Earlier the opposition demanded the resignation of the prime minister anyway after three of its lawmakers said they had been bribed to abstain. The government won 275 votes against 256 for the opposition, the parliamentary speaker Somnath Chatterjee announced.

The session was angry and chaotic. The debate was briefly adjourned when opposition lawmakers interrupted the debate to wave wads of cash they said were offered as bribes by the government to abstain.

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Source: Economic Times

Chidambaram also stressed the need for nuclear power.

He said the provisions of the 123 Agreement will alone prevail in regard to the Indo-US nuclear agreement and that the government went to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) after an agreement with the Left parties and froze the text.

He added that the Government did nothing to violate this agreement and the text of the draft safeguards agreement was promised to be given to parties the day India approached the International Atomic Energy Agency.

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“It (trust motion) was fully avoidable,” Manmohan Singh said as he moved the one-line motion seeking the trust of parliament for his government — reduced to minority after the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)-led Left parties withdrew their legislative support in protest against the government’s move to carry the India-US civil nuclear deal forward.

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Source: Hindusthan Times

Rice spiked a wordy, two-page statement that her aides had reportedly prepared for her to merely state the fact; “The Indians are now in a process of working with the International Atomic Energy Agency and we will follow that progress.”
She sidestepped a question on whether the Bush administration would give up on the Indian nuclear deal if it was not sent to Congress by July. Mukherjee did try and buy time by pointing out that the Indian government was doing its best, but was stuck at the “second stage.”

“We are interested in implementing the landmark agreement…. But we have some political problems in our country. Currently, we are engaged in resolving those problems,” Mukherjee told the conference.

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Source: DNA

A bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat, P Sathasivam and Aftab Alam said that the 5-member SIT will comprise former CBI director RK Raghavan, former UP DGP CB Satpathy and three senior police officers from Gujarat — Geeta Johri, Shivanand Jha and Ashish Bhatia.

The formal order for constitution of SIT will be passed on Wednesday, court said after hearing the pleas of senior counsel Harish Salve who is assisting the court as amicus curiae in the matter and Gujarat government counsel Mukul Rohatgi.

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Source: ET

Nine years after Indian Express reporter, Shivani Bhatnagar was brutally murdered, a Delhi court found former Haryana top-cop, R K Sharma and three others guilty of murder, criminal conspiracy and destruction of evidence.

On Monday, all four accused including RK Sharma were awarded life imprisonment. He is the first IPS officer in the country to be convicted of murder.

Talking about the verdict retired IPS officer Maxwell Pereira said, “Judge has issued the right sentence of life imprisonment. I am disappointed only in the verdict of Pradeep Sharma as it could have been considered rarest of rare cases. Delhi police investigated well. It’s a tribute to the young ACP Hemant Chopra who died after investigation. He spent three months working on it.”

The court has also slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 on RK Sharma, while the other three have been fined Rs 10,000 each.

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Source: IBN Live

Former Australian Grand Prix winner, Italian Giancarlo Fisichella, crashed out on the first corner, while Germany’s Adrian Sutil retired after eight laps because of a hydraulic pressure problem.

“It was a very disappointing first race for Force India,” the team’s chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne told reporters.

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Source: Reuters

The Australian hockey legend, who arrived in the capital on Monday morning at the behest of the ministry, was not willing to restrict his role to the junior men’s and the women’s squads.

“That was not part of the deal,” he told The Telegraph and made it clear that he was only interested in coaching the senior national team.

“Things don’t work that way. I have not come to India to do that (coaching the juniors),” an irate Charlesworth said.

When asked whether he would like to coach the junior men’s and senior women’s squads only, Charlesworth categorically said: “No.”

The Australian’s rebuff came after the IHF once again had its way and managed to convince the ministry to keep Charlesworth at bay from the senior national team.

After a four-hour meeting on Monday with top IHF officials — that included supremo K.P.S. Gill — the ministry decided to finalise Charlesworth’s appointment as the technical advisor but said the Australian would only look after the junior programmes of the federation.

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Source: Telegraph

Sania, ranked 32nd in the world, said she was pleased that she was able to regain her focus after dropping a tight first set.Sania earned a fourth round meeting with Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova, the defending champion in the tier one tournament that runs alongside the ATP Masters Series event here. Hantuchova, the fifth seed, beat China’s Zheng Jie 6-4, 6-2.

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Source: Hindu

The Bangladeshi author has told the government she wants to go away for a few months because she is under too much stress and needs a break. It’s not clear when she will leave, but sources said it might not be easy for her to return soon.

“I have to leave this impossible situation. I cannot interact with people. I cannot any more take this stress which has led to hypertension. I want to lead a de-stressed life and I want to live life to the full,” PTI quoted Taslima as telling the agency from an undisclosed location in Delhi.

She did not say which country she would go to, but officials told The Telegraph she might travel to Sweden or London.

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Source: Telegraph