Dine and digest bill better
New Delhi, March 10: Most Congress leaders feel the women's bill becoming law is now a mere formality but are not sure if the government would repeat the eviction tactic in the Lok Sabha where use of force carries higher risks.
Is it a car? No, it's an office
Hyderabad, March 10: When K. Sudhakar Yadav sits in his office, he uses a 1908 Ford Model T. Since he loves being in the driver's seat always, his desk has a steering wheel, too.
Sajjan shows up, gets bail
New Delhi, March 10: Congress leader and 1984 anti-Sikh riots accused Sajjan Kumar today walked into the Delhi court where he hadn't appeared for over a month despite summons, but left relieved after being given bail.
Men, learn to grin and bear it
New Delhi, March 10: Winners don't just take all, they crack jokes, too.
Pak broom and balm
Islamabad, March 10: The Pakistan Cricket Board today slapped an indefinite ban on former captains Younis Khan and Mohammed Yousuf after an evaluation committee said their "infighting" affected the team's morale on its disastrous Australia tour, but appeared to backtrack hours later.
Move over advisers, namaste Guruji
Calcutta, March 10: When Sonia Gandhi sends the women's bill to the Lok Sabha, she may find the advice of Jwala Tiwary more useful than that of her crisis managers who were not sure till she put her foot down yesterday morning how to tame "unruly" MPs.
THE HUNT IS ON
Jamshedpur/Ranchi, March 10: Amid a silent build up of forces in various red bastions of the state, DGP Neyaz Ahmed has said that joint anti-Naxalite operations with Bengal were on since Sunday in the Ghatshila sub-division of East Singhbhum, the confirmation coming on a day a huge cache of deadly explosives were seized in Bokaro.
Bedlam over CBI probe
Ranchi, March 10: The Assembly was on the boil today with the Opposition creating a ruckus over the government's refusal to seek a CBI probe into various corruption cases that have brought disrepute to Jharkhand, including the Rs 2000 crore Madhu Koda money laundering case and another one involving a Singapore firm in 2005 when deputy chief minister Raghubar Das was urban development minister in the NDA government of Arjun Munda.
Explosives recovered
Bokaro, March 10: The arrests of Maoist area commander Pandu Manjhi and his accomplice Bhuvaneshwar Singh have yielded rich dividend for the security forces who recovered a huge cache of explosives from the jungles of Nawadih's Uparghat zone today based on information provided by the two.