Delhi Test
Cong into overdrive
New Delhi, July 14
The Congress is marshalling all its forces for the crucial July 22 trust vote in Parliament as it is faced with the laborious task of contacting and persuading a host of small political parties and individual leaders who are driving a hard bargain in return for their support.

Left kicks off campaign against UPA
Calls for Bharat bandh on Aug 20
New Delhi, July 14
The Left parties have called for a nationwide Bharat bandh on August 20, to protest the anti-people policies of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, particularly the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal.

Editorial: CPM in strange company CPM general secretary Prakash Karat addresses the rally by Left parties in New Delhi on Monday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

On the defensive, CPM now toes Speaker’s line
There have been instances of Speakers dissociating from their parties
New Delhi, July 14
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has finally made his point. Even as he remained tight-lipped on the issue of resignation from office following the Left’s withdrawal of support from the government, the CPM today made a desperate attempt to dissociate itself from the controversy that has spawned reports of a division in the Left.

Editorial: Keep Speaker above politics

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Pak behind Indian embassy blast: Karzai
Kabul, July 14
Afghan President Hamid Karzai today said Pakistani agents were behind the Indian embassy bombing in Kabul last week, the first time he has directly accused Pakistan of involvement in the suicide attack. Afghan officials have previously said the July 7 attack bore all the hallmarks of a foreign intelligence agency but stopped short of naming any country.

Military action against Iran: India calls for restraint
New Delhi, July 14
India today expressed grave concern over reports suggesting the imminent use of military force against Iran and said a military strike on the Islamic nation would have ‘disastrous consequences’ for the entire region, affecting the lives and livelihood of five million Indians in the Gulf and the world economy.

IPL: Asif fails dope test
Mumbai, July 14
Mohammad Asif, the Pakistani fast bowler with a drug-tainted past, has now tested positive for doping in the recently concluded IPL series. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) organisers of the IPL series today revealed that Asif had tested positive for taking a banned performance enhancing substance.

Justice Chandrachud dead
Mumbai, July 14
Former Chief Justice of India, Justice Y.V. Chandrachud, died here this morning after a brief illness. He was 88.The late judge is survived by his wife Prabha and son Dhananjay Chandrachud, who is a sitting judge at the Bombay High Court. According to sources, Chandrachud fell ill on Saturday shortly after celebrating his 88th birthday. He was rushed to the Bombay Hospital, where he breathed his last this morning.

Monsoon has been good, well distributed: PAU Ludhiana, July 14 Monsoon in Punjab has generally been good and covered most of parts of the state. This year monsoon arrived nearly 15 days early, but it was well distributed in June. This rain has been beneficial for the transplantation of paddy, and also for sugarcane and horticultural crops. For cotton and some vegetable crops, it has not been so good.