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Karnataka plunges into crisis
Legal eagles sharply divided over sanction for CM’s prosecution
Chandigarh/Bangalore, January 22
The political crisis sparked off by Karnataka Governor HR Bharadwaj’s decision to accord sanction to prosecute Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, has provoked mixed reactions among experts.

"Why should I quit? If somebody gives a complaint (against a Chief Minister) in India.... has anybody in the history of any state or India resigned. Why should I?"
— BS Yeddyurappa, Chief Minister

Governor’s action improper: Nariman
The Governor has no power to order prosecution of a Chief Minister if the Council of Ministers has advised him not to do so. The earlier view taken in A.R. Antulay's case where Maharashtra Governor Latif had advised the then Chief Minister's prosecution was upheld by the Supreme Court on a submission made in the High Court that the Governor had the power to do so.

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Sukna Scam
Lt Gen Rath loses 2-yr seniority
New Delhi, January 22
A day after finding Lt Gen PK Rath guilty in the Sukna land scam, an Army Court Martial pronounced its verdict against him today sending a strong signal to wrongdoers in the force.The order is subject to confirmation by the Defence Ministry and Lt Gen Rath has the option to appeal against the verdict in the Armed Forces Tribunal.

Lt Gen PK Rath

When Netaji made a brief stopover at Amritsar
Amritsar, January 22
Even as the nation remembers Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 113th birth anniversary tomorrow, very few people know that the great son of the soil had a brief stopover at the holy city before his ‘great escape’ to Kabul in early 1940s.

This undated picture shows Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose with other freedom fighters during his visit to Amritsar. — A Tribune photograph

‘Red Square’ awaits its date with BJP
New Delhi, January 22
Lal Chowk in Srinagar, named by Sheikh Abdullah after the Red Square in Moscow, has witnessed many tense moments and history unfolding itself. This is where the first elected Prime Minister of the state, deeply influenced by Leftist thinking, addressed large, political rallies and since then the square has occupied a larger than life image in the state’s politics.

The Karnataka Crisis
PC backs Guv, denounces Oppn
New Delhi, January 22
Even as the BJP sought to corner the centre over the developments in Karnataka, Home Minister P Chidambaram today backed Governor H.R. Bhardwaj for sanctioning Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa's prosecution on corruption charges and denounced the main Opposition party for the violence unleashed by its cadres during a 12-hour ‘bandh’ in the state.(Details on Nation Page)

Mamata upset as Health Ministry ‘cold-shoulders’ her hospital plan
New Delhi, January 21
Volatile Trinamool Congress leader and Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee has one more reason to be upset with the Congress.As ‘Didi’ prepares to present her second rail budget ahead of the crucial West Bengal elections, a major initiative announced by her last year to set up a chain of hospitals on the railway land has failed to take off. Reason: Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and his team have “shown little interest” in pursuing the project even as the Rail Ministry has earmarked the land for the hospitals.