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Latest news, updated at 12:10 pm  India takes Gita issue with Russian federal authorities  Govt mulls putting CJI on panel to select CBI chief  Delhi fog: Flight ops unaffected at IGI  Cabinet to take up Lokpal Bill today

‘Revised’ Lokpal draft ready for Cabinet
70 amendments mooted, crucial meeting today
New Delhi, December 19
The late night meeting of the Union Cabinet that was expected to approve the Lokpal Bill today was postponed to tomorrow as the UPA government’s “legal eagles” were locked in intense deliberations through the day poring over the fine print of the final draft of the proposed legislation.

Power play in Tamil Nadu: Jayalalithaa expels aide Sasikala & clan
Chennai, December 19
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa today expelled trusted powerful aide Sasikala Natarajan, her husband M Natarajan and 12 members of their extended family from the party.

AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa with Sasikala Natarajan at a public function in Chennai. — PTI file photo

Govt, BJP agree on Pension, Companies Bills
New Delhi, December 19
The government and the BJP agreed on the broad contours of the proposed amendment to the Provident Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Bill at a meeting between Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and the two Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, NDA chairman LK Advani and former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha today.

Cong largest party in Chandigarh civic poll
Chandigarh, December 19
Winning 11 seats, the Congress emerged as the single largest party in the local Municipal Corporation elections results for which were declared here today. The BJP-SAD combine bagged 12 seats out of which 10 were captured by the former. The alliance is still one short of the clear majority among the directly elected councillors.

Jubilant Congress supporters in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo

Cold wave grips North
New Delhi, December 19
As the plains of northern India reeled under intense cold wave and dense fog, a ray of sunshine came from the Met office, which today said intensity and duration of the blinding fog would reduce from December 23. The IMD also predicted that minimum temperatures would also rise by 2-3°C over north-west, central and east India during next 2-3 days, leading to abatement of cold wave conditions from parts of north-west India.

Ruckus in LS over move to ban Bhagvad Gita in Russia
New Delhi, December 19
The Lok Sabha today had RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav raising the slogan ‘Bhagwan Sri Krishna ki jai,’ and the entire House reverberated with ‘jai’ as he rose to condemn the Russian court’s act of banning the Russian translation of Bhagvad Gita by International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), while SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav wanted the Bhagvad Gita to be taught in all schools.