Tuesday, December 5, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Singur, Ambedkar stall Parliament
New Delhi, December 4
The ongoing protests against a controversial car project in Singur, West Bengal and desecration of the statue of B R Ambedkar in Kanpur rocked Parliament today with both Houses plunging into a pandemonium.

Naxalites ransack Tata showroom
Rajnath held; Mamata begins fast
Kolkata, December 4
Naxalites protesting against the eviction of farmers at Singur smashed and ransacked Tata Motors’ showroom on Shakespeare Sarari in the Chowringhee area here today.

The glasspanes of a Tata Motors showroom damaged by CPI (Maoist) activists, in protest against the acquisition of farm land in Singur for a Tata factory, at Beckbagan area in Kolkata on Monday. — PTI photo In video (56k)

CPM sees BJP, Cong hand

Dalit massacre: report blames Deshmukh govt
Mumbai, December 4
The Vilasrao Deshmukh government in Maharashtra is on the backfoot with a premier state agency pointing fingers at senior officials for playing down the rape and murder of a Dalit family in September last.
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Punjab poll
Central forces for key seats
Chandigarh, December 4
Several high-profile and key Assembly constituencies in Punjab will see the deployment of Central forces during the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state.

Sadhu Yadav surrenders
Patna, December 4
In what is apparently a big blow to the Railway Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad, his high profile brother-in-law and RJD MP from Gopalganj, Sadhu Yadav, surrendered before the Special Vigilance Court today.

Central rule in UP unlikely
New Delhi, December 4
The UPA government is unlikely to impose President’s rule in Uttar Pradesh despite the strong demand for the dismissal of the Mulayum Singh Yadav government from the BJP, Bahujan Samaj Party and a section of the Congress.