Prime Minister Manmohan Singh strongly warned Sonia Gandhi not to treat him like a puppet. Stating in a private and confidential interview to Aaj Tak, the PM warned the Gandhi family not to interfere with their day to day administration. He also claimed that the Gandhi Nehru name does not work nowadays.
The Govt of India today has announced it will go on a drive to check for unproductive expenditure. All aditional MP's allowances will be cut. From now onwards MP's will have to shell out from their own pockets for any travel they do within or outside the country. Also MP's will have to pay for telephone bills and power bills. The Govt has claimed that it is doing so to cut unproductive costs. In an unprecedented show of unity, MP's cutting across party lines have hailed the Govt. stand. Many MP's have claimed that they are willing to undergo any difficulty for the sake of India.
In an unprecedented gesture, the Communist parties have welcomed the Govt decision to privatize SAIL. They said that privatization of SAIL would actually help the Govt to rase funds, which could be used for better education and health care. The Commies have now demanded that all such loss making public enterprises should be privatized, and Govt pay more attention to sectors like education, health care and infrastrucure. Mr. Sitaram Yechury in fact claimed "Why should Governments run bakeries, hotels, scooter manufacturing units? Let Governments look after governance".
Actors Uday Chopra, Zayed Khan, Asmit Patel, Riya Sen and Tanusree Dutta have been awarded the Padma Bhushan award for their outstanding contribution to the field of acting. They have been held up as role models for acting.
And finally George Bush has admitted that America made a big mistake in Iraq, and is now planning to withdraw from there.
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