Monday, December 4, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Kolkata, December 3 Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee today gave a 24-hour ultimatum to Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to stop the eviction of poor farmers at Singur by transferring their farmlands to Tata Motors or else she would begin “a fast unto death”. Congress goes mum SUCI’s Bengal bandh call on Tuesday Dasmunsi for dialogue Left acting like Bush, says Medha Patkar In video (56k)

‘I am willing to talk... Tata Motors project will not only change the economy of Singur, but of entire West Bengal.’ West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya at a CITU gathering in Kolkata on Sunday. — PTI photo

Bengal CM ready for talks
Editorial: Mamata’s antics

Wary Muslim leaders favour autonomy
Discuss central madarasa board with Arjun
New Delhi, December 3
Ruling out reservation based on religion, Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh today said that the UPA government was open to all suggestions, including setting up a central madarasa board to modernise education in seminaries.

Another salvo: CM favoured Mohali builder, alleges SAD
Chandigarh, December 3
The Punjab Government has been again put in the dock by the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in connection with a multi-crore mega project.

Mann, Shiv Sena men clash
Tarn Taran, December 3
In a no-holds-barred clash, at least five activists of the Shiv Sena (Bal Thackrey) and Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) were injured when they clashed here today.

A policeman tries to snatch a sword from an SAD(A) worker following a clash with Shiv Sena activists on the issue of burning of an effigy of Simranjit Singh Mann in Tarn Taran on Sunday. — PTI photo

Rail mishap death toll rises to 34
* Probe begins * Track cleared * 13 bodies identified
Patna, December 3
The Commissioner, Railway Safety, Mr R.P.Agarwal, reportedly reached Bhagalpur from Hyderabad today to hold a probe into the train mishap after a 150-year-old road overbridge came crashing down on the sleeper class coach S8 of the 3071 Howrah-Jamalpur Superfast Express yesterday.