AP Cabinet divided over Telangana
Hyderabad, December 13
The embers of regional passions continued to smoulder in Andhra Pradesh as sharp divisions over the Centre’s move to carve out separate Telangana state showed no signs of let-up. The Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra regions were rocked by protests for the third day today with legislators and other public representatives, cutting across party lines, joining hunger strike camps to express solidarity with the anti-Telangana agitation.

Nation page: Telangana waves reach Assam hills
Maru Pradesh demand gets fresh lease of life

Worried Cong top brass to meet today
New Delhi, December 13
A worried Congress top brass is likely to meet tomorrow morning, before the Parliament assembles for the day, to take stock of the situation arising out of the Andhra Pradesh crisis and devise a strategy for increasing clamour from other parts of the country for more new states.

Maya writes to PM, seeks Poorvanchal
Lucknow, December 13
After demanding creation of separate Bundelkhand and Paschimanchal states, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today shot off a second letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking carving out of 'Poorvanchal' comprising eastern parts of the state.

Editorial: UP is unwieldy

Panel advises autonomy for AIIMS, PGIs
New Delhi, December 13
The stage appears set for radical restructuring of India’s premier healthcare institutes, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and PGIs, with the Prime Minister-appointed Valiathan committee on medical sector reforms recommending full autonomy for the institutes on the lines of IITs and IIMs.

Cong still undecided on motion against Dinakaran
New Delhi, December 13
The ruling Congress today appeared to steer clear of the move by Opposition members in the Rajya Sabha to bring an impeachment motion against Karnataka High Court Chief Justice PD Dinakaran.

Smart ideas, super results Ambala, December 13 Dream it, achieve it — that’s what these two ‘thinking’ men from Haryana have shown to the country. Winners of the prestigious Fifth Biennial Grassroots Technological Innovation and Traditional Knowledge Award, Dharamveer Kamboj (46) from Yamunanagar and Gopal Kumar Saluja (49) from Ambala are ordinary men, who have extraordinary zeal to give shape to their dreams.