Oil strike ends
New Delhi, January 9
Buckling under government pressure, the oil sector officers today called off their two-day strike that had nearly halted fuel supplies in the country, creating widespread chaos and uproar. After the strike was withdrawn, Oil Minister Murli Deora said he felt relieved.

PM fumes, briefly

Delhi’s stock was dangerously low on Friday. — Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

Panel Report on Cash Scam
Justice Yadav did get the money
Chandigarh, January 9
The controversial Punjab and Haryana High Court Judge, Justice Nirmal Yadav, who last week was given a show cause notice by the Chief Justice of India, is apparently in deep trouble in the cash for judge scam. It seems that the Punjab and Haryana High Court judge did receive Rs 15 lakh of the tainted money, after all.

Chairman Raju, brother surrender before police
Hyderabad, January 9
In a dramatic turn of events, Satyam Computer former chairman B Ramalinga Raju and his brother and former director Rama Raju surrendered before the police here tonight. Two days after making a disgraceful exit and admitting to a massive fraud, Raju drove to the office of state DGP SSP Yadav and gave himself up.

Nation page: Government disbands Satyam board

Land Row
Fresh FIR against Vasundhra Raje
Jaipur, January 9
In less than a month after her government’s ouster in Rajashtan, a district court has ordered registration of an FIR against the former Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje in connection with the controversial Deen Dayal Trust land controversy.

Veteran leader starts Rajasthan tour
Jaipur, January 9
Defying age and BJP leadership, former Vice-President Bhairaon Singh Shekhawat today started his statewide tour from Jodhpur carrying on with his determination to make a mark in the state and national politics. A day after BJP national president Rajnath Singh met him in Delhi in his bid to settle bad blood between him and some party leaders, especially former Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje, Shekhawat started his statewide tour from Jodhpur, where he held a public meeting.

BJP banks on Vajpayee to soothe Shekhawat

PC not going to US
New Delhi, January 9
Home Minister P Chidambaram’s visit to the United States to share the dossier of evidence establishing Pakistani link with the Mumbai terror attack is off for all practical purposes though officially the government claims it has been postponed.

Nation page: End talks with Pak: Ex-envoys
Obama extends Mulford’s stay

Army encounters embarrassment Rajouri, January 9 Even as the Army suffered a huge embarrassment after it admitted that militants engaged with it, in one of the longest gunbattles in the Bain forest of Bhatti Dhar area of Mendhar in Poonch, may have escaped in the nine-day-long operation, it reportedly continued to search the forest.