Congress President Sonia Gandhi and former party President P. V. Narasimha Rao discuss a point at the 81st plenary session of the Indian National Congress at Rajiv Gandhi Nagar in Bangalore on Saturday.  — PTI photo

Samata ministers adamant
Govt to start media war on Opposition
New Delhi, March 17
In a move to counter the Opposition, the National Democratic Alliance partners have decided to go in for an aggressive information campaign to fight the battle in the popular mind.

Tehelka calls it witchhunt; Centre denies
New Delhi, March 17
Days after throwing the entire government into a tizzy, Internet news portal, tehelka.com today charged the government with initiating a “scandalous campaign” against the organisation and ordering a probe against the company even as the Centre denied having ordered any investigation.

• Govt writes to CJI

• Edit page: It is Tehelka all the way

Raise standards of probity, Vajpayee tells Army
New Delhi, March 17
A day after addressing the nation on disclosures made in the tehelka tapes and the government’s plan of action, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today urged the armed forces to raise the standards of probity, transparency and accountability.

Flag march by Army, 13 dead
RJD MP vows to kill Siwan SP
Patna, march 17
The ever so controversial RJD MP, Mohammad Shahabuddin, an accused in several criminal cases including murders, in a blatant show of brute power-cult that pervades the socio-political layers of Bihar, has vowed to kill the Siwan Superintendent of Police, Mr Bachchu Singh Meena, after the ‘rebellious’ district police force, under the leadership of the SP raided the village of the MP.