Sushma blames Opposition for stalling Women's Bill
The Women's Reservation Bill may not be introduced in the current session of Parliament, which is to end next week, according to Union information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj. She charged the Congress with having gone back on the Bill.

Srikrishna report likely to be biased against us -- Thackeray
Sena Supremo Bal Thackeray is convinced that Justice B N Srikrishna has indicted him and his party for the communal riots that had rocked Mumbai in 1993 because he thinks the judge would have been "naturally biased" against his party.

Message to Pak -- It takes two to tango
In the wake of the US attempt to bail out Pakistan from economic meltdown, India will play "tough but fair" in any consequent bilateral dialogue with Islamabad, but will emphasise that "normal state relations can only be built when vicious and virulent propaganda against India is stopped."

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SPORTS
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EXPRESSIONS
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BUSINESS
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GENERAL
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POLITICS
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