The Union home ministry on Monday defended the CRPF which came under attack for firing incidents in Jammu and Kashmir after the paramilitary force fired at a mob in Sopore which claimed one life. Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has voiced strong concern over civilians becoming victims of action by paramilitary

As the CPI(M) is preparing to battle a strong Opposition during the 2011 Assembly elections in West Bengal, the party is also reviewing the political line adopted by it at the national level.

In a bid to turn the table on the BJP over recent petroleum price hike, the Congress on Monday said it was the NDA government led by Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, which first dismantled the administrative price mechanism (APM) for the products. The party has then questioned as to why the saffron party is now criticising the present government’s move to deregulate prices of petrol and diesel.

The BJP on Monday asserted that its alliance with JD(U) in Bihar was intact and both parties would follow the same seat sharing formula as they had in 2005 Assembly polls. But sources close to the BJP party chief, Mr Nitin Gadkari, said the party was earlier planning to ask for two more seats this time, including Muzaffarpur, from its alliance partner.

The hope that monsoon would keep its date with Delhi, as the capital had begun getting pre-monsoon showers a few days ago, has receded and the moisture-laden winds are likely to cover the city only in the first week of July. The usual date of onset of monsoon in Delhi is June 29.

A 22-year-old youth was shot dead and four others injured in a dispute over water in northeast Delhi on Sunday evening. The incident was reported from Karawal Nagar at around 11 pm on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Bhagat Singh. “Four days back, the supply to a common tap was cut as it was illegal. Two groups led by Vijender Chaudhary and Vijender Sharma started blaming each other,” a source said.

The fuel price rise issue is refusing to die down. While AICC leader Anil Shastri has come out openly against it saying the rise is disastrous as it has badly affected the “common man”, the Oppostion parties are planning to hold a Bharat bandh on the issue before the Monsoon Session of Parliament.

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Even as newly appointed West Bengal PCC chief Manas Ranjan Bhunia said he will work hard to strengthen the party in the state, Congress insiders said the new PCC chief has his job cut out for him with a section insisting that an alliance with the Trinamul Congress should be only on “honourable terms”.

With all the political parties having made up their mind on the use of Tamil in Chennai high court, the Congress alone has become the odd man out. When pointedly asked about the stand of the Congress, party spokesperson Manish Tewari said that the party is yet to form its view. When pressed further, he said there