Jagan revolts, leaves Cong red-faced in LS
Party’s pro-Telangana MPs seek disciplinary 
action against him
New Delhi, December 15
Split within the Congress over the simmering Telangana issue was out in the open today, with none other than YS Jaganmohan Reddy, son of former Andhra Chief Minister YS Rajashekhar Reddy, openly revolting in Lok Sabha against party high command’s decision to divide the state.

Editorial : Telangana on backburner
CCPA meet ends with tame appeal
Protests for united Andhra go on 

Copenhagen Summit
UN panel issues fresh draft 
Copenhagen, December 15
As negotiators raced against time to hammer out a deal on climate change, a key UN panel today issued a new draft on measures to combat the problem but provided no figures for long-term goal of cutting carbon emissions and financing for poorer countries.
An activist dressed as a tree holds a placard as he attends an event in the main hall of the Bella Centre during the conference on climate change in Copenhagen on Tuesday. — Reuters

Haryana looks to VAT to tackle resource crunch
Chandigarh, December 15
Improving its fiscal health being the prime concern for the Haryana government, the state is now trying to mobilise additional resources by improving its Value Added Tax (VAT) collections.

Headley was a double agent 
New Delhi, December 15
Indications that US terror suspect David Coleman Headley could have been a "double agent" for American agencies and Pakistan-based outfits have become clearer for Indian investigators with mounting evidence coming their way. Top official sources said that there is a strong suspicion that US agency CIA knew about Headley’s link with Lashkar-e-Toiba a year before the Mumbai attack but did not convey it when he was freely travelling across India.

Fake notes problem alarming: Pranab
New Delhi, December 15
Reiterating that the problem of fake currency was “alarming and dangerous”, the government today blamed it on groups trying to destabilise the Indian economy by introducing counterfeit notes. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in Rajya Sabha today that there were two kinds of groups - of individuals working for profit and of a section trying to destabilise the economy by circulating fake currency.

No plan to produce H1N1 anti-viral New Delhi, December 15 Despite swine flu claiming over 700 lives across India and the cost of imported raw material to produce Oseltamivir crossing $400 per kg mark (around Rs 19,000), India has no plans to produce the anti-viral through its public sector undertakings. Reason - the government thinks it would be “economically unviable” for Central Public Sector Undertakings to enter into production at this stage.