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Bill introduced in US House to freeze aid to Pak

Washington: A key American lawmaker from Texas has introduced a resolution in the House of Representative to freeze all US aid to Pakistan.—PTI

Ex-DMK minister’s premises raided

Chennai: Vigilance raids were today conducted at the premises of former DMK minister K Ponmudi and his relatives in Chennai and his native Villupuram, 160 km from here.—PTI

Cash-for-vote scam: Kulkarni appears before court

New Delhi: Senior BJP leader L K Advani's former aide Sudheendra Kulkarni today appeared before a Delhi court in response to its summons for his alleged role in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam.—PTI

Sensex moves up 484 points 

Mumbai: Indian equity markets were upbeat on Tuesday afternoon with a benchmark index continuing to gain handsomely. It was trading about 484 points higher, about an hour before closing bell amid positive global cues.

Left, BJP stall JPC meet over 2G note

New Delhi: Opposition members in JPC today stalled the proceedings of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) terming as a "serious lapse" non-submission of a Finance Ministry note on the 2G spectrum issue before the committee and demanded that the Finance Secretary be called before it to give clarifications

No drift in UPA govt: Moily

Referring to the reports of differences between Home Minister P Chidambaram and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee over a 2G note, Union Minister of Corporate Affairs M Veerappa Moily said, "The government is not in drift. There are always differences in points of view and there is nothing wrong with that."