After 17 years, Liberhan Babri report with Centre

The report on the December 6, 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya was submitted by retired judge M.S. Liberhan to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on Tuesday. It took the commission of inquiry headed by Justice Liberhan 17 years and 48 extensions to arrive at this point.

The government says it is prepared for a full debate on the report in the Budget Session of Parliament, which begins on July 2. It will table the report, along with the action taken report, within the session, which ends on August 7.

The BJP, meanwhile, appears to have already gone on the defensive. Government and Congress sources said the BJP would be completely isolated on this issue, adding that no party in the NDA, barring the Shiv Sena, would support it.

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History made in Lok Sabha as Meira takes over

After her historic election as the first woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Ms Meira Kumar on Wednesday assured the Opposition that she would be impartial but steered cleared of whether she would resign from the Congress.

“I assure the House that I will pay full attention to all sections of the House. I also assure you that neither will I be biased against the Opposition nor will I give any opportunity to the Treasury benches to complain)," she said in her first address as Speaker to the members of the House.

Seeking to disapprove of attempts to disrupt Parliament, she observed that no citizen would like the working of the House to be disrupted while raising any issue concerning him.

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