All hunky-dory with NCP now, says Deshmukh
Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, whose 18-day-old Congress-NCP coalition ministry saw many a crisis, on Friday said there were no more contentious issues and the Government would have a smooth sailing in the winter session of the Assembly next month.

Bihar minister held after CBI raids
Bihar Road Construction Minister Illiyas Hussain along with five others in the department were arrested by the CBI in connection with the multi-crore bitumen scam.

SP stir over diesel price hike, IRA Bill
On the call of Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, his party leaders and workers on Thursday organised dharnas and demonstrations at district headquarters all over the state to protest against 40% hike in diesel price and the Insurance Bill.

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