Petro prices fuel fire  in Houses
New Delhi, March 3
The entire opposition today got together and disrupted proceedings in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha over the government’s decision to raise prices of petrol and diesel, forcing two adjournments till 2 pm. Trouble started soon after the two Houses met for the day after a four-day break, with the opposition members demanding rollback of the price increase announced in the Budget presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on February 26.

Business page: Praful favours service tax rollback on air travel
Nation page: Karuna confident of rollback
Pawar refutes sugar scam charge

PM, Advani spar in LS
New Delhi, March 3
The Lok Sabha today witnessed a debate on the Presidential address to the joint session of Parliament, as BJP leader LK Advani managed to fluster a usually reticent Prime Minister, provoking him into two interventions.

Plane crashes at air show, 2 pilots, 1 civilian dead
Navy grounds Kiran aircraft fleet
Hyderabad, March 3
It was a beginning to the India Aviation 2010 no one had expected. The air show, meant to showcase the country’s potential in aviation sector, went horribly wrong when a Kiran MK-II aircraft of the Navy’s prestigious Sagar Pawan aerobatics fleet crashed into a residential building while performing at the inaugural ceremony here this morning.

The damage caused to a residential building after a Navy aircraft crashed in Hyderabad on Wednesday. — Reuters

Surat bombing: Key suspect held in UK
London, March 3
A key 1993 Surat terror bombing suspect, hunted by the police worldwide for over 17 years, was arrested from a north England grocery store. A city court here will decide over his extradition to India.

Major Dimple Singla gets one-year RI
Chandigarh, March 3
General court martial today sentenced Major Dimple Singla, former officer of the Judge Advocate General Department, to one year of rigorous imprisonment and cashiered her from service for professional impropriety.

‘Lashkar behind Kabul attack’
Holbrooke warns against jumping to conclusions
Afghan intelligence officials believe Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba was behind last week’s attack in Kabul that killed 17 people, including six Indians, and that the gunmen sought out Indian victims.

Allow dyslexics to use scribes: HC But rejects plea on use of calculators in CBSE exams Chandigarh, March 3 Students suffering from dyslexia may not have to do the calculations themselves during examinations.