Govt rushes to meet Lokpal deadline
Cong MPs told to ensure their presence from Monday to Thursday
New Delhi, December 15
The UPA government is working overtime to introduce the the Lokpal Bill in the Lok Sabha next Tuesday so that it can be passed in the ongoing session of Parliament due to conclude on December 22.

Babus on their toes for SAD’s Moga rally
Transport Minister says no misuse of official machinery 
Moga, December 15
The state machinery is geared up for the success of the ruling SAD’s December 18 Moga rally (in Kili Chahal village), which Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal claims will be the world’s largest.

Moga SSP Snehdeep Sharma (left) shows the plan for the SAD rally to Youth Akali Dal president Bikramjit Majithia and others at Kili Chahal village in Moga district. A Tribune photograph

Sibal initiates dialogue with networking sites
New Delhi, December 15
Facing flak for suggesting policing of the internet, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today sought to douse the fire by initiating a dialogue with leading social networking firms Google, Facebook and Twitter.

Zardari went to Dubai because of life threats: Gilani
Islamabad, December 15
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that President Asif Ali Zardari was forced to go to Dubai for medical treatment because of "threats" to his life. The government and the President's family convinced Zardari to go to Dubai for treatment because there was a risk he would be attacked if he was admitted to a Pakistani hospital, Gilani said while speaking in the Senate or upper house of parliament yesterday.

Now, retired Army jawans can join paramilitary forces
New Delhi, December 15
Jawans who retire from the armed forces will have the option of joining paramilitary forces such as the CRPF and BSF among others. The Ministry of Home Affairs has agreed to fill 10 per cent of Group ‘B’ posts - up to the level of inspector - in the Central paramilitary forces from ex-servicemen, Defence Minister AK Antony informed the Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Defence today.

Remembering 1971
A surrender etched in history
Chandigarh, December 15
War is one of the defining factors that chart the course of history and leaves in its wake some decisive moments that have an everlasting impact on the psyche of the embattled nations as well as individuals who are part of it.

‘Gandhiji tried hard to save Bhagat Singh’
Jammu, December 15
Mahatma Gandhi had tried to save Bhagat Singh from the gallows but a Congress leader, Bhai Gopal Dass of Ludhiana, spilled the beans about Mahatma’s efforts before the media.

Mahatma Gandhi’s nephew Kanu Gandhi in Jammu on Thursday. A Tribune photograph