Badal to name SGPC chief
CHANDIGARH, Nov 21 — The head of the Shiromani Akali Dal, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, will name the President, other office-bearers and members of the executive of the SGPC on November 30, the day the elections to this body are scheduled to be held in Amritsar. 

W. Bengal CM ready to join hands with Laloo, Jaya
CALCUTTA, Nov 21 — The new Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mr Buddhadev Bhattacharya, says that he has no hesitation in joining hands with Mr Laloo Yadav and Mrs Rabri Devi as well as Ms Jayalalitha to fight against the Vajpayee government on the states’ legitimate demands.

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Mukhija murder: weapons found
MOGA, Nov 21 — Surjit Singh, one of the six suspects in the Mukhija murder case has told the police that he has no regrets for slaying the senior Congress leader in Dharamkot on November 13.

INLD-BJP ties touch new low CHANDIGARH, Nov 21 — The relations between the alliance partners, the Indian National Lok Dal and the BJP, in Haryana touched a new low today when the leader of the BJP Legislature Party, Mr Krishan Pal Gujjar, levelled corruption charges against the first family of the state and demanded inquiries by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Income Tax Department into the assets acquired by it.