Wednesday, May 30, 2012, Chandigarh, India
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PM dares Team Anna to prove corruption charges against him
Says he will ‘give up my public career’ if any allegation is proved 
‘Happy as I am’, scoffs at speculation about being next President
By Raj Chengappa
On board the PM's aircraft
Visibly angry and hurt over the allegations of corruption hurled against him by Team Anna, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday lashed out at the group stating it was "unfortunate that irresponsible allegations were being made" against him and 14 of his colleagues. Manmohan Singh asserted that he was prepared to "give up my public career" if any of the charges levelled by Team Anna were proved true.


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Manmohan meets Suu Kyi, lauds her role in reviving democracy
Myanmar’s legendary Opposition leader accepts invite to visit India
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PM Manmohan Singh and Myanmar's Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon on Tuesday. Yangon, May 29
 It was perhaps the most anticipated meeting of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s landmark visit to Myanmar. For ever since Aung San Suu Kyi was first placed under house arrest by the military junta in 1989, no Indian head of state had met her.

PM Manmohan Singh and Myanmar's Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon on Tuesday. — PTI

Punjab CLP meeting ends in a slanging match
Chandigarh, May 29
CLP leader Sunil Jakhar (extreme right) at the meeting in Chandigarh on Tuesday. It was expected to be a routine affair. But the Congress Legislative Party (CLP) meeting today witnessed a high drama with leaders accusing each other of undermining the party.

CLP leader Sunil Jakhar (extreme right) at the meeting in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

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Dehradun, May 29
Falling in line with the Supreme Court’s directive, veteran Congressman Narian Dutt Tiwari today gave his blood samples for DNA profiling in a paternity suit filed by Rohit Shekhar, who has been claiming that the octogenarian leader is his biological father.

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New Delhi, May 29
The Government today said it would move the Supreme Court as soon as possible to seek review of the Andhra Pradesh High Court pronouncement quashing the Union Cabinet’s decision to approve 4.5 per cent sub-quota for the minority Other Backward Classes (OBCs) within the 27 per cent reservation available to OBCs in central government jobs and educational institutions.

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British-born Sydney Wignall discovered the secrets of China’s expansion across Tibet to the borders of India and Nepal

India never forgets its enemies, but sometimes has difficulty remembering its friends like the recently deceased British mountaineer who risked his life to gather information about China’s military build-up in the Himalayas.


HC forms tribunal to probe land-grab cases in Punjab
About 60 VVIPs, including CM Badal and DGP Sumedh Saini, have acquired property in Mohali district

Chandigarh, May 29
In a move that could spell trouble for politicians, bureaucrats and top cops involved in grabbing land across Punjab, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed the constitution of a three-member tribunal.

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