UPA bulldozes Oppn’s cut motions
Divided Opposition, Maya’ support ensures UPA win
New Delhi, April 27
The Opposition, attempting to create history in the Lok Sabha by introducing cut motions to the guillotine of collective demands of 60 ministries and departments, failed to mobilise adequate numbers today, as Mulayam Singh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party and Lalu Prasad’s RJD staged a walkout before the vote while Mayawati’s BSP came out in support of the government.

First time in 63yrs, cut motions allowed on guillotined demands

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav (3rd L) and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad (3rd R) come out of Parliament House in New Delhi on Tuesday. — PTI

How govt got numbers to defeat cut motions
New Delhi, April 27
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee was the most relieved man this evening after the UPA government defeated the opposition-sponsored cut motions against the increase in prices of fuel and fertilisers in the Lok Sabha with a convincing margin of 88 votes.

BJP moves privilege motion against PM
New Delhi, April 27
Utter chaos prevailed inside and outside Parliament today, with the opposition parties raking up every issue they could, from IPL to price rise, to stall business for the day.

ISI’s mole in MEA held
New Delhi/Thimphu, April 27
A woman diplomat posted at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad has been arrested for allegedly passing information to Pakistani intelligence agencies.

It was ‘reverse honeytrap’

‘Clean chit’ to Tytler in ’84 riots
New Delhi, April 27
Senior Congress leader Jagdish Tytler received a major respite today when a Delhi court accepted the CBI’s closure report in an anti-Sikh riots case having him as an accused. The court’s decision effectively clears Tytler of any involvement in the 1984 riots and could resurrect his political career.

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S Asian varsity to open doors in Aug
Thimphu, April 27
The SAARC dream of setting up a university to bring students of South Asia together will soon turn into a reality. External Affairs Minister SM Krishna today announced at the SAARC Council of Ministers’ meeting that the South Asian University would start its first academic session in August this year.

A Tribune Special Punjab, Haryana left high & dry All they want is adequate supply of potable water Chandigarh, April 27 The search for clean and safe drinking water is getting tougher in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh as summer advances. Demonstrators carrying cans, buckets and bottles of turbid, brackish, muddy and dirty water have been thronging offices of public health authorities to tell them what they have been getting in the name of potable water.