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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.

Despite efforts in the last few weeks to conclude an agreement on arrangements and procedures for reprocessing US-origin nuclear fuel, India and the US fell short of their objective with differences still persisting on the kind of reporting requirements to be included in the agreement.

Many injured as students slug it out at Panihati College Violence erupted at Panihati College in North 24-Parganas over distribution of nomination papers on Tuesday.

Stating that talks with the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) were leading nowhere because the banned outfit's leadership was outside the country, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said the pressure on ULFA will be maintained despite the government's willingness to hold talks.

Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam attacked a U.S. regulator's lawsuit on Tuesday, denying insider trading charges and saying government wiretaps violated his constitutional rights.

President Barack Obama told a joint news conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday that he was committed to completing a bilateral civil agreement that would open up India's potential $150 billion market in power plants.

Bhopal, Nov 24 (IANS) Accusing the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government of deliberately leaking the Liberhan Commission report to divert attention from more crucial issues, former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief K.S. Sudarshan here Tuesday rejected the conclusions of the report.

Hyderabad, Nov 24 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh late Tuesday ordered a complete halt to iron ore mining across the state, delivering a huge blow to Karnataka Minister G. Janardhan Reddy's Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC).

Guwahati, Nov 24 (ANI): Assam's Revenue Minister Bhumithar Burman said on Tuesday the government was ready to talk to rebels after Nalbari town was rocked by twin blasts recently.

Amritsar, Nov 24 (IANS) Former cricketer and Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhu has moved a privilege motion against the city's deputy commissioner, saying that the official was creating hurdles in performing his duties as an elected representative.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The Congress Tuesday said the government will act on the recommendations of the Liberhan Commission and a supplementary charge sheet will be filed 'if any new details emerge after the police investigation'. It also said that the report showed the 'true character' of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Attacking the government for 'leakage' of the Liberhan Commission report on the 1992 Babri mosque demolition, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday sought Home Minister P. Chidambaram's resignation and demanded a joint parliamentary panel probe into it. It termed Liberhan's report, which indicts top party leaders, as 'ill-founded'.

Sawai Madhopur (Rajasthan), Nov 24(ANI): Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday commenced his two-day tour of Rajasthan by interacting with the youth from state's Sawai Madhopur district.

Ranchi/Jamshedpur, Nov 24 (IANS) Security forces tightened their cordon in Jharkhand on the eve of the first phase of assembly polls, fearing largescale disruption by Maoist insurgents.

Srinagar, Nov 24(ANI): Executive Council of the Hurriyat Conference (Moderate) has suspended its entire organizational structure including all its office bearers except its chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The following is the sequence of events in brief leading up to the razing of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya on Dec 6, 1992, as recorded in the Liberhan Commission report tabled in parliament Tuesday:

Raj Rajaratnam, the billionaire founder of hedge fund firm Galleon Group, denied federal insider trading charges and accused the government of violating his constitutional rights with its use of wiretaps.

Chandigarh, Nov 24 (IANS) A former counsel to the Liberhan Commission Tuesday alleged that the indictment of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for the Babri mosque dmolition was 'outrightly illegal'.

Gandhinagar, Nov 24 (IANS) Former union textiles minister Shankersinh Vaghela, whose name figures in the Liberhan Commission report on the Babri Masjid demolition, Tuesday said he was never involved in any way in the demolition of the 16th century mosque in Ayodhya.