Top Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh's coach Amritinder Singh was on Tuesday forced to remove his turban by security officials for the second time at the same Milan airport where he had to endure a painful ordeal last week. Amritinder, who was travelling with Jeev for the Sicillian Open, was rudely told on March 15 by Milan airport security officials that he could either remove the turban or not board the flight which led to protest from the Indian government.

Despite the expression of "regret" from Italy on that episode, the security officials of the same airport again asked Amritinder to remove his turban or miss the flight, which left Jeev and his coach stunned. Amritinder showed a letter of apology from the Italian Golf Federation on what happened last week but to no avail.

India today out with a strong message that "external powers" cannot decide the regime change in Libya after a strong demand was made in the Lok Sabha that the House unanimously pass a resolution condemning allied airstrikes on that country.

The House saw an impromptu discussion on the issue when SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav raised it with almost all members ranging from the Left to the BJP condemning the air strikes on Libya by the US-led allied forces.

At the same time, they expressed their support to those striving for democracy in the north African oil-rich nation ruled for over four decades by Col. Muammar Gaddafi.

The ruling DMK and opposition AIADMK will lock horns in 84 constituencies in the April 13 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.

While AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa would face N Anand, a novice in the electoral arena at Srirangam, DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi will take on Rajendran of AIADMK at Tiruvarur.

AIADMK has fielded Saidai Duraiswamy, a known face in the political circles, against Karunanidhi's son and Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin at Kolathur constituency.

Good news for all those who want Suresh Kalmad in jail.

The Enforcement Directorate is likely to summon sacked CWG Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi and some other officials for alleged violations of forex rules during last year's Commonwealth Games.

According to sources, the ED will issue show cause notices to Kalmadi and the others to ascertain their "exact" roles in financial dealings and other decisions related to fund transfers, especially for the Queens Baton Relay that was held in London before the Games were held here.

The Maharashtra government today announced suspension of a senior IPS officer, who allegedly secretly filmed the interrogation of Pune stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan, facing massive money laundering charges, and leaked its doctored CDs, apparently to malign the government.

State Home Minister R R Patil told the state Assembly that Ashok Deshbrathar, DCP has been placed under suspension and a departmental inquiry ordered against him, ending the suspense over the government action against the IPS officer.

Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah and his ministers have spent Rs 2.04 crore in the last two years on travelling. Omar in a written reply to MLA Harshdev Singh stated: "Rs 204.54 lakh has been incurred on the travelling of ministers, including Vice-Chairmen and Chairpersons of Boards during last two years."

While, Rs 196.26 lakh was spent on the travels of CM, Deputy CM, ministers and ministers of state, Rs 8.25 lakh was the cost of the travels of two Chairpersons and five Vice-Chairpersons of various boards and commission as they enjoy status of MoS.

The now-on, now-off Elizabeth Hurley-Shane Warne romance is, well, now on.

Matters had fizzled out last month after Shane Warne's alleged fling with porn star Chloe Conrad. But, reports the dailymail.co.uk, it looked like things were very much back on as Elizabeth Hurley and the Australian cricketer were spotted dining out in Los Angeles over the weekend.

Currently in California to reignite her acting career in the new Wonder Woman TV series, the 45-year-old took time out to be wined and dined by Warne, 41.

Pranksters in the UK are driving supermarket shelf-stackers crazy with a new game that uses letters on spice pots to spell out saucy words.

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A tweet from Libya via the Telegraph on Libya.

Tripolitaniantweets: You think #Libya State TV is bad now? In the 80s he would broadcast live executions.

"He was caressing my head in this sick way, this tender way, saying, 'You're going to die tonight. You're going to die tonight'."

Lynsey Addario, the New York Times photographer, just released from custody by Libyan government thugs tells of her nightmare to sun.co.uk.

Read her story

Read: The story of how Google Co-founder Larry Page almost chose toforgoweb search and ranking to work on a Ph.D. project in automated cars.

Pakistani security forces today pounded terrorist hideouts in the Swat district, killing at least 12 terrorists.

