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Open to suggestions on sexual assault law: Govt
President okays ordinance to check crime against women
New Delhi, February 3
President Pranab Mukherjee today gave assent to promulgating the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance bringing into force a new law to check crime against women. The assent comes a day after the government faced criticism from various sections, including women groups.

Ashwani Kumar Union Law Minister

Sonia ‘promises’ job to victim's family

iPL-6 auctionS
Maxwell only million-dollar buy; cold shoulder for biggies
Chennai, February 3
Little-known Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell was the only million-dollar buy in a low-key IPL players' auction where franchises opted to put their money on unheralded names instead of established stars, most of whom went unsold here today.

Grand Mufti issues fatwa against girls’ band, Omar
Srinagar, February 3
Leading religious scholar of Jammu and Kashmir, Grand Mufti Mohammad Bashiruddin, on Sunday issued fatwa against the region’s only all-girls rock band run by the teenage girls and against Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for extending support to them. The Grand Mufti termed the three teenage girls, who formed the rock band, ‘non serious’, saying such an approach leads to ‘gang rape’. “Shameful incidents like gang rapes, that happened in Hindustan recently, are a result of all this. It happens when women are given freedom to roam around, sing and dance,” Bashiruddin told The Tribune. The fatwa — an advisory by an Islamic scholar, who has knowledge of theology, religious jurisprudence and law — has been issued by the “Supreme Court of Islamic Shariat” headed by Bashiruddin.

K’taka Assembly meets today amid political uncertainty
Bangalore, February 3
The joint session of the Karnataka legislature begins here tomorrow against the backdrop of political uncertainty in the state after resignation of 13 BJP legislators loyal to the BS Yeddyurappa's outfit. Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has, however, brushed aside any threat to his government by Yeddyurappa, who quit the BJP to float the Karnataka Janata Party, insisting that he still enjoyed majority and was ready to prove it on the floor of the Assembly.

Shivir effect: ‘Chintan’ over Haryana Cong chief stretches on
Chandigarh, February 3
From facing a problem of plenty, the Haryana unit of the Congress may well be moving towards a “dearth” of candidates in the race for the post of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee president. Following the recent “Chintan Shivir” of the Congress at Jaipur, most Congressmen seem to have developed cold feet about heading the state unit of the party. If suggestions made by the Congress think tank at the shivir are anything to go by, party presidents may not be able to contest elections in future.

The winning fields of kila raipur From horses to ‘chariots of fire’, Punjab’s hardy men compete for glory. The Tribune’s photographer Himanshu Mahajan captures the mood at the rural extravaganza The scintillating golden trophy depicting the man driving and spurring the bullock cart means a lot more to the young and the old of villages of the rural Punjab than perhaps the Olympics trophy. Clamour grows for national festival status Full throttle: Riders keep the momentum going during a bullock cart race.