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Govt agrees to make public Lokpal panel proceedings
New Delhi, October 9
Reversing its position, the government has agreed to make public the audio recordings of proceedings of the Joint Drafting Committee constituted to draft the Lokpal Bill. 

Anna may be BJP’s Prez choice: DIgvijay Team Anna tones down its anti-Cong stand Arvind Kejriwal addresses a meeting at Nalwa village near Hisar on Sunday. Photo: Manoj Dhaka

Vietnam takes on China, says India can explore its oil
Hanoi, October 9
Unfazed by Chinese threats, Vietnam President Truong Tan Sang today said India and other foreign nations were welcome to explore hydrocarbons in areas within his country's jurisdiction, as he sought to deepen strategic and defence ties with New Delhi.

$10 tablet possible, says maker of Aakash 
New Delhi, October 9
“At first, even I didn’t think it was possible,” quipped Suneet Singh Tuli, maker of the world’s cheapest net access and computing device priced at just $45. But he is talking of the old times when the idea of a cheap computer was still laughable for a world brought up on the staple diet of hi-tech devices that serve more as symbols than anything else.

The man, the machine: Suneet Singh Tuli with Aakash

Punjab Advocate-General Baldev Singh quits
Chandigarh, October 9
Refusing to “succumb to pressure”, Advocate-General Baldev Singh today put in his papers. He is expected to be replaced by Punjab and Haryana High Court’s senior advocate Ashok Aggarwal. The team has so far questioned two students, including a girl, hailing from Kishtwar, about the conduct of Wasim Akram, who is at present in NIA custody.

Women CRPF squad guards Nobel winner Liberian Prez 
New Delhi, October 9
A squad of 125 Indian women police personnel far away in Liberia is elated as it finds itself sharing some bright moments after the announcement of Nobel Peace Prize last week.

PREZ PROTECTORS: Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (L) shakes hands with the Indian women CRPF contingent which takes care of her security in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia. — PTI

Sohrabuddin FAKE ENCOUNTER 
Cops escorting witness were too drunk to act
Ahmedabad/Udaipur, Oct 9
Five Gujarat policemen escorting a key witness in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case have been arrested in connection with his escape and it has emerged they allegedly had liquor with him before he fled.