The United States' killer Drones seem quiet for a while.

Malaysia's Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim today lodged a police report over the release of a sex video, saying it was a politically motivated attack against his character and reputation.

The video, which was shown to a group of journalists yesterday by a man who called himself Datuk T, has taken the country by storm becoming a subject of discussion in streets and coffee shops.

Anwar denied that he was the man in the video and said he was at home with his party members, his wife, children, grandchildren and tweeting on that day and at that time.

Just in: The CBI moves a Delhi court seeking extradition of Union Carbide Corporation Chairman Warren Anderson in the 1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy case. Details soon.The agency will seek Anderson's extradition from the US for his trial in the Bhopal gas leak case of 1984 which had claimed thousands of lives.

The CBI's decision follows the government's decision to seek a fresh trial of other accused under section 304-part II of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The agency believes that Anderson jumping bail and being declared an absconder could help in securing his extradition.

The Income Tax Department has decided to reward informants who provide inputs of illegal cash movement to check use of blackmoney during the forthcoming Assembly polls in four states and Puducherry.

Move over, the blue pills that have to be swallowed with water.

Now, a melt-in-the-mouth drug for impotence which can help you ignite your passion in just seconds after popping it, say scientists.

A team at German pharmaceutical giant Bayer AG has developed the first melt-in-the-mouth tablet, called Levitra orodispersible, for impotence; priced at 4.50 pounds, the pill fizzes on tongue and dissolves in seconds... and gets the desired results.

A pool for storing spent fuel at Japan's crippled nuclear plant is heating up, with temperatures around boiling point.

Nuclear safety agency official Hidehiko Nishiyama told reporters that the high temperatures in the spent fuel pool are believed to be the cause of steam which has been drifting from Fukushima Dai-ichi's Unit 2 since yesterday.

After US arrogance, comes news that US intelligence experts have said that Muammar Gaddafi has dangerous weapons, but no longer has the means to launch a terror attack.

Aformer senior US intelligence official said, "He's been out of this business a long time so whether he's retained the capability is an open question. Whether he can resuscitate it, I think, is an even bigger question."

God of all things --US President Barack Obama -- has asserted that it is America's policy that the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi must go. And a threat -- his administration has multiple tools tools to ensure that this goal is achieved.

"It is US policy that Gaddafi needs to go. We have got a wide range of tools in addition to our military efforts to support that policy. We were very rapid in initiating unilateral sanctions and then helping to mobilize international sanctions against the Gaddafi regime," the US President said.

Ahmed al-Sufi told AP today that Saleh informed senior Yemeni officials, military commanders and tribal leaders of his intention in meetings on Monday night.

He said the president also vowed never to hand over power to the military.

Guatemala's first lady is ending her eight-year marriage so that she can run for president.

Divorce proceedings between president Alvaro Colom and his wife, Sandra Torres de Colom, began on Monday.

Al Jazeera reports that the divorce was filed to avert a constitutional flap over her eligibility to run for office, officials said.

The country's constitution prohibits members of a president's extended family from running for the presidency.

Information that will clog your brain, be of little use, but is interesting nevertheless.

The time is 3.23 pm -- when dieters are most likely to give in to temptation and reach for a sweet treat. It was previously believed that elevenses or a crafty midnight snack spelled doom for the weight watcher.

But experts now believe that mid-afternoon is the most dangerous time of the day. And they worked out the exact time we are most vulnerable.

Researchers for the Atkins Diet blame stress at work or boredom while some may suffer a dip in energy.

Back to base.

Maharastra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today told the Assembly that as a union Minister of state for Personnel and Training, he had not been aware of any negative vigilance report or pending criminal case against P J Thomas before his appointment as the Central Vigilance Commissioner.

Chavan said he had suggested three names -- one serving and two retired -- for the post of CVC. "The department which prepared the service records of the three candidates made no mention of negative vigilance remarks or pending criminal case against Thomas. Hence, I accepted the name and forwarded it to the three-member committee to finalise the appointment of CVC," he said.

