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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.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) There was much bonhomie in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday afternoon following an unseemly brawl over a religious slogan that had disrupted the house earlier in the day after Home Minister P. Chidambaram tabled the report of the Liberhan Commission that probed the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid.

Lucknow, Nov 24 (IANS) Police in Uttar Pradesh were put on alert Tuesday to guard against any violent fallout of the release of the Liberhan Commission report, which probed the Babri Masjid demolition, officials said.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha witnessed some unsavoury moments Tuesday after tabling of the Liberhan Commission report when, provoked by the raising of religious slogans, Samajwadi Party (SP) general secretary Amar Singh attacked Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) S.S. Ahluwalia. However, both apologised to each other later.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) While pinning the blame of the Babri Masjid demolition on Hindu rightwing groups, the Liberhan Commission has also lashed out at the 'fanatical Muslim leadership' for 'its failure to protest effectively against the events which were building up to a crescendo'.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Retired judge M.S. Liberhan, who probed the razing of the 1992 Babri Masjid, has called for a firm separation of religion and politics and sought 'exemplary punishment' for those using religion for political ends.

Ranchi, Nov 24 (IANS) Four Indian Air Force helicopters have been pressed into service to ensure peaceful polling in Wednesday's first phase of Jharkhand's assembly elections, police said.

Panaji, Nov 24 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil, who was awarded a degree of doctor of letters (D.Lit) at the 22nd annual convocation ceremony of Goa University Tuesday, exhorted students to desist from ragging, calling it a 'crime against humanity'.

India and Pakistan should solve the Kashmir dispute between themselves, China said on Tuesday, after All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Kashmir's main separatist alliance, said Beijing had a role to play in the long-running territorial feud.

Chandigarh, Nov 24 (IANS) The 10-day long wedding celebrations of Punjab's 'powerful' politician Bikram Singh Majithia, the brother-in-law of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, has been keeping agencies of the Punjab government, including the state police, on its toes.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The Liberhan Commission that probed the Babri Masjid demolition has held 68 people individually culpable for leading the country 'to the brink of communal discord'. The list includes former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, senior BJP leaders L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi as well as Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray.

Chennai, Nov 24 (IANS) Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK party Tuesday announced Kamalakannan and Anita Radhakrishnan as its candidates for Vandavasi and Tiruchendur constituencies, where by-polls are scheduled Dec 19.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) An unseemly brawl over a religious slogan disrupted the Rajya Sabha after Home Minister P. Chidambaram tabled the report of the Liberhan Commission that probed the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid.

New Delhi, Nov.24 (ANI): Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh on Tuesday admitted to have instructed the District Magistrate not to shoot as it could have led to multiple casualties of Kar Sewaks.

Chandigarh, Nov 24 (IANS) Justice M.S. Liberhan Tuesday remained composed and asked the media to read his report on the 1992 Babri mosque demolition before asking questions even as the controversial document was tabled by the government in parliament.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Samajwadi Party (SP) general secretary Amar Singh, who got into a scuffle with Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) S.S. Ahluwalia in the Rajya Sabha, Tuesday said he was ready to apologise and 'didn't want to manhandle him' but was provoked by attempts to divide the house along communal lines.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Seventeen years after the demolition of the Babri Masjid that polarised the country along communal lines, the report of the Liberhan Commission of Inquiry was Tuesday tabled in parliament amid turmoil, slogan shouting and even scuffles between MPs of various parties.

It was late in the night when Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani walked into the residence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh on December 6, 1992.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Scuffles and slogans disrupted the Rajya Sabha Tuesday after Home Minister P. Chidambaram tabled the Liberhan Commission of Inquiry report that probed the demolition of the Babri Masjid.