Saturday, March 19, 2011, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 2:30 am (IST)

PM refutes Oppn charge
Says it is surprising that speculative, unverified communication given importance
New Delhi, March 18
Demonstrating a rare combative aspect of his personality, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today forcefully denied the Opposition charge based on WikiLeaks cables that his government won the 2008 vote of confidence by bribing MPs.


Editorial: Resurrecting old ghosts


PM Manmohan Singh makes a statement over the WikiLeaks revelation on cash-for-vote scam in Lok Sabha in New Delhi on Friday. — PTI

UN threat works, Gaddafi blinks
Truce ordered after UNSC authorises military action against Libyan regime
Tripoli, March 18
Libya said on Friday it would halt all military operations to protect its civilians and comply with a UN resolution, backtracking from a threat to root out rebels after Western powers warned of punitive action. The United Nations authorised a no-fly zone and attacks on forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, who had hours earlier vowed to crush Libya’s revolt with “no mercy, no pity”.

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HC stays Punjab move to mortgage MC assets
Chandigarh, March 18
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today ordered a stay on the Punjab Government move to raise loans for municipal corporations across the state by mortgaging public land and properties with banks.

Budget figures
Oppn tirade against Badal govt lacks ‘sting’
Chandigarh, March 18
The hue and cry created by the Opposition parties in Punjab, over the alleged “fudging” of figures in the Budget proposals for the coming financial year, may well turn out to be a storm in a teacup.

Setback for TRS as MPs resort to cross-voting
Hyderabad, March 18
At a time when Telangana statehood movement has reached its crescendo, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), spearheading the agitation, received a setback in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council elections with three of its MLAs resorting to cross-voting in favour of the ruling Congress.

Mamata leaves 64 seats for Cong
Unilaterally declares 226 candidates’ list
Kolkata, March 18
Mamata Banerjee today declared the list of Trinamool Congress’candidates in 226 seats, with two seats for partner Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) and the remaining 64 seats for the Congress.


Sonia’s word awaited


Poll colours: A girl colours a poster of Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal. — PTI

Hardliners back Dalai Lama’s plan to quit
Dharamsala, March 18
The hardline group of Tibetans in exile, the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), has supported the retirement plans of the Dalai Lama. The biggest group of Tibetans has become the first organisation to support the retirement plans of the Dalai Lama. The group differs in its opinion over the middle-way approach the Dalai Lama has adopted over the meaningful autonomy under Chinese sovereignty. The group is for seeking complete freedom from China.
(Details on Himachal page)