News Analysis: Message From CWC Meeting
Cong stands firm with PM
New Delhi, June 5
It was essentially meant to be an exercise to authorise party president Sonia Gandhi to nominate the candidate for the presidential and vice-presidential elections, but the Congress chose to utilise the opportunity to hear the voices within over issues that have been troubling the party rank and file since the recent electoral setbacks.

PM Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi during a CWC meeting in New Delhi on Monday. — PTI

Happy tidings: Monsoon hits Kerala
New Delhi, June 5
Tuesday came with two good things on the World Environment Day: the southwest monsoon is on course. And as if on a cue, light showers greeted large parts of north India, as a happy precursor to the good news from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Vehicles at Vijay Chowk during a drizzle in New Delhi. — PTI

DK Joshi is new Navy Chief
New Delhi, June 5
The government today appointed Vice Admiral DK Joshi, as the next Chief of the Indian Navy to replace Admiral Nirmal Verma. He will take over on August 31. In the intervening period of three months all important files and decisions will be taken with he being in the loop.

U’khand hails DK Joshi as next Naval Chief

Operation Bluestar Anniversary
Punjab: Re-emergence of radicals raises questions
Chandigarh, June 5
June 6, 1984, the day the Army launched an attack (Operation Bluestar) on the Golden Temple. It has been 28 years. Why then has the SAD-led Government, into its third term, allowed a 'Blue Star Memorial' in the Golden Temple Complex to come up?

Amarinder doesn’t favour memorial

Govt ready to spend more on ‘trishanku towns’ New Delhi, June 5 The government has finally woken up to the needs of fast increasing “census towns” with the Planning Commission allocating Rs 1,500 crore (subject to final approval) in the 12th Plan for infrastructure development in 50 or 60 urbanised villages across the country. Villagers at a market at Fatehgarh Sikri village near Begowal in Kapurthala.