Time for Re-alliance
Warring Ambanis dump differences, call for a fresh start 
New Delhi, May 23
Within days of the Supreme Court declining to give any relief to the younger of the estranged Ambani brothers — Anil Ambani — in the gas dispute, the two siblings have decided to bury their differences and create an environment of harmony, co-operation and collaboration between their groups.

Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani

Nation page: Truce may push up Reliance scrips

Mangalore Air Crash
Cockpit voice recorder found
Search on for crucial digital flight data recorder
Bangalore, May 23
Personnel of the DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) today recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of the ill-fated Dubai-Mangalore flight that crashed at Mangalore Airport yesterday.
A mourner places a photograph among bouquets over the coffin of Air India Express crash victim H. Gloria during a service at the St. Alphonsa Catholic Church in Mangalore on Sunday. — AFP

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Jawan injured as Pak troops target 8 forward posts 
Jammu, May 23
Pakistan troops today again violated the ceasefire and targeted at least eight Indian forward posts in Poonch district, 210 km north of Jammu. “The posts on the Line of Control (LoC) in the Krishna Ghati (KG) sector in Poonch district were engaged in heavy fire by Pak troops”, Brigadier-General Staff (BGS) of the 16 Corps, Brig Gurdeep Singh, told The Tribune.

BJP says bye to Soren
All set to withdraw support to JMM-led govt
Ranchi, May 23
Frustrated over the JMM backtracking on its power-sharing deal in Jharkhand, the BJP has decided to withdraw support to the Shibu Soren government tomorrow that it will plunge the state into another spell of political crisis.

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IOC airlifts fuel to crisis-hit Manipur
Guwahati, May 23
The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has resorted to airlifting of petrol, diesel and kerosene to Imphal (Manipur) from here to tide over the acute fuel crisis in the landlocked state due to indefinite blockade at the arterial National Highway 39. Manipur government spokesman and Cabinet minister N Biren Singh today informed that it would take some more time for restoration of normal supply of petroleum fuels in the state. The IOC has requisitioned an IL76 aircraft of Indian Air Force (IAF) to airlift fuel to Imphal from Assam.

Maoists attack CRPF patrol
Kolkata, May 23
Maoists again attacked a CRPF patrol in Jangalmahal area of West Midnapore district in West Bengal yesterday prior to the gunning down of two CPM cadres at nearby Jhargram town. One CRPF personnel was also injured.

Indigenous combat copter takes to skies Bangalore, May 23 The aviation disaster at Mangalore yesterday was followed by a tremendous achievement in the field of aviation when HAL raised the curtain on its indigenously developed Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) here today. The machine turned out to be a beauty - albeit a deadly one - capable of inflicting lethal damage on adversaries. It is armed with one 20 mm turret gun, 70 mm rockets, air-to-air missiles, air-to-surface missiles and iron and cluster bombs.