NEW DELHI, November 18: Declining to stay the trial of former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao in the JMM MPs' bribery case, the Supreme Court on Tuesday referred the matter to a Constitution bench to decide whether legislators are public servants under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

ATC stir still on

NEW DELHI: IN a virtual volte face, the air traffic controllers (ATC) guild tonight decided not to withdraw its proposed agitation from November 21, saying that the minutes of discussion were ``not in the right spirit''. Earlier, they had called off their strike as the government accepted their demand for a substantial hike.

Bihar massacre

AURANGABAD (BIHAR): Four Bihar Military Police personnel, including an Assistant Sub-Inspector, were killed and four others seriously injured when extremists attacked a police patrol at a cattle fair at Bhrigurahi in Aurangabad district on Tuesday.

St Kitts case

NEW DELHI: P V Narasimha Rao, K K Tewari and tantrik Chandraswami were ``hand-in-hand'' in the St Kitts conspiracy and had the common intention to defame former prime minister V P Singh, the CBI alleged before the Delhi High Court on Wednesday.

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