Haryana MP helped scam kingpin?
Lid off Dr Amit’s political support
Moradabad, February 2
In yet another pointer to the deep reach of the kidney transplant racket, the Uttar Pradesh police arrested a doctor in Rajasthan in this connection and said its kingpin, Dr Amit Kumar, had political connections and invested in film-making.

‘Police helped him flee’
MP refutes allegations
Jammu & Kashmir page: UP, Delhi Police teams search state link

Clashes after attack on dera chief’s convoy
Nilokheri (Karnal), February 2
The controversial head of the Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, escaped unhurt in an attack after his convoy was “targeted with a powerful blast” on the GT Road here this afternoon.

Bathinda page: Alert after attack on Dera chief

Army probe against its legal head
Chandigarh, February 2
The Army has ordered a court of inquiry (COI) against the head of its legal department, a Major-General, it is learnt. The inquiry was ordered yesterday after a preliminary one-man inquiry established that there was substance in several allegations of professional impropriety levelled against Maj-Gen Nilendra Kumar, the Army’s Judge Advocate General (JAG).

Zahira Sheikh told to pay Rs 38 lakh as tax
Vadodara, February 2
The Income Tax department has asked Zahira Sheikh, a key witness in Best Bakery riot case who was allegedly given a hefty amount by a Congress corporator to change her statement in the court, to fork out Rs 38.63 lakh as tax.

Suspension of 4 officers
Mayawati refuses Guv’s advice
Lucknow, February 2
Confronting Governor T.V. Rajeswar, Chief Minister Mayawati today refused to reconsider her government’s decision to suspend four senior officials for their contribution in the production of a book reportedly praising the Nehru-Gandhi family’s role in the development of Amethi.

Raj Thackeray hits out at Big B, Bihari immigrants
Protests in Bihar
Mumbai, February 2
Raj Thackeray, estranged nephew of Bal Thackeray and chief of the Maharashtra Navanirman Sena has landed into yet another controversy by questioning the loyalty of actor Amitabh Bachchan to Maharashtra.

Oz Spite
Murali gets egg, team jeers
Hobart/Colombo, February 2
Even as the rumblings over the racism row involving Harbhajan Singh have hardly died down, a fresh controversy broke out in Australia with unruly fans attacking Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan with egg.