If PM panel has its way,  LPG to go up by Rs 100
New Delhi, February 3
A Prime Minister-appointed expert group today suggested freeing petrol and diesel prices and called for raising LPG rates by Rs 100 per cylinder and kerosene by Rs 6 a litre.
Kirit Parikh presents a report to Petroleum Minister Murli Deora in New Delhi on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

PROPOSED HIKE
Petrol Rs 4.72, Diesel Rs 2.33, Kerosene Rs 6

‘Mama’ slams PC, echoes Rajkhowa’s stand
ULFA rules out peace talks in handcuffs
Guwahati/Tezpur, February 3
The banned Assam-based militant outfit ULFA today rejected Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's offer for peace talks echoing their chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa’s stand “no peace talks with ULFA leaders in jail”.

Srikrishna heads panel on Telangana
l Committee to consult all AP parties l Govt skips announcing time frame l BJP calls it a delaying tactic l TRS answer after terms of reference 
New Delhi, February 3
Almost two months after Home Minister P Chidambaram made the midnight announcement on the formation of a separate Telangana state that virtually led to chaos in Andhra Pradesh, the government today constituted a five-member expert committee headed by former Supreme Court Judge B N Srikrishna on the contentious Telangana issue.
WE WANT TELANGANA: Joint Action Committee activists shout slogans as they form a human chain in front of the Charminar in Hyderabad on Wednesday. — PTI 

Badal govt wants Punjabi taught even in central, convent schools
Chandigarh, February 3
The Punjab government has taken an in principle decision to make the teaching of Punjabi language compulsory in all schools of the state, irrespective of the boards they were affiliated to.

Thackeray lashes out at Rahul, calls him frustrated bachelor
Mumbai, February 3
The debate over Mumbai got shriller today with an editorial in Shiv Sena mouthpiece attributed to Bal Thackeray calling Congress leader Rahul Gandhi a ‘frustrated bachelor.’

‘Sena has no takers in M’rashtra’
Mumbai not Thackeray’s fiefdom:  UP Cong
Cong says won’t respond to undignified remarks
It’s a Congress plot, says BJP

Be sensitive to ’84 riots victims: Delhi HC
New Delhi, February 3
The Delhi High Court today advised the CBI to be sensitive to the sentiments of the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and to consider the appointment of a  special public prosecutor for expeditious disposal of their cases.

Oz says Indian faked attack for claim  Victoria premier slams media, govt  Victoria premier John Brumby went on the offensive against the Indian media and even a section of the Indian government within hours of the police charging a 29 year-old Indian youth for “criminal damage with a view to gaining a financial advantage” and “making a false report to the police”.