The opposition wanted Chavan to resign over the CVC appointment.

From Indonesia comes news that almost sounds like a All Fools Day joke, but isn't.

Three young Komodo dragons have gone missing from a zoo in Indonesia. The zoo warns that the lost lizards were dangerous and fast on their feet and measured 50 centimetres to a metre long, were around a year old and disappeared from their cage early this month.

When I read Hindu newspaperexcerptsof Karan Thapar's interview with the former foreign secretary and (former?) special envoy Shyam Saran, I thought Thapar's eagle's eye spotted the wrong guy this time around on the IIC lawns.

The secretary dealing with Iran should have been the one to authoritatively speak on Iran. And Saran wasn't that secretary. It was Rajiv Sikri. From the interview with Thapar, it appears Saran doesn't even seem to know that MEA's own recommendation to the PMO was exactly the opposite of what India eventually did at the IAEA when it voted against Iran - namely, India should not vote against Iran.

Maybe Thapar should interveiew Sikri? But then Sikri is living in quiet retirement and he has no post-retirement obligations to anyone on Raisina Hill and he may not even oblige.

Read more from MK Bhadrakumar's blog

Loud explosions and anti-aircraft fire rang across the Libyan capital for the third night in running as coalition bombers and missiles struck targets, including Muammar Gaddafi's Tripoli compound and a big naval base on the outskirts of the city.

The allied firepower also targeted Gaddafi's stronghold of Zuwarah, Sirte, Sebha as well as the embattled city of Ajdabiya as indications emerged that the no-fly zone over Libya is going to be widened to cover almost 1,000 kms.

Maria Sharapova captivated the audience at the launch of a by web tennis show in Florida, not just by her presence, but by her huge engagement ring.

The tennis ace, 23, kept her outfit simple as she took to the stage in cropped cream slacks and a short-sleeved floral blouse. And everything was floodlit by the whopper of a square-cut diamond on her finger.

See the ring and read the full story

Nuclear enabled countries have been doing security checks post Fukushima. This is the scene in Pakistan.

Paknuclear physicist Pervez Hoodbhoy has said that the country must downsize its nuclear fission power production, as the country cannot handle a crisis like that caused by the stricken Fukushima power plant in Japan, whose radioactivity emission threatened a major disaster

"Japan's nuclear disaster should open our eyes. Japan is an advanced industrialised country with superior engineering knowledge and practices. It has a safety culture, Pakistan does not,' Hoodbhoy, who holds a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said.

A soldier from a "rogue" US army unit accused of killing Afghan civilians for sport goes on trial today, two days after grisly photos of troops posing with dead bodies were published.

One of three pictures published by the German news magazine Der Spiegel shows Jeremy Morlock smiling over the corpse of an Afghan man he allegedly murdered in southern Afghanistan.

For a background of this story check Live! news yesterday

Absolutely lovely read on the famous first lines of technology.

The bbc.co.uk digs this up. Twitter launched five years ago with the simple message "just setting up my twttr". In the same way, many technological breakthroughs that ultimately shaped the world began life, not with a fanfare of trumpets, but with a few humble words. "Alright, so here we are in front of the elephants."

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Phishing attacks and hoax-alerts to gain access to account details of individuals who have filed their Income Tax returns online are on the rise.

This is how it works. An email is sent to a number of people, saying IT refund is available. Once it is clicked, the user is directed to a website that looks like that of IT dept. And there, they ask you to disclose your personal financial details in a form.

That information will end up with a scammer who can empty your credit card or bank account in no time.

Careful.

Alright then, Israel's former President Moshe Katsav has sentenced to jailed for seven years for rape and other sex offences, reports bbc.co.uk.

He was convicted at an earlier hearing of raping an employee in the 1990s when he was tourism minister, and of later sexual offences while he was president. The rape victim, known as Woman A, told the court he had first attacked her at the tourism ministry office, and later at a hotel in Jerusalem.

