Monsoon Session
Showdown over price rise
n Opposition stalls Parliament n Presses for debate on issue
n No, says Speaker
New Delhi, July 27
Uproar over price rise paralysed Parliament on day two of the monsoon session with an agitated Opposition forcing adjournment of both Houses by pressing for discussion on the issue under motions which entail voting, a move rejected by the Union Government.

Nation page: Oppn view has merit, say experts Editorial: Heat over prices Opposition MPs disrupt proceedings in the Lok Sabha in New Delhi on Tuesday. — PTI

Co-accused cops oppose Amin turning approver
Ahmedabad, July 27
In a new twist in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, eight accused Gujarat police officers, including former DIG DG Vanzara, have opposed another accused, ACP NK Amin, turning approver in the case.

CWG: 67 days to go
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium inaugurated
New Delhi, July 27
After missing several deadlines and seeing the budget shoot through the roof, the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the most important venue of the Commonwealth Games (CWG), was today inaugurated by MS Gill, Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs.

Dikshit threatens blacklisting of contractors

The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, main venue for the upcoming Commonwealth Games, was inaugurated on Tuesday in New Delhi. Tribune photo: Manas Ranjan Bhui

Aiyar hopes Games fail!
New Delhi, July 27
Former Sports Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar today again took on Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi with a comment that he would be “unhappy” if the October mega event was successful.

Aiyar’s statement anti-national: Kalmadi

Wasting foodgrain a crime: SC
New Delhi, July 27
Observing that wasting foodgrain is a “crime”, the Supreme Court today suggested distribution of rotting wheat straightaway to the poor and relaxing the criteria for BPL families to bring more people under the public distribution system (PDS).

The Last Word
Krishna Consciousness
Despite the hiccups in Pakistan, the Union External Affairs Minister comes into his own
New Delhi, July 27
Known more for his sartorial elegance than elegant turn of phrase, so dear in the diplomatic firmament, Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna was not an obvious choice as External Affairs Minister. He has, however, eclipsed his more erudite junior minister who was caught on a slippery IPL wicket, and his poised handling of the mine-field that Indo-Pak talks become added to his stature even as the negotiations were unsuccessful. The buzz is that Krishna is a winner

The Tribune campaign Haryana takes the lead to save Sukhna Pledges `9 cr to check sedimentation Sukhomajri (Kalka), July 27 Even as Punjab and the Chandigarh administration are yet to come out with a concrete plan to save the Sukhna Lake, Haryana today launched a five-year “Save Sukhna” campaign. Haryana Forest Minister Ajay Singh Yadav begins the campaign by planting a sapling in Sukhomajri village on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Vinay Malik