Fuel Prices: Oppn plans to stall Parliament
Cong in a huddle, may announce token rollback
New Delhi, March 2
As an aggressive Opposition geared up to corner the UPA over fuel price hike in Parliament tomorrow, Congress core group, headed by party president Sonia Gandhi, went into a huddle today to devise an effective damage control strategy.
The police uses a water cannon to disperse BJP activists protesting against hike in fuel prices, in New Delhi on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Manas Ranjan Bhui

No threat to govt: Trinamool, DMK

Pak not keeping its promise: PM
On Board Air India 1, March 2
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said that despite Pakistan’s promises to not allow its territory to be used for terrorist acts against India, progress on the ground has been “rather nil”.

Focus to be on…
Pak uneasy
Editorial : Indo-Saudi ties

Abducted Pak Sikhs rescued
Days after the beheading of a Sikh by militants in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan for not being paid ransom, the other two members of the community held captive were recovered by Pakistani security forces on Monday, officials said.  
Pakistani Sikh Gurendal Singh (left) is received by a family member after his release in Peshawar on Monday night. — AP/PTI

Ready for N-plant: Badal
Lays stone of 1,320-MW thermal unit at Rajpura
Rajpura, March 2
Punjab is ready to set up a nuclear power plant, if offered by the Centre. This was stated by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal while addressing mediapersons after laying the foundation stone of a 1,320-MW coal-based thermal plant at Nalas village in Rajpura today.

Husain: I love India but it rejected me
New Delhi, March 2
Political leaders, intellectuals and artists in India kept silent when right-wing outfits targeted him, legendary painter MF Husain says “with deep pain” in his heart. “I still love India. But India doesn't need me. I am saying this with deep pain in heart,” Husain told Gulf Madhyamam, Kerala-based Malayalam daily Madhyamam’s Doha edition, in an interview.

Getting amnesty not to be that easy
Re-entry of militants will not mean closure of court cases 
New Delhi, March 2
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram’s recent announcement of a general amnesty for Kashmiri militants, the proposal extended to Sikh extremists too later, does not mean that pending cases against them would be closed automatically, well-placed sources have said.

India disappointed with Pakistan
New Delhi, March 2
Home Minister P Chidambaram today lashed out at Pakistan for allowing JuD chief Hafeez Saeed to make “provocative” speeches against India instead of acting against him for his role in the 26/11 attacks. (Details on Nation page)

No relief for prisoners of apathy Hundreds of foreign nationals wait to  be deported to  their countries Chandigarh, March 2 In gross violation of international conventions, hundreds of foreign nationals are languishing in jails across India, even years after the completion of their sentence. They are waiting to be deported to their countries.