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PM out of govt draft; Anna to go on fast from August 16
Govt asserts that it will not allow a parallel structure "answerable to nobody"
New Delhi, June 21
The series of meetings between the Union Government and the Team Anna over the proposed Lokpal Bill ended today after nine sittings.

Civil society activists Anna Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal and Shanti Bhushan address newsmen after the meeting on Lokpal Bill with the government representatives in New Delhi on Tuesday. — PTI

Tribune exclusive
Atta-dal extravaganza pushes Badal government into the red
Central funds being diverted to keep the scheme afloat
Bathinda, June 21
The much publicised atta-dal scheme of the SAD-BJP government has run into heavy debt. The State Government owes Rs 1100 crore to four of its cash-strapped public sector undertakings. The situation has reached such a pass that banks have refused to release any more funds for the scheme to Punsup, the nodal agency for supplying subsidised atta and daal to beneficiaries in the state. Instead, Punsup (Punjab Civil Supplies Corporation) diverted Rs 370 of the central funds to the scheme to keep it running.

..but state continues with populist ploy

Crisis in BJP deepens after Munde blasts party leaders
Mumbai, June 21
Gopinath Munde is heading for a major showdown with the BJP leadership following a stormy meeting between his supporters and office-bearers of the party. Munde, who did not show up for the meeting of the party MPs and MLAs held here today, later told reporters that he was not invited.

MCI chairman’s behaviour ‘forces’ secretary to resign
New Delhi, June 21
The Medical Council of India (MCI) is back in the news for all the wrong reasons, with secretary of the council putting in her papers protesting the chairman’s alleged “indecent and rough behaviour towards her”. Sangeeta Sharma, who joined as secretary on March 25 this year during the tenure of the former Board of Governors, has accused Dr KK Talwar, chairman, Board of Governors, MCI, and former director, PGI, Chandigarh

CWG SCAM
Money laundering case against Lalli
New Delhi, June 21
The Enforcement Directorate today registered a money laundering case against suspended Prasar Bharti CEO B S Lalli in connection with the awarding of the Rs 246-crore broadcast rights contract for Commonwealth Games. 

Google’s Bangalore ‘Street View’ project halted
Bangalore, June 21
The Bangalore police has asked Internet search giant Google to get the Central Government’s permission for filming the city for its Street View project.