Crash course: MLAs, MLCs say no to university lessons
Maharashtra's legislators need no education; certainly not a course in parliamentary practice. No sirrr. Not a single elected representative of either House of the state Legislature has enrolled for a three-month course offered by the University of Mumbai, which promised to make them exemplary parliamentarians.
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Afghan truce breaking up, clashes reported
The so-called temporary truce between the warring Afghan factions, brought about by US special envoy Bill Richardson, seems to be breaking up, following reports of clashes between Talibans and their opponents in the north of Kabul.
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