MNS MLAs attack Azmi in House
Samajwadi Party leader slapped for taking oath in Hindi; 4 MLAs suspended for 4 yrs
Mumbai, November 9
Eager to prove that they meant business despite their insignificant strength in the Maharashtra Assembly, the 13 MLAs of Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) marked the first day of the new Assembly session by assaulting Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Abu Azmi inside the House.

Nation Page: Police foils bid to enter disputed area

MNS MLAs snatch mike from Abu Azami and (right) the Samajwadi Party leader being assaulted by the legislators at the Vidhan Bhawan in Mumbai on Monday. — PTI

Lawyers force Karnataka CJ to suspend work
Bangalore, November 9
In an incident unprecedented in the history of higher judiciary in the country, protesting lawyers today ran berserk in the court of controversy-laden Karnataka High Court Chief Justice PD Dinakaran and forced him to suspend work.

Four HJC MLAs join hands with Congress
Chandigarh, November 9
The Congress in Haryana today made a big gain when four MLAs of the Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) decided to break away from their parent organisation and merge with the ruling party, an act that would reduce the Congress’ dependence on the seven Independent MLAs.

IAS officer caught taking bribe, arrested
Chandigarh, November 9
A senior civil servant belonging to the 1989 batch of the Indian Administrative Service landed in the Punjab Vigilance net on the alleged charges of accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from an industrialist of Ludhiana for facilitating allotment of a vacant plot adjoining to his existing unit.

Dalai Lama not pressurised to visit Arunachal: India 
New Delhi, November 9
Amid strains in Sino-Indian ties over the Dalai Lama’s ongoing visit to Arunachal Pradesh, New Delhi has denied the charge that the Tibetan spiritual leader’s tour of the north-eastern state was under its pressure.