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Friday, April 29, 2011, Chandigarh, India
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Cong does a coup, takes over PAC
Corners Joshi, ‘rejects’ draft report with help of SP, BSP; chaos rules meet
New Delhi, April 28
In an unprecedented development that dealt a body blow to the non-partisan functioning of the parliamentary committee system in India, members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) today took political positions.
PAC chairman MM Joshi coming out after the meeting in New Delhi on Thursday. — PTI

Submission of PAC’s 2G report set to get delayed
It will remain unfinished business unless adopted by committee: Experts
New Delhi, April 28
Despite the priority Public Account Committee chairman Murli Manohar Joshi accorded to the timely submission of the 2G Spectrum report, the same appears set for an indefinite delay unless of course a miracle ensures its adoption by the majority.

Ground ZERO
Sathya Sai Baba and life after death
When he was alive, Sri Sathya Sai Baba, whose mortal remains were buried at Puttaparthi on Wednesday morning, was clear that for him death was not the end. Thirty years ago, in a rare interview to me on his 55th birthday on November 23, 1980, I had asked him about what would happen to him after he died. He replied: "Life and death are only for a body. I am not a body.”

Policemen drape the National Flag over the casket of Sri Sathya Sai Baba ahead of his burial inside Prashanthi Nilayam in the village of Puttaparthi on Wednesday morning. — AFP

Purulia arms drop had go-ahead from RAW: Prime accused Davy
Kolkata, April 28
West Bengal’s ruling Left Front on Thursday asked the Centre to explain why it remained inactive despite having advance information about the massive arms drop in Purulia in 1995. “The latest revelations on the arms drop are further confirmation of the fact that there was a well-planned conspiracy to use violence to destabilise the Left Front at that time,” LF chairman Biman Bose told mediapersons.

SC Bench opts out of Dinakaran case
New Delhi, April 28
A Supreme Court Bench today opted out of hearing a petition filed by Sikkim High Court Chief Justice PD Dinakaran challenging the inquiry being conducted by the Rajya Sabha-appointed panel for his removal through an impeachment motion in Parliament.

IPL controversy headed for larger SC Bench
New Delhi, April 28
Even as the fourth annual edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is underway, a two-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court has failed to resolve the legal dispute over the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) decision to take IPL and other T20 tournaments out of its purview.

12 killed in college bus-truck collision
Yamunanagar, April 28
A pall of gloom descended on the twin towns of Jagadhri and Yamunanagar when 12 persons, including six students, two lecturers and two staff members of an institute, were killed. The tragedy struck when a bus of the Shri Ram Institute of Management and Technology, Urjani, carrying BTech students, collided head-on with a truck. The driver of the bus, Joginder Singh, and the truck driver, Satish Kumar, died on the spot. The impact of the collision was so great that its sound was heard a long distance away. (Details on Haryana page)