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2G mess started with NDA regime in 2003: Patil panel
New Delhi, February 4
Unveiling the report of the Shivraj V Patil panel that went into the lapses made during the allocation of the 2G Spectrum, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today said the committee had concluded that all decisions on Spectrum allocation since 2003 by successive governments, including the UPA regime, were procedurally wrong.                                Shivraj V Patil

PM  bats for sweeping steps to curb corruption
Advises states to do away with local taxes to 
tame prices
New Delhi, February 4
Inflation and corruption - the twin issues on which the UPA Government is facing public ire - figured prominently in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s address at the second annual conference of chief secretaries here today. Stating that corruption strikes at the roots of good governance, the Prime Minister said the “menace” dents the country’s image internationally and demeans it before its own people.

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‘Day of Departure’ arrives but Mubarak sticks around
Cairo, February 4
Defying military orders to “go home”, tens of thousands of protesters today laid a siege to Cairo’s central square, clamouring for immediate ouster of embattled President Hosni Mubarak, who ignored mounting global pressure to step down saying it will plunge Egypt into “chaos”.

Wounded demonstrators protest at Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday. — AFP

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Mubarak may step down under US-brokered deal
Under the proposal, the transitional govt would prepare nation for polls in Sept
Washington, February 4
Embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is likely to step down immediately and turn over power to a transitional government headed by Vice-President Omar Suleiman, backed by the army.  (Detail on world page)

CBI’s poor record  against politicians 
New Delhi, February 4
The arrest of A. Raja and two former bureaucrats by the CBI may have been dramatic but if the agency’s track record against high profile politicians is any indication, then they need not worry much. The CBI’s disproportionate assets case, which it had registered way back in 2003, against UP Chief Minister Mayawati is going nowhere despite its claims that it has got enough evidence to chargesheet the leader.

Rumours of Zardari walking the aisle
Islamabad February 4
While Presidential spokesmen here have refuted a flood of reports that President Asif Ali Zardari may have secretly married again, the speculation persists, primarily because the denial is yet to come from the President himself.

‘Players can be thrown out‘
Mumbai, February 4
The International Cricket Council has cracked the whip on players indulging knowingly or unknowingly in ambush marketing, by threatening to throw them out of the World Cup starting in Dhaka on February 19. (Details on sports page)