Energy Homi Sethna during a panel discussion on “Indo-US Nuclear Deal: Advantage India”, in Mumbai on Wednesday. — PTI photo

Former Shiv Sena MP convicted in riots case
Mumbai, July 9
A fast-track court set up to hear the cases pertaining to the 1992-93 riots following the demolition of the Babri Masjid today sentenced Shiv Sena leader Madhukar Sarpotdar to one-year imprisonment for his role in the violence.

Budha Nullah raises big stink again Ludhiana, July 9 For more than a year and half, at least 5,000 volunteers (kar sevaks) cleaned 20-km stretch of Budha Nullah after spending Rs 50 lakh, besides their own resources for the project. Their efforts have come to naught with the units situated along the nullah releasing effluents into the cleaned stretch.