Ajit Singh leaves Bardhan guessing

New Delhi, July 17 Pulling out all stops in their attempt to bring down the UPA regime, the Left parties today intensified their campaign to woo fence-sitters on the trust vote in the Lok Sabha and declared that they did not mind voting along with the BJP in the trial of strength if the Manmohan Singh government could be dislodged.	Nation page: Lucknow airport named after Charan Singh CBI probe sought against 10 CPM leaders, Karat couple Disposal of N-waste worries nobody
Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Ajit Singh with CPI general secretary A.B. Bardhan in New Delhi on Thursday. — PTI

Delhi Test
Sonia hardsells N-deal
Nellore, July 17
In this coastal town of Andhra Pradesh, the summer sun was unsparing today, so was UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, who marshalled all her political arsenal to defend the nuclear deal as “one in the best interest of the country.”

Convicted MPs as voters
CPM questions UPA’s political morality
New Delhi, July 17
The CPM today stepped up attack on the Congress on the issue of “taking recourse” to convicted Lok Sabha MPs to save the government even as the Delhi HC granted permission to convicted RJD MP Pappu Yadav to cast vote on July 22.

Editorial: Left joins Right

Punjab, HP to be on IIT map
New Delhi, July 17
Punjab and Himachal Pradesh are on the list of the states where the Centre will be setting up new IITs. The approval for the new IITs was given by the Union Cabinet at its meeting here today.

Budda Nullah
Warrior Badal gives relief to polluting units
Ludhiana, July 17
A very concerned Parkash Singh Badal this morning put up a brave show. He dared leaders of his coalition partner, BJP, to drink water polluted by Budda Nullah instead of being unduly sympathetic toward the industry discharging effluents into the nullah.

Carriers jettison ovens, coat hangers to cut ATF bill
New Delhi, July 17
What is the connection between ovens, coat hangers and an aircraft? Well, ovens and coat hangers add to the aircraft's weight and it is not a joke. Considering that cost of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) accounts for major part of operational costs and more an aircraft weighs more jet fuel it will conume, airlines are now trying every possible way to reduce in-flight weight and save on fuel.