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The trusted old bicycle will be part of a civic drive to secure the city. The BMC will buy 100 bicycles to ensure swift movement for guards at 20 large civic premises that may be potential terror targets.

Forest officers in Petlad range of Anand district were surprised when they actually succeeded in trapping a crocodile in Limbali village about a month ago.

The BJP-JD(U) combine on Tuesday created an uproar in the Lok Sabha over the alleged multi-crore scam involving former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and forced an adjournment of the House.

Making no reference to the indictment of top BJP and Sangh leaders in the Liberhan Commission report on the Babri Masjid demolition, the government, in its Action Taken Report (ATR) which was tabled today in Parliament along with the inquiry report following the din over its publication in The Indian Express, said steps will be taken to expedite hearing of cases related to the 1992 demolition.

When Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha L K Advani stood up on Monday to react to the contents of the Liberhan Commission report first revealed by The Indian Express, he recalled the statement that has come to define the ambiguity in the relationship of the man with the movement.

Besides the case against L K Advani and seven other BJP/VHP leaders in a Rae Bareli court, another case related to Babri Masjid demolition is pending in the Special Court (Ayodhya Matters) in Lucknow.

The Congress on Tuesday took a dig at former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for his "guilt by association" in the demolition of Babri Masjid saying he could have otherwise quit the BJP after the incident, even as the ruling party said the police would investigate the findings of Liberhan Commission and file primary and supplementary chargesheets against the accused.

In what is clearly among the most candid assessments on China from the Indian leadership, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday conceded that there was some amount of "assertiveness" from the neighbouring country for which he did not have any ready answers, but did believe that engagement was still the best way forward.

The ruling Congress's quick compliance with the Opposition's demand for tabling the Liberhan report was driven by a well-planned strategy to prevent any polarisation on religious lines on this issue, according to party insiders.

The panchayat functionaries of the Congress in Murshidabad district met Panchayat Minister Anisur Rahaman on Tuesday and asked him to allow the party to reconstitute the Murshidabad Zilla Parishad.

As the first phase of Assembly polls begins in Jharkhand on Wednesday, political experts say that the state would witness a keen contest but there would be no clean sweep for any party.

Former Cricketer and local BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu today moved a privilege motion against Deputy Commissioner Kahan Singh Pannu in the Lok Sabha under Rule 222 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of the House.

As the country debates the Liberhan report, the man, who had launched a campaign against Babri Masjid demolition in West Bengal, has been forced by old age and ailments to remain silent.

The Calcutta High Court today directed the state government to shift the Central-state forces from all the schools of West Midnapore before December 30 . Rejecting the state government's request for a three-month time to shift the forces, a Division Bench of acting Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Justice Prasenjit Mondal said schools could not be used for other purposes.

Citing "Constitutional restraints" on the PV Narasimha Rao regime, the Liberhan Commission gave it a clean chit for its perceived inaction in preventing the demolition of the Babri Masjid.

What happened on Dec 6, 1992, was not the culmination of a "movement", but rather the result of a "mobilisation" fanned, financed and facilitated by the Sangh Parivar, with Kalyan Singh reducing the UP administration to unquestioning compliancy, concludes the Liberhan Commission of Inquiry.

Days before the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit, India on Tuesday reiterated that it would not accept a legally binding emission cut as part of any international agreement.

Calling former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee one of the party's "pseudo-moderates" — along with L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi — the Liberhan Commission makes several references to Vajpayee bracketing him with his hardline colleagues when it came to the demolition of the Babri Masjid.

"The preparation was accomplished with phenomenal secrecy, was technically flawless with consistency and assured results...The theme was power.

Former RSS chief K S Sudarshan on Tuesday said there was nothing to regret about the demolition of the Babri mosque, and that it was 'unfortunate' because it (demolition) did not happen according to the plan.