Even as the Opposition brings up Libya in Parliament (only to condemn the coalition stand and say that the government should be more vocal in their disapproval), here comes news from Russia. India, Russia, China are against airstrikes on Libya.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev yesterday slammed Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's comments on military action against Libya as "unacceptable", in the most public clash yet between Russia's ruling tandem.

Putin had earlier blasted the UN resolution allowing military action on Libya as resembling a "medieval call to crusade", in one of his most virulent diatribes against the West in years.

"Under no circumstances is it acceptable to use expressions which essentially lead to a clash of civilisations. Such as 'crusade' and so on," Medvedev said.

"It is unacceptable. Otherwise, everything may end up much worse compared to what's going on now. Everyone should remember that," Medvedev said.

May be the coalition forces need a lesson history. The Muslims, not the Christians, won the Crusades.

Time to pop the champagne.Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has announced a roll back of the healthcare service tax or misery tax in the Lok Sabha today. The tax was supposed to mop up Rs 500 crore.

In the Union Budget for 2011-12, thefin min had proposed to impose a service tax of five per cent on all services, including diagnostic services, provided by a centrally air-conditioned clinical establishments having more than 25 beds for in-patient treatment.

Besides, the service tax would also be levied on services provided by consultant doctors operating from premises of such hospitals.

However, healthcare services provided by government hospitals and those run by municipalities will not attract the new levy.

Apart from the healthcare tax axe, the government today also introduced a Constitution Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha to facilitate implementation of GST, an indirect tax regime that would subsume levies like excise, service tax and sales tax.

The Bill, introduced by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee seeks to amend the constitution with a view to confer simultaneous powers on centre and states to levy taxes on goods and services.

Pranab Mukherjee moves finance bill, even as the Opposition stages a walkout. 5% tax on health care is rolled back. Details soon.

More foreign news.

Big day for former Israeli President Moshe Katsav. He will learn today whether he will go to jail on a rape conviction in a case that has already made history in Israel.

AP reports that the former head of state is the highest-ranking Israeli official ever to be convicted of a crime. He faces up to 16 years in prison.

His conviction was seen as a victory for the Israeli legal system and for women's rights in a decades-long struggle to chip away at the nation's macho culture, which once permitted political and military leaders great liberties.

Japan's earthquake-cum-tsunami hit Fukushima nuclear plant reportedly had one of the country's worst safety records and had a excess stock of uranium rods when the quake rocked the nation.

Records say that the reactor buildings at the plant had held the equivalent of almost six years of the highly radioactive uranium fuel rods produced by the plant when the disaster struck.

Officials within the Japanese government, the power company and the nuclear watchdog are now likely to be questioned why the spent fuel roads were stored inside the building.

Mrityunjoy Kumar Jha:Mulyam raising issue of Libiya. Does he know that Libya not in UP and ruled by Mayawati..

Mrityunjoy Kumar Jha:Namo:Gov of India shud address the issue of American interference in internal matters of India. '

R Rajagopalan: Congress is not cooperating with the presiding officers of both houses. Pranab tense on Budget. Treasury bench is obstructing even Ministers.

Moment of tweet

R Rajagopalan: Congress in Tamil Nadu is facing an internal tension. Major fireworks expected in a day or two.

R Rajagopalan: BJP demand that Parliament should unanimously passed on external aggression committed on Libya.

Pranab Mukherjee in Parliament says: Three or four countries can't decide whether a regime should change in Libya.

Glad India chooses not to be part of the big boys coalition-for-profit in Libya.

Makes you a little ill at just how obsessed the Brits are with the Kate-Wills wedding.

News is that as a tribute to Princess Diana, Prince William and Kate Middleton plan to leave for Buckingham Palace after their wedding in Westminster Abbey next month by riding the fairytale carriage used by Prince Charles and the late Princess of Wales after their wedding in 1981.

According to Royal Household officials, the Prince and Kate will use the 1902 State Landau on their way to Buckingham Palace, after their marriage on April 29, just as his parents did when they left St Paul's Cathedral on their big day.

