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Monday, May 23, 2011, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 2:30 am (IST)

PM declares war on corruption
On its second birthday, UPA-II releases its performance card
New Delhi, May 22
Conscious of the fact that the ruling coalition's image has taken a beating in the wake of a series of scams, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi today declared the government's determination to combat corruption in public life. They were addressing a function held at the Prime Minister's residence to mark the second anniversary of the UPA-II government.

UPA chief Sonia Gandhi and the PM release a report titled ‘Report to the People 2010-2011’ on its 2nd anniversary in New Delhi. — PTI

Congress allies keep dinner date
New Delhi, May 22
Since it came to power in 2004, the UPA government’s anniversary celebrations are an occasion to highlight the ruling alliance’s achievements and to present a picture of unity and cohesion. In the days before today’s programme, held at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s residence, there was talk that a number of key allies would opt out of the annual show, which would have sent out a worrying signal that the Congress and its allies are not on the same page.

Central relief for Bhatta-Parsaul farmers
Seriously injured to get Rs 50,000;
Union Minister Sachin Pilot arrested, released
New Delhi, May 22
Union Minister Sachin Pilot was today arrested while on his way to Bhatta-Parsaul and other villages in Gautam Budh Nagar district which were recently affected by large-scale violence over the land-acquisition issue.

Centre rejects K’taka Guv’s recommendation
New Delhi, May 22
In a snub to Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj, the Centre tonight rejected his recommendation for imposition of President's Rule in the state, exactly a week after he escalated tensions with the ruling BJP there.
(Details on Nation page)

Terror attack on military base in Karachi
* Multiple blasts, firing kill 4
* Plane destroyed
* 12-15 gunmen holed up in base
Karachi, May 22 
Terrorists attacked a Pakistan military airbase in this southern port city tonight triggering multiple blasts and firing indiscriminately in which four persons were killed.

SUNDAY STRIKE: Flames belch from the military base. — AFP

	PUNJAB: Cotton crop on 37,000 hectares destroyed
	HARYANA: Storm leaves 2 dead, 10 hurt
	J&K: Agencies counter Army’s claims on infiltration
	HIMACHAL: Land allotment to eco-tourism projects a scam
	CHANDIGARH: Ten questions repeated in biology paper
	LUDHIANA: Rain, lightning, squall plunge city into darkness
	DELHI: Firm accuses ex-director of data theft
	OPINIONS: DMK’s unending troubles
	BUSINESS: Food prices worrying, growth on track: PM
	NATION: Centre rejects Karnataka Guv’s recommendation
	WORLD: 18 dead in Iraq blasts
	SPORTS: RCB thrash CSK, finish on top

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Strauss-Kahn: More hotel staff ‘propositioned’
FORMER IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who eight days ago was one of the most powerful men on the planet, spent his first full day as an electronically tagged, armed guarded, rape suspect yesterday at a temporary address in Manhattan — a flat equipped (at his expense) with sensitive alarms and 24-hour CCTV to deter him from fleeing. Not that he is likely to do so. And, to make sure he can't so much as slip out for a sandwich, he is forbidden to leave the premises.

In ’72 he wrote about webcams and microwaves What will the world look like in the not-too-distant future? It's a fun game to play sitting around the pub/dinner-party table, but unless you grew up in the house of the astronomer and science-fiction writer Sir Fred Hoyle (who, incidentally, coined the term ‘big bang’, even though he rejected the theory), where lunches with the physicist Richard Feynman were not uncommon, chances are your beautiful "vision" will evaporate with the inexorable passing of time.