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Karnataka Chief Minister Yeddyurappa finally bows to party pressure and resigns over the Lokayukta indictment
New Delhi/Bangalore, July 28
The BJP Parliamentary Board this morning was finally forced to bite the bullet and dump Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa. The Board met briefly at 9.30 am, following parleys that continued till 2 am, and endorsed the decision to ask Yeddyurappa to step down.

Advani’s threat sealed his fate                                    BS Yeddyurappa. — AFP

UPA keeps PM, judiciary out of Lokpal purview; Anna cries foul
New Delhi, July 28
Even as the threat of another fast unto death by Anna Hazare looms large over the Congress-led UPA government, the Union Cabinet today gave its approval to the government version of the controversial Lokpal Bill dumping most of the suggestions given by the team led by the social activist.

Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid and Information & Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni after a Cabinet meeting in New Delhi on Thursday. — PTI

SGPC poll on Sept 18
Chandigarh, July 28
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked the Gurdwara Election Commission to hold the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) elections on September 18 as recommended by the Chief Commissioner, Gurdwara Elections, Justice (retd) HS Brar.

Manmohan’s visit to Pak on the cards?
New Delhi, July 28
Amid all the euphoria over the bonhomie witnessed at the meeting between the Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan yesterday, one significant engagement of Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar virtually went unnoticed — her meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Hina prays for Indo-Pak peace

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar writes a message in the visitors’ register of the Anjuman Committee during her visit to the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer on Thursday. Earlier, she paid obeisance at the dargah of Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya in New Delhi. — PTI

Noida stir: ‘Hike’ in land prices in the offing
Lucknow, July 28
Amidst protests by farmers of Noida and Greater Noida over higher compensation, sources informed that the authorities were considering raising land price by Rs 260 per square meter making it a total of Rs 1,110 per square meter.

Behura stands by A Raja, targets PM
New Delhi, July 28
Following into the footsteps of his former boss A Raja, Siddhartha Behura, former Telecom Secretary facing corruption charges in the 2G scam, today sought his discharge in the case before a Special CBI court on the ground that he was being victimised for following the policy which was backed by his minister, approved by the then Solicitor-General (GE Vahanvati) and to which Prime Minister himself was privy to.

NDA telecom policy under JPC lens New Delhi, July 28 The telecom policy followed by the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in 1998 today came under the scanner of the Joint Parliamentary Committee, which found that the then government gave concessions to telecom players on the basis of a report prepared by the ICICI, which had never been authorised by the Department of Telecom to conduct any such study.