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Govt plans to give more powers to CAG
NEW DELHI: The Centre proposes to set up a commission to review the Constitution to make the Comptroller and Auditor General of India CAG a more effective and powerful body, Minister for Human Resource Development Murli Manohar Joshi said today.
BJP MLAs quit
CHANDIGARH: Two BJP MLAs in Haryana have decided to resign from the state assembly alleging quot;harassment and humiliationquot; at the hands of officials. Confirming the receipt of resignation letters from Faridabad MLA Chander Bhatia and his Ballabhgarh counterpart. Meanwhile, a BJP MLA in the Uttar Pradesh also tendered his resignation from the House in protest against what he alleged the Kalyan Singh Government8217;s quot;indifferencequot;towards his constituency Ghaziabad.
Irish peace deal
BELFAST: The final countdown to Thursday8217;s deadline for a peace deal on Northern Ireland8217;s future begins now, with London and Dublin hoping to present a blueprint settlement to negotiators tomorrow. Despite crucial differences remaining between Republican and Unionist political leaders on the key issue of a North-South body linking Ulster and the Irish republic, the British and Irish Governments are optimistic that a peace agreement will be signed on April 9.
Iran landslide
TEHRAN: All 50 residents of a village are feared to have been buried alive in a landslide in south-west Iran. Iranian television reported that a mountain village with 50 inhabitants in Chaharmahal-va-Bakhtiari province was buried under a landslide caused by flood waters.
UP villagers clash
LUCKNOW: Three persons were shot dead in a clash between residents of two villages in Allahabad district today. The incident occurred at Mahesh villageunder Lalapur police station when residents of two villages clashed over a petty issue.
