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CAG blames Sheila Dikshit, Kalmadi for CWG mess
Slams PMO for OC chief’s appointment despite sports minister’s objections
New Delhi, August 5
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), in its report on the Commonwealth Games (CWG), has nailed the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) for the appointment of Suresh Kalmadi as Chairman of the Games Organising Committee (OC) despite strenuous objections by the then Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Sunil Dutt in December 2004.
The CAG report was tabled in Parliament on Friday. The CAG report was tabled in Parliament on Friday. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

Global markets plummet over US slowdown fears
Sensex falls 2.2%; loss of Rs 1.3 lakh cr 
New Delhi, August 5
World stocks sank for an eighth straight session on Friday, wiping $2.5 trillion off their value on the week, as concern ballooned over the slowing global economy and the spread of debt anguish into Italy and Spain. Closer home, it was a Friday free-fall for the Indian stock markets. Concerns over growth of the US economy pummeled the BSE Sensex to a 14-month low.


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In tussle between Punjab and Haryana, Centre stays neutral
New Delhi, August 5
Citing a flood threat, Punjab today strongly pleaded in the Supreme Court for restraining Haryana from strengthening the controversial Hansi-Butana canal even as Haryana questioned the court’s jurisdiction over the dispute relating to sharing of river waters.
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New Delhi, August 5
Slamming the Delhi Police for conducting a “half-hearted, meaningless and hopeless” investigation in the case relating to the alleged purchase of votes during the July 2008 confidence vote in the Lok Sabha, the Supreme Court today directed the police to trace the source of the money and book the culprits.

Balkrishna reaches CBI office for interrogation
Acharya BalkrishnaDehradun, August 5
A day after skipping the CBI’s questioning and preferring to celebrate his birthday, yoga guru Ramdev’s close aide, Acharya Balkrishna, reached the CBI, Dehradun office for interrogation this morning.
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Cong undecided on Telangana, turns to AP parties 
New Delhi, August 5
The government today said political consensus was eluding the demand for statehood for Telengana and urged political parties to take a position so that the process of consultations could move further. Of the eight registered political parties in Andhra Pradesh, the Congress, the TDP, the YSR (Congress) and the Majlis-

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Libya’s rebels said today a NATO air attack had killed Muammar Gaddafi’s powerful son Khamis, who serves as commander of one of the Libyan leader’s most loyal and best-equipped military units.
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Resolution on Kashmiri Pandits in US House
Democratic congressman Frank Pallone says violation of their rights going on since 1989
Frank PalloneWashington, August 5
Influential Democratic congressman Frank Pallone has introduced a resolution in the US House of Representative recognising that the religious freedom and human rights violations of Kashmiri Pandits has been ongoing since 1989. The resolution condemns the extremist violence, lack of religious freedom, and human rights violations committed against Kashmiri Pandits, which they have endured for more than two decades.

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