RS will reconvene any moment now. Meanwhile, read this...

A five-year-old Indian boy has become a millionaire overnight after winning a lottery at a national bond draw. '

Ebrahim Fahimuddin Shaikh became the second millionaire in the year when the February draw of National Bonds Corporation picked his name. Ebrahim's father received the life changing call on Saturday.

"At first, I thought it was a prank call so I went along. But shortly after it struck me, I am truly really speaking to National Bonds CEO in person," he said.

"I was overwhelmed with joy for my son! I realised I have just become the father of a millionaire and that my continued dedication to teaching Ebrahim the importance of savings has just been rewarded," Sheikh said.

Pranab Mukherjee: Heaven is not going to fall if finance bill is discussed first.

Congress: We give utmost respect to the Opposition

LK Advani: Opposition should be allowed to speak. We are not stalling finance bill.

Left: Want discussion PM's statement.

Late in the day, but here's what a privilege notice or motion means.

It's basically a motion or a notice that is granted precedence over other matters in Parliament. It is therefore a matter of urgencythat needs to be discussed forwith.

The BJP, which has moved theprivilege motion against the PM, wants the cash for votes issue to bediscussed before the finance bill is discussed. TheCongress wants it the other way round.

You need toremember that the budget session of Parliament ends in three days on March 25. This means the finance bill has to be approved by the LS, sent on to the RS and then given the stamp of approval by the President.

The Congress is therefore buying time by demanding that the finance bill be passed first. Parliamentary Affairs minister Pawan Kumar Bansal says it is in the nation's interest to see the finance bill is passed.

Rajya Sabha resumes.

Leader of the Opposition in the RS Arun Jaitley is in a rage. RS adjourned again.

For the Parliament slugfest as it happens... watch it here

Yashwant Sinha says he wants a discussion on the PM's statement first.

Speaker Meira Kumar says she will give her ruling on the privilege motion after giving it due consideration.

Meanwhile, Rajya Sabha has been adjourned. LK Adavani says it's become SOP not to allow leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj to speak in LS. Advani asks Meira Kumar to take action.

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has emerged at the centre of a potentially embarrassing mystery when she abruptly aborted a visit to Bethlehem just yards from an Israeli checkpoint guarding the entrance to the city of Christ's birth. Adrian Blomfield from the telegraph.co.uk writes:

...After an uneventful drive from her hotel in nearby Jerusalem, her car stopped just short of the mainIsraelimilitary checkpoint outside Bethlehem, a Palestinian city in the West Bank, appeared to hesitate and then performed a u-turn.

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Sushma Swaraj is our newsmaker of the morning for moving a privilege notice against the PM in Parliament today. As vociferous in LS as outside it...

BJPSushma Swaraj: There are 3 gossip items about me in HindustanTimes today. One is that Prime Minister hosted a dinner for me and my family at his residence.

Well, the dinner and details are all imaginary. The correct news is that I am moving a privilege motion against the Prime Minister today.

The next item that I wanted to skip Election Committee meeting and Advaniji persuaded me to attend is also false.

BJP leader Sushma Swaraj has served a privilege notice in the Lok Sabha against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on his statement on the Wikileaks revelation on the 2008 trust motion.

The privilege notice is for "misleading" the Parliament on the cash-for-vote episode. The party also demands a discussion on the matter.

The PM while explaining the cash-for-vote issue had asserted on the floor of the House that a Parliamentary committee which went into the 2008 cash-for-vote issue had concluded that there was insufficient evidence to draw any conclusion of bribery was "completely at variance with truth".

Good morning. The Hindu serves up the Narendra Modi story in the WikiLeaks cable releases. Excerpted from the paper...

• Confidential 2006 cable reveals complex calculations in the event of the Gujarat Chief Minister 'making it to the national stage'; wants a clear message delivered on U.S. concerns over 'human rights and religious freedom'. Read

• 2002 riots an 'internal Gujarati matter': Modi told American diplomat. Read