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New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The government Tuesday shot down the recommendation of the Liberhan Commission that probed the Babri Masjid demolition to confer statutory powers on the National Integration Council (NIC).

Pune, Nov 24 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil will Wednesday do what no woman before her has ever done - fly in a Sukhoi-30MKI, an Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter jet. And all preparations are in place for the 30-minute flight that takes off from the Lohegaon Air Force base on the outskirts of this city.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The following is a factfile on the first phase of elections to be held to the Jharkhand assembly Wednesday:

Patna, Nov 24 (IANS) Bihar is poised to be one of the leading states in India, asserted Chief Minister Nitish Kumar whose NDA government completed four years in power Tuesday.

Kolkata, Nov 24 (IANS) Suspected Maoist guerrillas killed two Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leaders in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said Tuesday.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) A bill seeking 50 percent reservation for women in urban local bodies was introduced Tuesday in Parliament.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The Liberhan Commission of Inquiry that probed the 1992 razing of the Babri mosque found 68 people culpable for leading the country to the brink of communal discord. This includes Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who later became the prime minister.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Severely indicting the Uttar Pradesh administration under then chief minister Kalyan Singh for being 'a willing ally and co-conspirator' in the razing of the Babri Masjid, retired high court justice M.S. Liberhan in his report said the demolition was carried out with 'military precision'.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) In its Action Taken Report (ATR) submitted in parliament Tuesday along with the Liberhan Commission report on the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid, the government stated that political leaders holding office should not simultaneously hold positions of responsibility in religious organisations.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was Tuesday adjourned tice - first over the issue of shortage of fertilisers, and later over the Congress's alleged hand in the multi-crore scam involving former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda.

The government expects wheat supply and prices to remain manageable but the country may decide to import rice after the size of the harvest is known in two months, a top adviser of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday.

Ranchi, Nov 24 (IANS) Political parties like the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) are trying to use the Liberhan Commission report, tabled in parliament Tuesday, to their advantage in the five-phase poll to the Jharkhand assembly, beginning Wednesday.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Brinda Karat Tuesday accused the Congress of having a 'dual position' on the Babri Masjid issue by not referring to the demolished structure as a mosque.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Attacking the government over 'leakage' of the Liberhan Commission report, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday demanded that responsibility should be fixed for the 'lapse' and a joint parliamentary panel should probe into it.

New Delhi, Nov.24 (ANI): The United Progressive Alliance government finally tabled the much-awaited Librehan Commission Report on the Babri mosque demolition after the Opposition staged an uproar over its leakage to the media before its tabling in Parliament.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Kalyan Singh, who was the Uttar Pradesh chief minister when the Babri mosque was razed, said he suspected a 'political conspiracy' behind the Liberhan Commission of Inquiry that has severely indicted leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the demolition.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Bureaucrats and police officers in Uttar Pradesh remained 'deaf, dumb and blind' in the run up to the demolition of the Babri Masjid, the Liberhan Commission has said in its report.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Negating the theory handed out by Hindu groups that the Babri Masjid demolition was mob-driven, the Liberhan Commission has said it has been 'established beyond doubt' that the events of Dec 6, 1992, in Ayodhya were 'neither spontaneous nor unplanned'.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The Liberhan Commission probing the demolition of the Babri Masjid has hit out at then Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh for embarking on a 'pogrom leading up to the events of December 6th 1992' as soon he entered office.

India can absorb nearly $100 billion of dollars in capital inflows, nearly double for what is on track this year, before it needs to take strong restrictive measures, one of the prime minister's top advisers said on Tuesday.