Govt returns Gujarat’s anti-terror bill
Says it’s not in line with Central law, seeks 3 changes
New Delhi, June 19
The Union Government has returned the controversial anti-terror bill passed by the Gujarat Assembly with the recommendation that without three key amendments it cannot be sent for Presidential assent.

Deliberate move to delay bill: Gujarat

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CPM blames TMC, Maoists
Madni reveals links between LeT, Maoists

BJP taken over by plotters: Shourie
New Delhi, June 19
Stage was set here today at the BJP office-bearers’ meeting for a stormy two-day national executive meet of the party beginning tomorrow, with senior party leader Arun Shourie shooting off a letter, alleging that the party has been taken over by conspirators.

‘Akalis’ do a Taliban in Ludhiana
Assault, strip tehsildar for refusing out-of-turn task
Ludhiana, June 19
An incident that reminds one of the barbaric Taliban rule that once existed in Afghanistan, a tehsildar was beaten up inside his office, then dragged out and stripped in full public view allegedly by some Akali youth wing activists here today.

PIL in SC over Maya’s statues
New Delhi, June 19
A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court for restraining Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati from getting her statues and replicas of her party symbol installed at public places by spending public funds.

Yamuna Water Sharing
Haryana, Rajasthan ready to form panel
Jaipur, June 19
Within days of writing to the Prime Minister to resolve the water-sharing issue with Punjab, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot held a meeting with Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda to discuss the issue of Yamuna water sharing here today.